Sir Henry Royce Institute - Leeds Equipment
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: Electronic and Electrical Engineering
Abstract
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Planned Impact
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People |
ORCID iD |
| Edmund Harold Linfield (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Knox C
(2020)
Scattering in InAs/GaSb coupled quantum wells as a probe of higher order subband hybridization
in Physical Review B
Kundu I
(2020)
Terahertz photonic integrated circuit for frequency tuning and power modulation.
in Optics express
Kundu I
(2020)
Programmable, Transform-Limited Pulses from a Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser
in ACS Photonics
Kundu I
(2020)
Wideband Electrically Controlled Vernier Frequency Tunable Terahertz Quantum Cascade Laser
in ACS Photonics
Li Y
(2019)
Superferromagnetism and Domain-Wall Topologies in Artificial "Pinwheel" Spin Ice.
in ACS nano
Lim YL
(2019)
Coherent imaging using laser feedback interferometry with pulsed-mode terahertz quantum cascade lasers.
in Optics express
Ma X
(2021)
Polypyrrole-Dopamine Nanofiber Light-Trapping Coating for Efficient Solar Vapor Generation.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Maddi C
(2019)
Structural, Spectroscopic, and Excitonic Dynamic Characterization in Atomically Thin Yb 3+ -Doped MoS 2 , Fabricated by Femtosecond Pulsed Laser Deposition
in Advanced Optical Materials
Mannering J
(2021)
Engineering of Microcage Carbon Nanotube Architectures with Decoupled Multimodal Porosity and Amplified Catalytic Performance.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Meng K
(2019)
Tunable broadband terahertz polarizer using graphene-metal hybrid metasurface.
in Optics express
| Title | Crystal Creation |
| Description | Maker kits that can be used to learn about science through an artistic/craft activity. |
| Type Of Art | Artistic/Creative Exhibition |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | The kit are going to be used a various community and festival events. |
| URL | https://www.creatematerialsinnovation.com/post/crystal-creations |
| Description | This award allowed the University of Leeds to purchase a number of state-of-the-art items of experimental equipment. These included: 1) A multi-technique deposition system, which, within a single ultra-high-vacuum system, integrate bespokes chambers for (a) MBE growth of topological insulators (e.g. BiSe, BiTe, SnTe, BiSb) and materials to investigate interface superconductivity (e.g. PbTe, PbS and InBi); (b) sputtering of metals (normal, magnetic and superconducting), with a particular focus on ferromagnetic materials (e.g. CoFeB) and metals with high-spin-orbit interactions (e.g. Ta, Pt); (c) plasma laser deposition of complex oxides (e.g. BiFeO3-PbTiO3, Y3Fe5O12); and, (d) thermal evaporation of short-chain organic molecules (e.g. C60). This will enable the next generations of electronic devices to be developed in which control of the interfaces between different materials is critical. For example, the system will allow development of low power electronics, spin capacitors, spin current transistors, magnetic memories, molecular batteries, photovoltaics, and luminescent devices, and also allow exploration of Majorana fermions, skyrmions, molecular spintronics, magnonics, quantum coherence, surface acoustic waves, and magnetochemistry. 2) A bespoke environmental XPS system, configured around a Specs EnviroESCA system, which combines hard and soft X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) with X-ray emission spectroscopy (XES), enabling researchers to characterise the nature of chemical bonding and chemical composition. For example, the system will enable: (a) characterisation of samples and devices containing volatile components (e.g. solvents, adsorbed gases, biological and biomaterials, pastes and suspensions), without cryogenic cooling; (b) investigations of electrically insulating samples; (c) studies of whole devices and dynamic processes; (d) depth profiling of molecular materials by controlled erosion with a noble gas cluster source; and, (e) rapid XPS characterisation of sample libraries under environmental conditions. A key feature of this system is the environmental control, which allows users to characterise materials under conditions relevant for manufacture and application The facility is linked to the Diamond-Leeds collaboration, enabling support for users in the design, application and preparation of experimental programmes for advanced X-ray characterisation at the UK's synchrotron facility, Diamond. 3) An ion miller (with secondary ion mass spectrometry), an ellipsometer, and a direct write laser system. These have been incorporated into the existing University Nanotechnology Cleanroom, where they are utilized by researchers from across Schools within the University, and by external organisations. The award also contributed to the build of specialized laboratories within the University's new Bragg Centre for Materials Research (https://www.leeds.ac.uk/info/130565/bragg_centre_for_materials_research), which is scheduled for completion in 2021 Over the year 2018-2019, the new instruments were commissioned, with users being trained on the environmental XPS system, and calibration layers being grown on the deposition systems. In 2019-2020, these instruments are becoming extensively utilized for the growth, fabrication and characterization of materials. Since 2021, the instruments are leading to a breadth of publications in leading international's peer-reviewed journals, key-note talks at international conferences, and additional support through new grant income. |
| Exploitation Route | The materials growth and fabrication equipment funded through this award will allow materials to be grown, patterned, and made into electronic, optoelectronic, and bio-electronic devices. The XPS system will enable characterisation of materials across a breadth of application sectors, with a specific emphasis on the study of materials under environmental conditions, for example samples and devices containing volatile components (e.g. solvents, adsorbed gases, biological and biomaterials, pastes and suspensions); electrically insulating samples; and, dynamic processes. Access to these instruments will not only support academia, but also a breadth of industry, ranging from SMEs to multi-nationals. Further support to capitalise on this equipment investment, and enable external user access, is provided through the Royce Institute (EP/R00661X/1). The facility has been augmented by EPSRC Equipment grants to develop a multi-user SAXS/WAXS facility (EP/R042683/1), a FIBSEM-SIMS facility (EP/VO28855/1), and to provide high specification nanofabrication equipment (EP/W006472/1). New funding has also arisen for studying, e.g., (a) Nanoscale Advanced Materials Engineering (EP/V001914/1); (b) Synthetic antiferromagnetic skyrmions (EP/T006803/1), (c) Emergent magnetism and spin Interactions in metallo-molecular Interfaces (EP/S030263/1); (d) Non-volatile components for superconducting computers (EP/V028138/1); (e) Quantum spin Hall effect spintronics (EP/T034343/1); (f) Coherent pulse propagation and mode locking in terahertz quantum cascade lasers (EP/T034246/1)); (g) Acoustic control of quantum cascade heterostructures; (h) Photonic sensing and dual-mode bio-imaging in rare earth upconversion nanoparticles (EP/T004711/1); and, (i) Reducing greenhouse gas emissions by understanding the molecular basis for friction and its control (EP/R511717/1). |
| Sectors | Aerospace Defence and Marine Agriculture Food and Drink Chemicals Electronics Energy Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| URL | https://www.leeds.ac.uk/info/130565/bragg_centre_for_materials_research/686/the_henry_royce_institute |
| Description | The award funded a multi-chamber deposition system, an environmental XPS system, and a number of items of specialised equipment for an existing Nanotechnology Cleanroom. It also provided specialised laboratory space within the Sir William Henry Bragg Building. In addition to the substantial academic impact, which includes a breadth of publications and further grants, the award contributed to the following non-academic impacts from 2019: 1) Multi-chamber deposition system - This system has primarily been used for discovery-led research. However, the state-of-the-art capability has attracted significant investment from a major UK Defence prime, which is currently establishing office space on campus, with a permanent employee on site. 2) Environmental XPS system - The environmental near ambient pressure XPS system is being used in research collaborations to add new and unique capability to the analytical research portfolio for dynamic surface and interface analysis of materials under process conditions. Such capability is typically not available to non-academic partners (industry) in-house or through contract analytical service labs. The facility is now extensively used by industry for the analysis of a wide range of samples, including companies from the pharmaceutical, agrochemicals, fine chemicals personal care and transportation sectors. There is complementarity with the capabilities of the existing Electron Microscopy facilities at Leeds, especially for the study of soft-matter systems, which are traditionally difficult to probe. The facility also works closely with Diamond Light Source, developing a joint user base through a strategic agreement on advanced X-ray analytical characterisation. 3) Nanotechnology Cleanroom - This Laboratory is being used regularly by >15 companies (including SMEs) to prototype new products, test new processes, and trial instrumentation for their applications. These companies do not have the breadth of equipment available to them in-house. The Cleanroom is also being used to support the development of skills, through (for example) running of a National Cleanroom Training course for academia and industry (a partnership between the Royce Institute and Swansea University), and staff are contributing to the DCMS (now DSIT) review of UK's semiconductor infrastructure. The equipment at Leeds aligns with the 'Atoms-to-Devices' (A2D) theme of the Royce Institute, and this led to a set of roadmaps being developed by the A2D teams at Leeds, Cambridge, Imperial and Manchester around 'Materials for the Energy Transition', identifying key materials steps needed to address the UK's net zero energy target (see: https://www.royce.ac.uk/materials-for-the-energy-transition/). |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Energy,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
| Impact Types | Economic Policy & public services |
| Description | Royce/IOP "Materials for the Energy Transition" 2020 Roadmapping Activity |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | In response to the Committee on Climate Change's 2019 "Net Zero" Report, the Henry Royce Institute Partners at the Universities of Cambridge, Imperial, Leeds and Manchester, in collaboration with the Institute of Physics, engaged with over 220 participants from academic and industrial materials research communities to explore solutions to the grand challenge of "Materials for the Energy Transition." Through roadmapping workshops and associated community-led activities, energy technologies were identified where materials research can make a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions. The following four areas were identified where materials science is critical to enabling a step-change in greenhouse gas reduction: (1) Materials for photovoltaic systems, (2) Materials for low-carbon methods of hydrogen generation, (3) Materials for decarbonisation of heating and cooling (split into thermoelectric and caloric energy conversion materials) and (4) Materials for low-loss electronics. Outcomes of these roadmapping exercises were (1) an executive summary report highlighting the main findings of the four roadmapping activities, and (2) five materials development roadmaps towards achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 were published in September 2020. All documents were made publicly available free of charge for research communities, the public, funding bodies, government, policy-makers and industry leaders. Influence: (1) Roadmaps have been cited in academic journals, influencing research communities towards mission-driven activities (2) roadmaps have begun to influence position papers and policy documents for organisations to inform government, (3) roadmaps have influenced funding bodies to shape future funding opportunities in the "Materials for the Energy Transition" research space (4) EPSRC have requested Royce to facilitate creation of further roadmapping activities towards zero-carbon goals and sustainable UK manufacturing, beginning in 2021. |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/materials-for-the-energy-transition/ |
| Description | 3D Nanoscale chemical analysis: a FIBSEM-SIMS facility optimised for soft and composite materials |
| Amount | £1,726,123 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V028855/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 06/2021 |
| End | 06/2025 |
| Description | Acoustic control of quantum cascade heterostructures: the THz "S-LASER" |
| Amount | £998,933 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V004743/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2021 |
| End | 11/2024 |
| Description | Coherent pulse propagation and modelocking in terahertz quantum cascade lasers |
| Amount | £1,127,384 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T034246/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 02/2024 |
| Description | Combining Advanced Materials for Interface Engineering (CAMIE) |
| Amount | £6,553,083 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/X027074/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2023 |
| End | 05/2028 |
| Description | EPSRC Impact Acceleration Account Phase 3 |
| Amount | £60,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R511717/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2021 |
| End | 03/2022 |
| Description | EPSRC-SFI: Emergent Magnetism and Spin Interactions in Metallo-Molecular Interfaces |
| Amount | £648,440 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S030263/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 04/2024 |
| Description | Hierarchically metallized electrospun membrane for tendon-bone regeneration in integrated manner |
| Amount | £12,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | IEC\NSFC\211182 |
| Organisation | The Royal Society |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | High-specification nanofabrication equipment: enabling increased capability and capacity for electronics, spintronics, photonics, and bioelectronics. |
| Amount | £2,587,981 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W006472/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | High-specification nanofabrication equipment: enabling increased capability and capacity for electronics, spintronics, photonics, and bioelectronics. |
| Amount | £2,587,981 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W006472/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 12/2024 |
| Description | Multi-User Facility for SAXS/WAXS Studies on Nanoscale Structures in Controlled Environments. |
| Amount | £1,183,496 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R042683/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 05/2023 |
| Description | Nanoscale Advanced Materials Engineering |
| Amount | £7,671,801 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 03/2026 |
| Description | Non-volatile programmable components for the superconducting computer |
| Amount | £513,531 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V028138/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2021 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Description | Photonic Sensing and Dual-mode Bio-Imaging with Rare Earth Upconversion Nanoparticles |
| Amount | £1,311,873 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T004711/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 09/2024 |
| Description | Quantum spin Hall effect spintronics |
| Amount | £861,847 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T034343/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2021 |
| End | 03/2024 |
| Description | Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Understanding the Molecular Basis of Friction and Its Control: Towards a Step Change through Use of Novel In Situ X-ray Analysis Techniques |
| Amount | £134,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R511717/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2021 |
| Description | Royce Phase 2 |
| Amount | £95,000,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/X527257/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2022 |
| End | 03/2027 |
| Description | Sir Henry Royce Institute - recurrent grant |
| Amount | £52,313,935 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R00661X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2016 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Synthetic Antiferromagnetic Skyrmions |
| Amount | £815,630 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T006803/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2020 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | Terahertz frequency devices and systems for ultrahigh capacity wireless communications |
| Amount | £7,097,283 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/W028921/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2023 |
| End | 12/2027 |
| Description | The Leeds EPSRC Nanoscience and Nanoequipment User Facility |
| Amount | £201,945 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R02863X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2018 |
| End | 05/2021 |
| Description | The Royce: Capitalising on the investment |
| Amount | £1,006,680 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S019367/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 11/2018 |
| End | 10/2021 |
| Description | UKRI Impact Acceleration Account ( IAA) |
| Amount | £60,265 (GBP) |
| Organisation | United Kingdom Research and Innovation |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 05/2022 |
| End | 02/2023 |
| Description | UKRI Impact Acceleration Account 2022-2025 |
| Amount | £703,599 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2024 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Title | Recirculating Liquid Jet Cell for In Situ X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy |
| Description | A liquid jet setup for general windowless X-ray absorption spectroscopy at beamline B18 of Diamond Light Source, UK |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Enhanced use of the Diamond B18 facility for moelcular level sructure studies of liquid flowing systems |
| Title | Dataset exploring the use of quasi-harmonic approximation to understand the thermal properties of Bi2Se3 |
| Description | This data set contains input and output files for DFT calculations on Bi2Se3 for a number of different fixed unit cells with calculations performed using VASP and Phonopy. At each fixed volume, optimisations and phonon calculations have been performed. These have been used to understand the thermal properties of the material using the quasi-harmonic approximation. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://zenodo.org/record/8199623 |
| Title | Pt/CoB/Pt Josephson p-junctions with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy |
| Description | This is the dataset for "Pt/CoB/Pt Josephson p-junctions with perpendicular magnetic anisotropy" containing raw electrical transport and magnetization data appearing in the main text |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://archive.researchdata.leeds.ac.uk/794/ |
| Description | The Advanced Propulsion Centre funding - APC24: Industrialising net-zero automotive technology |
| Organisation | Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC |
| Department | Jaguar Land Rover |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | We are part of the the UKRI/Innovate UK grant support via APC funding led by JLR. We are contributing to the work package and provide advanced coating solutions for research collaboration on the next generation EDU 'toolkit'; a modular family of electric machines, inverters and transmissions for future vehicle platforms. |
| Collaborator Contribution | We are part of the the UKRI/Innovate UK grant support via APC funding led by JLR who is leading the development of the next generation of EDU 'toolkit'; a modular family of electric machines, inverters and transmissions for future vehicle platforms. There are 7 UK based business and higher education members in this consortium for this £19.8m funded project. |
| Impact | early stage new research and development grant. |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Title | TRIBOLOGICAL COMPOSITES |
| Description | The invention relates to tribological composites comprising diamond-like carbon and carbonaceous multi-layered nanoparticulate, e.g. graphene nanoplatelets, and methods for their preparation. |
| IP Reference | WO2023285799 |
| Protection | Patent / Patent application |
| Year Protection Granted | 2023 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | Engaged with the world largest leading bearing manufacturer towards TRL5. The patent application has now been nationalised since Jan 2024. |
| Description | Be Curious 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Stall with scientific demos at a festival showing research at the University of Leeds to the public. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.leeds.ac.uk/becurious |
| Description | Be Curious 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Be Curious festival is the University of Leeds annual public open day. Members of the public (mostly families from the Leeds/West Yorkshire area) come to see stands and performances related to research for across the university. We had a stand about crystal structures. This included Crystal Creation maker kits and demonstrations of how we use X-rays to find the structures of materials. We gave out over 200 maker kits on the day. Feedback from the audience included a school librarian who said she took away inspiration and ideas, and a family we met at a later event told us that their child kept the crystal structure that they made by their bed. A lot of people had a go at the craft activity in the maker kit then came back to as us more about the related science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.leeds.ac.uk/becurious |
| Description | Bradford Science Festival 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Bradford Science Festival is a celebration of science based at the Science and Media Museum in Bradford. Members of the public (mostly families from the Bradford/West Yorkshire area) come to see stands and performances and take part in activities. We had a stand about crystal structures on 3rd and 4th June 2023. The stand included Crystal Creation maker kits and demonstrations of how we use X-rays to find the structures of materials. We gave out over 300 maker kits at the event and had interactions with 500 people over the two days. Many people had a go at the craft activity in the maker kit then came back to as us more about the related science. Most said that they were learning something new and found the ideas interesting. We also talked to other exhibitors and staff at the museum. The museum staff also told us they were learning something new and it gave them different perspective. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Bragg Centre PhD Colloquium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A conference for materials research PhD students at the University of Leeds to present their research. 70 students attended to present talks and posters in a one day event. There was also an industry panel with four invited speakers to discuss materials for a sustainable future. The day allowed students to practice presentation skills, discuss techniques, and learn from each other. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Bragg Creative Lab (Uni Leeds) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Scientist was paired with an artist to stimulate collaboration in a STEAM context. In this case an installation artist interested in surfaces and pigments was paired with a scientist interested in probing surfaces and pigments with XPS. Artist gained a new understanding of the length scales at which one can probe the chemical composition of her materials and we want to collaborate in the future. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | DNA Origami - Research in Schools |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | A project to engage A-level students with cutting edge materials research, via a DNA nanotechnology research project. The research project is done in student's school laboratories. Feedback from the project has been extremely positive, with some students changing their degree programme to materials science projects. We were also awarded an award at the IRIS Awards, for ''Outstanding Partner' for work on the DNA Origami project. The DNA Origami project was also part of two other awards, including Best Research Project, for Tapton School, where students took DNA construction to a higher level, creating a Tesla valve which lets fluid to flow in one direction, with no moving parts |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023,2024 |
| URL | https://researchinschools.org/projects/dna-origami/ |
| Description | ECR Trip to South Wales Semiconductor Cluster |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A trip to visit the South Wales semiconductor cluster including visits to the Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials (CISM) at the University of Swansea and four companies: SPTS, IQE, CSA Catapult, and Microchip. There was also a workshop focussing on the skills and training needs of ECRs with CISM, and networking between CISM and UoL PhD students |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | EPSRC Workshop: CIRCULAR MATERIALS FOR SUSTAINABLE FUNCTIONAL DEVICES WORKSHOP |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A one-day meeting on Thursday 4th May 2023 to bring together materials researchers who are working in, or passionate about, moving towards an environmentally sustainable digital future. This meeting aims to engage researchers, RTOs, policy makers and those working in industry within the advanced materials community in an active discussion about a materials focus for a sustainable digital future. 40 attendees from Universities, Research Organisations, Industry and EPSRC gathered for a one day workshop to discuss the impact of materials research on sustainable ICT. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/events/circular-materials-for-sustainable-functional-devices-workshop/ |
| Description | IoP Magnetism Winter School 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Introductory lectures on magnetism aimed at researchers new to the field. I gave a lecture on thin film growth. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://iop.eventsair.com/mws2022/ |
| Description | Otley Science Cafe |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | I gave a talk about research from the Royce Deposition System to a general audience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/physics/news/article/5833/philippa-s-smashing-talk-at-the-science-cafe |
| Description | Poster at conference: Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented a poster about the Royce Deposition System. There was discussion and interest in further information about the capabilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/advanced-electronic-and-photonic-materials?SSO=1 |
| Description | ROYCE TRAINING WITH CISM AT SWANSEA UNIVERSITY: PRACTICAL CLEANROOM SKILLS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This course will explore basic practices and techniques for cleanroom use. Through a combination of taught lectures, discussion sessions, and practical training participants will gain fundamental skills for working in 'clean-fab' cleanrooms. The content will develop theoretical and practical knowledge in processes such as lithography, deposition, and etching; with participants using what they learn to fabricate a micro-scale Field Effect Transistor. We hosted 20 attendees for 1 week. Attendees were from UK research institutes, and UK industry, and were PhD students, postgraduate researchers, and industry scientists. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/events/royce-training-micro-and-nano-fabrication/ |
| Description | ROYCE TRAINING: PRACTICAL CLEANROOM SKILLS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This Royce training course will explore basic practices and techniques for cleanroom use. Through a combination of taught lectures, discussion sessions, and practical training participants will gain fundamental skills for working in 'clean-fab' cleanrooms. The content will develop theoretical and practical knowledge in processes such as lithography, deposition, and etching; with participants using what they learn to fabricate a micro-scale Field Effect Transistor. The course is a unique opportunity for industrial and academic scientists or engineers, and will enable participants from a range of disciplines to gain first-hand experience of clean-fabs and semiconductor device processing. It is also applicable to scientists and engineers using nanofabrication to develop spintronic or bioelectronic devices. The content is suitable for any new user of cleanrooms and those who are looking to pursue a career in semiconductors and related fields. Participants might include those undertaking a PhD or postdoctoral research, working in academia or within the semiconductor industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/events/royce-training-practical-cleanroom-skills-at-swansea-university/ |
| Description | ROYCE TRAINING: THIN-FILM DEPOSITION |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This was a course for 12 participants from across academia and industry. It introduced thin-film deposition and analytical techniques for characterising thin films. The content explored physical vapour deposition techniques, and covered deposition parameters, structural characterisation and the electrical behaviour of a simple device. It used hands-on demonstrations in the lab. Participants reported a greater understanding of the topic and increased confidence in using the knowledge and practical techniques that they learned in their own work. Discussions during the course lead to ideas for potential collaborative projects and requests for samples from the Royce Deposition System. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/events/royce-training-thin-film-deposition/ |
| Description | ROYCE TRAINING: XPS DATA ANALYSIS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This workshop introduced data analysis methods for the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and the support available from staff at XPS facilities across the Henry Royce Institute. The content provided basic instruction in key data analysis methods for a beginner, then covered more advanced procedures for analysing data. Approaches to manage data processing will be addressed in the context of analysing real XP spectra. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/events/royce-training-xps-data-analysis/ |
| Description | Royce@Leeds Winter School |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | The Royce@Leeds Winter School was held between the 14th to the 16th of January 2020 with 18 available spaces. There was one last minute cancelation. The programme consisted of 1h lecture on the scientific background of the equipment and techniques available at the 6 facilities, followed by a 2h practical and laboratory tour. Furthermore, social events were organised to allow informal networking. This was essential to break the ice between the participants but also to improve the likelihood of the students to approach the member of the facilities. The social events consisted of a dinner attended by the attendees and by members of the facilities and a poster session throughout which the facilities showed the research which was facilitated by the techniques introduced by the Winter School. 47 applications were received from 9 UK institutions. Five Royce institutions and 4 non-Royce institutions. Attendees' affiliation was spread over 7 institutions with 4 Royce partners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | School Outreach Talk - DNA Origami |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | Delivered a talk on bionanotechnology for a group of schoolchildren in years 10 - 13 (GCSE and A level) as part of the school's physics enrichment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | The Bragg Exchange |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Bragg Exchange is an annual research symposium run and hosted by the Bragg Centre for Materials Research, aimed at the whole of the materials research community in the UK. At the Exchange we host a wide-range of talks by academics from UK and Europe, as well as from the University of Leeds. In 2022 we hosted 110 in-person attendees, with 5 external talks, 5 UoL talks, and 25 PGR posters. The Exchange was also broadcast on YouTube and reached over 200 people from around the world. In 2023 we hosted 150 in-person attendees, with 5 external talks. 5 UoL talks and 70 PGR posters. The Exchange was broadcast on YouTube |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | The Bragg Exchange 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Bragg Exchange is an annual research symposium run and hosted by the Bragg Centre for Materials Research, aimed at the whole of the materials research community in the UK. At the Exchange we host a wide-range of talks by academics from UK and Europe, as well as from the University of Leeds. In 2024 we hosted 200 in-person attendees, with 5 external talks, 5 UoL talks, 64 PGR posters, and exhibition stands from industry, journals, and UoL research facilities. The Exchange was also broadcast on YouTube and reached over 400 people from around the world. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/leeds/esther-simpson-building/bragg-exchange-2024/e-jdlaxa |