Nanoscience
Researchers
- Prof Anderson, Michael
- Prof Budd, Peter
- Dr Burton, Neil
- Dr Casiraghi, Cinzia
- Prof Clayden, Jonathan
- Prof Collison, David
- Dr Layfield, Richard
- Dr Magennis, Steven
- Prof Mcinnes, Eric
- Prof O'brien, Paul
- Dr Schroeder, Sven
- Dr Thomas, John
- Dr Webb, Simon
- Prof Winpenny, Richard
- Dr Wong, Lu Shin
- Prof Yeates, Stephen
Research Theme Leader: Professor Mike Anderson
Nanoscience concerns structures with sizes in the range 1-100 nanometres (a nanometre is one millionth of a millimetre). In this size range, the properties of a material depend dramatically on its size as well as on its chemical composition. Nanoscience underlies nanotechnology, which promises faster computers, new approaches to health care and more efficient devices for many applications.
In the School of Chemistry we have world-leading expertise in the preparation, characterization and processing of nanoscale materials, led by Professor Paul O’Brien, who has founded a highly successful spinout company, Nanoco Technologies Ltd, valued at over £30 million. Professors Richard Winpenny and Eric McInnes lead research on molecular magnets and hybrid organic-inorganic nanodevices. The
Centre for Nanoporous Materials, led by Professor Mike Anderson, is a centre of excellence for materials with porosity on the nanoscale. Novel organic nanoporous and nanostructured materials are being developed within the Organic Materials Innovation Centre. Applications of nanoscience to the life sciences include work on self-assembling vesicles (Simon Webb) and protein nanoarrays (Lu Shin Wong).
Interdisciplinary doctoral training in Nanoscience is organized through the NOWNANO Doctoral Training Centre.