2026 Sir Nevill Mott Lecture with Professor Judith MacManus-Driscoll

Join Professor Judith MacManus-Driscoll as she presents the 2026 Sir Nevill Mott Lecture titled: "Precision Materials Science of Functional Oxide Thin Films"

Strongly correlated functional oxides exhibit fascinating physics. However, it is a hard task to take exciting discoveries of oxides (simple or complex) to high performance devices. The problems stem from both intrinsic and extrinsic materials problems, e.g. composition, defect and interface control. Also, for electronics applications where thin films are needed, current thin film deposition routes mostly cannot deliver the performance of bulk materials.

This talk looks at examples of exciting physical phenomena of complex oxides and explains routes that Judith and other researhcers have devised to ensure their complexity is a positive attribute and not a negative one. Recent examples from Judith's group are given, highlighting unrivalled device properties across a diverse set of applications, from superconductors to non-volatile memory.

Refreshments will be available from 5pm with the lecture taking place from 5.30pm-6.30pm.