Graduation day: Nikesh Patel
Congratulations again to Dr Nikesh Patel who graduated in the sunshine of Manchester.
He'll be taking a role with the startup aegiq in Sheffield.
Patrick Parkinson
New Paper: Microstructure determines crystallinity-driven singlet fission efficiency in diF-TES-ADT
Dr Hoyeon Choi has had the final paper of his PhD accepted in Scientific Reports. This work, in collaboration with Prof Jenny Clark at the University of Sheffield uses hyperspectral mapping to study spatial inhomogeneities in singlet fission materials. Combined with time-resolved spectroscopic measurements, this work shows the role of
Conference: ICMAT-2025, Singapore
Patrick gave an invited talk at the ICMAT 2025 conference in Singapore. His talk, on "Single Shot Multi-Objective Optimization for Epitaxially-Grown Microring Lasers" reports recent work done in a collaboration between Manchester, the Australian National University, and A*STAR Singapore.
New Paper: Wafer-scale correlated morphology and optoelectronic properties in GaAs/AlGaAs core–shell nanowires
Group PhD student Ishika Das had her first paper accepted in APL Materials. This work, led by Stephen Church in collaboration with Prof. Fumitaro Ishikawa at the University of Hokkaido, reported on wafer-scale characterization of nanowire growth. This work provides a route to understand homogeneity and uniformity at the full
New Paper: Nitrogen-vacancy color centers in nanodiamonds as reference single-photon emitters
Group PhD Nikesh Patel has just published a new work in Optics Express, in collaboration with colleagues at NPL. While NV-centres in nano-diamonds are well established as optically accessible quantum emitters, they're not all the same. By studying >1000 emitters at two different sites, Nikesh and co-authors established that some
IBM Hartree Seminar
Patrick was invited by fellow FLF, Eloisa Bentivegna, to give an IBM Hartree seminar. It was great to speak with IBM researchers and research leaders on a sunny Cheshire afternoon.
Invited Seminar: University of Nottingham
Patrick gave a seminar at the University of Nottingham, invited by Dr George Gordon.
Conference: Italian Crystal Growth
Group member Dr Stephen Church gave an invited talk at the Italian Crystal Growth Conference in Lecce, Italy. He spoken on his automated techniques for characterization.
PhD Viva - Soo Teck See
Patrick was the external examiner for Soo Teck See, at the University of Cambridge (Optoelectronics Group). Soo Teck's supervisor was Prof. Akshay Rao, and the internal examiner was Prof. Richard Friend.
Invited Talk at ISSON
Patrick gave an invited talk at ISSON, Canberra. This meeting was arranged to celebrate the retirement of Prof. Chennupati Jagadish, and drew over 70 speakers and 150 attendees to Canberra to speak about semiconductor optoelectronics.