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Element of the Week - Lithium (Li)

Associate Professor Nicola Gaston introduces the element Lithium on RNZ Nights' Element of the Week.

Modified: 24/01/2022, 4:00 pm

Created: 15/02/2019, 3:22 pm
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Professor Nicola Gaston

Professor Nicola Gaston is the Director of the MacDiarmid Institute for Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology, and a Professor in Physics at the University of Auckland, where her research group conducts quantum-mechanical simulations of the electronic and thermodynamic behaviour of nanoscale materials. The goal is to find new ways of making materials that address issues of sustainability – whether addressing issues of energy sustainability, or by designing materials to be more sustainably synthesized and indeed recycled.

Modified: 4/06/2026, 9:32 am

Created: 14/02/2019, 2:38 pm
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The Spinoff profiles MacDiarmid Principal Investigator Associate Professor Nicola Gaston in her new role as Co-Director

Recently appointed Co-Director of the MacDiarmid Institute Dr Nicola Gaston’s new role allows her to guide one of New Zealand’s top science institutes to potentially world-leading research.

Modified: 15/09/2020, 5:16 pm

Created: 28/06/2018, 12:00 am
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MacDiarmid Researcher and University of Auckland Professor David Williams shortlisted for 2018 KiwiNet Award

This award recognises an entrepreneurial researcher who has made outstanding contributions to business innovation.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:30 pm

Created: 30/05/2018, 12:00 am
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1.3 Painting semiconductors - Annual Report 2017

Imagine a point-of-care electronic blood test that can provide an immediate result in a doctor’s surgery, instead of the current tests that have to be sent away to a lab. The blood test device would plug into a mobile phone to provide a reading, and would be cheap and biofriendly.

Modified: 15/04/2021, 5:21 pm

Created: 18/05/2018, 12:00 am
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Change in leadership sees MacDiarmid Institute head in new direction

Announcing the appointment of Associate Professor Nicola Gaston and Associate Professor Justin Hodgkiss as Co-Directors of the Institute.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:30 pm

Created: 8/05/2018, 12:00 am
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Extending our engagement - taking Kōrero to the next level - Annual Report 2016

Sometimes an idea comes along that is so successful that you want to take it to the next level, and this is what happened with the MacDiarmid Institute’s Kōrero with Scientists workshops, where teachers and MacDiarmid scientists spend two hours exploring basic physical science concepts like magnets, light, and acids and bases.

Modified: 20/10/2021, 9:12 pm

Created: 11/08/2017, 12:00 am
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MacDiarmid Deputy Director Nicola Gaston talks with Kathryn Ryan about the science of stuff used to make things

MacDiarmid Deputy Director Nicola Gaston talks with Kathryn Ryan about the science of stuff used to make things.

Modified: 9/05/2019, 7:23 pm

Created: 11/08/2016, 12:00 am
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