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Artistic representation of one of the encapsulated tellurium nanowire types predicted by researchers.

Scientists construct a stable one-dimensional metallic material

19 May 2017

Researchers have developed the world’s thinnest metallic nanowire, which could be used to miniaturise many of the electronic components we use every...

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Circuits patterned on a plastic substrate

Opinion: Why are flexible computer screens taking so long to develop?

18 Jan 2016

Stuart Higgins (Cavendish Laboratory) discusses the technology being developed to create flexible displays.

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Head-Up Display (HUD) projects key driving information onto a small area of the windscreen.

Heads up: Cambridge holographic technology adopted by Jaguar Land Rover

26 Nov 2015

A ‘head-up’ display for passenger vehicles developed at Cambridge, the first to incorporate holographic techniques, has been incorporated into Jaguar...

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Detail from a hybrid three-dimensional heterostructure consisting of graphene, boron nitride and molybdenum disulphide in two dimensional layers.

Changing our material future, layer by layer

20 Dec 2012

Researchers are aiming to develop a new class of materials with remarkable properties using one atom-thick substances such as graphene and other two...

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Kodak Color Film.

The rise and fall of Kodak's moment

14 Mar 2012

On a shelf in his office in Cambridge Judge Business School, Dr Kamal Munir keeps a Kodak Brownie 127. Manufactured in the 1950s, the small Bakelite...

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Aligned carbon nanotubes, coated with a conducting polymer

Weaving electronics into the fabric of our physical world

24 Jan 2012

The integration of electronics with materials opens up a world of possibilities, the surface of which is just being scratched. Professor Arokia...

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Depiction of a graphene sheet.

Graphene goes plasmonic

30 Aug 2011

Researchers have discovered a crucial recipe for improving the characteristics of graphene devices for use as photodetectors in the next generation...

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hitachi

Research lays foundation for new era of electronics

10 Jan 2011

Physicists from the Hitachi Cambridge Laboratory, the University of Cambridge and other institutes have successfully developed technology to enable...

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CAPE

Enhancing CAPE-abilities in photonics and electronics

01 Sep 2008

A unique model of industrial-academic partnership is demonstrating how UK R&D can stay ahead of the game in a rapidly moving electronics market...

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