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To the Nottingham Nanoscience group website

The group is part of the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Nottingham, UK. Our research interests span a range of exciting and topical themes in state-of-the-art nanoscale science. Housed in a suite of recently refurbished laboratories containing an excellent equipment base, our core activities are focused on understanding and controlling the structure and behaviour of condensed matter on length scales ranging from the single molecule limit to micron dimensions.


Recent Publications

Formation routes and structural details of the CaF1 layer on Si(111) from high-resolution noncontact atomic force microscopy data
Philipp Rahe, Emily F. Smith, Joachim Wollschläger, and Philip J. Moriarty
Phys. Rev. B 97, 125418 – Published 15 March 2018 download pdf

Scanning photocurrent microscopy of 3D printed light trapping structures in dye-sensitized solar cells
A. Knott, O. Makarovskiya, J. N. O’Shea, Y. Wu and C. Tuck
Sol. Energ. Mat. Sol. Cells 180, 103 (2018) | DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2018.02.028download pdf

Exploring ultra-fast charge transfer and vibronic coupling with N 1s RIXS maps of an aromatic molecule coupled to a semiconductor
J. N. O'Shea, K. Handrup, R. H. Temperton, A. J. Gibson, A. Nicolaou, and N. Jaouen
J. Chem. Phys. 147, 134705 (2017) | DOI: 10.1063/1.4999135 download pdf

Faradaic Processes beyond Nernst’s Law: Density Functional Theory Assisted Modelling of Partial Electron Delocalisation and Pseudocapacitance in Graphene Oxides
J. Li, J. N. O'Shea, X. Hou and G. Z. Chen
Chem. Comm. 53, 10414 (2017) | DOI: 10.1039/C7CC04344A download pdf

A full list of publications can be found here.

Latest News

IOP's 2017 nanotechnology highlight

“Morten Moller’s paper on the analysis of the role of the tip state in scanning probe atomic manipulation, Nanotechnology 28 (2017) 075302, was selected by the Institute of Physics as a Nanotechnology 2017 highlight.

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IOP's 2017 nanotechnology highlight
19th International Conference on NC-AFM in Nottingham this July

In collaboration with the Institute of Physics, the group is organising the next International NC-AFM conference. This will be held in the East Midlands Conference Centre from July 25 – 29. See http://ncafm2016.iopconfs.org/home for details. The early registration deadline is just a week away…

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19th International Conference on NC-AFM in Nottingham this July
Alex wins 2015 Scientific Imaging Competition!

Alex Summerfield wins the scanning probe microscopy section with the 'Supramolecular Nanoring Network'.

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Alex wins 2015 Scientific Imaging Competition!

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