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A joint venture between
University College London and Imperial College London

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Putting a new spin on current research

Physicists in the USA and at the LCN have found a way to extend the electrically-measured quantum lifetime of electrons by more than 5,000 per cent
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Welcome to the Web Pages for the
London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN)

Located in the London neighbourhoods of Bloomsbury and South Kensington, the LCN is a new UK-based multi-disciplinary research centre, purpose-built to enable work at the forefront of science and technology. The LCN brings together two of the world's leading institutions, namely University College London (UCL) and Imperial College London, with strong capabilities in the underlying disciplines - engineering, physical sciences and biomedicine - which are bridged by nanotechnology. Our aim is to provide the nanoscience and nanotechnology needed to solve major problems in information processing, health care, and energy and environment.

  LCN Gordon Street Building, Bloomsbury Campus

Professors Gabriel Aeppli & David McComb,
Co-Directors

 
 

Latest News & Events

Seminars and Events

- 7 January 2009, UK SAF Winter Meeting [more]

- 8 January 2009, Professor John Finney's retirement celebration [more]

- 12-13 January 2009, Professor Mike Gillan's retirement celebration [more]

- 22 January 2008, Professor Mike Horton's retirement celebration [more]

LCN News

- Researchers from the LCN and Vanderbilt University have used electrophoric deposition to fabricate alternating layer carbon nanotube-nanocrystal composite films. [more]

- Physicists in the USA and at the LCN have found a way to extend the electrically-
measured quantum lifetime of electrons by more than 5,000 per cent. [more]

- LCN researchers have published a letter investigating the electron-trapping properties of boundaries between crystallites. [more]

- Scientists from the LCN are using a novel nanomechanical technique to investigate the workings of vancomycin in research that could help combat so-called "superbugs". [more]

- LCN researchers have received funding to support five years of research into the effects of strain formations in nanostructures. [more]

- A UCL partner project has joined forces with the Japanese government to provide a major new nanoscience research centre. [more]

- New research from the LCN has produced the first theoretical model of nanomechanical sensing. [more]

- An international research team incorporating members of the LCN has discoversed a quantum "halfway-house" between magnet and semiconductor behaviour. [more]

- LCN-led researchers have developed nanoscale bioactive glass materials with medical applications. [more]

- LCN and partners work to advance spintronics with research into the magnetic properties of common industrial dyes [more]

- Quentin Pankhurst to head Royal Institute's new Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory [more]

LCN Careers

- Post-doctoral  and PhD/EngD positions available [more]

- At least 4 fully-funded scholarships for the  UCL MSc in Nanotechnology are available for the 2008 intake  [more]


Link to Imperial College London website
Link to University College London website