Sam Stranks

📣 Job opportunity Assistant/Associate Professor in Materials Science Join a leading research and teaching department. 🔗 cam.ac.uk/jobs/universit…

Interested in a PhD in energy materials at @Cambridge_Uni? Applications for 2026 cohort of the PhD in Sustainable Energy Materials Innovations (SEM PhD) course now open - deadline 7th Jan 2026. Projects offered in a wide range of topics semphd.energy.cam.ac.uk

Solar energy expert @SamStranks from @CEBCambridge is determined to tackle some of our biggest global challenges 🌍 He's driving change in climate, education and healthcare through co-founding two spinouts and an education charity. Dive into the interview 👇 cam.ac.uk/stories/solar-…

Read more on this brilliant breakthrough.👇 cam.ac.uk/research/news/… 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Research Photo by Maxence Pira via Unsplash

How can an 'energy sandwich' change the way we power the technology of the future? 🥪 CEB researchers have achieved control over the atomic structure of halide perovskites, opening the way for next-generation semiconductors to power the technology of the future.

And an excellent write up by @cebcambridge ceb.cam.ac.uk/news/perovskit…

🚨 @ScienceMagazine paper by @paul_yanglu 🚨 Heteroepitaxial coevaporation of CsPbBr3 on 2D PEA2PbBr4 single crystals w/ atomic thickness control, confinement, & control of electronic structure by interfacial eng —> novel optoelectronic device platform science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Plus a fantastic write up by @Cambridge_Uni cam.ac.uk/research/news/… Cc @cebcambridge @DeptofPhysics @EnergyCambridge

New @StranksLab paper published in @NatureNano led by @Dengyang_Guo + Tom Selby on the spectroscopy & microscopy of ultrafast quantum transients (~2 ps) in FAPbI3 perovskite thin films at low temps. Cc @cebcambridge @DeptofPhysics @cu_mat @muller_group nature.com/articles/s4156…

Very humbled to be awarded the Nevill Mott Medal @PhysicsNews - a credit to my group @StranksLab & collaborators over the years. Such a pleasure to work with you! @cebcambridge @Cambridge_Uni @ERC_Research @royalsociety @ClareCollege @DeptofPhysics @SwiftSolarPV @ClaritySensors

Our postgraduate courses for the academic year 2026/27 are now open for applications! Full details, including how to apply, are on our website (link in bio) ⛓️ 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #CambridgeUniversity #Postgraduate

Dear colleagues, we are looking for a candidate PhD student who is willing to study the photophysical mechanisms behind intriguing photocatalytic reactions! Please contact me if you are THE one!

Less than a week left to register at the early-bird rate!

New review on all things “Photoluminescence microscopy of optoelectronic materials” in @MethodsPrimers led by @StranksLab postdoc Dr. Zimu Wei. nature.com/articles/s4358…

🚨new @NatureNano paper🚨 New work led by @milosdubajic on the A-site significance in the dynamic structure of nanodomains in lead halide perovskites. Big takeaway: FA has less electronic disorder than MA lending to superior optoelectronic properties nature.com/articles/s4156…

New paper online: Dynamic nanodomains dictate macroscopic properties in lead halide perovskites. #Perovskites #SolarCells #Optoelectronics nature.com/articles/s4156…

May the 4th be with you! Our researchers in @StranksLab use lasers (like the one our little green friend is holding here) to test how their solar cells react to different wavelengths of light. 🧪⚙️🌱🔋 #MayTheFourthBeWithYou #ChemicalEngineering #Biotechnology #Cambridge

#DYK? We accept papers about #solar and wind energy, #batteries, fuel cells, energy utilization, and sustainable transportation and industry — and more. 🔋♻️ Learn more: go.aps.org/2RheRuL

🌍 Materials Needs for Energy Sustainability by 2050 April 7 | 5:30–7 PM PT | Summit L5, Signature Room Join experts as they explore the role of advanced materials and cross-sector collaboration in achieving global sustainability goals. #S25MRS

🔷Delve at #NIPHO25 @nanoGe_Conf into advances in hybrid perovskite #SolarCells focusing on stability, upscaling & efficiency optimization along with engineering interface & lead-free alternatives 📍Cagliari,Italy 🗓️9-10 June 2025 ➡️Send an oral abstract:nanoge.org/NIPHO25/home