Materials Departmental Colloquia

Four talks a term beginning at 4pm (complimentary refreshments served at 3:30pm).

These science talks on a wide variety of materials-related subjects are aimed at a mixed audience of postdocs, academics, researchers, and undergraduates.

Everyone (internal and external) are very welcome, without prior booking.

Seats are unallocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Type: Seminar Series
Series organiser: Lorraine Laird (Department of Materials)
Web Address: https://www.materials.ox.ac.uk/news/colloquia.html
Organising department: Department of Materials

Thursday 17 October 2019

17:00 - Superconducting Technology for Fusion Energy
Professor Joeseph V Minervini (MIT)

Thursday 5 December 2019

16:00 - Looking below the surface: probing electrochemical and catalytic reactions under real-world conditions
Professor Robert Weatherup (University of Oxford )

Thursday 3 February 2022

16:00 - Design of nanoparticle-bio- interactions towards cancer therapy
The MS Teams Joining Link is: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_ZjRmYzg5YWMtNTE0OS00NjViLWI5Y2EtYTg4YWEyZTZlOTVm%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%228f227e88-f60a-4b15-a7f5-e88462d8dc82%22%7d.
Prof Dr Lutz Maedler (Leibniz Institute for Materials Engineering, University of Bremen)

Thursday 28 April 2022

16:00 - 'Towards sustainable materials - a systems approach'
Online link: https://ox.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=925726a0-3065-4513-8223-ae75008265c7 .
Professor Mark Miodownik (University College London)

Thursday 27 October 2022

16:00 - Small-scale mechanical testing: from micro- to meso- scale
Refreshments for speakers are available outside the lecture theatre from 3:30pm. This colloquium will be live-streamed, and available afterwards online:
Dr Jicheng Gong (University of Oxford)

Thursday 3 November 2022

16:00 - 2D-materials and van der Waals metasurfaces
Hybrid. In-person or streamed for University members using Panopto (which will automatically convert into a recording afterwards). https://ox.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=cbe9c6d0-e80f-4cdd-a21b-af3e016157e7
Professor Cheng-Wei Qiu (National University of Singapore)

Thursday 17 November 2022

16:00 - 'Supercharged - using oxygen redox to store more energy in rechargeable batteries'
Available online for Oxford SSO accounts: https://ox.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=cc66303b-14aa-4802-9842-af4f00ddf048
Dr Robert House (University of Oxford)

Thursday 1 December 2022

16:00 - Functional Materials based on Magnetic Metal Complexes and Metal Oxides and Materials for Green Transformation (GX)
Hot drinks and biscuits will be available from 3:30pm (Hume-Rothery Meeting Room) Hybrid: Panopto link: https://ox.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=7b93f1c6-1887-4056-b578-af5b006d715f .
Professor Shin-ichi (Ohkoshi)

Thursday 19 January 2023

16:00 - Perovskite-inspired Materials for Energy Conversion - from Defects to Devices
Professor Robert Hoye (University of Oxford)

Thursday 16 February 2023

16:00 - Molten Metal Droplet Processes - what can we learn from single droplets?
Joining Link: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_YjUwYjRmZjktNDhiOS00NGQzLWJmZmMtN2JjNDIxMTc0NmE3%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22cc95de1b-97f5-4f93-b4ba-fe68b852cf91%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%228f227e88-f60a-4b15-a7f5-e88462d8dc82%22%7d
Dr-Ing (Nils Ellendt)

Thursday 27 April 2023

16:00 - Creep Cavitation: an old problem with solution thoughts on new characterisation approaches
Free refreshments will be available from 3:30pm. Panopto will be enabled (SSO required): https://ox.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=03458e5b-8160-46cc-b85a-afe800fe51b0.
Professor Peter Flewitt (Bristol and Oxford)

Thursday 2 November 2023

16:00 - AsP ribbons: Quasi-1D nanomaterials with an element of danger
In-person and online (remote attendance is through Panopto: https://ox.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=a0fe7e0e-d334-4724-bfa7-b09f00e88683). Free refreshments for attendees are available from 3:30pm in the Hume-Rothery Meeting Room
Dr Adam Clancy (University College, London)

Thursday 16 November 2023

16:00 - Advanced passivating contacts for silicon photovoltaics and their application to pervoskite/silicon monolithic tandem architectures
Free refreshments for attendees from 3:30pm
Dr Takuya Matsui (Renewable Energy Research Centre, AIST, Japan)

Wednesday 22 November 2023

16:00 - Oxide Spintronics and Ethics in Scientific Research
Refreshments will be available from 3:30pm.
Professor DrTamalika Banerjee (University of Groningen)

Thursday 18 January 2024

16:00 - Engineering porous nitrides via defect-related channels
TBA

Thursday 1 February 2024

16:00 - 'Microstructure Evolution Studies: ceramics for extreme conditions'
The format is in-person only.
Professor Katharina Marquardt (University of Oxford)

Tuesday 27 February 2024

16:00 - Symmetry, negative thermal expansion and superconductivity in layered perovskite oxides
Professor Arash Mostofi (Imperial College, London)

Wednesday 6 March 2024

16:00 - "It can't be done!" - Lessons from operando X-ray studies of real-format pouch cells without windows or synchrotrons
Professor Louis Piper (University of Warwick/FutureCAT)

Thursday 7 March 2024

16:00 - 'It can't be done!' - lessons from operando X-ray studies of real-format pouch cells without windows or Synchrotron
Profefessor Louis Piper (University of Warwick/The Faraday Institution)

Thursday 25 April 2024

16:00 - Innovative pathways to accelerate the solar energy revolution: an Australian perspective
Dr David Payne (Macquarie University)

Thursday 9 May 2024

16:00 - 101 Things to Do with an Energetic Electron
Refreshments for attendees will be available in the Hume-Rothery reception foyer from 3:30pm
TBA