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Patenting and invention disclosures - Annual Report 2025

Institute research entrepreneurs submitted three invention disclosures to Technology Transfer Offices, filed nine patent applications and secured one patent grant.

Modified: 25/07/2026, 3:13 pm

Created: 20/06/2026, 6:08 pm
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C3 - Annual Report 2025

The inaugural C3 programme brought together research teams from across the Institute to lay the groundwork for developing commercial applications.

Modified: 25/07/2026, 3:12 pm

Created: 20/06/2026, 3:01 pm
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AMN11 conference - Annual Report 2025

The 11th International Conference on Advanced Materials and Nanotechnology (AMN11) was a strong success and received excellent feedback from participants.

Modified: 25/07/2026, 3:09 pm

Created: 31/05/2026, 10:51 pm
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Optimising networks for brain-like performance - Annual Report 2025

When scientists make connections and collaborate with other scientists in other labs, whole new horizons can open up.

Modified: 25/07/2026, 3:07 pm

Created: 23/05/2026, 10:27 pm
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Patenting - Annual Report 2024

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

Modified: 18/07/2025, 2:32 am

Created: 1/07/2025, 3:23 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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Inspired by the brain: Networks of nanoparticles can compute like 'spiking' neurons - Annual Report 2023

The human brain may be the most energy efficient computing system to have existed, requiring just 12 watts of power.

Modified: 5/06/2024, 6:32 am

Created: 12/04/2024, 10:33 pm
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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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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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Patents and Spinouts 2019 - Annual Report 2019

This article from our 2019 Annual Report provides information about the MacDiarmid Institute's latest inventions, patents and spinouts.

Modified: 27/05/2020, 10:57 pm

Created: 27/05/2020, 10:25 pm
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