Welcome to the home page of the Durham Nanoscale Science & Technology (NST) Group
Based in the Department of Physics at Durham University, our research spans both 'bottom up' and 'top down' approaches to the fabrication, study and application of materials, structures and devices with critical length scales measured in terms of nanometres. Current research projects include studies of the fundamental properties of electrons confined in nanostructures, particularly carbon nanotubes; time-resolved and thermally activated processes in nanomagnetism; the development of nanoscale sensors and probes; and controlled modification of the physics of nanostructures at the atomic scale.
October 2009
New members join NST
May 2009
Award of £32,000 grant under British Council PMI-2 scheme for co-operation with King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Saudi Arabia for research in nanostructured materials.
October 2008
New members join NST
August 2008
D Atkinson, DS Eastwood and LK Bogart took part in the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition as part of their work with Spin@RT consortium. The exhibition was entitled 'From hard-disks to healthcare: what can spintronics do for you?'. Further information can be found
here.
January 2007
NST member Dave Eastwood is one of the first users of the new Diamond synchrotron in South Oxfordshire.
October 2006
New members join NST.
September 2005
Durham nanomagnetism research makes the front cover of Science magazine. (Science 309 (2005) 1688-1692)
Last updated October 2009