Will Soutter

Creative - Video Specialist

Will has a B.Sc. in Chemistry from the University of Durham, and a M.Sc. in Green Chemistry from the University of York. Naturally, Will is our resident Chemistry expert but, a love of science and the internet makes Will the all-rounder of the team. In his spare time Will likes to play the drums, cook and brew cider.

Articles from Will

Scientists Use Computer Simulations to Develop Graphene-Like Crystals of Salts

An international team of researchers from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology (Skoltech), the National University of Science and Technology MISiS (Russia), Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Rice University (USA), and the Technological Institute for Superhard and Novel Carbon Materials (TISNCM) have found out how thin a slab of salt should be for it to break down into graphene-like layers, using computer stimulations.

1 Aug 2016

Applying Kirigami Principles to Graphene Helps Create Nanoscale Devices

A research group has taken kirigami to the nanoscale by using graphene, single atom-thick sheets of hexagonally bonded carbon, as their template.

31 Jul 2015

Unique Gold Nano Spirals Could Help Prevent Identity Theft

The world's smallest continuous spirals have been created at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. The spirals react in a unique way to polarized infrared light, which makes them very hard to counterfeit - this property could be used to prevent counterfeiting of currency, credit cards, or ID cards.

4 Jun 2015

Manufacturing High Vacuum and Ultra-High Vacuum Components

In this interview, Mario Peli talks to AZoNano about Allectra's new manufacturing facility in the UK, as well as the industry in general and some of the projects Allectra is working on.

9 Apr 2015

Chemical Nano-Analytics with Nano-FTIR

In this interview, Rainer Hillenbrand, Nanooptics Group leader at CIC nanoGUNE and co-founder of neaspec, talks to AZoNano about the incredible possibilities of nano-FTIR, which neaspec implements in their neaSNOM near-field microscope.

4 Mar 2015

Atomic Force Microscopy Etches Nanoscale Patterns on Conductive Polymers

Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have successfully carved out nanoscale designs on polymer surfaces using atomic force microscopy (AFM).

18 Dec 2014

Industrial Scale Production of Nanoparticles

In this interview, James Murray from MetNano talks about their unique, patented process for producing high quality silver colloids and nanoparticles, scalable to industrial volumes.

10 Dec 2014

The Origins and Development of Scanning Probe Microscopy

In this interview, Dr Curt Sander, founder and CEO of SPM manufacturer DME, talks to AZoNano about the origins of SPM technology.

8 Dec 2014

Small Angle X-Ray Scattering for Nanostructure Measurements

In this interview, AZoNano spoke to Xenocs CEO Peter Høghøj and Executive Vice President Frédéric Bossan, about the revolutionary new instrument.

5 Nov 2014

Gold Nanoparticle Chains Facilitate Highly Confined Light Propagation

Researchers from Singapore and Bristol in association with the Centre d'Elaboration de Matériaux et d'Etudes Structurales (CEMES, CNRS) have demonstrated the confinement of light energy to nano scale level by aligning crystalline gold nanoparticles and fusing them into long chains. The research was published in the Nature Materials website.

30 Oct 2014