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Three MacDiarmid Institute researchers (plus one affiliated company) are finalists in the 2025 KiwiNet Awards

Three MacDiarmid Institute researchers (plus one affiliated company) are finalists in the 2025 KiwiNet Awards. Principal Investigator Professor Aaron Marshall, and Associate Investigators Dr Michel Nieuwoudt and Dr Ben Mallett have been shortlisted for the KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards.

Modified: 7/08/2025, 2:27 pm

Created: 7/08/2025, 8:32 am
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Seed funding projects to give a rapid boost to commercial feasibility - Annual Report 2024

Providing early commercial funding to pursue commercial milestones can help researchers convert academic work into commercial value.

Modified: 18/08/2025, 5:55 pm

Created: 15/06/2025, 6:33 pm
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Sci Fi/Sci Fact: The Star Trek Tricorder

Dr Michel Nieuwoudt discusses whether we could develop a device that does everything the Star Trek tricorder can do.

Modified: 20/06/2024, 7:02 pm

Created: 29/05/2024, 6:17 pm
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Patenting - Annual Report 2023

Patent activity undertaken by our researchers in partnership with their respective Technology Transfer Offices.

Modified: 5/06/2024, 6:52 am

Created: 14/04/2024, 6:54 pm
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2023 Funding successes - Annual Report 2023

Funding successes for our Investigators and their research programmes during 2023.

Modified: 5/06/2024, 6:39 am

Created: 13/04/2024, 7:58 pm
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Taking nano and quantum science education into Rotorua schools

FLEET and MacDiarmid Institute teamed up for AMN10 in Rotorua to conduct science outreach workshops for 320 school students.

Modified: 23/11/2023, 3:39 pm

Created: 24/02/2023, 2:07 pm
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MacDiarmid Institute researchers one third of KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards finalists

Six MacDiarmid Institute researchers are among 18 finalists selected for the annual KiwiNet Research Commercialisation Awards.

Modified: 30/08/2022, 2:14 pm

Created: 19/08/2022, 2:12 pm
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Adapting to the online environment

As classes and meetings moved online in March as Aotearoa New Zealand entered Level 4 lockdown, we adapted our community outreach activities to the virtual environment.

Modified: 24/01/2022, 11:33 am

Created: 31/03/2021, 6:13 pm
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Funding successes - Annual Report 2020

Funding successes for our investigators and their research programmes during 2020. This funding enables our researchers and collaborators to continue their breakthrough research in advanced materials and nanotechnology.

Modified: 16/03/2022, 4:09 pm

Created: 24/03/2021, 3:42 pm
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Tauranga (19 October)

Dr Chris Bumby and Dr Michel Nieuwoudt give their scientific take on whether fictional materials could be reality in a not too far off future.

Modified: 29/09/2020, 9:56 am

Created: 15/09/2020, 11:30 am
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - Tricorder

Dr Michel Nieuwoudt discusses the science behind Tricorder on RNZ Nights with Bryan Crump.

Modified: 17/11/2020, 1:46 pm

Created: 27/07/2020, 9:46 am
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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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