Contact: Dr. Thanos Mitrelias, Cavendish Laboratory & Memsbio Mentor: John Loveluck The Thin Film Magnetism (TFM) group in the Cavendish have been working with a research team from Koc University, one of the leading Universities in Turkey, a collaboration which has now resulted in a Turkish … [Read more...] about Using micro-cantilevers to measure the viscosity of blood and other fluids

Contact: Dr. Wen-Kai Hsaio, Institute for Manufacturing & Dr. Damian Gardiner, CMMPE Mentor: Simon Pulman-Jones References: Printed photonics arrays from self-organised chiral nematic liquid crystals The team from the Department of Engineering have created a unique way of printing organic … [Read more...] about Finding the best route-to-market for printable lasers

Contact: Tanya Hutter & Professor Stephen Elliott, Chemistry Mentor: Michael Katz & Marc Bax Porous silicon is inexpensive to manufacture and can be used to produce small, simple optical sensors for a wide range of gases and other materials. The silicon can be used in its bare state, or … [Read more...] about Identifying the best markets for porous silicon sensors