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Lucy Attends the 2017 Quantum Materials Symposium

This week, Lucy travelled to Berlin to attend the 2017 Quantum Materials Symposium at the Max Planck Society’s Harnack-Haus. It was a fascinating meeting that addressed several grand challenges in quantum materials research. The design, synthesis, properties and possible applications of a broad range of quantum materials were discussed, including topological materials, superconductors and quantumContinue reading “Lucy Attends the 2017 Quantum Materials Symposium”

Lewis Farrar Joins the Group

Today we welcome Lewis to the group for his MChem research project. Lewis will be joining us for our upcoming muon beam time to explore magnetic ordering phenomena in novel transition metal oxalate compounds. We are very pleased to have Lewis in Our Team and wish him all the best with his final year of studiesContinue reading “Lewis Farrar Joins the Group”

New Lab Equipment Installed

Today was an immensely exciting day for the group as we set up our first pieces of equipment in our chemistry laboratory. We have two, brand new ovens from Carbolite-Gero: a 120 L fan-assisted oven with variable fan speed and a 60 L oven with an 8-stage programmable temperature controller. Both ovens can heat toContinue reading “New Lab Equipment Installed”

The Girls’ Network

This week, Lucy attended a training session at Liverpool’s iconic Royal Liver Building to work towards becoming a mentor for The Girls’ Network. The Girls’ Network is a vital initiative that strives to give girls and young women from disadvantaged communities an opportunity to develop their self-confidence and realise their full potential by connecting themContinue reading “The Girls’ Network”

Kate and Lucy Attend the GRC on Neutron Scattering

This week, Kate and Lucy travelled to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology to attend the second Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Neutron Scattering. Gordon Research Conferences are a prestigious series of international meetings founded in 1931 that present frontier research in a diverse range of scientific disciplines. Lucy gave an invited talkContinue reading “Kate and Lucy Attend the GRC on Neutron Scattering”

Chemistry of Materials Paper Accepted

We are delighted to have some of our recent work on frustrated iron oxalates accepted for publication in the American Chemical Society’s Chemistry of Materials. This work was a collaborative effort led by Dr Wenjiao Yao at the University of St Andrews – congratulations Wenjiao! Please see Our Research page for more details and aContinue reading “Chemistry of Materials Paper Accepted”

MC13 Comes to Liverpool

The Royal Society of Chemistry’s 13th International Conference on Materials Chemistry (MC13) was held this month in Liverpool’s Convention Centre at the King’s Dock. Lucy gave a contributed talk on our recent studies of the exotic magnetic behaviour in hexagonal rare-earth indates, which is an ongoing collaboration with the groups of Prof Bruce Gaulin (McMasterContinue reading “MC13 Comes to Liverpool”

NMSUM at University of Warwick

This week we attended the UK Neutron and Muon Science and User Meeting (NMSUM) at the University of Warwick. Lucy had the pleasure of giving an introduction to the use of muons in the study of materials during the Student Day and an invited talk on some of our recent results using neutrons and muonsContinue reading “NMSUM at University of Warwick”

Summer Students

Current University of Liverpool Chemistry undergraduate students Mollie Williams, Nicole Lawrence and Adam Tollitt began their summer studentships today. Mollie was awarded support for her summer project through the Royal Society of Chemistry’s competitive Undergraduate Research Bursaries scheme and Nicole and Adam were funded through our University of Liverpool Early Career and Returners Fund grant.Continue reading “Summer Students”