Prof. Pavel Nesterenko, from the School of Chemistry at the University of Tasmania, Australia, visited the Adaptive Sensors Group from the 20th to the 28th September 2012. Prof. Nesterenko is a collaborator with the MASK Marie Curie IRES programme and during his visit he discussed the MASK-IRES exchange programme with Prof. Dermot Diamond. The topics to be investigated as part of this exchange include the development of new materials that have potential applications for sensors and in separation science.