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Science Podcast Dr Markus Hellenbrand

14 July 2023

Dr Markus Hellenbrand was invited to talk about our recent publication on resistive switching in the science podcast Quantum Photonics club . A lay explanation of the backgrounds and results lead to a lively discussion with the 30-40 attendants.

Driscoll group members at MANIC workshop, Invited talk Dr Markus Hellenbrand

29 June 2023

Several group members attended the final workshop of the Materials for Neuromorphic Computing EU project, and Dr Markus Hellenbrand gave an invited talk at the event. 53011032890_3994f5ee79_comp.jpg Photo by Michael Wilkinson .

Science Advances paper available open access

21 June 2023

Just one day after the good news about the postdoc prize, Dr Markus Hellenbrand's paper on interfacial resistive switching in hafnium oxide devices is now available online, open access: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adg1946

Dr Markus Hellenbrand wins prestigious postdoc award

20 June 2023

We are delighted to announce that Dr Markus Hellenbrand from our group won this year’s Armourers and Brasiers postdoc award for outstanding contributions to research, teaching, and outreach. Congratulations for this prestigious award for truly outstanding work in all three of these areas! The Armourers & Brasiers’...

Hongyi's most recent paper available online and open access

9 March 2023

Our most recent article by first author Hongyi is now available online and open access. Find it here .

Dr Adnan Mehonic from UCL visits Cambridge

6 March 2023

On Monday, Dr Adnan Mehonic, lecturer at UCL and long-standing collaborator of the Cambridge group, visited Cambrodge to discuss different research projects and see our new sputtering system at CAPE . Adnan is always a great visit and we created many new ideas! In the picture, from left to right, Babak , Judith , Markus ...

Prof Driscoll presents at Trinity College Science Symposium on non-volatile memory

6 March 2023

5 March 2023: Judith was very pleased to be invited to give a talk to the Trinity College Science Symposium on 5 March 2023. She talked about the importance of non-volatile memory and the role materials play in achieving next generation high performance devices. She included much of Dr. Markus Hellenbrand’s exciting work...

Several members meet at EMA23 conference in Orlando, Florida

20 January 2023

Several of our members met at the EMA23 conference in Orlando, Florida, and gave various talks about materials for memory applications. Aiping talked about magnetism in Uranium oxide thin films, and about designing memory devices for neuromorphic applications. Hongyi stood in for Prof Wang to deliver an invited talk about...

Farewell to Dr Ming Xiao

20 December 2022

We wish farewell to Dr. Ming Xiao and wish him well in his new faculty position in the School of Microelectronic Science and Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, China. All the best, Ming!

Paper available open access, two more manuscripts submitted

7 November 2022

Sundar's paper " Protons: Critical Species for Resistive Switching in Interface-Type Memristors " is now published and available in open access here . Meanwhile, Hongyi and Markus have submitted their manuscripts and Ming is getting close to completing additional manuscripts!