nmRC
Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre

 

The Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre (nmRC) is a cross-disciplinary facility dedicated to supporting and promoting world-leading nanoscience and materials characterisation. 


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Latest News

Under the Microscope August 2023 Winner

Description
This month's Under the Microscope winning suggestion was...Lizard Scales!
Date:
30/08/2023

Year 10 Work Experience Visits

Description
The nmRC hosted a series of work experience for Year 10 students showing them the wonders of electron microscopy.
Date:
01/08/2023

Under the Microscope - July 2023 Winner

Description
Have you ever wondered what inked paper looks like at the microscale?
Date:
28/07/2023

 

 
 

 Recent Publications

Efficacy of antimicrobial and anti-viral coated air filters to prevent the spread of airborne pathogens, Watson R., Oldfield M., Bryant J. A., Riordan L., Hill H. J., Watts J. A., Alexander M. R., Cox M. J., Stamataki Z., Scurr D. J., de Cogan F., Nature Scientific Reports12, 2803, 2022.

Redox-active hierarchical assemblies of hybrid polyoxometalate nanostructures at carbon surfaces, Amin S. S., Cameron J. M., Cousins R. B., Wrigley J., Liirò-Peluso L., Sans V., Walsh D. A., Newton G. N., Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2022.

Metallocatanionic vesicle-mediated enhanced singlet oxygen generation and photodynamic therapy of cancer cells, Sharma B., Jain A., Pérez-García L., Watts J. A., Rawson F. J., Chaudhary G. R., Kaur G., Journal of Materials Chemistry B10, 2160-2170, 2022.

Elucidating the molecular landscape of the stratum corneum, Starr N. J., Khan M. H., Edney M. K., Scurr D. J., PNAS119(12), e2114380119, 2022.

Defect etching in Carbon nanotube walls for porous carbon nanoreactors: implications for C02 sorption and the hydrosilylation of phenylacetylene, Astle M. A., Weilhard A., Rance G. A., LeMercier T. M., Stoppiello C. T., Norman L. T., Fernandes J. A., Khlobystov A. N., ACS Applied NanoMaterials5(2), 2075-86, 2022.

Enhanced thermal and electrical properties by Ag nanoparticles decorated GO-CNT nanostructures in PEEK composites, Hu C., Liu T., Neate N., Fay M., Hou X., Grant D., Xu F., Composites Science and Technology218, 109201, 2022.

Direct and mild non-hydroxide activation of biomass to carbons with enhanced CO2 storage capacity, Altwala A., Mokaya R., Energy Advances, 1, 216-224, 2022.

A dual material removal mechanism for clearing of obstructed holes via electrical discharge machining, Castro-Palacios M., Ahmed S., Ahmed N., Murray J. W., Speidel A., Duffin J., Kell J., Clare A. T., Manufacturing Letters31, 10-14, 2022.

Magnetic nanoribbons with embedded cobalt grown inside single-walled carbon nanotubes, Krichevsky D. M., Shi L., Baturin V. S., Rybkovsky D. V., Wu Y., Fedotov P. V., Obraztsova E. D., Kapralov P. O., Shilina P. V., Fung K., Nanoscale, 2022.

 

Nanoscale and Microscale Research Centre

Cripps South building
University of Nottingham
University Park
Nottingham, NG7 2RD

telephone: +44 (0) 115 748 6340
email: nmrcenquiries@nottingham.ac.uk