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Our research is impacting agriculture. And as such, we are proud to be part of Sheffield’s Institute for Sustainable Food… together we are stronger.

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sustainable-food/news/developing-sensors-detect-phosphates-soil

We got funds (£0.4 out of £1.8M) from NSF-NERC to start an exciting project on graphene-based phosphate sensor!

While our collaborator will be designing the sensor, we will characterise its intriguing electronic properties. Phosphate is an essential plant nutrient and its sensing, in real time, in real conditions… will be really cool, and key to foster more sustainable farming practices. A postdoc to work on the project will be needed soon!

We welcome our 6 international students who are currently participating to the 2D Material summer school; in collaboration with Prof. A. Tartakovskii, Prof. G. Leggett and Dr. J. Foster. During this program, they will participate to different lab activities, exploring the Physics and Chemistry of divers 2D materials.

And of course, a big thank you to Arthur and Sayantan who are hosting them in our laser lab.

Congratulation to our 4th year students, Zak, Holly and Jake, for completing their thesis! Well done.

Here are some pictures of each in front of their -colourful & creative- posters:

Zak Bragg

Jake Finkel & Arthur Graf

Holly Khan & Adrien

Thank you for your good work and again, congratulation to all!

Although certain leaders on the other side of the Atlantic reject the idea of Global Warming, we still have to face the fact that our carbon emission triggered  a world-wide climate change. Weather we will survive it, as a human species, or not partially depends on its magnitude and on our adaptive capabilities.

With this goal in mind, the University of Sheffield is doing its bit by organising the 2017 Energy Symposium: a day filled with short presentations and posters to foster collaborations and new ideas for a greener future!

It will be this Monday, 24th of August 2017, from 9 am to 5 pm.

Come and join us and save the world!