Research

Research Overview

The School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences is home to many internationally renowned research groups pursuing cutting-edge research in chemistry, the mathematical sciences, and physics. The videos below provide an introduction to the research taking place in our three divisions. Please visit the divisions’ individual research pages for more information.

Physics and Applied Physics

 
Click here for more information on Physics and Applied Physics research.

Mathematical Sciences

 
Click here for more information on Mathematical Sciences research.

Chemistry and Biological Chemistry

​​
Click here for more information on Chemistry and Biological Chemistry research.

Recent Research Highlights

Solvent-Free Synthesis of Advanced Materials

NTU researchers have developed an environmentally friendly method for making a class of advanced materials, lead-free metal halide perovskites, without solvents.
14 Aug 2019

Theory of Light-induced Magnetism

A new theory predicts that a non-magnetic metal can be turned into a magnet when illuminated by linearly polarised laser light.
5 Jul 2019

Detecting Disease Through the Interplay of Light and Sound

A team led by Prof. Bengang Xing has developed a new optoacoustic imaging scheme that can detect different types of chemicals in the bloodstream, without the need to draw blood.
14 Jun 2019

The Topological Hall Effect

Experiments reveal that tiny magnetic entities called skyrmions are responsible for the exotic electrical phenomenon known as the Topological Hall Effect.
9 May 2019

Quantum Device Views All Possible Futures

Prof. Mile Gu and his collaborators have developed a quantum device that can simultaneously generate all possible futures in a quantum decision process.
10 Apr 2019

NTU Researchers Win Cryptography Competition

Cryptography researchers at NTU won 3 of the 6 prizes at CAESAR, a technical competition sponsored by NIST for developing the next generation of authenticated cryptography schemes.
8 Mar 2019

Breakthrough in Ultra​fast Spintronics

An NTU team has demonstrated that an ultrashort spin current pulse can be efficiently injected between different materials, paving the way for ultrafast spintronic devices.
22 Jan 2019

A New Class of Organic Reactions

Chemists at NTU have discovered a completely new variant of a chemistry reaction called nucleophilic substitution, overturning principles of organic chemistry established since the 1930s.
25 Jan 2019

3D Topological Medium for
Electromagnetic Waves

The world's first three-dimensional photonic topological insulator has been realized. Within this artificial material, microwaves flow effortlessly along 2D surfaces, ignoring defects and obstacles.
11 Jan 2019
​

​Meta​material​ Logic Gates

A team led by Prof. Ranjan Singh has developed an efficiently switchable metamaterial, which can be used to perform computing operations with light.
30 Nov 2018