Under the skin of polishing - from nano to macro
Lead Research Organisation:
Liverpool John Moores University
Department Name: School of Engineering
Abstract
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Organisations
- Liverpool John Moores University (Lead Research Organisation)
- Micro-Materials Ltd. (Collaboration)
- Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) (Collaboration)
- SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- Liverpool John Moores University (Collaboration)
- University of Huddersfield (Collaboration)
- Polytec (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
| Xun Chen (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Cao H
(2022)
Frictional Behaviour of the Microstructural Surfaces Created by Cylindrical Grinding Processes
in Applied Sciences
Walker D
(2023)
Bridging the Divide Between Iterative Optical Polishing and Automation
in Nanomanufacturing and Metrology
Yuan Q
(2022)
Removal Mechanism of Abrasive Jet Polishing with a Novel Nozzle
in Journal of Physics: Conference Series
Yuan Q
(2022)
Constrained abrasive jet polishing with a tangentially aligned nozzle shroud
in The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology
| Description | Nano indentation and scratching tests |
| Organisation | Liverpool John Moores University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | LJMU: Sample preparation and examination. To develop suitable techniques for the investigation of the mechanism of nanomaterials removal. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Micro-materials: carry out nano indentation and scratching tests. Polytec: provide surface feature measurement. |
| Impact | The capability of measuring nano-scratching surface was established. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Nano indentation and scratching tests |
| Organisation | Micro-Materials Ltd. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | LJMU: Sample preparation and examination. To develop suitable techniques for the investigation of the mechanism of nanomaterials removal. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Micro-materials: carry out nano indentation and scratching tests. Polytec: provide surface feature measurement. |
| Impact | The capability of measuring nano-scratching surface was established. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Nano indentation and scratching tests |
| Organisation | Polytec |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | LJMU: Sample preparation and examination. To develop suitable techniques for the investigation of the mechanism of nanomaterials removal. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Micro-materials: carry out nano indentation and scratching tests. Polytec: provide surface feature measurement. |
| Impact | The capability of measuring nano-scratching surface was established. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | Polishing technology development |
| Organisation | Liverpool John Moores University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of each partner: LJMU: Nano abrasive machining, Molecular dynamics analysis, Acoustic emission monitoring technique development University of Huddersfield: Bonnet polishing process monitoring and control, Fluid dynamics analysis Sheffield Hallam University: Glasses and Ceramics materials performance STFC Hartree Centre: High Performance Software |
| Collaborator Contribution | with the project, a consortium has been set up to promote polishing research. Focusing on the collaboration in the consortium seeks to explore new multi-physics, multi-scale science at the interface between computational fluid dynamics and molecular dynamics, and then apply this to a practical manufacturing case with potentially high impact. In this regard, the proposal responds to 'market pull' for precision functional surfaces, especially optics, and including complex "freeform" surfaces that underpin many modern products, e.g. head-up and head-mounted displays, conformal optics, remote-sensing and advanced lighting. Extreme-precision optics are required for semiconductor EUV photolithography. Precise nonoptical surfaces are required, e.g. in healthcare (knee/hip implants) and for industrial moulds & dies for many products (e.g. moulded complex lenses for consumer products). Bespoke precision optics underpin much of the Science Base, from ground & space-based astronomy to synchrotron sources, high-power laser-systems, X-ray imaging and more, yet are costly and slow to procure. |
| Impact | A conference paper was published on the 24th International Symposium on Advances in Abrasive Technology (ISAAT2022), 9-12 December 2022, Guangzhou, China, The paper received the Excellent Paper Award. Three journal papers were submitted for publication. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Polishing technology development |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Department | Hartree Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of each partner: LJMU: Nano abrasive machining, Molecular dynamics analysis, Acoustic emission monitoring technique development University of Huddersfield: Bonnet polishing process monitoring and control, Fluid dynamics analysis Sheffield Hallam University: Glasses and Ceramics materials performance STFC Hartree Centre: High Performance Software |
| Collaborator Contribution | with the project, a consortium has been set up to promote polishing research. Focusing on the collaboration in the consortium seeks to explore new multi-physics, multi-scale science at the interface between computational fluid dynamics and molecular dynamics, and then apply this to a practical manufacturing case with potentially high impact. In this regard, the proposal responds to 'market pull' for precision functional surfaces, especially optics, and including complex "freeform" surfaces that underpin many modern products, e.g. head-up and head-mounted displays, conformal optics, remote-sensing and advanced lighting. Extreme-precision optics are required for semiconductor EUV photolithography. Precise nonoptical surfaces are required, e.g. in healthcare (knee/hip implants) and for industrial moulds & dies for many products (e.g. moulded complex lenses for consumer products). Bespoke precision optics underpin much of the Science Base, from ground & space-based astronomy to synchrotron sources, high-power laser-systems, X-ray imaging and more, yet are costly and slow to procure. |
| Impact | A conference paper was published on the 24th International Symposium on Advances in Abrasive Technology (ISAAT2022), 9-12 December 2022, Guangzhou, China, The paper received the Excellent Paper Award. Three journal papers were submitted for publication. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Polishing technology development |
| Organisation | Sheffield Hallam University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of each partner: LJMU: Nano abrasive machining, Molecular dynamics analysis, Acoustic emission monitoring technique development University of Huddersfield: Bonnet polishing process monitoring and control, Fluid dynamics analysis Sheffield Hallam University: Glasses and Ceramics materials performance STFC Hartree Centre: High Performance Software |
| Collaborator Contribution | with the project, a consortium has been set up to promote polishing research. Focusing on the collaboration in the consortium seeks to explore new multi-physics, multi-scale science at the interface between computational fluid dynamics and molecular dynamics, and then apply this to a practical manufacturing case with potentially high impact. In this regard, the proposal responds to 'market pull' for precision functional surfaces, especially optics, and including complex "freeform" surfaces that underpin many modern products, e.g. head-up and head-mounted displays, conformal optics, remote-sensing and advanced lighting. Extreme-precision optics are required for semiconductor EUV photolithography. Precise nonoptical surfaces are required, e.g. in healthcare (knee/hip implants) and for industrial moulds & dies for many products (e.g. moulded complex lenses for consumer products). Bespoke precision optics underpin much of the Science Base, from ground & space-based astronomy to synchrotron sources, high-power laser-systems, X-ray imaging and more, yet are costly and slow to procure. |
| Impact | A conference paper was published on the 24th International Symposium on Advances in Abrasive Technology (ISAAT2022), 9-12 December 2022, Guangzhou, China, The paper received the Excellent Paper Award. Three journal papers were submitted for publication. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Polishing technology development |
| Organisation | University of Huddersfield |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Contribution of each partner: LJMU: Nano abrasive machining, Molecular dynamics analysis, Acoustic emission monitoring technique development University of Huddersfield: Bonnet polishing process monitoring and control, Fluid dynamics analysis Sheffield Hallam University: Glasses and Ceramics materials performance STFC Hartree Centre: High Performance Software |
| Collaborator Contribution | with the project, a consortium has been set up to promote polishing research. Focusing on the collaboration in the consortium seeks to explore new multi-physics, multi-scale science at the interface between computational fluid dynamics and molecular dynamics, and then apply this to a practical manufacturing case with potentially high impact. In this regard, the proposal responds to 'market pull' for precision functional surfaces, especially optics, and including complex "freeform" surfaces that underpin many modern products, e.g. head-up and head-mounted displays, conformal optics, remote-sensing and advanced lighting. Extreme-precision optics are required for semiconductor EUV photolithography. Precise nonoptical surfaces are required, e.g. in healthcare (knee/hip implants) and for industrial moulds & dies for many products (e.g. moulded complex lenses for consumer products). Bespoke precision optics underpin much of the Science Base, from ground & space-based astronomy to synchrotron sources, high-power laser-systems, X-ray imaging and more, yet are costly and slow to procure. |
| Impact | A conference paper was published on the 24th International Symposium on Advances in Abrasive Technology (ISAAT2022), 9-12 December 2022, Guangzhou, China, The paper received the Excellent Paper Award. Three journal papers were submitted for publication. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | International Webinars of Surface Technology & Application - Precision and Ultra-Precision Machining |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Webinar was organised by the Surface Technology Editorial Department. Xun Chen made a presentation entitled "Abrasive machining technology for functional surface creation", which sparked questions and discussion afterwards. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://ljmu.vvimpacttracker.com/evidence/download/51993 |