Latest news: Professor Roy Sambles is to be the new president-elect of the Institute of Physics (IOP). Prof. Sambles was elected by the IOP’s Council and will serve as president-elect from 1 October 2013 to 30 September 2015, and as president from 1 October 2015 to 30 September 2017....Read full story

Latest news: Smart electronics are taking the world by storm. From techno-textiles to transparent electronic displays, the world of intelligent technology is growing fast and a revolutionary new device has just been added to its ranks. Researchers at the University of Exeter have developed a new photoelectric device that is both flexible and transparent. ...Read full story

The new nanophotonics fabrication facility laboratory - allows us to create a wide range of structures with well defined features right down to the nanometre level.

Interdisciplinary research - to develop new materials and techniques in functional materials.

The Astrophysics Group is one of the largest groups in the UK studying star formation and extra-solar planets with a wide variety of observational and theoretical programmes.