New Graduate Projects for 2017 Entry
New SMF group projects for PhD and MPhil research are now online.
Matthew Bergin wins poster prize "Imaging surfaces with helium atoms"
Congratulations to Matt Bergin on winning the ISSC-20 (Birmingham) best student poster prize!
Funded PhD Projects for October 2015 Entry
Applications are sought for several fully-funded PhD studentships, to start in October 2015.
Funded MPhil Project Available on the Dynamic Properties of Nano-Modified Diamond
New MPhil (by research) opportunity for October 2014 entry, to study the dynamic response of nano-modified industrial diamond

Chemical Science accepts paper on Ionic Liquids
Congratulations to Eliza MacIntosh on the acceptance of her paper “Probing liquid behaviour by helium atom scattering: surface structure and phase transitions of an ionic liquid on Au(111)” as an Edge article in Chemical Science.

Applied Physics Letters publishes research on sand release-properties
Recent work from the SMF Fracture group on the shock and release of sand has been published in Applied Physics Letters