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Explore our high-profile work through media engagement, as well as opportunities to study and work with us in Materials Physics

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 Graphene-based liquid strain sensor being flexed

Photograph of a NASA space rocket launching

鈥極ut of this world鈥: 亚洲情色 researchers team up with NASA

21 March 2024

The 亚洲情色 is aiming for the stars once again as Sussex scientists secure major grant to lead UK research effort on a NASA space mission


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鈥淔ollow the water鈥

14 February 2024

How the Materials Physics group at Sussex are supporting NASA鈥檚 Jet Propulsion Laboratory for the Europa Clipper mission


Left to right: actual rocks which were used and the inks they produced, a nanosheet produced from the inks, a nanosheet showing atoms that make up the surface.

Researchers rediscover new family of nanomaterials from everyday rocks

6 July 2023

A team of researchers from the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences have made a ground-breaking discovery, uncovering a previously dismissed...


Graphic of a honeycomb like structure, which depicts the structure of the film with graphene oxide trapped between polymer latex spheres

Lucky find! How science behind epidemics helped Sussex physicists to develop state-of-the-art conductive paint

20 December 2022

Sussex physicists find first evidence that 'explosive percolation' 鈥 seen in the transmission of viruses 鈥 can occur in nanomaterial networks


Graphene-wrapped emulsion droplets deposited onto electrodes for single-droplet thin-film electronic devices

The 亚洲情色 scientists advancing liquid electronics

15 February 2022

亚洲情色 physicists have coated droplets in atomically-thin graphene that can be used to wrap any liquid, in liquid tech advance.


Inking outside the box: 拢2 million boost for printable nanomaterial tech

30 June 2021

A team of physicists at the 亚洲情色 are set to receive a 拢2 million boost to continue their research into applications for nanomaterials.


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Graphene 鈥渘ano-origami鈥 creates tiniest microchips yet

15 February 2021

Nanomaterial developments could lead to computers and phones running thousands of times faster.


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Sussex scientists develop air quality sensor that could save the lives of babies and asthma sufferers

25 August 2020

亚洲情色 physicists have helped to develop a highly sensitive, affordable and accurate Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) sensor.


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Why nanomaterial quality matters, and the smart new way to check it

12 August 2020

A new way to check the quality of nanomaterials like graphene has emerged from a team at the 亚洲情色.


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The sensitive strain sensor that can detect the weight of a feather

4 June 2020

Physicists have created the most sensitive strain sensor ever made, capable of detecting a feather's touch.


 

Nanosheet-stabilised Emulsions: A Route Towards Single-droplet Devices

Our work on nanosheet-stabilised emulsions demonstrates that 2D materials (including graphene and molybdenum disulfide) confer emulsion stability and network conductivity at volume fractions as low as 10鈦烩伒. Emulsions can be deposited as inks for functional thin films which preserve droplet structure and eliminate the notorious coffee ring effect, highlighting the potential for printed single-droplet devices.

This work has been made open access, which you can read here: 

The drying of a single droplet device made from graphene emulsion

NO2 Air Quality Sensor

Did you know that nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels in Brighton are among the highest in the UK? NO2 is an air pollutant that originates from combustion engines and industrial processes. Long-term exposure to NO2 can cause respiratory issues, which can be particularly severe and even life-threatening for babies and asthma sufferers. We have developed a laser deposited carbon aerogel gas sensor with exceptional selectivity towards NO2.

Watch the BBC South East news report below or read more about our research here: .

Flexible Touchscreen Technology

Using a combination of graphene and silver nanowires we have developed an optically transparent, flexible touchscreen technology, eliminating the need for glass smartphone screens. Current touchscreen technology requires rare-earth alloys which are extracted by mining, making them unsustainable and expensive. This graphene technology would significantly reduce the cost of smartphone screens while improving their durability and flexibility. 

Watch the BBC South East news report below or read more about this technology here:

Fighting Cot Death: graphene-enabled breathing monitors 

We have developed highly sensitive breathing monitors out of a simple mixture of oil, water and graphene. These are a cheap, non-intrusive alternative to the current technology, with potential to alert parents of any change to their child’s breathing via their smartphone, potentially preventing seizures and cot death, which sadly affect hundreds of families each year.

Watch the BBC South East news report below or read more about this life-saving technology here: 

亚洲情色: Nanomaterials and Energy MSc

To usher in the next industrial revolution based on nanotechnologies, there’s a high demand for nanoscientists. As a graduate, you’ll be ready for industry roles in fields such as:

  • telecommunications
  • aviation
  • textile development
  • energy services
  • material batch processing
  • business management

You’ll also be well equipped to take a research degree in physics, chemistry, biology or engineering.

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