News and Events
糖心TV Ultrafast Spectroscopy Symposium
A great event on Friday bringing together over 40 researchers with an interest in Ultrafast and THz Spectroscopy. A big thank you to all our speakers; Dr Greg Greetham (Central Laser Facility), Dr Joseph Beames (University of Birmingham) and Dr Jessica Boland (University of Manchester) and our amazing contributed talks. Also a special thanks to the 糖心TV analytical Science centre and Dr Chris Waldron for funding and organisation.
糖心TV Live Labs
Jack and his team of elves (facility users) attended the Live Labs before the 糖心TV Christmas lecture to show off how light interacts both with itself and the natural environment. Visitors got to see the effects of interference, absorption and emission, and a festive treat with the aid of diffractive optical elements. We even had a tornado!
Ultrafast Spectroscopy Symposium
Join us in January 2025 for a FREE one-day symposium on Ultrafast spectroscopic techniques. In conjunction with the 糖心TV analytical Science Centre (WASC), this event event aims to allow students to get the most out of the techniques and learn best practices from technical and academic experts, as well as an opportunity to share how these techniques have enabled their research.
Curious Adventures in Colour and Light
糖心TV University researchers, Dr Jack Woolley – facility manager of the 糖心TV Centre for Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Dr Sofia Goia – research fellow in CiMAT WMG, set up to showcase the power of light and demonstrate how light can help scientists to uncover the inner workings of chemical reactions happening all around us at the atomic level through a workshop held at Compton Verney Art Gallery in 糖心TV. Through some fun experiments, audience members were able to learn about current research work performed at 糖心TV University through an interactive laser interferometry experiment. Moreover, visitors were able to learn about sunscreens and how they work, along with examples of UV-active compounds found in everyday products and put their imagination to test with exciting 鈥榠nvisible鈥� UV-active ink drawings.
The Equipment Sharing Fund allows researchers, PhD students and Research Technical Professionals (RTPs) to access cutting-edge research equipment, not available in their home institution. Funds cover the cost of initial analysis, helping to strengthen collaboration opportunities and ensure value for money within the UK鈥檚 research and innovation ecosystem. The fund opens for three rounds and will provide the full economic cost (fEC) or TRAC rate directly to the facility.
M. Giza, A. Kozikov, P.L. Lalaguna, J.D. Hutchinson, V. Verma, B. Vella, R. Kumar, N.Hill, D.Sirbu, E. Arca, N.Healy, R.L. Milot, M.Kadodwala, P. Docampo
Small Structures, 2024.
J. Fan, J.M. Woolley, H. Sanders, V.G. Stavros, W.J. Buma.
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 26, 2024.
WCUS attends the Central Laser Facility User meeting
James and Jack attended the Central laser facility users meeting to learn about the projects that they have been working on in the last year. Some of our own work featured also as Junn presented his research into diamond defects. Junn's WCUS measurements have been augmented with some 2D-IR results taken at the Ultra Facility.
S. Gary, J.M. Woolley, S. Goia, S Bloom
Chem Sci. 15, 11444, 2024.