Surfing water molecules could hold the key to fast and controllable water transport
A radical new mechanism for the motion of adsorbates across the surfaces of layered materials has emerged from computer simulations of water nanodroplets on graphene. The simulations reveal that the adsorbates “surf” across the surface whilst being carried by the...
Coupled quantum spins in a CMOS nano-device
LCN scientists have demonstrated a new hybrid system that is a promising candidate as a building block for quantum computation, showing a way to couple a natural phosphorus atom with an artificial atom called a quantum dot. The research, published recently in the...
New Director for the LCN
We are pleased to announce that Professor Andrew Fisher has commenced his role of the new co-director of the London Centre for Nanotechnology from the University College London. The LCN is jointly owned and run by UCL and Imperial, with one co-director from each...
Perpetual Motion
This week, Melvyn Bragg and guests – including Steven Bramwell, Professor of Physics and former Professor of Chemistry at University College London – discuss the rise of the idea of perpetual motion and its decline, in the 19th Century, with the Laws of...