LCN scientists recognised in IOP awards
Two LCN scientists, Geoff Thornton and Chris Pickard, have been recognised in this year’s Institute of Physics awards (Left: Chris Pickard; Right: Geoff Thornton) Tabor Medal – Prof Geoff Thornton (UCL Chemistry) “For his contributions to...
New professorship for nanotechnology research
Women in Engineering Day off to a good start with the announcement of the Shell/Royal Academy of Engineering Research Chair for LCN academic Professor Mary Ryan Professor Ryan leads Shell’s programme for Materials and Corrosion at the LCN’s Imperial site. The...
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...