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Student research into 2D materials is shaping the future of our 3D world

The unique properties 2D materials are ushering us into an exciting age of nanotechnology. PhD students Sam Randerson and Amelia Wood are studying these exciting nanomaterials to explore their potential for quantum computing and medical technology.
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University of Sheffield celebrates its impactful research

We are proud that 95 per cent of Chemistry research is rated in the highest two categories in the REF 2021, meaning it is classed as world-leading or internationally excellent. Over 65% of our impact submission was given the highest rating.
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Engineering chemistry to meet COP26 targets

Climate change is a chemical problem and chemistry and chemical engineering can provide some of the solutions. Fresh from speaking at COP26, Professor Tony Ryan, writing with Dr Rachael Rothman, asks what kind of chemistry should we be doing?

Published by Nature Reviews Chemistry
Better lubricants for stainless steel study

Better lubricants for stainless steel

A new study in Angewandte Chemie, led by Professor Steve Armes and PhD student Dr Csilla György, could have important implications for the formulation of next-generation engine oil additives.

| Published by phys.org
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Increasing the value and wealth of data in the Cambridge Structural Database

Undergraduate student Hallam Greene has written a blog post about his placement at the Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre, the repository for crystal structure data.

| Published by Cambridge Crystallographic Data Centre
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Ocean-based solutions for a sustainable future

PhD student Manasi Mulay sets out how ocean-based solutions could lead to a sustainable future. She considers ocean-based food, energy and transport, and how each of them relate to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.

| Published by the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures
Buckyball workshop 2022

Students remember Nobel Prize winner with hands-on chemistry workshop

The University of Sheffield's annual Sir Harry Kroto Buckyball workshop welcomed secondary school pupils from the city.
Profssor Peter Maitlis FRS

Professor Peter Maitlis FRS, 1933-2022

Professor Peter Maitlis FRS, who held a professorship in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Sheffield between 1972-2002 before becoming an emeritus professor, passed away on 18 May 2022