Support morphology affects nanoparticle adsorption
Chi-Ming Yim, working as a postdoc in the LCN group of Geoff Thornton, has discovered an intriguing phenomenon in adsorption properties of nanoparticles. Low temperature scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) experiments, carried out in the LCN, have allowed direct...
Seeing elements transform at the atomic scale for the first time
Atoms of one chemical element morphing into another have been observed for the first time revealing a new, safer way to potentially treat cancer with radiation. The research has just been published in the journal Nature Materials. The work was done as a...
A coherent look at crystalline defects
A ‘lensless’ X-ray microscope has captured, in stunning detail, the first three-dimensional images of crystalline defects during crystal growth of a mineral, calcite. The ‘lensless’ microscope allowing this 3D imaging was pioneered by the group of Ian Robinson at the...