Presentations from speakers will highlight the latest research in all areas of nanoscience, including biology and medicine, electronics and photonics, patterning and nanofabrication, quantum phenomena, sensing and actuating, material synthesis and self-assembly, and properties and characterisation procedures for nanomaterials.

The event will also celebrate the official opening of the £12 million purpose-built centre which houses a series of laboratories in which vibration and acoustic noise levels are among the lowest ever achieved.

Innovative research already underway at the Centre includes efforts to create a new and ‘greener’ way of producing electricity from material made of diamonds, and research into the surface properties of cancerous cells which could have significant implications for those engaged in the fight against cancer.  Research activities are complemented by the Bristol Centre for Functional Nanomaterials, a £7million EPSRC-funded doctoral training centre housed within the NSQI.

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