Greener, cheaper method to accelerate chemical reactions developed by LCN scientists and partners
A new, greener and cheaper method to accelerate chemical reactions has been developed by LCN scientists at King’s College London in collaboration with the University of Barcelona and ETH Zurich. Instead of using polluting and expensive metal-based catalysts, the team...
New findings in programming the optical properties of 2D materials could lead to advancements in nanophotonics and quantum technologies
Researchers at Imperial College London and Heriot-Watt University have discovered new ways to control the optical properties of 2D materials. Optical properties define how a material interacts with light. These properties play an important role for solar harvesting...
LCN Researchers awarded £7.7m grant to build the next generation of metamaterials
Researchers from the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) and London Institute of Advanced Light Technologies (LIALT) at Imperial and King’s have secured a prestigious grant from the Engineering and Physics Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). This innovative...
Harnessing EUV Light for Large-Scale Silicon Quantum Device Patterning
Unleashing the power of extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) light, scientists from UCL and the Paul Scherrer Institute, EPFL, and ETHZ in Switzerland have devised an innovative technique for patterning hydrogen-terminated silicon, charting a course towards the large-scale...