by Owen Harrison | Feb 11, 2015 | News, Publication, Research Highight
Researchers at UCL in a collaboration study with Laurent Joly, from the University of Lyon, have investigated the friction properties of liquid water at the interface with graphene and with an hexagonal boron nitride sheet, using ab initio molecular dynamics for the...
by Owen Harrison | Jan 26, 2015 | News, Publication, Research Highight
A new way to use a single molecule as a magnetic field sensor has been discovered by LCN researchers at UCL and the University of Liverpool. In the study, published in Nature Nanotechnology, the scientists show how magnetism can manipulate the way electricity flows...
by Owen Harrison | Jan 19, 2015 | News, Publication, Research Highight
Random forces usually have a destabilising effect. A tightrope walker would rather not experience gusts of wind, for example. There are, however, cases where random forces can stabilize a system in state that would otherwise be unstable. The essential ingredient is...
by Owen Harrison | Jan 8, 2015 | News, Publication, Research Highight
Electrons carry both a charge and a magnetic moment, and the collective way in which electrons behave leads to the familiar electrical and magnetic properties of materials. Isolated electrons are fundamental particles, in the sense that they are believed to be...
by Eamonn Boylan | Mar 23, 2010
Prof Alfè’s research interests are mainly focused on theoretical-computational first principles techniques applied to a variety of problems, from the study of the properties of Earth’s forming materials at the extreme conditions of Earth’s deep...
