About TYC

The Thomas Young Centre (TYC) is a dynamic and interdisciplinary alliance of London researchers operating at the forefront of science to address the challenges of society and industry through the theory and simulation of materials and molecules, or materials and molecular modelling.

We provide a framework through which we support current and future generations of researchers, fostering collaborations within our membership, with theoreticians and experimentalists outside of London, and with industry and government.

The TYC is made up of around 100 research groups from four London Colleges: Imperial College London, King’s College London, QMUL (Queen Mary University London) and UCL (University College London). The academic departments involved include Physics, Materials, Chemistry, Earth sciences, Biology, and several branches of engineering.

Structure–Property Relationships of Near-Infrared Cyanine Dyes: Chalcogen-Driven Singlet Oxygen Generation with High Fluorescence Efficiency

Transiently delocalised hybrid quantum states are gateways for efficient exciton dissociation at organic donor-acceptor interfaces

Electrically Tunable Friction through Surface Adsorption Layer Restructuring

Atomate2: modular workflows for materials science

Orbital Magnetic Field Driven Metal-Insulator Transition in Strongly Correlated Electron Systems

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Upcoming Events

TYC20 – Celebration of the Thomas Young Centre at 20
14 December 2026 @ 9:30 am - 15 December 2026 @ 5:30 pm
To mark the Thomas Young Centre turning 20, we will be hosting 2-days of talks, spanning 20 years of cutting-edge interdisciplinary research and cross-community collaboration which has taken place between University College London, Imperial College London, King's College London and Queen Mary Univer...

Equality, diversity and inclusion

Here at the Thomas Young Centre, we strive for equality and diversity in all that we do, while remaining aware of the challenges posed in equalising the recognised representation-imbalance of minority groups throughout the scientific community.

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