Materials Science and Metallurgy
Papers of the Month
February, 2017 The ability to generate on-demand single-photons is of vital importance to quantum information technology such as quantum cryptography, linear optical quantum computing and quantum metrology. Due to their...
22 June 2026
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January, 2017 Since the development of the MOF field in its current form more than two decades ago, priority has been placed on the synthesis of new structures. However, more...
22 June 2026
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January, 2017 Piezoelectric polymers, capable of converting mechanical vibrations into electrical energy, are attractive for use in vibrational energy harvesting due to their flexibility, robustness, ease, and low cost of...
22 June 2026
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December, 2016 In a new lithium-sulphur battery, which takes its inspiration in part from the cells lining the human intestine, a layer of material with a villi-like structure, made from...
22 June 2026
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November, 2016 Spintronics differs from conventional electronics by exploiting the spin of the electron as well as the charge. It is currently used by computers in order to read the...
22 June 2026
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October, 2016 A large electric field may be used to drive a ferroelectric phase transition in order to pump heat, but these electrocaloric (EC) effects can be destructive, leading to...
22 June 2026
Awards and Prizes
25 July 2018 Dr Owen Saxton, who has worked closely with many of members of the Electron Microscopy group over many years as a ‘Senior Affiliate’ of the Department, has been awarded...
22 June 2026
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September, 2016 It could be argued quite reasonably that the interpretation of growth rate data on the formation of ferrite in steels, is in a state of crisis. This is...
22 June 2026
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September, 2016 In order to prevent wear, the performance of bearing oils is augmented by special chemicals referred to as anti-wear (AW) additives. Their function is to develop a thin...
22 June 2026
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August, 2016 Ferroelectric polymer nanowires grown using a template-wetting method are shown to achieve an orientated “self-poled” structure resulting from the confined growth process. Self-poling is highly desirable as it...
22 June 2026