by Eamonn Boylan | Jul 9, 2024
Neil Alford received his BSc from St Andrews University and spent three years working in SE Asia and S America in the Oil Exploration Industry. He returned to the UK to carry out his PhD at Queen Mary College in the area of fracture mechanics of cement mortars. He...
by Eamonn Boylan | Feb 5, 2024 | News
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...
by Eamonn Boylan | Nov 29, 2023 | News, Publication, Research Highight
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,...
by Eamonn Boylan | Oct 20, 2023 | News, Outreach
Academics, students and technical staff at the LCN have been awarded a total of five prizes from the Institute of Physics (IOP), the leading body for practising physicists in the UK and Ireland, for their distinguished work in the field. Professors Neil Alford, Mark...
by Eamonn Boylan | Sep 11, 2023 | News, Outreach
On a night when the Royal Albert Hall was hosting the grand Proms, the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) embarked on an exquisite journey from the grand to the infinitesimally small with the first-ever UK Nanoday. This unique event, held on September 8 at...