The LCN featured at the Great Exhibition Road Festival over the weekend of Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 June. Thousands of visitors came to South Kensington to enjoy a vibrant mix of free events and activities that brought science and the arts to life.
The LCN collaborated with The Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Characterisation of Materials to dive into the world of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), a cutting-edge imaging technique that reveals materials at the nanoscale with astonishing precision. The display also showcased cutting-edge applications of diffraction in developing next-generation technologies—shedding light on the internal structures of advanced energy materials that drive innovation.
For younger audiences, the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) partnered with QuEST to turn the Goethe Institute into a family-friendly “quantum disco”. Through carefully choreographed movement, children and their families explored quantum phenomena – like waves, particles, spin, coherence – through movement. Dancers also moved to the music of our quantum labs with Megan Grace-Hughes, LCN manager at King’s College London and master mixer, converting the sounds of lasers, vacuum pumps and oscilloscopes into soundscapes. The disco remained busy all weekend, showing that it’s never too early to become a quantum scientist.
