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The emerging field of mechanobiology

Physics biology collaborations are forging mechanobiology – a research area key to understanding health and disease.

Modified: 1 Apr 2021, 11:33 am

Created: 31 Mar 2021, 9:42 am
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Materials: Fact or Fiction - The Stillsuit

MacDiarmid Institute Deputy Director, Associate Professor Geoff Willmott, gives us his scientific take on the stillsuit from Dune.

Modified: 19 Mar 2021, 12:11 pm

Created: 25 Feb 2021, 4:07 pm
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Materials science in the new energy sector

In May, the Government hosted the Just Transition summit in Taranaki on preparing for a low emissions economy,

Modified: 11 Jun 2020, 5:00 pm

Created: 11 Jun 2020, 2:00 pm
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Deep tech and the Māori economy can be the backbone of NZ’s recovery

Geoff Willmott discusses how the tech sector and the Māori economy is well-placed to lead New Zealand's recovery from Covid-19.

Modified: 26 Jun 2020, 11:20 am

Created: 4 Jun 2020, 9:51 am
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How can materials science offer a greener future for our planet? - Annual Report 2019

In 2019, we focused our annual regional showcase on 'NZ Innovation for Sustainability.'

Modified: 28 May 2020, 3:05 pm

Created: 28 May 2020, 2:13 pm
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Sustainable innovation and commercialisation

Dr Viji Sarojini and Dr Geoff Willmott are giving a joint presentation on sustainable innovation and commercialisation.

Modified: 3 Oct 2019, 2:32 pm

Created: 3 Oct 2019, 2:03 pm
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The cure for climate change could be in our own backyard

The answers to sustainability goals and energy commitments must involve materials research happening in New Zealand, writes Dr Geoff Willmott.

Modified: 24 Sept 2019, 11:51 am

Created: 4 May 2019, 11:25 am
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Professor Geoff Willmott

Geoff grew up in Auckland and studied at the University of Cambridge, obtaining a PhD in shock physics in 2005. The following year he returned to New Zealand and Industrial Research Limited, where he worked in the Nano and Micro Fluidics team for 8 years. He joined the University of Auckland in 2013 and is currently a Professor in the Department of Physics and the School of Chemical Sciences.

Modified: 2 Dec 2024, 8:19 am

Created: 14 Feb 2019, 2:38 pm
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MacDiarmid researchers successful in latest MBIE round

The MacDiarmid Institute is pleased to share the following successes from MacDiarmid researchers in this year’s MBIE Endeavour fund round.

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 1:29 pm

Created: 14 Sept 2018, 12:00 am
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1.6 Using physics to boost New Zealand’s milk powder export industry - Annual Report 2017

Unlike most of us, when physicist Dr Geoff Willmott thinks about milk, he thinks about droplets, surfaces and heat - and he’s eager to use surface interactions to solve problems in the dairy industry.

Modified: 14 Sept 2021, 3:35 pm

Created: 18 May 2018, 12:00 am
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Productivity Commission cites MacDiarmid Institute as key organisation contributing to low emissions materials and technologies

The Productivity Commission Report on Low Emissions Economy notes the MacDiarmid Institute has research strength in this area.

Modified: 16 Jun 2019, 1:30 pm

Created: 27 Apr 2018, 12:00 am
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Geoff Wilmott - attracting and repelling water

From fog harvesters to self-cleaning surfaces, Dr Geoff Wilmott is looking at how water is repelled by and attracted to surfaces.

Modified: 21 May 2019, 6:54 am

Created: 23 Feb 2015, 12:00 am
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