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Professor Nigel Lucas

Professor Nigel Lucas obtained his BSc (Hons) and PhD from the Australian National University working on the synthesis and photophysical properties of organometallic materials.

Modified: 23/06/2025, 9:35 am

Created: 14/02/2019, 2:38 pm
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Functional Nanostructures

Imagine what you could create by combining the natural genius of biology with the latest advances in technology? Think of nature-inspired nanobots seeking out and destroying disease, bone implants that grow themselves and handheld sensors that can instantly diagnose cancer.

Modified: 13/10/2021, 3:37 pm

Created: 19/01/2019, 10:10 pm
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Alumna Rebecca Hawke: an exciting career in science

Physicist and MacDiarmid Institute alumna Dr Rebecca Hawke talks about solar cells and where science has taken her around the world

Modified: 15/04/2020, 11:05 am

Created: 4/11/2018, 12:00 am
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MacDiarmid researchers successful in latest MBIE round

The MacDiarmid Institute is pleased to share the following successes from MacDiarmid researchers in this year’s MBIE Endeavour fund round.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:29 pm

Created: 14/09/2018, 12:00 am
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New Principal Investigators

The MacDiarmid Institute proudly welcomes eight new principal investigators.

Modified: 16/03/2022, 3:53 pm

Created: 27/08/2018, 12:00 am
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2017 Lecture Series: Women in nanoscience

Three MacDiarmid Institute nanoscientists tell their personal stories of life in science, and what it is like being a woman in the physical sciences.

Modified: 21/05/2019, 6:50 am

Created: 7/08/2018, 12:00 am
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1.6 Using physics to boost New Zealand’s milk powder export industry - Annual Report 2017

Unlike most of us, when physicist Dr Geoff Willmott thinks about milk, he thinks about droplets, surfaces and heat - and he’s eager to use surface interactions to solve problems in the dairy industry.

Modified: 14/09/2021, 3:35 pm

Created: 18/05/2018, 12:00 am
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Micronutrient profiling of human breast-milk derived exosomes

Frontiers in Genetics paper about studying exosomes derived from human breast milk from MacDiarmid alumni and VUW lecturer Dr Renee…

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:31 pm

Created: 12/04/2018, 12:00 am
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Jenny Malmström on RNZ

Associate Investigator Jenny Malmström talks to RNZ about stem cells, implants and materials science.

Modified: 24/01/2022, 11:17 am

Created: 18/09/2017, 12:00 am
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Dr Carla Meledandri

MacDiarmid Principal Investigator Dr Carla Meledandri runs a busy chemistry lab at the University of Otago, specialising in nanoscale materials.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:33 pm

Created: 28/08/2017, 12:00 am
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AMN8: Silver nano particles in gel solution to fight tooth decay

Dr Carla Meledandri, principal investigator of the MacDiarmid Institute at the University of Otago, has found a way to use charged antibacterial silver nanocomposite structures to sterilise dentine prior to the placement of a dental restorative material.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:19 pm

Created: 22/03/2017, 12:00 am
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MI Investigators successful in MBIE Endeavour Round 2016 & Smart Ideas

12 of our Investigators were successful in MBIE 2016 Endeavour Round and are involved in both Smart Ideas and Research Programmes.

Modified: 16/06/2019, 1:36 pm

Created: 18/10/2016, 12:00 am
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