Department of Materials Oxford University News Feed Department of Materials Oxford University News Feed Department of Materials Oxford University CGFeedMaker 1.0.14 on CMS Made Simple paul.warren@materials.ox.ac.uk alex.cock@materials.ox.ac.uk (Alex Cock) Alumni Dinner http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/63/536/Alumni-Dinner.html Fri, 28 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/63/536/Alumni-Dinner.html Workshop on oxide-dispersion strengthened alloys for nuclear applications http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/MFFP-workshop-20120924.html Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/MFFP-workshop-20120924.html Nuclear Materials Short Course http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/89/536/Nuclear-Materials-Short-Course.html The MFFP group is organising a five day Nuclear Materials Short Course in Oxford aimed at introducing new graduate students to the basic concepts of nuclear reactors (fission and fusion), radiation damage in materials, relevant experimental (and modelling) techniques and... Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/89/536/Nuclear-Materials-Short-Course.html Dynamics of localized phonons in semiconductors: isotope effects http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/90/536/Dynamics-of-localized-phonons-in-semiconductors-isotope-effects.html Fri, 03 Aug 2012 14:00:00 +0100 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/90/536/Dynamics-of-localized-phonons-in-semiconductors-isotope-effects.html Oxford University Open Days http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/11/536/Oxford-University-Open-Days.html Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/11/536/Oxford-University-Open-Days.html Nano-engineered materials from carbon: opportunities and challenges http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/93/536/Nano-engineered-materials-from-carbon-opportunities-and-challenges.html Mon, 11 Jun 2012 13:15:00 +0100 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/93/536/Nano-engineered-materials-from-carbon-opportunities-and-challenges.html Comparison of EBSD derived lattice rotations with surface rotations measured using high resolution DIC http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/91/536/Comparison-of-EBSD-derived-lattice-rotations-with-surface-rotations-measured-using-high-resolution-DIC.html Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +0100 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/91/536/Comparison-of-EBSD-derived-lattice-rotations-with-surface-rotations-measured-using-high-resolution-DIC.html Two recent EPSRC grant awards http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/94/536/Two-recent-EPSRC-grant-awards.html Tue, 15 May 2012 16:18:00 +0100 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/94/536/Two-recent-EPSRC-grant-awards.html Novel SEM-based diffraction method for characterising nitride thin films http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/86/536/Novel-SEM-based-diffraction-method-for-characterising-nitride-thin-films.html Sat, 31 Mar 2012 08:43:00 +0100 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/86/536/Novel-SEM-based-diffraction-method-for-characterising-nitride-thin-films.html Launch of EPSRC National Facility for Aberration-Corrected STEM http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/82/536/Launch-of-EPSRC-National-Facility-for-Aberration-Corrected-STEM.html Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:58:00 +0100 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/82/536/Launch-of-EPSRC-National-Facility-for-Aberration-Corrected-STEM.html New High Temperature Nanotest Equipment http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/81/536/New-High-Temperature-Nanotest-Equipment.html Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/81/536/New-High-Temperature-Nanotest-Equipment.html Fracture toughness of Individual Grain Boundaries http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/80/536/Fracture-toughness-of-Individual-Grain-Boundaries.html Tue, 13 Mar 2012 14:11:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/80/536/Fracture-toughness-of-Individual-Grain-Boundaries.html Chemistry at the nanoscale: synthesis of an N@C60-N@C60 endohedral fullerene dimer http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/78/536/Chemistry-at-the-nanoscale-synthesis-of-an-N-C60-N-C60-endohedral-fullerene-dimer.html Mon, 12 Mar 2012 10:59:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/78/536/Chemistry-at-the-nanoscale-synthesis-of-an-N-C60-N-C60-endohedral-fullerene-dimer.html 150 years after the USS Monitor http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/77/536/150-years-after-the-USS-Monitor.html Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/77/536/150-years-after-the-USS-Monitor.html Understanding structures of amorphous materials http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/79/536/Understanding-structures-of-amorphous-materials.html Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:35:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/79/536/Understanding-structures-of-amorphous-materials.html Materials graduates ranked as top Oxford earners http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/73/536/Materials-graduates-ranked-as-top-Oxford-earners.html Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:09:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/73/536/Materials-graduates-ranked-as-top-Oxford-earners.html Researchers from the Department of Materials have synthesised a dyad of two radical centres http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/66/536/Researchers-from-the-Department-of-Materials-have-synthesised-a-dyad-of-two-radical-centres.html Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:09:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/66/536/Researchers-from-the-Department-of-Materials-have-synthesised-a-dyad-of-two-radical-centres.html Tata Steel Prize awarded to Charlotte Lynch http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/71/536/Tata-Steel-Prize-awarded-to-Charlotte-Lynch.html Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:17:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/71/536/Tata-Steel-Prize-awarded-to-Charlotte-Lynch.html Testing the reality of quantum mechanics http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/52/536/Testing-the-reality-of-quantum-mechanics.html Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:01:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/52/536/Testing-the-reality-of-quantum-mechanics.html Success in the University Recognition of Distinction Exercise http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/51/536/Success-in-the-University-Recognition-of-Distinction-Exercise.html Very many congratulations to Martin Castell , Nicole Grobert , Peter Nellist , Richard Todd and Peter Wilshaw who have all been awarded the title of Professor for their outstanding scientific contributions both to Oxford University and to the wider... Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:54:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/51/536/Success-in-the-University-Recognition-of-Distinction-Exercise.html Launch of Bristol/Oxford Nuclear Research Centre http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/70/536/Launch-of-Bristol-Oxford-Nuclear-Research-Centre.html Wed, 04 Jan 2012 10:20:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/70/536/Launch-of-Bristol-Oxford-Nuclear-Research-Centre.html Nomenclature of sp2 carbon nanoforms http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/65/536/Nomenclature-of-sp2-carbon-nanoforms.html Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/65/536/Nomenclature-of-sp2-carbon-nanoforms.html Atomistic modelling of semiconductor-sensitized solar cells http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/47/536/Atomistic-modelling-of-semiconductor-sensitized-solar-cells.html Thu, 15 Dec 2011 17:44:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/47/536/Atomistic-modelling-of-semiconductor-sensitized-solar-cells.html IoM3 R H Craven Award 2011 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/50/536/IoM3-R-H-Craven-Award-2011.html The IoM3 R.H. Craven prize for outstanding performance in polymer materials was awarded to Samual Halliday. In his fourth year, Samuel investigated tissue engineering in tendons, using collagen fibres to create a scaffold. Using cross-linking he developed a quicker methodology... Sat, 10 Dec 2011 16:17:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/50/536/IoM3-R-H-Craven-Award-2011.html Three-dimensional observations of a growing fatigue crack http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/53/536/Three-dimensional-observations-of-a-growing-fatigue-crack.html Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:09:00 +0000 http://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/blog/53/536/Three-dimensional-observations-of-a-growing-fatigue-crack.html