Here you can find information on some of the highlights from the NanoScience through Engineering to Application programme:
From pollutant to profit – nanoscience turns carbon on its head
24 March 2010
Three new complementary research projects will turn carbon from a pollutant into useful products that could help both industry and the environment.
Nanotechnology solutions will be used to:
- convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into chemicals that could be used in fuel cells for laptops and mobile phones at University College London
- produce vehicle fuels from CO2 using an ‘artificial leaf’ concept at Imperial College London
- remove CO2 from the atmosphere and lock it into useful products such as polymers, carbohydrates or fuels at the Universities of Bath, Bristol and West of England.
Strategic Advisor Appointment
1 June 2009
The Research Councils UK (RCUK) programme, Nanoscience through Engineering to Application, announces the appointment of Professor Peter Dobson as its Strategic Advisor for nanotechnology.
Professor Dobson is the Director of the Begbroke Science Park at Oxford University and he is active in many aspects of nanotechnology research. He has been working in the field for over 40 years and has founded two nanotechnology companies and assisted others to form and develop, as a scientific advisor or mentor.
The interdisciplinary nature of nanoscience and nanotechnology and the impact that research in this area can have in medicine, energy, environmental technology and materials offers many exciting opportunities he believes. He is a strong advocate for exploring the societal and commercial impacts and opportunities of research and he is looking forward to his interactions with researchers across all disciplines, and with people in industry and business.
On the challenges facing him within the UK nanoscience community, Professor Dobson says, "I am very much looking forward to working with the nanotechnology community, both in academe and in industry, and in using my experiences in knowledge transfer as the Nanoscience through Engineering to Application programme moves into its second, up-scaling, phase."
Small Science: Big Impact
23 November 2009
"If we don't get nano right it will have an adverse effect on our economy because other countries will" says Peter Dobson, RCUK Nanoscience Advisor.
The Research Councils' new strategic advisor for nanotechnology will help research make the transition to real-world application.
You can read a copy of the article here here.