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

Researchers Create Warped Nanographenes with Tunable Electronic, Optical and Chemical Properties

Chemistry researchers at Boston College, USA, and Nagoya University, Japan, have developed a material which has been dubbed a new allotrope of carbon - nanocarbons which resemble graphene in structure, but with pentagons and heptagons inserted into the 2D hexagonal structure.

17 Jul 2013

York Researchers Crowdfund Magnetic Nanoparticle Drug Delivery System

Nanotechnology researchers from the University of York are working on a project called the Nanject - a patch that will be applied to the skin to deliver targeted medication without the use of needles.

16 Jul 2013

Silicon Nanowire Memory Technology Integrated into Prototype Chip

Rice University researchers have created a proof-of-concept prototype for a new type of memory chip based on cheap silicon oxide.

11 Jul 2013

New Nanomaterial to Remove CO2 From Power Plant Emissions

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have developed a new nanostructured metal-organic framework which could be used to remove carbon dioxide from power plant flue gases, significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation.

9 Jul 2013

Sodium-ion Batteries Made from Wood Could Revolutionize Grid-Scale Storage

Researchers at the University of Maryland's Nanocenter have developed a new battery using novel materials - but not the usual suspects. Their battery uses wood fibers, coated with carbon nanotubes and tin, and could be perfectly suited for large-scale grid storage applications.

21 Jun 2013

University of Manchester Spins Out Company for High-Quality Graphene Production

The University of Manchester is well-known as the place where graphene was invented - now it has stepped into the commercial realm with 2-DTech, a new spin-out aiming to commercialize high quality graphene and accelerate the development of graphene-based products.

19 Jun 2013

Testing Artificial Photosynthesis Systems Using Microfluidics

Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have developed a testing platform for solar-driven electrochemical systems using microfluidics, which allows small-scale screening of anode and cathode materials for applications like hydrogen generation and water oxidation. The research has been published in Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.

11 Jun 2013