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Winton Scholar Jan Mertens describes how graphene has been used as a spacer with atomic thickness precision to modify plasmonic modesToday`s technology is based on miniaturised structures to realise high performance devices. Nanostructured systems become ever more important. However, processes on these tiny lengths scales are not yet well understoo…

The new Maxwell Centre to be built at the Cavendish announced today by Chancellor George OsborneFunding from government and business combined with that from the Winton Programme of £63m has been announced today for the creation of a new centre for the physical sciences at the Cavendish Laboratory.  “The Maxwell Centre will be the vehicle for transl…

Modeling provides insight into stable form of Li defects in Si which may play a significant role in Li-ion batteriesA new type of crystalline impurity called a Zintl defect has been predicted by Dr Andrew Morris, Winton Advanced Research Fellow and co-workers at the University of Cambridge and University College London. One such example, called the…

Researchers have used in situ NMR combined with density-functional theory calculations to provide insights on the kinetics of lithiation and delithiation in high capacity Si-anode based lithium-ion batteriesUsing a combination of nanotechnology and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques, researchers have developed a new probing system that giv…

Prof Ashok Gadgil from Lawrence Berkeley Visits Cambridge to Talk about Energy and the Environment research and how Technology can make a difference to millions of lives of people in developing countries.The Winton Programme was pleased to host the visit of Professor Ashok Gadgil from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL).  Professor Gadgil …

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Programme appoints new Scholars and FellowsThe Winton Programme has appointed the second cohort of Winton Scholars and Fellows.  The total community of Scholars and Fellows will more than double to seventeen, with the addition of seven more Scholars and two further Fellows.  Five of the Scholars have already started, details can be found on the web…

Siân Dutton and Andrew Morris will both be supervising NanoDTC students to work on mini-projects related to battery cell developmentDr Siân Dutton will be working with a NanoDTC student to evaluate candidate electrode materials for Na and Mg-ion batteries.  These alternatives to Li-ion batteries use earth abundant elements (particularly Na) and hav…

Inaugural Symposium presentations availableThe Winton Inaugural Symposium was held on 1st October 2012 at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge.  This one-day meeting on "Energy Efficiency" attracted a large and diverse audience.  The attendees included students and senior staff from the Cavendish as well as other departments; there was also a sign…

One-Day Symposium on Energy Efficiency on 1 October 2012 CLOSED for Registration The Winton Inaugural Symposium on Energy Efficiency is now CLOSED for registration.  This one-day symposium to be held on 1st October 2012 at the Cavendish will bring together world-leading experts to explore the fundamental physical limits to the generation, storage a…

Siân Dutton and Andrew Morris will both be supervising NanoDTC students to work on mini-projects related to battery cell developmentDr Siân Dutton will be working with a NanoDTC student to evaluate candidate electrode materials for Na and Mg-ion batteries.  These alternatives to Li-ion batteries use earth abundant elements (particularly Na) and hav…

Programme appoints new Scholars and FellowsThe Winton Programme has appointed the second cohort of Winton Scholars and Fellows.  The total community of Scholars and Fellows will more than double to seventeen, with the addition of seven more Scholars and two further Fellows.  Five of the Scholars have already started, details can be found on the web…

Research by Dr Alex Chin published in Nature Physics provides insight on coherent processes in pigment-protein complexesQuantum scale photosynthesis in biological systems, which inhabit extreme environments, could hold key to new designs for solar energy and nanoscale devices.Research performed by Winton Fellow Alex Chin with collaborators from the…

Research by Winton Scholar Miloš Knežević and Professor Mark Warner, proposes a new charge pump method to convert solar energy into electricityPhotoferroelectrics are materials in which their ferroelectricity, electric polarization, can be affected by exposure to light.  The proposed device works as a charge pump based on the photoferroelectric eff…

Latest research finds that the trailblazing ‘perovskite’ material used in solar cells can double up as a laser, strongly suggesting the astonishing efficiency levels already achieved in these cells is only part of the journey.Commercial silicon-based solar cells - such as those seen on the roofs of houses across the country - operate at about 20% e…