London Centre for Nanotechnology celebrates five years of research collaboration between UCL and Imperial College London
by Simon Levey - 7 October 2011 Researchers were celebrating the work of the London Centre for Nanotechnology (LCN) last week at a seminar held in honour of the fifth anniversary of its opening. The centre brings together scientists from UCL and Imperial College London to probe the natural world, and develop new technologies, at scales measured in billionths of a metre. The researchers are particularly focused on using nanotechnology to improve healthcare, information technology, energy and the environment. At the event on 27 September 2011, a line-up of VIPs from academia, government, and industry praised the Centre's ongoing success in a variety of disciplines. Researchers from the Centre have discovered magnetic analogues of electrical charge, found new ways to manipulate light using nanoparticles, and developed new ways to screen for antibiotic resistance in bacteria. They hope to build on these and other successes with commercial products in the coming years. They have won significant investment for their work from research councils and private sources.
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