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- Oxford leading project to revolutionise electric vehicle batteries
- Joints between low temperature and high temperature superconducting materials for future magnet systems
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- Alexander Robertson
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- Laser writing of point defects for photonic and quantum devices
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- Fabrication of precision micro-photonic components using focused ion beams
- Influence of the support on stabilizing local defects in strained monolayer oxide films
- Atomic and electronic structure of an epitaxial Nb2O honeycomb monolayer on Au(111)
- Design for recycling: new alloys and processes to enhance sustainable materials use and re- circulation
- Barbara Gabrys
- Critical stripping in solid electrolyte cells
- Christopher Patrick
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- Robert Weatherup
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- John Titchmarsh
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- George Smith FRS
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- Functionalisation of boron nitride from first principles
- Enzo Liotti
- Helical Dislocations: Observation of vacancy defect bias of screw dislocations in neutron irradiated Fe-9Cr
- Searching for new magnetostrictive materials with first-principles calculations
- Computational modelling of hard magnetic materials: from electrons to electric cars
- Fluoride-ion batteries
- Interfacial characterization of hybrid solid-liquid electrolytes for Li-metal anode batteries
- Lithium rich anti-perovskite solid-electrolytes for all-solid-state Li-metal batteries
- Efficiently measuring a quantum device using machine learning
- A coherent nanomechanical oscillator driven by single-electron tunnelling
- Functional thin films for thermal management applications using vacuum printing of nanomaterials in a polymer matrix
- Effects of irradiation damage and temperature on the mechanical properties of lithium-containing ceramics for tritium breeding.
- IoM3 James S Walker Prize 2018
- Prelims Prize 2018-2019
- Chinnapat Panwisawas
- Judy Kim
- Understanding the Mechanisms of Catalytic Phosphorene Growth
- Diffraction Anomalous Fine Structure (DAFS) of battery materials
- Niobium Dioxide as an Alternative to Graphite Anode
- Exploiting first-generation quantum computers
- FEMMS Best Student Poster 2019
- Depth-Dependent Oxygen Redox Activity in Lithium-Rich Layered Oxide Cathodes
- Micromechanical Studies of Fatigue in Superalloys
- Nanoscratch Testing - fundamentals of wear
- Dislocation density distribution at slip band-grain boundary intersections
- High Entropy Alloys
- Tension–compression asymmetry of slip in Ti–6Al
- A new approach to very high lithium salt content quasi-solid state electrolytes for lithium metal batteries using plastic crystals
- Quantum units from the topological engineering of molecular graphenoids
- Characterisation of slip and twin activity using digital image correlation and crystal plasticity finite element simulation: Application to orthorhomic a-uranium
- 'Excellence in Nuclear Reactor Science in the UK' Award
- Superstructure control of first-cycle voltage hysteresis in O-redox cathodes
- Evolution of residual stress in environmental barrier coatings for ceramic matrix composites
- The effect of hydrogen on the early stages of oxidation of a magnesium alloy
- Understanding structure and defect dynamics in microporous catalysts using machine learning
- Development of demountable superconducting contacts for MRI magnet switches
- Using alpha hulls to automatically and reproducibly detect edge clusters in atom probe tomography datasets
- First Female Winner of Riviere Prize: Dr Alison Crossley
- Large amplitude charge noise and random telegraph fluctuations in room-temperature graphene single-electron transistors
- The interface between Li6.5La3Zr1.5Ta0.5O12 and liquid electrolyte
- Oxford leads in £80M National Nuclear User Facility Award
- Investigating Simultaneous Corrosion/Irradiation of Materials for Lead and Lead-Bismuth Eutectic Reactors at the Atomic Scale
- New Ion Optical Components for Enhanced Nano-Scale Imaging
- Quantifying oxygen distortions in lithium-rich transition-metal-oxide cathodes using ABF STEM
- Active Metamaterials with Negative Static Electric Susceptibility
- J-integral analysis: an EDXD and DIC comparative study for a fatigue crack
- Understanding and optimizing EBIC pn-junction characterization from modelling insights
- TATA Steel Prize awarded to Poppy Miller
- Prelims Practicals Prize 2019
- Materials Selection Poster Competition 2020
- Design and characterisation of ex situ bulk MgB2 superconductors containing a nanoscale dispersion of artificial pinning centres
- Measuring the brittle-to-ductile transition temperature of tungsten-tantalum alloy using chevron-notched micro-cantilevers
- In-line measurement of the dielectric permittivity of materials during additive manufacturing and 3D data reconstruction
- Radio-frequency optomechanical characterization of a silicon nitride drum
- Materials Postdocs Association
- Role of metallic leads and electronic degeneracies in thermoelectric power generation in quantum dots
- Filamentary high-resolution electrical probes for nanoengineering
- New Journal "Materials for Quantum Technology"
- Shapes of epitaxial gold nanocrystals on SrTiO3 substrates
- Origin of the tunable carrier selectivity of atomic-layer-deposited Ti0x nanolayers in crystalline silicone solar cells
- Understanding the conversion mechanism and performance of monodisperse FeF2 nanocrystal cathodes
- Anna Kareer
- Professor Simon Benjamin: National Quantum Computing Centre
- Dr Joseph Prentice
- Reflections on the analysis of interfaces and grain boundaries by Atom Probe Tomography
- Microstructural and micromechanical assessment of aged ultra-fast sintered functionality graded iron/tungsten composites
- Hitachi Metals-Oxford UTC of Metallurgy
- Effect of the sintering temperature on the microstructure and superconducting properties of field assisted sintered MgB2 bulks
- Catalyst chemical state and adsorbed species during methanol conversion on copper using ambient pressure x-ray spectroscopies
- Influence of hydrogen core force shielding on dislocation junctions in iron
- Dr David Collins: IoM3 Silver Medal
- IoM3 Award: Yijun LIm
- Microstructural examination of neutron, proton and self-ion irradiation damage in a model Fe9Cr alloy
- Single-Materials Graphene Thermocouples
- The Case for Biotech on Mars
- In-situ X-ray radiography of twinned crystal growth of primary Al13Fe4
- Dr Fredrik Hage
- Pete Nellist: New Royal Society Fellow
- Element segregation and a2 formation in primary a of a near-a Ti-alloy
- Graphene-passivated nickel as an efficient hole-injecting electrode for large area organic semiconductor devices
- In situ measurement and modelling of the growth and length scale of twins in a-uranium
- A method for fracture toughness measurement in trabecular bone using computed tomography, image correlation and finite element method
- Giving to Materials
- Quantum Motion spin-out raises £8M funding
- In-situ X-ray tomography of wear: a feasibility study
- Dr James Thomas
- Simulating hydrogen in fcc materials with discrete dislocation plasticity
- Metal 3D printing as a disruptive technology for superalloys
- A study of the interaction of oxygen with the a2 phase in the model alloy Ti-7wt%Al
- A modelling framework for coupled hydrogen diffusion and mechanical behaviour of engineering components
- Phase reconstruction using fast binary 4D STEM data
- Low-dose phase retrieval of biological specimens using cryo-electron ptychography
- Risk Assessments
- An improved method to model dislocation self-climb
- A phase field model for the growth and characteristic thickness of deformation-induced twins
- Current-density-dependent electroplating in Ca Electrolytes: from globules to dendrites
- Virtual Outreach
- Direct observation and catalytic role of mediator atom in 2D materials
- Tetragonality of Fe-C martensite: a pattern matching electron backscatter diffraction analysis compared to X-ray diffraction