From the Lab: Nanoparticles and their applications - with Ivan Parkin

About this episode

Chemist Ivan Parkin discusses the diverse applications of nanoparticles in this episode of the Ri Science Podcast.

From thin film coatings to drug delivery and even antimicrobial resistance, nanoparticles have a huge range of applications. In this month's From The Lab episode, chemist Ivan Parkin explores some of these applications pursued by his research group at UCL ahead of his Discourse in April. About 'From the Lab': This is the third of our new 'From the Lab' series, taking the place of our 'From the Theatre' episodes. UCL are celebrating their 200th anniversary in 2026, and we've collaborated with them to host UCL researchers as our Discourse speakers throughout 2026. As part of this collaboration, we'll be bringing you episodes with each of these speakers two weeks before their Discourses to explore their research topics further and give you a sneak peek of what's to come in their Discourse. Buy tickets to Ivan's Discourse on Friday 24 April on our website . Ri Science Podcast episodes are released on the last Wednesday of every month, and our new ‘From the Theatre’ episodes are released on the second Wednesday of the month. Subscribe to be notified as soon as the next episode is released!  Book tickets to upcoming talks on our  website   Subscribe…

People in this episode

Host: Lia Hale

Guest: Ivan Parkin

Topics covered

• nanoparticles
• drug delivery
• antimicrobial resistance
• thin film coatings
• UCL research

Keywords

• nanoparticles
• applications
• drug delivery
• antimicrobial resistance
• UCL
• chemistry
• research

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UCL, The Royal Institution

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