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Our research programmes over the years

There has been an evolution to move the focus of applications more towards global challenges of climate change and sustainability.

Modified: 19/04/2023, 6:33 pm

Created: 18/04/2023, 7:41 pm
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The MacDiarmid Institute turns 20

To celebrate our 20th anniversary, we took a look back at how we began and found it all began with a napkin.

Modified: 15/07/2025, 8:57 am

Created: 24/03/2023, 5:01 pm
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The Warm Up: Probing the Fundamentals of Room Temperature Superconductivity

It’s arguably the ‘holy grail’ of solid-state physics - superconductors that operate at or near room temperature.

Modified: 1/04/2021, 11:32 am

Created: 30/03/2021, 9:28 pm
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Funding successes - Annual Report 2019

Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2019. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.

Modified: 27/05/2020, 10:21 pm

Created: 26/05/2020, 6:06 pm
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MacDiarmid Institute-led research recieves $4.1 million funding

MacDiarmid Institute-led advanced materials and nanotechnology research received $4.1 million funding through the 2019 Marsden Fund.

Modified: 28/01/2020, 12:43 pm

Created: 5/11/2019, 1:24 pm
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2018 funding successes - Annual Report 2018

Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2018. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.

Modified: 16/03/2022, 4:05 pm

Created: 8/04/2019, 12:37 am
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Professor Jeff Tallon

Professor Jeff Tallon is Professor of Physics at Robinson Research Institute, Victoria University of Wellington. He is internationally known for his research and discoveries in high-Tc superconductors (HTS), which are currently being developed for applications across all sectors – health, transport, energy, mining and minerals processing, and the research sector.

Modified: 21/04/2019, 6:29 pm

Created: 14/02/2019, 2:38 pm
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Stuart Wimbush: From materials to systems

Commercialising high temperature superconductors is what the 25 scientists and engineers at the Robinson Research Institute (RRI) do best. Formerly part of IRL, and called the Superconductivity and Energy Team, the RRI is now part of Victoria University of Wellington.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:06 pm

Created: 13/07/2015, 12:00 am
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Public Lecture Series: The Energy Revolution

The age of fossil fuels is coming to an end and global warming from their burning is undeniable - but when will tomorrow begin? Will there be a long transition period, with a mish-mash of renewables while we learn to harness the sun’s energy efficiently, as plants have been doing for 3.5 billion years? Is there even enough sunlight striking the Earth to supply the increasing energy demands of 6-9 billion humans?

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:07 pm

Created: 10/07/2015, 12:00 am
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