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12th January 2026 – MOF Materials

Porous Metal-Organic Framework Materials: Applications and Future Technologies Metal-organic framework (MOF) materials are a new class of porous advanced materials constructed by the assembly of metal nodes and bridging organic molecules. They are a form of “Molecular Lego”, or (for … Continue reading

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9th June 2025 – Graphene update. Where are we with real applications?

This talk will be given by Prof. Aravind Vijayaraghavan, Professor of Nanomaterials, Department of Materials, Head of Internationalisation, Faculty of Science & Engineering, Nano-functional Materials Group Leader, National Graphene Institute, University of Manchester. More Details to follow. Update: Prof. Aravind … Continue reading

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8th January 2024 – Stretched to Breaking Point – When is this a Good Thing for Polymer Materials?

Our first speaker of the New Year is Dr. Niamh Fox, a lecturer in Polymer Science in the Department of Materials at Manchester University. Her talk ‘Stretched to breaking point – when is this a good thing for polymer materials?’ … Continue reading

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9th January 2023 – Making the Tiniest Machines

Professor David Leigh leads the Leigh Group at the University of Manchester.  The Group explores, invents and discovers fundamental ways to control molecular-level dynamics and topology.  In simple terms, they are making machines out of molecules. David says “Perhaps the … Continue reading

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12th December 2022 – Bio-inspired Optical Materials

Developing sensors by mimicking nature’s colour mechanisms Dr. Ahu Gümrah Dumanli-Parry is a Materials Chemist and the first recipient of the bp-ICAM Kathleen Lonsdale Research Fellowship in 2019 for her work on bio-inspired advanced materials. Dr Dumanli-Parry’s research group (Bio-inspired Functional … Continue reading

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13th June 2022 – Can Carbon Dioxide be Useful?

Catherine Eagle is a PhD student in the Department of Chemistry at Liverpool University. Her research topic is CO2 reduction electrolysers and focusses on carbon dioxide utilisation. In her talk, Catherine will cover: Carbon dioxide and the environment Reducing carbon … Continue reading

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