New Paper: “Conformational Heterogeneity and Interchain Percolation Revealed in an Amorphous Conjugated Polymer”

In this manuscript,  we provide new fundamental insights into the nanoscale structure of an archetypal donor-acceptor conjugated polymer, poly(9,9-di-n-octylfluorene-alt-benzothiadiazole (F8BT). F8BT is a widely-studied conjugated polymer, which is used in a variety of different application areas due to its bright fluorescence and biocompatibility, usually in the form of conjugated polymer …

Awarded a UKRI grant to develop a coronavirus sensor

Our project, entitled ‘DisCoVer: Aptamer biosensors for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 on surfaces’, is a collaboration between Dr Nunzianda Frascione and Dr James Gooch from the School of Population Health & Environmental Sciences and Professor Mark Green  from the Department of Physics.  Rob Ziolek is going to continue on working in the group as …