LCN researchers host the 7th London Plasmonics Forum
The 7th Annual London Plasmonics Forum was held online on 9 June 2021. Hosted by Professor Anatoly Zayats, PI of the EPSRC Programme Grant Reactive Plasmonics and also LCN co-director, the event was held online for the 2nd year in a row due to restrictions still being...
LCN Scientist awarded prestigious IOM3 prizes
The Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining has awarded four highly esteemed prizes in recognition for outstanding research to LCN Scientists in the Department of Materials at Imperial College London. The annual awards recognise the significant contributions and...
Lighting up ultrafast magnetism
When it comes to computers, we all know that faster is better. To date, the exponential growth in data processing and storage speeds has largely been driven by shrinking electronic circuits to ever smaller sizes. As we push up against the limits of semiconductor...
Mass of human chromosomes measured for the first time
For the study, published in Chromosome Research, researchers including the LCN Professor Ian Robinson and Archana Bhartiya used a powerful X-ray beam at the UK’s national synchrotron facility, Diamond Light Source, to determine the number of electrons in a spread of...