Research

The LCN fosters interdisciplinary collaborations between researchers from different fields, including physics, chemistry, engineering, and medicine. It prioritises partnerships with industry and government organisations to ensure that its research has a tangible impact on society. It also leverages cutting-edge technology platforms like machine learning and data analytics to accelerate its research and development efforts.

Our research themes

To provide excellent scientific research and propose practical solutions to contemporary challenges, LCN research is broadly organised into three areas: 

Challenges

Underpinning Science

Techniques

CHALLENGE

Planet care

CHALLENGE

ICT

CHALLENGE

Healthcare

UNDERPINNING SCIENCE

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Devices and Applications

Learn more about (opto)electronics and photonics, electrochemical technologies, Micro/Nano-Electro-Mechanical Systems, quantum technologies, and renewable technologies.

Natural World

Natural World

Learn more about nanobiology, nano in the environment, nanomedicine, and nanotoxicology.

Quantum

Phenomena

Learn more about light-matter interactions, ordering and dynamics, quantum, transport and magnetism, and nanomechanical properties.

Devices

Nanomaterials

Learn more about advanced characterisation, nanoassembly, surfaces and interfaces, and nanostructuring

Techniques

Characterisation technique

Characterisation

Learn more about optical and electron microscopy, probe microscopy, scattering, spectroscopy, and transport

Performance

Performance

Learn more about biological interactions and bioelectronics, electrochemistry mechanics, photon-matter interactions, spin and magnetism, and electrical transport.

Synthesis-and-Fabrication

Synthesis & Fabrication

Learn more about bottom up (chemical manipulation), bottom up (physical manipulation), integration and devices, and top down.

Theory

Theory

Learn more about analytical, data science, multidomain, numerical, and AI/ML

Our people

The LCN is home to 240 principal investigators, 300 post doctoral researchers, and 500 PhD students

Latest news

Professor Neil Alford elected as a Fellow of Royal Society

Professor Neil Alford elected as a Fellow of Royal Society

Professor Neil Alford has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Society! This is a huge honour and a well-deserved recognition of ... Find out more

Nanoneedle Technology Corrects Genetic Mutation in Rare Skin Disease

Nanoneedle Technology Corrects Genetic Mutation in Rare Skin Disease

LCN Researchers from the Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences at King’s College London have developed a novel ... Find out more

Equipment & Facilities

EDUCATION

Training

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