Department of Materials

Some atoms I have known - origins, development and applications of atom probe tomography

Professor George Smith FRS Emeritus Professor of Materials, University of Oxford delivers the Hume-Rothery Lecture 2014. Professor George Smith is a materials scientist who, with Alfred Cerezo and Ter...

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12 years ago

01:07:47

Strange Materials

Professor Mark Miodownik, University College London, explores and reviews the imminent changes that are coming to the material world in the not so distant future with a rise in the investigation of sy...

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13 years ago

40:15

Towards a Quantum Computer: An interview with Dr Simon Benjamin

Dr Simon Benjamin, a researcher at Oxford University, discusses his work in quantum computing....

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14 years ago

04:22

10 Billion bits of Entanglement Achieved in Silicon

Scientists from Oxford University have made a significant step towards an ultrafast quantum computer by successfully generating 10 billion bits of quantum entanglement in silicon for the first time. T...

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15 years ago

07:01

Description

The Department has been producing graduates in the fields of Metallurgy and Materials Science since the mid 1950s. During this time the department has grown into a world-class institution for the training of materials scientists and engineers and the department is at the forefront of research into the manufacture, structure, properties and applications of materials for the benefit of the UK and world community