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Special Advisors

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Member groups

Member groups overview CamBridgeSens Centre for Digital Built Britain Computational radiotherapy EPSRC CDT in Computational Methods EPSRC CDT in Nanoscience Energy IRC MPhil in Scientific Computing Membrane Physics Winton Programme - Physics of Sustainability

Academic profiles

Academic profiles overview Dr Tijmen Euser Prof Akshay Rao Prof Clare Grey Prof Jeremy Baumberg Prof Judith Driscoll Prof Mete Atature Prof Nikos Nikiforakis Prof Sian Dutton Prof Sir Richard Friend Prof Suchitra Sebastian Prof Ulrich Keyser

Programmes

Programmes overview Live CO2 levels Challenges of achieving zero carbon in the Nordic countries University Enterprise Zone Annual Research Showcase 2022 Annual Research Showcase 2019 Annual Research Showcase 2018 Annual Research Showcase 2017 Materials Research Exchange 2022 NAIAS Automobili-D 2019

Getting Involved

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Impulse Programme

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Henry Royce Institute

Henry Royce Institute overview Booking and Contact Information Funding opportunities Resources 3D Bioelectronics Facility Ambient Cluster Processing Facility Battery Manufacturing Facility Electrical Characterisation Suite Electron Beam Lithography High Frequency Antenna Measurement Electrochemical and Energy Storage Electron Microscopy Facility Magnetic Property Measurement System Nanoscale Quantum Sensing and Imaging Physical Vapour Deposition and Characterisation Facility Sputter Deposition Thermoelectric Testing Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) Solar Suite UV Mask Aligned Lithography Wafer-Scale Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) Wide Bore Magnet X-Ray Computer Tomography (XRCT) X-Ray Photoemission Spectroscopy (XPS)

Cambridge Zero Demo Lab

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SAS Advanced Analytics Hub

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About SAS Hub

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Learning Resources

Learning Resources overview Data and AI Literacy Free Learning Resources SAS Skill Builder Explainer

Software from SAS

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CAM-IES

CAM-IES overview CAM-IES Members Industry Partners Events Publications Funding Opportunities

Research Programmes

Research Programmes overview Work Package 1: Solid-Solid Interfaces Work Package 2: Gas-Solid Interfaces Work Package 3: Liquid-Solid Interfaces Work Package 4: Organic-Inorganic Interfaces Work Package 5: Organic-Organic Interfaces

Research and impact

Advanced materials BioNano Biophysics and biomimetics Efficient energy usage Energy generation Energy storage Laser spectroscopy Nanophotonics Quantum biology Scientific computing Sensing Sustainability research

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Our Vision

Our Vision overview
    Maxwell Centre Strategy

Maxwell Community

Maxwell Community overview
    Director Special Advisors Steering Committee Liaison team Member groups Academic profiles Collaborating departments Industrial partners Wider environment

Programmes

Programmes overview
    Getting Involved Impulse Programme Henry Royce Institute Cambridge Zero Demo Lab SAS Advanced Analytics Hub Live CO2 levels Challenges of achieving zero carbon in the Nordic countries University Enterprise Zone Annual Research Showcase 2022 Annual Research Showcase 2019 Annual Research Showcase 2018 Annual Research Showcase 2017 CAM-IES Materials Research Exchange 2022 NAIAS Automobili-D 2019

Research and impact

    Advanced materials BioNano Biophysics and biomimetics Efficient energy usage Energy generation Energy storage Laser spectroscopy Nanophotonics Quantum biology Scientific computing Sensing Sustainability research

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Collaborative Research Themes

Collaborative Research Themes

Energy Generation

Let's push the limits of energy generation technologies.

Energy Storage

From better batteries for small devices to new generations of grid scale solutions.

Efficient energy usage

Game changing ideas for an energy hungry world.

Bio-Nano

BioNanotechnology research spans areas from DNA origami, through pores and membrane transport, to nanomedicine.

Biophysics and biomimetics

The biophysics and biomimetics of living organisms - large and small - is relevant for healthcare, bioenergy and agriculture.

Sustainability research

Science of sustainability - for optimised and efficient technologies, minimising waste and costs.

Advanced Materials

Experimental, theoretical and prediction research into properties, creation and function of materials.

Nanophotonics

Interactions between light and electrons can create strong optical fields, vibrant colours and enhanced technologies.

Quantum biology

Natural processes such as photosynthesis are made surprisingly efficient by harnessing quantum effects.

Scientific computing

Knowledge application to predict and optimise materials performance, product designs and even medical treatments.

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