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Read more at: Welcome to our visitor Yi-Xuan

Welcome to our visitor Yi-Xuan

16 April 2024

Dr Yi-Xuan, who received a PhD from Tsinghua University, has joined the Driscoll group as a visiting postdoc. He will work on development and discovery of novel ferroelectric memristor systems, with a focus on thin film by PLD fabrication and advanced characterizations.


Read more at: Dr Wells presents the Power of Interfaces 2024 conference

Dr Wells presents the Power of Interfaces 2024 conference

5 April 2024

Dr Matthew Wells presented his work on Vertically Aligned Nanocomposite thin films as electrode materials for solid oxide cells at the Power of interfaces 2024 conference as part of the EPISTORE project framework. The conference was held at the Caixa Forum of Palma de Mallorca (Spain). Thank you to the organisers for such...


Read more at: Dr Salonikidou attends Brain-on-a-chip workshop at Porto University

Dr Salonikidou attends Brain-on-a-chip workshop at Porto University

4 April 2024

Dr Barbara Salonikidou attended the 4th Workshop on Neuroengineering: brain-on-a-chip platforms at Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto. The 2-day workshop focused on bioengineering and artificial synapses for neuromorphic applications. The workshop stimulated interesting discussions on how...


Read more at: Congratulations to Dr. Babak Bhakit on winning an award from the University of Cambridge Energy IRC Small Grants.

Congratulations to Dr. Babak Bhakit on winning an award from the University of Cambridge Energy IRC Small Grants.

28 March 2024

Babak has been using our fancy oxide sputter chamber (from the RAENG Chair in Emerging Technologies project) to grow high performance resistive switching materials on TiN on Si. He is obtaining exciting results which are moving towards industry applicability. Well done Babak! For more info, visit the Dept of Engineering...


Read more at: Paragraf visits the group

Paragraf visits the group

20 March 2024

We received Sebastian Dixon, Paragraf, to our group for a meeting and lab visit. From left to right is Sebastian Dixon (just completing an RAEng Industry Fellow in the Driscoll group), Ji Soo (our newly collaborating PhD student), and Moritz Muller (our PhD student, collaborated for 2 years with Paragraf).


Read more at: Dr Bakhit talk at HiPIMS 2024

Dr Bakhit talk at HiPIMS 2024

18 March 2024

Dr Babak Bakhit gave an invited talk in HiPIMS Today 2024. He discussed the recent advances in high power impulse magnetron sputtering (HiPIMS) and the advantages of growing strategic and functional thin films by hybrid HiPIMS/DC magnetron co-sputtering using synchronised metal-ion irradiation. This advanced sputtering...


Read more at: Prof. Briscoe from QMUL visits the group

Prof. Briscoe from QMUL visits the group

8 March 2024

We were pleased to host Prof. Joe Briscoe from QMUL to discuss our collaborative research on ferroelectric enhancement of photovoltaics.


Read more at: Prof. Driscoll meeting with Dr. Wang from Applied Materials

Prof. Driscoll meeting with Dr. Wang from Applied Materials

8 March 2024

Judith was pleased to meet Dr. Connie Wang from Applied Materials to discuss our mutual interests in AI hardware and superconducting coated conductors.


Read more at: Prof. Driscoll at the RAEng

Prof. Driscoll at the RAEng

7 March 2024

Judith was happy to take part in a Royal Academy of Engineering panel to discuss how to be successful with Horizon Europe funding.


Read more at: Congratulations to Dr Tom Bedford!

Congratulations to Dr Tom Bedford!

7 March 2024

Our PhD student Tom Bedford has passed his viva! Congratulations from the group!