Clodomiro Cafolla, who became an Addison-Wheeler Fellow last spring, has recently published a paper in IOP Nanotechnology, thanks to the generous support of the Physics Dept Developing Talent Award.
Miro, who is both the first and corresponding author of the publication, has developed with his collaborators a new method to quantitatively study materials at the nanoscale obtaining simultaneous information on their elasticity and on their repulsive and attractive interactions when in contact with another material. The beauty of the method lies in being easy to implement within standard equipment and allowing analysis of a wide range of different materials, from stiff metals to soft polymers. The method is anticipated to generate great interest for its broad applications from layered thin films, 2D materials and van der Waals heterogenous structures to biological and polymeric nanostructures.
The Physics Department Development Talent scheme promotes, enhances and encourages the possibility of early career researchers developing their research careers within the Department by providing support in the form of up to £10,000 in flexible funding.
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1361-6528/acf8ce/meta
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