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Celebrating Matariki values in our research.

Deputy Director Māori, Dr Pauline Harris, sets out below some of the research of the MacDiarmid Institute that relates to the values of Matariki.

Modified: Aug 9, 2023, 12:58 PM

Created: Jul 13, 2023, 6:13 PM
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We welcome two new Deputy Directors

We welcome Associate Professors Anna Garden and Natalie Plank as our new Deputy Directors, and bid farewell from our directorship team to Professor Paul Kruger and Associate Professor Geoff Willmott.

Modified: Jul 10, 2023, 2:00 PM

Created: Jul 3, 2023, 10:58 AM
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Funding successes - Annual Report 2022

Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2022. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.

Modified: Aug 15, 2023, 12:56 PM

Created: Apr 19, 2023, 6:34 PM
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Journal Covers - Annual Report 2021

This page lists the various scientific journal covers that featured MacDiarmid Institute Investigators work in 2021.

Modified: Jun 2, 2022, 6:38 PM

Created: Jun 2, 2022, 3:47 PM
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Funding successes - Annual Report 2021

Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2021. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.

Modified: Jun 3, 2022, 1:19 PM

Created: May 9, 2022, 8:59 PM
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact - Dune: Stillsuit

Principal Investigator, Associate Professor Geoff Willmott on the stillsuits from Dune; the water-saving suit.

Modified: Apr 4, 2022, 3:00 PM

Created: Apr 4, 2022, 10:43 AM
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Developing highly functional and tailorable surface coatings

New Associate Investigator Dr Taniela Lolohea is using some of his MacDiarmid funding for Pasifika science projects.

Modified: Jul 27, 2022, 12:02 PM

Created: Feb 22, 2022, 3:06 PM
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Alumni engagement

We continue to celebrate the achievements of our alumni – in academia, government and industry.

Modified: Apr 7, 2021, 12:13 PM

Created: Apr 1, 2021, 2:11 AM
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The emerging field of mechanobiology

Physics biology collaborations are forging mechanobiology – a research area key to understanding health and disease.

Modified: Apr 1, 2021, 11:33 AM

Created: Mar 31, 2021, 9:42 AM
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - The Stillsuit

MacDiarmid Institute Deputy Director, Associate Professor Geoff Willmott, gives us his scientific take on the stillsuit from Dune.

Modified: Mar 19, 2021, 12:11 PM

Created: Feb 25, 2021, 4:07 PM
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Materials science in the new energy sector

In May, the Government hosted the Just Transition summit in Taranaki on preparing for a low emissions economy,

Modified: Jun 11, 2020, 5:00 PM

Created: Jun 11, 2020, 2:00 PM
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Deep tech and the Māori economy can be the backbone of NZ’s recovery

Geoff Willmott discusses how the tech sector and the Māori economy is well-placed to lead New Zealand's recovery from Covid-19.

Modified: Jun 26, 2020, 11:20 AM

Created: Jun 4, 2020, 9:51 AM
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