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Interested in using XPS to help with your materials research? EPSRC are offering grants for materials scientists to work with research centres like Harwell XPS. Contact us if interested in a joint application! ukri.org/opportunity/wo…

You can't hold onto light, but certain tech can confine it. With tools Berkeley Lab & SLAC, scientists NC State University showed that a class of thin-film membranes can "squeeze" infrared light better than current methods. It could improve infrared imaging: news.ncsu.edu/2024/06/squeez…

📢 Congratulations to Boyao Liu🌟 for winning the @IOPTFSG oral prize for his presentation "Experimental Characterisation of Defect-Induced Phonon Lifetime Shortening" at the ECOSS37 event at Harrogate! Here with committee member, David Ward, Cavendish Lab iop.eventsair.com/evc17-ecoss37/

Our poster prize at the Nanoscience@Surfaces Summer School 2024, sponsored Dylan James Scientific, was awarded to Elspeth Smith🌟from Ruhr University for her work “Structure of Aqueous Na Citrate at the Polarisable Au(111) Interface from MD Simulations”. Here with TFSG chair, Karen Syres

📢Applications are now open for an exciting PhD studentship to study the nanostructure of perovskite thin films. You'll be trained in a wide range of thin-film characterisation techniques under the supervision of Dr Karen Syres @UCLan. Deadline Sept 18th! findaphd.com/phds/project/n…

New research reveals how friction at edges dominates the resistance to sliding of certain technologically promising materials whose layers are held together by Van der Waals forces. go.aps.org/3Zr2sVI

A lot of debate has been had over the last few years regarding carbon calibration in XPS. Read the new paper from David Morgan on this topic in Surface and Interface Analysis doi.org/10.1002/sia.73…

The frictional force between solids sliding against each other is typically independent of velocity. But new research shows that this expectation is upended on the atomic scale. The findings could lead to materials with tailored frictional properties. go.aps.org/3zvlO1e

Congratulations to Paola Mantegazza @UniBirmingham and Ailish Gray Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN for sharing our poster prize🌟 during Surface Science Day 6, organised by Alex Saywell on Sept 17th at Nottingham Uni. Great event - can't wait for SSD7! 😀 iop.eventsair.com/ssd2024/

BREAKING NEWS The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the 2024 #NobelPrize in Physics to John J. Hopfield and Geoffrey E. Hinton “for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks.”

Seasons Greetings and a Happy New Year from all of us at the Institute of Physics 🎄🎇

A thorough review of copper chalcopyrites, including CIGS, for #SolarPower explains several key parameters for these photovoltaic cells regarding the intrinsic absorber surface, surface oxidation, and surface passivation strategies. 🔗 go.aps.org/4g8qCcT

Nominations are open for the David Tabor Medal and Prize, celebrating distinguished contributions to nanoscale or surface physics. ✨ In 2023, the medal and prize was awarded to Professor Lev Kantorovich (King’s College London) for groundbreaking theories on molecular

Nanotech is revolutionizing thin film engineering, from ALD to quantum dots. Discover breakthroughs in flexible electronics, 5G, and sustainable energy with Hiden Analytical’s advanced tools. #Nanotech #ThinFilms #Innovation hidenanalytical.com/blog/surface-e…

100 years ago, the development of quantum mechanics began. Today, UK researchers and businesses are pioneering discoveries that could allow us to do things previously thought impossible. Join us for #QuantumYear2025: iop.org/IYQ Watch the opening ceremony live

Registration is open for our flagship conference ISSC25 organised by Diamond Light Source! It covers most experimental and theoretical aspects of surfaces, interfaces and nanoscale physics and chemistry. Submit your abstract by Feb. 16th! Further info ➡️ iop.eventsair.com/issc2025

Colin & Alex are at #ISSC2025 in Oxford this week! 🎉 Catch them on the booth from 31 Mar–2 Apr to chat all things surface science. Don’t miss the chance to visit Diamond Light Source & HarwellXPS labs too! #SurfaceScience #MaterialsScience #HarwellXPS #DiamondLightSource

New article online: Inverted organic solar cells with an in situ-derived SiOxNy passivation layer and power conversion efficiency exceeding 18%. go.nature.com/4chuNCg

In droplet microfluidic setups, droplets are driven around on a surface, which is normally hydrophobic. Now, droplet microfluidics with superhydrophilic substrates is shown to also be feasible by exploiting acoustic effects. nature.com/articles/s4156…

Congratulations🌟to Samuel Ginzburg Cambridge University on winning the IOP TFSG Oral Prize at #ISSC25 this week! The title of his talk was “Electronic Structure and Surface Dynamics of Fluorine induced Bridge-Bond Defects in Si(001)”. Well done Sam!🙂 iop.eventsair.com/issc2025/