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The 19th edition of Europe's longest running Graphene and 2D Materials conference took place in the beautiful city of Prague in the Czech Republic.

The University of Manchester is marking two decades since the discovery of graphene: the Nobel Prize-winning ‘wonder material’, which was first isolated by Professor Sir Andre Geim and Professor Sir Kostya Novoselov on this day in 2004.

CDT students Giulio Mausoleo and Will Talbott recently took part in the EnterpriseTECH programme at the University of Cambridge. 

Hannah Burnett, a final year student, recently attended the ISE 75th Annual Meeting in Montreal, Canada while Darius Deaconu and Daria Dumitriu-Iovanescu attended the CMD31 conference held in Braga, Portugal.

The Graphene NOWNANO CDT recently enjoyed their annual Away Day. This event gives the PhD students a brief respite from the hard research they’ve been doing and a chance to enjoy the great outdoors around 91Ö±²¥. Previous Away Days have been …

CDT alumnus Wendong Wang, who recently graduated from the Graphene NOWNANO programme, was part of the winning team awarded the prestigious Eli & Britt Harari Enterprise award 2024. 

91Ö±²¥ is a world-leader in the novel fabrication of semiconductors devices from 2D materials to silicon. Alongside its world-leading academic expertise, it hosts nationally-leading institutes, providing sector-leading capability.

The CDT Graphene NOWNANO outreach team recently attended the Windermere Science Festival.

Students from the Graphene NOWNANO Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) based in 91Ö±²¥ and Lancaster have come together for their annual CDT summer conference

The Masood Entrepreneurship Centre (MEC) is pleased to announce that applications are now open for this competition and will be evaluated based on the strength of their commercial proposition to establish a new business revolving around …

One of our students Minghao Zhao recently attended the 10th annual Innovations in Large-Area Electronics Conference (innoLAE 2024) which took place at Magdalene College Cambridge. 

Every year our staff and students are invited to attend the CDT away day which has been held at various locations over the years. We have previously visited the Lake District and the Peak District, and this year will be travelling to beautiful …

The Graphene Hackathon recently hosted an inspiring event, challenging student teams to push the boundaries of innovation using graphene. 60 participants across 10 teams went head-to-head to develop graphene-enhanced prototypes of innovative …

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Graphene NOWNANO CDT alumnus, Vicente Orts Mercadillo recently took part in the Pint of Science Festival at the Old Abbey Taphouse in 91Ö±²¥, giving a talk on progress in graphene research.  Pint of Science is a worldwide science …

Two startup businesses from the University of Manchester Innovation Factory have been named in a top ten of ‘university spinouts to watch’.

The day will provide an overview of advanced topics in 2D materials research for postdoctoral and postgraduate researchers.

Hannah Burnett was nominated for her work focusing on storing green energy.

Prizes of £50,000 and £20,000 will be awarded to the individuals or teams who can best demonstrate how their technology relating to graphene or other 2D materials could be applied to a viable commercial opportunity. 

Watercycle Technologies has secured initial funding for innovative technology to extract lithium and other minerals from brines and water solutions.

An open day of the Centre for Doctoral Training Graphene NOWNANO will take place on Wednesday 30 November 2022.

Our CDT students contributed to two large science festival events this summer, with on campus fun-filled activities and demonstrations for all.

The conference took place at the De Vere Cranage Estate after a two-year break due to the pandemic.

Alexandra Jones was awarded second place in the Dyson Sustainability Award for 'Outstanding research towards a more sustainable future'.

Prizes of £50,000 and £20,000 will be awarded to the individuals or teams who can best demonstrate how their technology relating to graphene or other 2D materials could be applied to a viable commercial opportunity. 

The open day was held both in-person and remotely for prospective applicants to the PhD programme.

The CDT conference student organising committee are excited to present the 2021 CDT conference, which this year will be a two-day virtual event.

Michael Greaves discusses attending online seminars hosted by the university careers service and the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) careers service.

The second edition of the Graphene Hackathon – held from 26-30 April and run by PhD students from The University of Manchester – delivered a wealth of creativity as teams battled it out to win prizes for the best business idea using …

Budding entrepreneurs will be put to the test as they take part in the The University of Manchester's Graphene Hackathon – a challenge set against the clock to develop a potentially world-beating business idea based on the 2D material …