Advanced materials

A flexible display incorporating graphene in its pixels’ electronics has been successfully demonstrated by the Cambridge Graphene Centre and Plastic...

Holograms made of tiny particles of silver could double the amount of information that can be stored in digital optical devices, such as sensors...

Colourful LEDs made from a material known as perovskite could lead to LED displays which are both cheaper and easier to manufacture in future.

A new technique which uses light like a needle to thread long chains of particles could help bring sci-fi concepts such as cloaking devices one step...

The development of a ‘nanobarrel’ that traps and concentrates light onto single molecules could be used as a low-cost and reliable diagnostic test.

A breakthrough has been made in identifying the origin of superconductivity in high-temperature superconductors, which has puzzled researchers for...

Intensely coloured low-cost films made from cellulose could be used in place of toxic dyes, or to detect counterfeit materials.

A long-term collaboration between the University and industry has resulted in a super-strong form of steel, which is now being manufactured in the UK...