This is the web site for COSMIC, the Collaborative Optical Spectroscopy, Micromanipulation and Imaging Centre in the University of Edinburgh.
Welcome to the homepage of COSMIC - a highly cross-disciplinary centre for optical characterisation, control and imaging of complex materials. The Centre is committed to providing leadership in research, services to industry and training based on the development and use of optical techniques for innovative applications in the physical and life sciences.


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COSMIC participates in the following entities:


European Soft Matter Infrastructure

The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance

The Edinburgh and St Andrews Research School of Chemistry


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