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AIP Horizons

AIP Horizons

8 January 2018

Prof. Driscoll and the conference committee are organising an AIP Horizons meeting "Interfaces in Energy Materials" at Trinity College, Cambridge (April 10-12, 2018).


Read more at: HRH The Duke of York visits the department
HRH The Duke of York visits the department

HRH The Duke of York visits the department

18 October 2017

Professor Driscoll was delighted to welcome His Royal Highness The Duke of York to the department and take him on a tour of the Device Materials Laboratory. Click here for full article


Read more at: Institute of Physics Joule Medal awarded to Professor Judith Driscoll
Institute of Physics Joule Medal awarded to Professor Judith Driscoll

Institute of Physics Joule Medal awarded to Professor Judith Driscoll

18 October 2017

Congratulations to Professor Judith Driscoll who was awarded the prestigious Joule Medal for her pioneering contributions to the understanding and enhancement of critical physical properties of strongly-correlated oxides, encompassing oxide superconductors, ferroelectrics, multiferroics and semiconductors. The award is...


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STEM Career Hero

18 October 2017

Prof Judith Driscoll featured in an article entitled "STEM career hero" in The Telegraph newspaper over the Christmas period. Click here for full article


Read more at: Professor Judith Driscoll wins Royal Academy of Engineering Armourers and Brasiers' Company Prize 2015
Professor Judith Driscoll wins Royal Academy of Engineering Armourers and Brasiers' Company Prize 2015

Professor Judith Driscoll wins Royal Academy of Engineering Armourers and Brasiers' Company Prize 2015

18 October 2017

The inaugural Royal Academy of Engineering Armourers and Brasiers' Company Prize has been awarded to Professor Judith Driscoll. Her research has revolutionised the properties of high temperature superconductors, enabling them to carry much higher currents in a magnetic field. By creating nanostructured superconducting thin...


Read more at: Fuel cell electrolyte developed to offer cleaner, more efficient energy

Fuel cell electrolyte developed to offer cleaner, more efficient energy

18 October 2017

A new thin-film electrolyte material that helps solid oxide fuel cells operate more efficiently and cheaply than those composed of conventional materials, and has potential applications for portable power sources, has been developed at the University of Cambridge. "The ability to precisely engineer and tune highly...


Read more at: Isaac Newton Trust Grant

Isaac Newton Trust Grant

18 October 2017

Professor Judith Driscoll has been awarded an Isaac Newton Trust Grant for the project, 'Increasing T c in Cuprate Superconductors'. More information about the Newton Trust can be found on their website .


Read more at: New Energy Centre awarded to Cambridge by EPSRC

New Energy Centre awarded to Cambridge by EPSRC

18 October 2017

The new Centre is called, “Centre for Advanced Materials for Integrated Energy Systems (CAM-IES)”. The director is Professor Clare Grey from the Department of Chemistry. The centre is led by the University of Cambridge, with strong collaborating partners from UCL, QMUL, and Newcastle University.


Read more at: JoVE Video Journal

JoVE Video Journal

18 October 2017

Our new publication in JoVE is a video titled 'Improved Heterojunction Quality in Cu 2 O-based Solar Cells Through the Optimization of Atmospheric Pressure Spatial Atomic Layer Deposited Zn 1-x Mg x O'. The link to the video can be found here .


Read more at: Winton Pump-Prime Scheme Fund

Winton Pump-Prime Scheme Fund

18 October 2017

Title: Exploring new, all-inorganic BiO-based compounds for planar heterojunction (PHJ) solar cells (co-investigators are Dr. Robert Hoye, and Dr. Dan Credgington)