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This 8000 piece sculpture is installed in a public space at the University of Southampton (bldg 46). It is interactive, and invites the viewer to explore the compelling aesthetics of waves. It also suggests the unifying human instinct and curiosity for experiment. Video

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The design is aimed for longetivity and transparent operation. Each bearing supports two disc magnets in a quadrupolar configuration. Electronic control variably spins several discs. Designed by J J Baumberg, Fabricators: M Bampton, G Taylor.

Other Kinetic Sculpture:

Clocks: Openwork mechanical clocks have also a kinetic aesthetic that I am exploring

Stone: kinetic stone balance sculptures

Latest news

NanoPhotonics @ Femincam

29 September 2023

PhD students from the NanoPhotonics Centre have attended Femincam, a one-day conference celebrating emerging women in science and leaders in electronic materials. During the event Sara Rocchetti also presented her poster on “Amplified plasmonic forces from DNA-origami scaffolded single dyes in nanogaps”.

ICAVS flash presentations prizes awarded to Marika and Yuling!

4 September 2023

A number of group members recently attended ICAVS12 in Krakow. Congratulations to Yuling who won the prize for the best flash presentation and to Marika for winning the best flash presentation audience award!

Sara Rocchetti - Best poster at Chemical and NanoScience symposium

17 May 2023

Sara Rocchetti won the best poster award at the 10th Chemical and NanoScience symposium Newcastle (CNSN-X) with her work on DNA origami and nanophotonics. Well done!