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October, 2018 Converting solar energy into chemical energy by photoelectrochemical (PEC) water splitting is a promising approach for sustainable energy production. Owing to the versatility in their chemical and physical...
22 June 2026
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October, 2018 Cellulose, a major constituent of our natural environment and a structured biodegradable biopolymer, has been shown to exhibit shear piezoelectricity with potential applications in energy harvesters, biomedical sensors,...
22 June 2026
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26 October 2018 Dr Rachel Evans and Dr Jason Robinson have recently been elected as Fellows of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (FIMMM). We congratulate them on this achievement.
22 June 2026
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28 September 2018 The Department welcomes a new leadership team from 1st October 2018. Professor Paul Midgley is stepping into the Head of Department role and will be ably supported by Professor Serena...
22 June 2026
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August, 2018 High temperature superconducting (HTS) tape can be cut and stacked to generate large magnetic fields at cryogenic temperatures after inducing persistent currents in the (RE)BCO superconducting layers. This...
22 June 2026
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July, 2018 Metal–organic frameworks (MOFs), or networked structures of inorganic nodes connected by organic ligands, are flexible materials that can be broadly separated into two classes according to their porosity....
22 June 2026
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July, 2018 The phase diagram water ice is extremely complex, and has implications ranging from cloud formation to ice skating. Experimentally, 18 crystalline ice phases can be formed under various...
22 June 2026
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July, 2018 The chemical industry produces not just valuable vitamins, pharmaceuticals, flavours and pesticides, but often a large amount of waste, too. This is particularly true of pharmaceutical and fine-chemical...
22 June 2026
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June, 2018 Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), a class of crystalline nano-porous materials consisting of metal-containing clusters and organic linkers, are known to retain their polyhedral shape after carbonization accompanied by loss...
22 June 2026