Faculty of Science
Department of Physics

Science Faculty is celebrating 85th Anniversary

2014 is the 85th Anniversary of our Science Faculty. The Faculty of Science (FoS) is pleased and proud to celebrate this with the whole University family and especially the many for whom 2014 is also very special. There is something for everyone: reunions, open houses, conferences and symposiums, exhibitions and celebration. Find out More.


Inspiring John aims for the sky

Physics graduate John Soo Yue Han with inspiring story is featured in Malaysia News Paper. He had graduated on June 30 with a Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours), where he had obtained a scholarship from the Singapore’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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FoS 2014 Provost's and Dean's Chairs

The Department is pleased to announce that Professor Wang Jiansheng has been appointed as the Provost's Chair and Associate Professor Yan Jie, the Dean's Chair from 1 July 2014. Read more.


Annual Teaching Excellence Awards (ATEA)

Our heartiest congratulations to A/Prof Tan Meng Chwan and Dr Chammika Udalagama who have won the ATEA awards and A/Prof Chung Keng Yeow receives the ATEA Honour Roll this year! The Annual Teaching Excellence Award (ATEA) recognises faculty members who have displayed a high level of commitment to their teaching.


New research shows unlimited heat conduction in graphene

It was reported that scientists at NUS and the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz have attested that the thermal conductivity of graphene diverges with the size of the samples. This discovery challenges the fundamental laws of heat conduction for extended materials. Their research and results have now been presented in the scientific journal Nature Communications. A similar report was carried in: R & D magazine.


Scientists open door to better solar cells, superconductors and hard-drives

The team of Asst/Prof Andrivo Rusydi from the National University of Singapore has solved a long standing mystery in the physics of condensed matter. Using Singapore Synchrotron Light Source of National University of Singapore and DESY's bright research light sources, they have opened a new door to better solar cells, novel superconductors and smaller hard-drives. Find out more.


Materials: Directional conductivity when under strain Tensile strain induced directional conductivity in ultra-thin manganite films

A research collaboration between Asst Prof Andrivo Rusydi and collaborators from Nanyang Technological University and Chinese Academy of Sciences, China have discovered that La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (LSMO) ultra-thin films exhibit the ability to conduct electricity in a certain direction when it is placed under tensile strain conditions at low temperatures. Find out more.


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