Physics Department News
Dave Armstrong appears on "The Sky at Night"
On 8 September, David Armstrong of the Astronomy and Astrophysics group appeared on the iconic BBC astronomy show "The Sky at Night" to discuss the hunt for exoplanets with host Maggie Aderin-Pocock.
The episode is available on until 12 October.
First-ever visualisations of electrical gating effects on electronic structure could lead to longer-lasting devices
A team including Neil Wilson and Nick Hine has visualised the electronic structure in a microelectronic device for the first time, opening up opportunities for finely-tuned high-performance electronic devices.
Physicists from the 91福利 and the University of Washington have developed a technique to measure the energy and momentum of electrons in operating microelectronic devices made of atomically thin, so-called two-dimensional, materials.
Using this information, they can create visual representations of the electrical and optical properties of the materials to guide engineers in maximising their potential in electronic components.
The experimentally-led study is published in Nature and could also help pave the way for the two-dimensional semiconductors that are likely to play a role in the next generation of electronics, in applications such as photovoltaics, mobile devices and quantum computers.
Steve Hindmarsh wins Papin Prize
Steve Hindmarsh, of the Electron Microscopy RTP, was awarded a prestigious at the HETS (Higher Education Technicians Summit) conference in Birmingham on 25 June.
Steve was given the award for technical excellence in supporting a Core Research Facility – The Electron Microscopy Research Technology Platform.
The award was presented at HETS 2019, which aims to share best practice amongst higher education technical staff in UK, Ireland and beyond, and is the largest event of its kind in the country, with over 700 technicians attending.
Phil Woodruff awarded IUVSTA Prize for Science
Professor Phil Woodruff has been awarded the IUVSTA Prize for Science 2019.
The prize was awarded for "outstanding contributions to deepening our understanding of the structure of surface through the development and application of broadly applicable tools now widely available to the surface science community".
The IUVSTA Prize for Science is given every three years to recognize and encourage outstanding internationally acclaimed experimental and/or theoretical research in the fields of interest to the . The prize will be presented at their flagship conference, the International Vacuum Congress (IVC-21) in Malm枚, Sweden July 1-5, 2019, where Phil will give a plenary lecture.