### Sub-communities within this community

• #### Astrophysics

Wide range of research programmes linked to experimental and instrumental programmes at the cutting edge of astronomical technology
• #### Atomic, Mesoscopic, and Optical Physics

Research centred on the development of understanding of quantum aspects of condensed matter, from atomic Bose-Einstein condensates to semiconductor quantum dots
• #### Biological and Soft Systems

Research areas include biophysics, biomaterials, nanoscience and Physics of Medicine, using techniques and inspirations from classical polymer physics, soft matter physics and the study of condensed matter

• #### Detector Physics

A major facility for designing, manufacturing and testing a new generation of superconducting detectors for astrophysics and the applied sciences
• #### High Energy Physics

Work based upon experiments at high energy particle accelerators, with group members making up part of international collaborations
• #### Inference Group

Involved in a wide range of projects in the general area of machine learning and information theory
• #### NanoPhotonics

New materials are constructed in which atoms are arranged in sophisticated ways on the nanometre-scale; these meta-materials often display properties that are not observed in the constituents they are made from
• #### Opto-and Microelectronics

Fundamental physics studies in different aspects of organic semiconductor materials, aiming to understand the physics at the detailed quantum mechanical level
• #### Quantum Matter

Studies matter under extreme conditions, i.e. at very low temperatures, high magnetic fields and high pressure, using advanced experimental techniques
• #### Semiconductor Physics

Explores and develops new physics using state-of-the-art semiconductor device fabrication technology
• #### Surfaces, Microstructure and Fracture

Covers the areas of surface physics, microstructure, fracture and microscopy
• #### Theory of Condensed Matter

Carries out world leading research, broadly categorised under: collective quantum phenomena, first principles quantum mechanical methods, and soft matter
• #### Thin Film Magnetism

At the forefront of ultrathin magnetic film and magnetic nanostructure research

### Recent Submissions

• #### SDSS IV MaNGA – metallicity and nitrogen abundance gradients in local galaxies ﻿

(Oxford University Press, 2017-07)
We study the gas phase metallicity (O/H) and nitrogen abundance gradients traced by star-forming regions in a representative sample of 550 nearby galaxies in the stellar mass range 10$^9$–10$^{11.5}$ M$_\odot$ with resolved ...
• #### Mg<inf>x</inf>Mn<inf>2-x</inf>B<inf>2</inf>O<inf>5</inf> Pyroborates (2/3 ≤ x ≤ 4/3): High Capacity and High Rate Cathodes for Li-Ion Batteries ﻿

(American Chemical Society, 2017-04-11)
MgMnB2O5, Mg2/3Mn4/3B2O5, and Mg4/3Mn2/3B2O5 pyroborates have been prepared via a ceramic method. When charging MgMnB2O5 vs Li, all of the Mg2+ can be removed, and with subsequent cycles, 1.4 Li ions, corresponding to a ...
• #### High-performance light-emitting diodes based on carbene-metal-amides ﻿

(American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2017-04-14)
Organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) promise highly efficient lighting and display technologies. We introduce a new class of linear donor-bridge-acceptor light-emitting molecules, which enable solution-processed OLEDs ...