Sustainable technologies

Dr Zhijie Xu has received the Best Paper Award at Light Conference 2025 and the Lombardi Prize for his pioneering research on horticultural solar concentrators.

A recent study led by Dr Zhijie Xu has been featured in the IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, highlighting innovative optical technologies for sustainable agriculture.

A pioneering study led by Prof Ioannis Papakonstantinou has been published in Nature Communications, introducing a new self-adaptive thermoregulation technology that could revolutionise sustainable heating and cooling applications.

PLANET (Photonics Enabled Terahertz Spectroscopy for Air Pollution Monitoring and Climate Change Studies) focusses on of the first low cost, high resolution air pollution monitor based on photonics.

The Integrated Waveform and Intelligence (IWAI) project aims at a paradigm shift towards sustainable 6G communications through new physical layer waveform theory.

The prosperous evolution of technology is imminent as billions of internet-connected devices line our walls and ceilings to better convene our day-to-day routines.

UCL researchers are advancing semiconductor science, from new materials and devices to AI-ready hardware, driving innovation, skills and partnerships across the UK.

Luisa Schrempf, now an R&D Engineer at Lumiphase, reflects on how the MSc in Nanotechnology at UCL helped her shift from soft matter physics into the fast-paced world of semiconductor research.