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Read more at: FeminCam Conference Celebrating Women in Electronic Materials

FeminCam Conference Celebrating Women in Electronic Materials

29 September 2023

27th September 2023: The FeminCam conference was held at Trinity College, a 1-day event to celebrate women leaders in the field of electronic materials, organised by the members of DMG, Prof. Driscoll, Prof. Kar-Narayan and Dr Di Martino. The event featured 10 incredible talks by women PIs in Cambridge, which focused on...


Read more at: Group attends IOM3 meetings

Group attends IOM3 meetings

25 September 2023

Sept 25: We had a successful energy materials conference at IOM3. JD is Chair of the energy materials committee there. The other female committee members made it all possible. The event focused on early career researchers. Dr. Matt Wells from the group gave a very interesting talk and Drs. Debasis Nayak and Venkat...


Read more at: Markus and Judith publish invited review article on neuromorphic computing

Markus and Judith publish invited review article on neuromorphic computing

14 September 2023

Markus and Judith were asked to contribute an invited review paper on neuromorphic computing in the Springer Nature journal Nano Convergence and this is now published and accessible open access here . The full title of the publication is " Multi-level resistive switching in hafnium-oxide-based devices for neuromorphic...


Read more at: Visitors and collaborators

Visitors and collaborators

1 September 2023

We were very busy receiving/meeting several interesting visitors and collaborators this month, including Ray Karam (HTSI), Dr. Mike Osofsky (Towson (formerly ONR)), Dr. Christine McHugh (engineering consultant), Prof. Mercouri Kanatzidas (Northwestern), Drs. Leo and Julie Christodoulou (MMI-consultants), Prof. Keehon Kang...


Read more at: Prof. Bilge Yildiz from MIT sabbatical visit in collab. with Grey Group

Prof. Bilge Yildiz from MIT sabbatical visit in collab. with Grey Group

30 August 2023

We are very happy to have Prof. Bilge Yildiz on sabbatical with us for 1 year. This is joint with Prof. Clare Grey’s group, in the Department of Chemistry.


Read more at: Judith faculty visit in Los Alamos

Judith faculty visit in Los Alamos

1 August 2023

Judith was pleased to do her usual visiting faculty time in Los Alamos, working with Dr. Aiping Chen.


Read more at: Magnetoelectrics collaboration with Prof Tuhin Maity

Magnetoelectrics collaboration with Prof Tuhin Maity

26 July 2023

It has been great to host Prof Tuhin Maity in our group and Giuliana Di Martino’s group in June and July 2023 to continue our collaborative work together in magnetoelectrics. We are grateful for a Royal Society collaborative grant.


Read more at: Science Podcast Dr Markus Hellenbrand

Science Podcast Dr Markus Hellenbrand

14 July 2023

Dr Markus Hellenbrand was invited to talk about our recent publication on resistive switching in the science podcast Quantum Photonics club . A lay explanation of the backgrounds and results lead to a lively discussion with the 30-40 attendants.


Read more at: Group members at MANIC workshop, Invited talk Dr Markus Hellenbrand

Group members at MANIC workshop, Invited talk Dr Markus Hellenbrand

29 June 2023

Several group members attended the final workshop of the Materials for Neuromorphic Computing EU project, and Dr Markus Hellenbrand gave an invited talk at the event. 53011130568_33d49115d2_comp.jpg Photo by Michael Wilkinson .


Read more at: Science Advances paper available open access

Science Advances paper available open access

21 June 2023

Just one day after the good news about the postdoc prize, Dr Markus Hellenbrand's paper on interfacial resistive switching in hafnium oxide devices is now available online, open access here , Science Advances (2023). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adg1946 . The publication was featured in the University of Cambridge press release...