This episode, Mark, Adam, and Aphrodite talk materials for nuclear fusion, and the success stories Goodfellow has had within this sector.

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Join usual hosts Mark Daniels and Dr Aphrodite Tomou as they talk with Goodfellow's Simon Kenney and Suisse Technology Partners' Benjamin Stubbe about two exciting new companies joining the Goodfellow group, and the fascinating world of Certified Reference Materials.

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In this episode, Adam, Aphrodite and Mark discuss metal foils, the core of Goodfellow's business since 1946. Not your typical household foils, Goodfellow offers high purity, well-characterised materials available in a vast range of metals and alloys, from aluminium to gadolinium. The team discuss the diverse applications of metal foils, including X-ray filters, batteries, flexible electronics, printed circuit boards, heat exchangers, aerospace, medical devices, targets and detectors in high energy physics (like at CERN), and even as substrates for nanoparticles. Listen in to find out more about Goodfellow's production methods and the applications these foils can support. Don't forget to send questions to the team via www.goodfellow.com/podcasts

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Episode Description - Mark and Adam welcome Aphrodite back to the podcast and the three discuss ceramics. What are technical ceramics and what are their uses in a variety of application? Have you got a question for the team? visit www.goodfellow.com/podcasts and click 'ask a question' to leave the team a message. If they answer your question on the podcast, you could receive a desktop periodic table.

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Mike Adelstein, president of Potomac Photonics, joins Mark on the podcast this episode to discuss micromanufacturing (and a little bit about running...). Potomac Photonics joined the Goodfellow family of companies in 2024, adding a unique manufacturing solution to our range of materials and Mike and Mark discuss how the best parts start with the best materials - and the best people.

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7 February is Periodic Table Day and in this special episode the Goodfellow podcast team discuss the history of the periodic table, from its inception to its uses. The discussion leaps from how watching paint dry was an important part of learning science, to why there's an element called Einsteinium, and along the way the team announce a competition to win your very own Goodfellow-branded desktop periodic table! Find out more by listening now.

* competition entries will not be accepted after 28 February 2025.

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In the second episode of 2025, Mark, Adam and Aphrodite continue to explore the services available through Goodfellow. This time, the team are looking into how the Technical Solutions department, led by Dr Aphrodite Tomou, works. From supporting customers with identifying materials for a particular project to solving complex materials science challenges, this episode dives into how the services of the global team can act as an extension of customers' businesses.

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Mark, Adam and Aphrodite kick off the 2025 podcast season with a look at some historical science milestones that occurred in the month of January, a look forward to what's coming up for the team this year, and a quick recap of the range of products available on Goodfellow's website. Got questions for the team? Drop them a note on marketing@goodfellow.com or via LinkedIn and they'll do their best to answer.

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Our final podcast episode of 2024 is a festive send-off to a year filled with groundbreaking advancements and a celebration of both science and the humanity behind it. Join our hosts Mark Daniels, Adam Sells, and Dr Aphrodite Tomou as they reflect on 2024's highlights, offering a glimpse into the exciting developments in materials science that fuelled their discussions.

This special Christmas edition concludes with a unique and hilarious twist: a compilation of outtakes, curated and introduced by our very own AI-generated podcast hosts. You'll be hard pushed to tell the AI from the real people as they guide you through the bloopers, highlighting the personalities and humour behind the microphones.

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Mark, Adam and Aphrodite take a look at a new soft, sustainable, biodegradable electroactive material referred to as Nanoribbons. Suitable for applications from medical implants to wearable electronics, these low-energy consuming biocompatible materials have been developed by Northwestern University.

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https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2024/10/nature-and-plastics-inspire-breakthrough-in-soft-sustainable-materials/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/10/241009121344.htm

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Following on from their chat in front of a live audience at the NEC, Mark Daniels and Adam Sells meet back up with Dr Aphrodite Tomou to discuss the questions that were asked at the Advanced Engineering show and dig deeper into the answers.

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Mark Daniels and Adam Sells take Goodfellow’s Innovation, Discussed podcast on the road and record an episode in front of a live audience, talking high entropy alloys, nanomaterials and graphene-infused concrete. Listen out for the follow up episode in which Dr Aphrodite Tomou answers the questions raised during the conversation.

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In this episode, Mark, Adam and Aphrodite discuss smart materials. From self-healing concrete to shape-shifting alloys, Goodfellow’s team discuss the benefits of these amazing materials and what the future for them might bring.

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How are high purity foils crucial to understanding the history of the universe? Mark, Adam and Aphrodite discuss physics, neutrons and life, the universe and everything. Find out how Goodfellow are involved in the experiments that are shaping our understanding of the world around us.

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Mark, Adam and Aphrodite sit down this month to discuss the history of battery technology. From the ‘Baghdad Battery’ to conceptual ‘air batteries’, Goodfellow’s hosts cover applications from hearing aids to electric aircraft.

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Dr Aphrodite Tomou and Mark Daniels are joined this month by Victoria Mataczynski, Co-Founder of Nanoloom, a company using graphene to develop innovative yarn for the production of apparel. Together, they discuss the benefits of using this groundbreaking science to produce the next generation of clothing, from sustainability to wearable technology and beyond.

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To find out more about Nanoloom, visit www.nanoloom.co.uk or look for Nanoloom on Instagram, X and LinkedIn.

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In June 2024 Goodfellow acquired Potomac Photonics, bringing their micromanufacturing services, including small hole drilling, laser micro welding, micro CNC and much more, into the Goodfellow portfolio. The acquisition also gives Goodfellow a manufacturing base in the USA. In this episode, Mark and Aphrodite speak with Mike Adelstein to find out more about these miniaturisation services.

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Mark, Adam and Aphrodite visit the Advanced Materials Show at the NEC and discuss the things they’ve seen and the panels they’ve taken part in. Charlie Briggs, Technical Solutions Specialist joins the podcast to introduce himself, talk about his trip to AMS, and his love of Metal music. Send your scientific materials questions for the team to marketing@goodfellow.com

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Dr Aphrodite Tomou and Mark Daniels are joined this month by Goodfellow’s CEO, Simon Kenney, and CMO, Claire Hartley, to discuss a big announcement for the business. As Goodfellow looks to set itself up for the future, the team talk through the company’s new brand, new story and, most importantly, the brand new website.

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This month, Mark, Adam and Aphrodite are joined by Dr Jason Jackson to discuss the materials behind solid state batteries. From electric vehicles to mobile phones and on to medical devices like pacemakers, solid state batteries are set to change how we power the world. Find out how the materials Goodfellow provide could be used in the development of these technologies.

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Mark welcomes Aphrodite and Adam back from their Christmas breaks with a chat about mince pies and what everybody’s been up to in January. Aphrodite discusses her talk at the Royal Society of Chemists while Adam brings up the hot news topic of the moment: Neuralink’s announcement that they have put a microchip in a human brain.

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Featuring: Mark Daniels, Dr Aphrodite Tomou, Adam Sells, James Taylor, Nicholas Pecheur and Lydia Collins

From fluffing lines to wishing each other Happy Christmas in Greek, the team are ending the year with a festive episode highlighting some of the lighter moments behind the scenes when things went wrong recording this season of Innovation Discussed. From everybody at Goodfellow, may we wish you all the best at this wonderful time of year and a very successful 2024. Innovation, Discussed will return in the New Year.

From the podcast team: Καλά Χριστούγεννα 

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Mark, Aphrodite and Adam get together once more to discuss the news this month in materials science, which this time includes additive materials in 3D printed rocket nozzles for use in space travel. Mark continues to be the one who doesn’t understand what’s being said, Adam continues to not get Mark’s humour and Aphrodite, as always, provides the answers. Plus they talk about Aphrodite and Goodfellow’s Karin Hildyard 10k walk for Cancer Research.

If you’d like to donate to Aphrodite and Karin’s cause, the link is: https://fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/team/team-hazard

If you have questions or materials science news you’d like the team to discuss, email us on marketing@goodfellow.com or message us on our social media channels.

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Mark, Adam and Aphrodite talk Goodfellow’s Channel Partner program, sustainable materials, and the fascinating world of folding sheet metal to make trains stronger and miniaturising children’s toys.

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Mark and Aphrodite answer a listener’s question about the Earth’s core that leads to a conversation around the properties of nickel and iron and the products and services Goodfellow offer around these materials. Some conversation around summer holidays may also happen…

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