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INFORMATION ON Queen
INFORMATION ON
Queen's University
of Belfast
School of Maths & Physics
IRCEP
Centre for Nanostructured Media
OUR RESEARCH
Overview of research
Research themes
Ferroelectrics
Magnetics
Structured substrates
Near-field optics
Scanning probes
Facilities we have
Microscopy we use
OUR DOCUMENTS
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Funding
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OUR STAFF & CONTACTS
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News...lots of
it.....
More EPSRC Funding
FEPSRC recently announced the
award of £450K for a new
project in CNM on the 'Fabrication,
Characterisation and Nanophotonic Applications of Plasmonic Waveguides
made of Metallic Nanorod Arrays'.
Ferroelectric Top Papers 2007
Following
on from 2004, CNM publications feature as
2007 Top Papers in Journal of
Physics: Condensed Matter. The two papers concern Ferroelectric
Nanostructures and how our international leading research on the
physics of domain configurations impact nanoscale ferroelectric devices.
Rosse Medal Win
PhD student John McClure has
won the
Rosse Medal of the Institute of
Physics Ireland Branch for a poster presentation "Magnetoelectric
thin film composite materials studies using the Magneto-optic Kerr
effect." at the Branch's Spring Weekend 7-9 March 2008.
The silver medal
commemorates the 3rd Earl of Rosse (Sir William Parsons K.P.,
FRS) and his contributions to science.
Liquid Crystal controlled
plasmonic behaviour in Nano Letters
CNM researchers report for the
first time using LCs to controllably influence plasmonic behaviour
in a recent paper Electronically
Controlled Surface Plasmon Dispersion and Optical Transmission through
Metallic Hole Arrays Using Liquid Crystal
in
Nano Letters.
Ferroelectrics in Nano letters
Nanoscale shape control of ferroelectric domain
configurations has been observed for the first time and is reported in
our third paper of 2007 in
Nano
Letters.
More EPSRC funding
EPSRC recently announced a total of £1.0M funding
for the project
"Investigating the fabrication and dipole characteristics of complex
ferroelectric nanoshapes" to be undertaken in a collaboration
between CNM and the Centre for Ferroics, University of Cambridge. £670K
(fEC) of the funding comes to CNM to lead the project in fabrication
using novel focused ion beam techniques and self assembly routes.
Intel (Ireland) Sponsorship
Intel (Ireland) recently sponsored work on
magnetoelectric materials in CNM with £11K of funding over the next two
years.
Molecular Plasmonics
CNM staff
in collaboration with Kodak Research report in
Nano Letters
the on on the observation of strong coupling between a plasmon supported
by an assembly of oriented gold nanorods and a molecular exciton, such
an effect offers potential significance to the development of plasmonic
molecular devices. Licensing
opportunities exist.
Towards Tbit/inch2
ferroelectric memories?
CNM staff recently reported in the top nanoscience
and nanotechnology journal
Nano Letters
the development and properties of self-assembled ferroelectric
capacitors that could herald a new paradigm in ferroelectric media and
solid state storage in general. They demonstrated functionality of
arrays of ferroelectric capacitors at densities approaching 1 Tb/inch2.
Licensing opportunities exist.
THREE PhD positions filled for
October 2007
Three PhD studentships for study in the Centre have
been filled. One funded by a DEL studentship is for the project;
Optical properties of nanostructured
metallic
metamaterials. The ESF supported
studentship is for the project
Optical antenna –
nanoscale characterisation to macroscale application. The final
project, a fully-funded
international studentship is for the project
Plasmonic Metamaterials for the visible and near infrared spectral region.
Front cover ferroelectrics
A recent review (Investigating
the Effects of Reduced Size on the Properties of Ferroelectrics)
on the properties of
nanoscale ferroelectrics by CNM has been published and featured on the
front cover of IEEE Transactions
on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics & Frequency Control.
£1.3M of new funding
A recent
run of success has seen CNM awarded more than £1.3M from the EPSRC and
the EC Framework 6 Programme.
Optical amplifier to light-up
super-fast computers
Recent work by Anatoly Zayat's team to
create nanostructured optical surfaces has been featured here...
Seagate Technology / Nanostructured
Media CAST PhD opportunities
Two industrially supported projects, started in
October 2006, will
research in ferroic nano-materials and nano-optics for data storage
applications in collaboration with R&D Facility of Seagate Technology
(Ireland), Springtown. This facility is a world leader in the data
storage industry, and is
expanding again.
Another New Nanotech Grant
EPSRC has recently announced £525k of funding for
Paul Dawson's project "Nanoscale
electro-optics of metals and molecules using UHV-STM".
The project aims to use carbon nanotubes to
form optical antennae which act as a tip in a STM to efficiently
transmit information to and from individual molecules on a surface, read
more
here.
Royal Society
University Research Fellow joins team
Dr Joerg Schilling (currently at
Caltech Nanofabrication group) has
recently been awarded a prestigious Royal Society research fellowship to
join the Nanostructured Media Division from December 2005 for 5 years.
Joerg will be working in the area of Nano-optics in two- and three-
dimensionally structured geometries.
Major New
Nanotech Grant
EPSRC announce £450k of funding
for a major joint collaborative grant between Nanostructured Media and
Centre for Ferroics at Cambridge in new data storage technologies -
here
Top paper 2004
A recent publication was
highlighted amongst the top publications in the IoP's J. Phys: Condensed
Matter in 2004 -
here
Major Review Article
A comprehensive review article titled
"Nano-optics
of surface plasmon polaritons" has just been published in Physics
Reports by Anatoly Zayats.
EU FP6 ACTIVITY
Re-enforcing the internationality of our research we
participate in three pan-European Networks of Excellence
METAMORPHOSE,
PLASMONANODEVICES and
PHOREMOST.
A new STREP
DESYGN-IT has also recently started.
NANOTEC NI
 Staff
in the division are participants in an exciting new centre of excellence
in nanotechnology - Nanotec NI. The Centre has a remit to carry out
research and provide a service to both local and inward investing
industry -
details
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About...
Nanostructured Media is one of
the most rapidly growing and exciting areas of research at Queen's. An
understanding of materials with new and exciting properties, and the
ability to process and fabricate them, is of great importance to the future well-being
of modern, high-tech industries.
Our team of researchers is at the forefront
of this science and technology. The development of new media and their
potential exploitation in
commercial devices is also relevant to the work carried out by the staff.
Consequently, postgraduate research projects and training offered by the
staff will provide an
excellent basis for future employment. Our PhDs and post-docs have secured
positions in many leading high technology companies worldwide and in
leading university research groups.
Research Themes
The overwhelming majority of our
research can be considered to be truly based in nanotechnology,
where we are fabricating or imaging in up to 3D in the sub 100nm scale.
The research carried out by the Centre covers
two themes, nanoscale functional materials and
devices and nanooptics and plasmonics.
Our
research in this area falls
under the umbrella of a new research centre
Nanotec NI. The exciting new
research projects being undertaken now will be a focus for the staff in the
coming years.
The research is
supported from many sources and we are grateful to them.
The staff
contribute and collaborate at both a National and International level in
their academic research activities. On this site you will find a
range of information on our research, facilities and output.
If you would like more
information on what you see or wish to give feedback please contact the
Centre Director.
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