Dr Ifan Stephens awarded funding for Materials For Clean Fuels Challenge program
LCN Academic Dr Ifan Stephens has won funding from the National Research Council Canada to lead a project in the Materials For Clean Fuels Challenge program. Ifan will be the Principal Investigator for the research, which will aim to develop sustainable...
Light-emitting tattoo engineered for the first time
Scientists at the LCN and the IIT –Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (Italian Institute of Technology) have created a temporary tattoo with light-emitting technology used in TV and smartphone screens, paving the way for a new type of “smart tattoo” with a range of...
From superlattices to supercrystals
The concept of order is a cornerstone of condensed matter physics. Atoms order to form crystals, which, in turn, play host to other fascinating and technologically useful ordering phenomena. For example, in ferroelectric crystals, tiny displacements of ions create...