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Nanoscience
We research how quantum mechanical and thermodynamic properties of molecules, nanostructures, multilayers and glassy materials can be modified.
Our research
Research areas within the Nanoscience Group in Physics at Bath.
Centre for Doctoral Training in New and Sustainable Photovoltaics reaches the end of its lifetime
CDT-PV is composed of seven intitutions aiming to train highly-skilled students in sustainable energy and PV sectors.
Scanning probe microscopy
Scanning probe microscopy can image surfaces with atomic resolution, can manipulate atoms and molecules on them, and can reveal their electronic states.
Biomedical nanoscience
Nanoscience has many biomedical applications; we are working on new pacemaker concepts, wearable glucose monitors, and new forms of drug delivery.
Quantum devices
We make, investigate and model electronic devices at length scales small enough that their behaviour is quantum in nature, leading to new device concepts.
Who we are
Find out more about us and join us at one of our seminars.
Nanoscience group members
We are a team of academics and research students in the Department of Physics who work on research projects related to nanoscience.
Nanoscience seminars
Find out more about our seminars series.
Facilities and collaborations
The Nanoscience group is part of a larger community working on Nanoscience at the University of Bath and more widely, and the group uses or maintains shared research facilities.
Nanoscience experimental facilities
At Bath, we have extensive nanofabrication and characterisation facilities; group members also use neutron sources and synchrotrons for high energy photons.
Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
We are an interdisciplinary research centre bridging science and engineering.
Centre for Doctoral Training in Condensed Matter Physics
Based at Bristol and Bath, our CDT trains students in condensed matter physics, including experiment, theory, fundamental physics and device applications.
Bath-Exeter Centre for Graphene Science
The Centre for Graphene Science was set up in 2008, funded by the Universities of Exeter and Bath, and by a £5M award from EPSRC/HEFCE.
News & announcements
Read more on Bath nanoscience in the news.
2023 Journal of Chemical Physics Emerging Investigators Special Collection
PhD student Hesam Mohammadi’s paper selected for Emerging Investigators Special Collection.
Are piezoelectrics good for generating electricity? Perhaps, but we must decide how to evaluate them
A ‘best practice’ protocol for researchers developing piezoelectric materials has been developed by scientists – a first in this field of technology.
Can a new technique for capturing ‘hot’ electrons make solar cells more efficient?
A Bath discovery opens a new route for measuring and controlling hot electrons. The hope is that more energy will be available to power solar cells.
Enhanced pacemaker developer Ceryx Medical wins prestigious Institute of Physics award
University of Bath spin-out hailed for revolutionary development to provide world’s first curative therapy for heart failure.
£1.1M funding for the world's first needle-free continuous glucose monitor
Transdermal Diagnostics receives £800,000 in seed funding and a £300,000 grant from Innovate UK.
Join us as a PhD student or a research fellow
There are opportunities for postgraduate research throughout our group. Interested students can either contact academic staff directly or see our projects on FindaPhD.com.
Physics PhD projects on FindaPhD.com
We offer projects over a broad spectrum of subject areas. Projects are available as part of Centres for Doctoral Training as well as on an individual basis.
Join Physics as an independent research fellow
Advice for postdoctoral researchers about how to apply for fellowships and join the Department of Physics.
About us
The Nanoscience group carries out research in diverse fields and in collaboration with many other groups across the world.
Our research is supported by shared use of advanced instrumentation and shared access to the Bath Nanofabrication Facility and other facilities such as the Material and Chemical Characterisation Facility.