Quantum & Nanotechnology

Pioneering next-generation devices and quantum technologies

The Quantum and Nano research cluster brings together leading expertise in quantum circuits, sensing, spin systems, and advanced nanotechnologies.

Our multidisciplinary teams are addressing global challenges by engineering materials, devices, and systems that operate at the quantum and nanoscale — pushing the boundaries of what is physically and technologically possible.

From quantum information processing and terahertz sensing to flexible nanoelectronics and semiconductor device innovation, we translate fundamental science into transformative technologies for computing, healthcare, security, and beyond.

UK Quantum Technology Hub for Quantum Enabled Positioning, Navigation and Timing (QEPNT)

We lead the UK Quantum Technology Hub for Quantum Enabled Positioning, Navigation and Timing (QEPNT), driving the development of next-generation quantum sensors and resilient navigation systems. Through this leadership, we play a central role in delivering quantum technologies that underpin secure, accurate, and infrastructure-free alternatives to satellite-based systems.


Research division

  • Electronics and Nanoscale Engineering

PhD opportunities

Find a PhD opportunity in Quantum and Nanotechnology:

  • PhD opportunities
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Quantum Circuits, Sensors & Spin Systems

Our group specialises in materials and devices for the most demanding sensing applications. Our sensing technologies span the energy range 100 eV – to 0.001 eV, placing single-molecule detection, infrared single-photon detection and terahertz detection all within reach. 

Our research connects quantum technology, condensed matter and material science. We focus in fields of superconducting spintronics, quantum engineered nanoelectronic circuits and quantum information processing.

We are interested in the magnetic, spintronic, and photonic properties of matter. We explore cavity magnon-polaritons (hybridisation between magnons and photons), magneto-optical phenomena and metamaterials, and quantum states in molecular systems for a range of applications spanning information processing, sensing, and energy harvesting.

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Nano-Technology & Device Modelling

  • Advanced Nanofabrication:

Our work is in the area of micro- and nano-fabrication. Our interests include the mechanical and thermal properties of devices and materials at the microscopic level. This includes the development of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) sensors that permit measurements to be made on these length scales.

To enable successful device fabrication modelling is an essential tool. Researchers across our Device Modelling activities deliver both fundamental and commercially-driven research across a number of fields, including Flexible Electronic Systems, Statistical Variability, Quantum Transport, and Circuit Simulation.

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Semiconductor Devices

The Semiconductor Device Group undertakes projects delivering semiconductor devices for applications in healthcare, security, environmental monitoring, manufacturing and position, navigation and timing using silicon nanowires, quantum technologies (MEMS gravimeters, micro cold atom systems, Ge on Si single photon avalanche detectors), integrated mid-infrared sensors and SiGe THz quantum cascade lasers.