LCN Professor awarded top Engineering Research Prize
A researcher leading a new generation of tools and technologies for infectious disease surveillance, testing and care has been awarded the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) top AF Harvey Engineering Research Prize worth £350,000. Rachel McKendry is...
Twisted magnets make brain-inspired computing more adaptable
A form of brain-inspired computing that exploits the intrinsic physical properties of a material to dramatically reduce energy use is now a step closer to reality, thanks to a new study led by LCN Researchers from UCL and Imperial College London Such an approach,...
Unveiling ultra-thin electron liquids in silicon
Soft X-rays enable scientists to visualise non-invasively the electronic properties of ultra-thin dopant layers buried within semiconductor wafers. In the advancing world of semiconductor technologies and quantum computing, scientists are now able to engineer devices...
New Synthetic Methodology for High-Quality InP-Based Quantum Dots Promises Safer and More Efficient Production
A breakthrough in the field of quantum dot (QD) synthesis has been achieved by LCN researchers based in the Department of Physics at King’s College London. Writing in Nanoscale Horizons, Dr Yi Wang and Professor Mark Green report on a novel synthetic methodology...