Projects per year
Organisation profile
Organisation profile
We perform experiments and develop cooling
technology to study fundamental processes and
material properties at temperatures approaching
absolute zero.

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Samuli Autti
- Physics - Research Fellow/Lecturer, Research Associate
- Low Temperature Physics
Person: Academic and Related
Projects
- 15 Finished
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ParaWave: Josephson traveling wave parametric amplifier and its application for metrology
Pashkin, Y. (Principal Investigator) & Prance, J. (Co-Investigator)
1/07/18 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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MSI: Quantum sensing by proximised structures
Pashkin, Y. (Principal Investigator)
1/04/18 → 31/08/20
Project: Research
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MSI: Driving a mechanical resonator by single electrons
Pashkin, Y. (Principal Investigator), Haley, R. (Co-Investigator), Kafanov, S. (Co-Investigator) & Prance, J. (Co-Investigator)
1/03/18 → 31/08/20
Project: Research
Research output
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Charge Transport Regimes of MoS2 Nanosheets at Cryogenic Temperatures: Implications for Cryogenic Electronics
Thompson, M., Haworth, M., Hughes, O., Prance, J., Pashkin, Y., Panarella, L., Gity, F., Mirabelli, G., Fagas, G. & Duffy, R., 12/12/2025, In: ACS Applied Nano Materials. 8, 49, p. 23769-23775 7 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Continuous time crystal coupled to a mechanical mode as a cavity-optomechanics-like platform
Mäkinen, J. T., Heikkinen, P. J., Autti, S., Zavjalov, V. V. & Eltsov, V. B., 16/10/2025, In: Nature Communications. 16, 1, 9050.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Open AccessFile -
Dark matter attenuation effects: sensitivity ceilings for spin-dependent and spin-independent interactions
The QUEST-DMC collaboration, 30/04/2025, In: Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics. 2025, 4, 017.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Open AccessFile33 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Revealing the loss mechanismsof a 3D aluminium cavity
Pashkin, Y. (Speaker)
18/11/2025 → 19/11/2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Revealing the loss mechanismsof a 3D aluminium cavity
Pashkin, Y. (Speaker)
17/09/2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Oral presentation
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Visiting a collaborator in the University of Milano-Bicocca
Pashkin, Y. (Visitor)
13/09/2025 → 20/09/2025Activity: Other activity types › Other
Prizes
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Engagement Staff of the Year - Nominee
Henderson, S. (Recipient), 16/12/2024
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInsP)
Pashkin, Y. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Election to learned society
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Letter of Appreciation from the President of RIKEN (Japan)
Pashkin, Y. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Other distinction
Press/Media
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Lancaster Physics brings the search for dark matter to Cheltenham Science Festival
Greyling, E., Thompson, M. & Henderson, S.
12/06/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
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Double success for Lancaster Physics at prestigious Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition
Greyling, E., Nowak, J. & Thompson, M.
6/11/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
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Filmmaker joins Ultra-Low Temperature Physics team in the hunt for dark matter
Greyling, E., Thompson, M., Zmeev, D. & Chawner, J.
15/05/24
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
Impacts
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Autism: A new marker for autism spectrum disorder in young children
Stefanovska, A. (Participant), Thomas, M. (Participant), Clemson, P. (Participant), Ticcinelli, V. (Participant) & McClintock, P. (Participant)
Impact: Economic Impacts, Health Impact
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Interview with BBC North-West Television
Stefanovska, A. (Participant) & McClintock, P. (Participant)
Impact: Cultural Impacts
File
Datasets
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Dataset of Publication: Acoustic emission in bulk normal and superfluid 3He
Noble, T. (Creator), Midlik, Š. (Creator), Colman, L. (Creator), Schmoranzer, D. (Creator) & Tsepelin, V. (Creator), Lancaster University, 2023
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/607
Dataset
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Nanoscale Real-Time Detection of Quantum Vortices at Millikelvin Temperatures
Guthrie, A. (Creator), Kafanov, S. (Creator), Noble, T. (Creator), Pashkin, Y. (Creator), Pickett, G. (Creator), Tsepelin, V. (Creator), Dorofeev, A. A. (Creator), Krupenin, V. A. (Creator) & Presnov, D. E. (Creator), Lancaster University, 2021
Dataset
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Detecting a phonon flux in superfluid 4He by a nanomechanical resonator
Guthrie, A. (Creator), Guénault, T. (Owner), Kafanov, S. (Owner), Haley, R. (Owner), Pashkin, Y. (Owner), Pickett, G. (Creator), Tsepelin, V. (Owner) & Zmeev, D. (Creator), Lancaster University, 27/01/2020
DOI: 10.17635/lancaster/researchdata/346
Dataset
File
Equipment
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Cryogen-free dilution refrigerator
Prance, J. R. (Manager) & Pashkin, Y. (Other)
PhysicsFacility/equipment: Equipment
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