Sir Henry Royce Institute - Cambridge Equipment
Lead Research Organisation:
UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
As a national institute, The Sir Henry Royce Institute (SHRI) for Advanced Materials, will provide the missing 'link' in the UK innovation chain allowing the iterative design of advanced materials for various applications, at speed and reasonable cost, providing a critical component to delivering on the government's economic strategy. The Institute will reduce the time-scales to translate discoveries to applications, provide strategic leadership together with training and career development in areas of particular need.
The aim is to establish the Sir Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials as an 'An international flagship for the accelerated discovery and development of new materials systems for the economic and societal benefit of the UK.'.
The SHRI will cover the invention and manufacture of Soft Materials; Functional Materials; Structural Engineering Materials and Energy Materials along with the necessary facilities to test and characterise them within a framework that emphasises the sustainable use of materials.
Initially there will be 9 core material areas led by founding partners.
Chemical Materials Discovery
Biomedical Materials and Devices
Materials for Energy Efficient ICT
Atoms to Devices
2D Materials Systems
Advanced Metals Processing
Materials systems for Demanding Environments
Energy Storage
Nuclear materials
The Cambridge spoke of the Sir Henry Royce Institute is based at the Maxwell Centre at the University of Cambridge. The Cambridge Sir Henry Royce Institute activity will focus on Materials for Energy Efficient ICT, which has three overarching themes:
1. Materials for Energy Efficient Energy Generation with a focus on new materials and devices that are able to power autonomous devices by harnessing energy from the environment.
2. Materials for Energy Efficient Energy Storage with a focus on significant improvements in the energy density, longevity, cost and compatibility of the various energy storage technologies required to power the next generation of ICT devices.
3. Materials for Energy Efficient Use with a focus on radical approaches to reduce power consumption in processing and memory, towards the theoretical limits that are many orders of magnitude below current silicon-based technology (and are approached in biological systems).
The aim is to establish the Sir Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials as an 'An international flagship for the accelerated discovery and development of new materials systems for the economic and societal benefit of the UK.'.
The SHRI will cover the invention and manufacture of Soft Materials; Functional Materials; Structural Engineering Materials and Energy Materials along with the necessary facilities to test and characterise them within a framework that emphasises the sustainable use of materials.
Initially there will be 9 core material areas led by founding partners.
Chemical Materials Discovery
Biomedical Materials and Devices
Materials for Energy Efficient ICT
Atoms to Devices
2D Materials Systems
Advanced Metals Processing
Materials systems for Demanding Environments
Energy Storage
Nuclear materials
The Cambridge spoke of the Sir Henry Royce Institute is based at the Maxwell Centre at the University of Cambridge. The Cambridge Sir Henry Royce Institute activity will focus on Materials for Energy Efficient ICT, which has three overarching themes:
1. Materials for Energy Efficient Energy Generation with a focus on new materials and devices that are able to power autonomous devices by harnessing energy from the environment.
2. Materials for Energy Efficient Energy Storage with a focus on significant improvements in the energy density, longevity, cost and compatibility of the various energy storage technologies required to power the next generation of ICT devices.
3. Materials for Energy Efficient Use with a focus on radical approaches to reduce power consumption in processing and memory, towards the theoretical limits that are many orders of magnitude below current silicon-based technology (and are approached in biological systems).
Planned Impact
The Pathways to Impact for this funding will be realised through the collective benefits management activity for the Sir Henry Royce Institute.
The Materials for ICT facilities hosted at the University of Cambridge but linking the other Royce nodes, will provide a focal point for industry to identify the breadth and strength of the Royce 'Materials for ICT' activity. It will be designed to provide interaction between all TRLs from 1 to 5. It will provide an 'elevator' through the TRLs with the aim of creating a high knowledge throughput to accelerate the historically slow penetration of new materials. It will allow the chance to cross-fertilise knowledge between users of the facility from many departments, the ability to showcase the research to industry and to other top international ICT institutes. There are excellent opportunities for complementarity in facilities and research programmes across all Royce nodes.
The Materials for ICT facilities hosted at the University of Cambridge but linking the other Royce nodes, will provide a focal point for industry to identify the breadth and strength of the Royce 'Materials for ICT' activity. It will be designed to provide interaction between all TRLs from 1 to 5. It will provide an 'elevator' through the TRLs with the aim of creating a high knowledge throughput to accelerate the historically slow penetration of new materials. It will allow the chance to cross-fertilise knowledge between users of the facility from many departments, the ability to showcase the research to industry and to other top international ICT institutes. There are excellent opportunities for complementarity in facilities and research programmes across all Royce nodes.
Organisations
Publications
Hartmann R
(2023)
Intrinsic giant magnetoresistance due to exchange-bias-type effects at the surface of single-crystalline NiS2 nanoflakes.
in Nanoscale
Doheny P
(2023)
Dy(OH) 3 : a paramagnetic magnetocaloric material for hydrogen liquefaction
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Ji Y
(2023)
Porous pseudo-substrates for InGaN quantum well growth: Morphology, structure, and strain relaxation
in Journal of Applied Physics
Niihori M
(2023)
SERS Sensing of Dopamine with Fe(III)-Sensitized Nanogaps in Recleanable AuNP Monolayer Films.
in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Chen C
(2023)
Scanning capacitance microscopy of GaN-based high electron mobility transistor structures: A practical guide.
in Ultramicroscopy
Hinz A
(2023)
Strategy for reliable growth of thin GaN Caps on AlGaN HEMT structures
in Journal of Crystal Growth
Lovett AJ
(2023)
Low Temperature Epitaxial LiMn2O4 Cathodes Enabled by NiCo2O4 Current Collector for High-Performance Microbatteries.
in ACS energy letters
Su Z
(2023)
Binder-Free Cnt Cathodes for Li-O 2 Batteries with More Than One Life
in Small Methods
Ongaro C
(2023)
Integration of Metal Meshes as Transparent Conducting Electrodes into Perovskite Solar Cells
in Advanced Materials Interfaces
Pitcairn J
(2023)
Low-Dimensional Metal-Organic Magnets as a Route toward the S = 2 Haldane Phase.
in Journal of the American Chemical Society
Mellor R
(2023)
Precipitate nanostructuring that enhances lattice compatibility in a Ti-Fe-Al alloy
in Scripta Materialia
Zhang Z
(2023)
Characterization of Magnetron Sputtered BiTe-Based Thermoelectric Thin Films.
in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)
Bali K
(2023)
Multiparametric Sensing of Outer Membrane Vesicle-Derived Supported Lipid Bilayers Demonstrates the Specificity of Bacteriophage Interactions
in ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Koskelo EC
(2023)
Magnetic and Magnetocaloric Properties of the A2LnSbO6 Lanthanide Oxides on the Frustrated fcc Lattice.
in Inorganic chemistry
Ghosh S
(2023)
Design of step-graded AlGaN buffers for GaN-on-Si heterostructures grown by MOCVD
in Semiconductor Science and Technology
Grishchenko Y
(2023)
Magnetic properties of nickel electrodeposited on porous GaN substrates with infiltrated and laminated connectivity
in Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Un HI
(2024)
Controlling Film Formation and Host-Guest Interactions to Enhance the Thermoelectric Properties of Nickel-Nitrogen-Based 2D Conjugated Coordination Polymers.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Gicevicius M
(2024)
Impact of hydrophilic side chains on the thin film transistor performance of a benzothieno-benzothiophene derivative.
in Materials advances
Akhlaghi MH
(2024)
Graphene-Loaded Aphron Microbubbles for Enhanced Drilling Fluid Performance and Carbon Capture and Storage.
in ACS applied nano materials
Ullah S
(2024)
Molybdenum tungsten hydrogen oxide doped with phosphorus for enhanced oxygen/hydrogen evolution reactions.
in RSC advances
Fan Y
(2024)
Synergistic contribution of activated carbon and PEDOT:PSS in hybrid electrodes for high-performance planar micro-supercapacitors
in Chemical Engineering Journal
Eaton AG
(2024)
Quasi-2D Fermi surface in the anomalous superconductor UTe2.
in Nature communications
Yao C
(2024)
Thermally Conductive Hexagonal Boron Nitride/Polymer Composites for Efficient Heat Transport
in Advanced Functional Materials
Wu Z
(2024)
Enhanced triplet superconductivity in next-generation ultraclean UTe 2
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Roose B
(2024)
Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy of All-Perovskite Tandem Solar Cells.
in ACS energy letters
Jones M
(2024)
Improving electrocatalytic OER activity of perovskites through insertion of ternary B-site metals
in Materials Today Chemistry
Chen Z
(2024)
Real-time, noise and drift resilient formaldehyde sensing at room temperature with aerogel filaments.
in Science advances
Weinberger T
(2024)
Quantum Interference between Quasi-2D Fermi Surface Sheets in UTe 2
in Physical Review Letters
Antoniou M.
(2024)
On the Superior Reverse Recovery Properties of Silicon Partial SOI SJ Diodes
Ratwani C
(2024)
Tuning Surface Terminations and Hydration Interactions in MXene Nanosheet-Based Hydrogel Composites for Self-Healable Strain Sensors
in ACS Applied Nano Materials
Guo Y
(2024)
Effect of gas diffusion layer surface property on platinum nanowire array electrode performance in proton exchange membrane fuel cells
in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Wiesman H
(2024)
Microstructural and Micromechanical Evolution of Olivine Aggregates During Transient Creep
in Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth
Goût T
(2024)
Undetected perovskite phase interference with zirconolite dissolution measurements
in npj Materials Degradation
| Description | This capital-only grant for the Henry Royce Institute for Advanced Materials has been used to support new equipment facilities for the processing and characterisation of materials in the broad field of 'Materials for Energy Efficient ICT'. These have been brought into full operation during the course of 2018. Facilities are now available for use by internal researchers, other UK academic researchers, and by industry. Details for accessing these can be found at https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/programmes/henry-royce-institute and as listed below: AJA UHV magnetron sputter system Zeiss Cross-Beam dual-beam FIB-SEM system Prevac MBE chamber and thermal/e-beam evaporator-based PVD system Bruker Dimension Icon 8-inch Wafer Scale AFM Mbraun ten-glovebox Ambient Processing Suite SPECS EnviroESCA near-ambient-pressure Environmental XPS Raith E-beam Lithography system Karl Suss 4th generation UV Mask Aligner Protochips in-situ TEM Holder, Gatan OneView camera and Gatan vacuum pumping station Zeiss Xradia 3D X-ray CT Biolin QSense electronic quartz crystal microbalance Energy Storage Test Equipment Linseis Thermoelectric analyser Energy Harvest Test Equipment Cascade HV probe station HF Antenna Test Equipment Quantum Design Magnetic Property Measurement System Asylum Research Magnetic and Thermal Imaging System Oxford Instruments ICE 12 Tesla Wide Bore Magnet Since 2022, Royce Cambridge has been gathering feedback from equipment users, particularly those who benefited from the Access Scheme, to highlight the importance of the support provided by Royce in terms of both the quality of facilities and financial assistance, as well as to demonstrate the impact of this activity. Recently published case studies are listed below: Bio suite: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_cambridge_casestudy_bioelectronics_uni_cambridge.pdf XRCT: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_cambridge_case_study_xrct_uni_nottingham.pdf Ambient Cluster Tool: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/eeict_1_grant_development_of_transparent_solar_cells.pdf https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_cambridge_casestudy_ambient_processing_cluster_tool_nuquantum.pdf Battery Suite: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_cambridge_case_study_battery_manufacturing_facility_molyon.pdf Electrical Characterisation: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_cambridge_case_study_electrical_characterisation_uni_cambs.pdf https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_cambridge_case_study_electrical_characterisation_gan.pdf Electron Beam Lithography: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_cambridge_electron_beam_lithography_casestudy_academic.pdf Electron Microscopy: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_cambridge_casestudy_electron_microscopy_galliumnitride.pdf Nanoscale Quantum Sensing and Imaging: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_cambridge_casestudy_nanoscale_quantum_sensing_uni_oxford.pdf PVDCF: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_cambridge_casestudy_pvdcf_uni_portsmouth.pdf Sputter Deposition: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_cambridge_casestudy_pvdcf_sputterdeposition_superconductor_heterostructures_uni_cambridge.pdf Molecular Beam Epitaxy: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/programmes/henry-royce-institute/uhv-mbe-deposition-system Wide Bore Magnet: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_cambridge_case_studies_wide_bore_magnet.pdf Impulse: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/files/royce_cambridge_casestudy_impulse_sparxell.pdf |
| First Year Of Impact | 2018 |
| Sector | Chemicals,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Energy,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Societal Economic |
| Description | Cabinet Office/GO-Science |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Contribution to the National Materials Innovation Strategy led by the Henry Royce Institute |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | Facilitated by Royce, this strategy seeks to leverage the UK's world-class expertise in materials science to address critical challenges such as sustainability, energy efficiency, and healthcare. By fostering collaboration between industry, academia, and government, the strategy aims to accelerate the path from research to commercialisation, grow productivity, enhance national resilience, and create highly skilled employment opportunities. Key focus areas include energy solutions, future healthcare, structural innovations, advanced surface technologies, next-generation electronics, and sustainable consumer products. This initiative positions the UK as a global leader in materials innovation, paving the way for a prosperous and sustainable future, underpinning UK's diverse industries growth. The strategy outlines six Opportunity Themes designed to drive high-impact innovation across the UK economy, fostering increased productivity, job creation and prosperity. What sets this strategy apart however is its focus on transformative enabling technologies and approaches that will revolutionise the delivery and application of materials innovations across multiple sectors. These are captured in the Strategy's "Cross-cutting" Themes, which provide the essential foundations for sustainable growth. |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/collaborate/innovationstrategy/ |
| Description | Materials for BioElectronics Roadmap, Strategy and Action Plan |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | The report sets out how novel advanced bioelectronic solutions, currently just beyond our current reach, could drastically improve the quality of life of a large population of patients. However, the report also tells us that the main challenge to realising this opportunity is the large gap between existing materials and the next phase of advanced materials. A general shortfall in capacity, protracted development timescales and a lack of sector integration across industry and academia, has impeded investment and prevented this global sector from leveraging its strengths. This report calls for a much more integrated approach, one which combines world-leading research capabilities with those in translation such as clinical trials, R&D funding, regulations and standards. If we can join forces around this, we can ensure a thriving global market in material systems for bioelectronic applications, and, most importantly realise its potential in transforming healthcare by offering more precise, efficient, and personalised solutions for a range of pressing medical challenges. |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/collaborate/roadmapping-landscaping/materials-for-bioelectronics-in-healthca... |
| Description | Phase 3 of UK NQTP |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | RISINWISE programme - 2024 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Facilitated access from innovative women researchers with a potential idea for business to entrepreneurship training. |
| Description | Royce/IOP "Materials for the Energy Transition" 2020 Roadmapping |
| 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 | Thin film deposition landscaping exercise |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| Impact | The consultation was used to support the case for a RFP for an investment in a facility identified as critical in the study. |
| Description | West Cambridge Sharing Project - Commercial Access Task Force |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Impact | The task force aims at delivering a smooth and seamless process to facilitate and accelerate access from industry to open access facilities at the West Cambridge Site of the University. |
| Description | impulse programme 2024 |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | Facilitated access from innovative researchers with a potential idea for business to entrepreneurship training. |
| Description | Barocaloric materials for zero-carbon heat pumps |
| Amount | £1,392,100 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/V042262/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2022 |
| End | 11/2024 |
| Description | Centre for Advanced Materials for Integrated Energy Systems (CAM-IES) |
| Amount | £2,098,617 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/P007767/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2016 |
| End | 11/2022 |
| Description | Engineering low power tunnel transistors based on two-dimensional semiconductors 2D-LOTTO |
| Amount | € 2,400,000 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 101019828 |
| Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 08/2021 |
| End | 08/2026 |
| Description | Expanding the Environmental Frontiers of Operando Metrology for Advanced Device Materials Development |
| Amount | £1,026,620 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/T001038/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2020 |
| End | 01/2024 |
| 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 | SuperSolar Hub Extension |
| Amount | £856,808 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/P02484X/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2017 |
| End | 10/2018 |
| Description | The Royce: Capitalising on the investment |
| Amount | £1,006,681 (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 |
| Title | Accompanying dataset for 'Hard antinodal gap revealed by quantum oscillations in the pseudogap regime of underdoped high-Tc superconductors' |
| Description | This research data supports 'Hard antinodal gap revealed by quantum oscillations in the pseudogap regime of underdoped high-Tc superconductors'. A Readme file for plotting each figure is provided. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/305873 |
| Title | CCDC 2011723: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination |
| Description | Related Article: Victor Riesgo-Gonzalez, Subhajit Bhattacharjee, Xinsheng Dong, David S. Hall, Virgil Andrei, Andrew D. Bond, Clare P. Grey, Erwin Reisner, Dominic S. Wright|2022|Inorg.Chem.|61|6223|doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00403 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc25jc9d&sid=DataCite |
| Title | CCDC 2011724: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination |
| Description | Related Article: Victor Riesgo-Gonzalez, Subhajit Bhattacharjee, Xinsheng Dong, David S. Hall, Virgil Andrei, Andrew D. Bond, Clare P. Grey, Erwin Reisner, Dominic S. Wright|2022|Inorg.Chem.|61|6223|doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00403 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc25jcbf&sid=DataCite |
| Title | CCDC 2011725: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination |
| Description | Related Article: Victor Riesgo-Gonzalez, Subhajit Bhattacharjee, Xinsheng Dong, David S. Hall, Virgil Andrei, Andrew D. Bond, Clare P. Grey, Erwin Reisner, Dominic S. Wright|2022|Inorg.Chem.|61|6223|doi:10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c00403 |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | http://www.ccdc.cam.ac.uk/services/structure_request?id=doi:10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc25jccg&sid=DataCite |
| Title | Data Supporting: Tunable Multiband Halide Perovskite Tandem Photodetectors with Switchable Response |
| Description | Data supporting the publication entitled "Tunable Multiband Halide Perovskite Tandem Photodetectors with Switchable Response" This data set includes information on the modelling of the photodetector behaviour, calculating the impact of perovskite band gap and thickness. The dataset contains the data of the optimisation of narrowband detection performance, using EQE scans. The charactersation of photodetector performance, including noise and response speed. Finally, data on the demonstration of an encrypted comms. method is contained. All data was obtained as CSV files and processed in excel |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/346715 |
| Title | Dataset for "Chemoenzymatic Photoreforming: A Sustainable Approach for Solar-fuel Generation from Plastic Feedstocks" |
| Description | Data includes: - Catalyst Characterization - contains UV, IR, PXRD, TEM and XPS data (as Origin and PNG files). - Enzyme Pretreatment - contains all data on enzyme pre-treatment (as Origin, JPG and PNG files). - Photoreforming - contains all photoreforming data including integrated system and CO2R (as Origin and JPG files). - Readme file included. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/354387 |
| Title | Dataset for 'A three-dimensional hybrid electrode with electroactive microbes for efficient electrogenesis and chemical synthesis' |
| Description | The dataset contains raw data supporting the article 'A three-dimensional hybrid electrode with electroactive microbes for efficient electrogenesis and chemical synthesis''. An inverse opal-indium tin oxide (IO-ITO) was developed as a highly efficient electrode material for microbial electricity production and chemical synthesis. The dataset is divided into four key parts: Echem: Contains electro/photo chemical data for IO-ITO, BiVO4, dye sensitized TiO2 and graphene oxide (GO) reduction (origin files), Microscopy: Contains SEM, FIB-SEM, AFM and confocal images of bacteria, IO-ITO, BiVO4 photoanode and dye sensitized TIO2 (png and tif files), Protein quantification: Contains data for protein quantified from electrode attached bacteria (origin file), RNA Seq: Contains data for RNA extraction and gene expression analyses. The RNA sequencing and data analysis was conducted by Cambridge Genomic Services (csv files). For more details about experimental procedure, instrumentation, and data collection, see the manuscript. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/350833 |
| Title | Raw data for "Engineering electro- and photocatalytic carbon materials for CO2 reduction by formate dehydrogenase" |
| Description | Data from main text contains all Electrochemical, QCM, ATR-IR and photocatalysis python scripts for data analysis and image data related to main text sorted by respective figure. Data from Supporting Information contains all FT-IR, UV-vis, XPS, Zeta potential, electrochemical, ATR-IR and photocatalysis python scripts and image data related to the extended dataset sorted by respective figure. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/339255 |
| Title | Research Data Supporting "Enhancing the Performance of Layered Metal-Organic Framework Supercapacitors by Coordination Modulation" |
| Description | Experimental data supporting ""Enhancing the Performance of Layered Metal-Organic Framework Supercapacitors by Coordination Modulation". This data set contains six primary files: - Conductivity Measurement Data (.xlsx, .txt - contains results from the measurements used to calculate conductivity values). - Electrochemistry Data (.txt - contains CV, GCD and EIS data from electrocehmcial cells assembled with a variety of different samples and either 1 M NEt4BF4 in ACN or EMIM-BF4 IL electrolytes, along with the metafiles for the cells). - Elemental Analysis Data (.pdf, .xlsx, .txt - contains elemental analysis data). - Gas Sorption Data (.txt - contains results from gas sorption measurements). - SEM Data (.tif - contains SEM images from a range of samples). - TEM Data (.tif, .txt - contains TEM images from samples of A-CuHHTP and B-CuHHTP, intesnity plot data for an image of B-CuHHTP, and results from simulations). - XRD Data (.txt - contains synchrotron XRD data). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/341868 |
| Title | Research Data Supporting Mixed Hierarchical Local Structure in a Disordered Metal-Organic Framework |
| Description | Amorphous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are an emerging class of materials. However, their structural characterisation represents a significant challenge. Fe BTC, and the commercial equivalent Basolite® F300, are MOFs with incredibly diverse catalytic ability, yet their disordered structures remain poorly understood. Here, we use advanced electron microscopy to identify a nanocomposite structure of Fe BTC where nanocrystalline domains are embedded within an amorphous matrix, whilst synchrotron total scattering measurements reveal the extent of local atomic order within Fe BTC. We use a polymerisation-based algorithm to generate an atomistic structure for Fe-BTC, the first example of this methodology applied to the amorphous MOF field outside the well-studied zeolitic imidazolate framework family. This demonstrates the applicability of this computational approach towards the modelling of other amorphous MOF systems with potential generality towards all MOF chemistries and connectivities. We find that the structures of Fe-BTC and Basolite® F300 can be represented by models containing a mixture of short- and medium-range order with a greater proportion of medium-range order in Basolite® F300 than in Fe-BTC. We conclude by discussing how our approach may allow for high-throughput computational discovery of functional, amorphous MOFs. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/317965 |
| Title | Research Data Supporting Visualising Performance-Limiting Nanoscale Trap Clusters at Grain Junctions in Halide Perovskites |
| Description | This repository contains data necessary to reproduce figures and results from the associated manuscript. Files included contain data from scanning electron diffraction , photo emission electron microscopy, scanning transmission electron microscopy - energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, Kelvin probe force microscopy and photoluminescence measurements. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/304634 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Buffer-less Gallium Nitride High Electron Mobility Heterostructures on Silicon" |
| Description | In this work a systematic methodology for the direct growth of GaN after the AlN nucleation layer on 6-inch silicon substrates for high electron mobility transistors (HEMT) applications is demonstrated. The buffer-less design enables crucial growth-stress modulation to prevent epilayer cracking, has similar threading dislocation densities to samples with buffer and a significantly lower GaN-to-substrate thermal resistance. As-grown AlGaN/AlN/GaN HEMT structures on this template exhibit a high-quality 2D electron gas (2DEG) with a room-temperature Hall-effect mobility above 2000 cm2/(V·s). A low-temperature magnetoresistance measurement of the 2DEG shows Shubnikov-de-Haas oscillations, a quantum lifetime > 0.180 ps, as well as tell-tale signatures of spin-splitting. Description of the dataset: File: "Figure 1.zip" contains stress and structural characterisation datasets of GaN/AlN/Si heterostructures - Fig. 1b: stress-thickness curves and mean stress curves with thickness measured during the GaN growth at 200 Torr, 125 Torr, 75Torr, 37.5Torr, and 18 Torr. - Fig. 1c: Final Mean-stresses after 800 nm GaN growth, averaged from multiple growth runs. - Fig. 1d: Wafer-bows at room-temperature for samples grown under different pressures - Fig. 1e: X-ray diffraction (XRD) reciprocal space map of the20-25 AlN reflection. - Fig. 1f: XRD ?-2T scan data showing peaks from the epilayer and substrate - Fig. 1g: XRD F-scans of the 20-21 GaN 400 Si reflections. File: "Figure 2.zip" contains the following dataset - Fig. 2a: Reflectance transients measured during 800 nm GaN growths at 18 Torr and 200 Torr. File: "Figure 3.zip" contains structural characterization data of GaN/AlN/Si heterostructures. - Fig. 3a: ?-Full width at half maximum values (?-FWHM) of the XRD 20-21 and 0002 reflections of GaN layers grown at different growth pressures. - Fig. 3b: Variation of the total and individual dislocation density at the surface of the GaN layers grown at different pressures. File: "Figure 4.zip" contains the thermal characterisation data of GaN/AlN/Si heterostructures - Fig. 4b: Normalised eperimental and modeled thermoreflectance data for the sample for which the GaN layer was grown at 75 Torr - Fig. 4c: Sensitivity analysis with respect to the variation in thickness and the effective thermal conductivity of AlN File: "Figure 5.zip" contains data on the interfacial confinement and room-temperature (RT) transport properties of the 2DEG in GaN/AlN/Si heterostructures - Fig. 5a: Experimental and simulated XRD ?-2T data of the symmetric 004 reflection - Fig. 5b: Simulated conduction band edge and electron concentration across the sample structure showing confinement of the electrons on the GaN side of the interface. - Fig. 5c: Hall-effect measured variation in 2DEG electron density and mobility with barrier composition for designs without and with AlN spacer. File: "Figure 6.zip" contains data on Quantum Hall signatures in the AlGaN/AlN/GaN 2DEG at low temperatures - Fig. 6a: Change in longitudinal magnetoresistance (?Rxx) with increasing magnetic field, B, at 1.8 K. - Fig. 6b: Second derivative of the raw magnetoresistance data (from file Fig. 6a) shows the changing Shubnikov-de-Haas (SdH) amplitudes with magnetic fields. - Fig. 6c: Measured and fitted temperature dependence data of the normalized magnetoresistance peak at a constant magnetic field of 7.05 T. - Fig. 6d: Experimental and fitted Dingle plot data for the oscillation amplitude peaks from ˜ 5.5 T to ˜ 13 T, considering an effective mass of m* = 0.210 m0 (obtained from dataset Fig. 6c). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | n/a |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/378590 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Collective Mid-Infrared Vibrations in Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering" |
| Description | This data set contains the experimental and simulation data for the manuscript. This includes SERS spectra and data, XPS data, and simulations. All files are given in .txt. Please see the read me file for further information how the repository is organized. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/340442 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Controlling atomic-scale restructuring and cleaning of gold nanogap multilayers for SERS sensing" |
| Description | This dataset contains raw spectral data associated with the main figures in a publication detailing a new thin-film multi-layer gold nanoparticle aggregate ('MLagg') surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) substrate. SERS and dark-field (DF) scattering measurements were collected by mapping spectra across the substrate surface. The DF data is referenced to a white light scattering target and has been background subtracted to remove dark counts. The dataset characterises the MLagg substrate, demonstrates surface cleaning and functionalisation control methods, as well as the substrate's application for in-flow sensing of paracetamol and detection of vapours such as toluene. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/375250 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Local Nanoscale Phase Impurities are Degradation Sites in Halide Perovskites" |
| Description | Understanding the nanoscopic chemical and structural changes that drive instabilities in emerging energy materials is essential for mitigating device degradation. The power conversion efficiency of halide perovskite photovoltaic devices has reached 25.7% in single junction and 29.8% in tandem perovskite/silicon cells1,2, yet retaining such performance under continuous operation has remained elusive3. Here, we develop a multimodal microscopy toolkit to reveal that in leading formamidinium-rich perovskite absorbers, nanoscale phase impurities including hexagonal polytype and lead iodide inclusions are not only traps for photo-excited carriers which themselves reduce performance4,5, but via the same trapping process are sites at which photochemical degradation of the absorber layer is seeded. We visualise illumination-induced structural changes at phase impurities associated with trap clusters, revealing that even trace amounts of these phases, otherwise undetected with bulk measurements, compromise device longevity. The type and distribution of these unwanted phase inclusions depends on film composition and processing, with the presence of polytypes being most detrimental for film photo-stability. Importantly, we reveal that performance losses and intrinsic degradation processes can both be mitigated by modulating these defective phase impurities, and demonstrate that this requires careful tuning of local structural and chemical properties. This multimodal workflow to correlate the nanoscopic landscape of beam sensitive energy materials will be applicable to a wide range of semiconductors for which a local picture of performance and operational stability has yet to be established. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/342320 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Microscopy studies of InGaN MQWs overgrown on porosified InGaN superlattice pseudo-substrates" |
| Description | This dataset contains Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) data of multiple quantum wells (MQWs) overgrown on as-grown and porosified InGaN-based superlattice pseudo-substrates. Five pairs of nominally 7 nm-thick In0.06Ga0.94N quantum barriers (QBs) and 3 nm-thick In0.1Ga0.9N QWs were overgrown on two different templates that were etched under medium voltages (sample B2) and high voltages (sample B3) to achieve porosification. The edge of each sample wafer has intentionally remained un-etched as a non-porous comparator. Lamella of each sample have been prepared using standard lift-off procedures. Elemental mapping of the InGaN MQWs was carried out using EDX in a Thermo Fisher ScientificTM Spectra 300 scanning transmission electron microscope. From each lamella three different EDX profiles with a step size of 0.65 nm and integrated over a width of about 38 nm were collected. The regions for the EDX analysis were chosen so that they are at least 1 µm apart from each other and do not overlap with the sidewalls of V-pits and other structural inhomogeneities at which the local composition might vary due to differences in the incorporation efficiency. The data in this dataset are visualized in Figure 6 of the associated publication. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/369191 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Mimicking transmural helical cardiomyofibre orientation using Bouligand-like pore structures in ice-templated collagen scaffolds" |
| Description | This data set contains experimental and simulation data for the manuscript. This includes coordinates of simulated ice freezing front and pore orientation distribution by µCT analysis. Both the raw data points and Python scripts for data analysis are provided. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/360852 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Modelling amorphous materials via a joint solid-state NMR and X-ray absorption spectroscopy and DFT approach: application to alumina" |
| Description | This dataset includes a set of trajectories from AIMD for models of amorphous alumina at different quenching temperatures, densities and quenching rates. Using the methods described in the associated paper published in Chemical Science, a selection of these confgurations are used to calculated NMR, XAS, and electronic DOS for amorphous alumina. In the associated paper, these spectra are then compared to high-quality experimental results which show excellent agreement with the DFT-computed spectra. All AIMD trajectories were generated using VASP and the subsequent spectroscopic analysis was all carried out using CASTEP. The post-processing tool OptaDOS was then used to generate the XAS spectra and broadened eDOS. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/345149 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Porous pseudo-substrates for InGaN quantum well growth: morphology, structure and strain relaxation" |
| Description | Zip folder containing X-ray diffraction scans and simulation files (.txt files) from partially relaxed porous InGaN superlattice pseudo-substrates an InGaN multiple quantum well (MQW) structures grown on such templates. The pseudo-substrates were porosified by electro-chemical etching at different etching voltages, in which a sub-surface InGaN/InGaN superlattice was etched via threading dislocations acting as etching channels. File: "Fig 3 - XRD_104_rsm (as-grown SL template).txt" contains X-ray diffraction (XRD) data of the 10-14 reflection for the as-grown InGaN supperlattice (SL) template (sample A1) File: "Fig 3 - XRD_104_rsm (porous SL template).txt" contains XRD data of the 10-14 reflection for the porosified InGaN SL template (sample A2) File: "Fig 3 - XRD_105_rsm (as-grown SL template).txt" contains XRD data of the 10-15 reflection for the as-grown InGaN SL template (sample A1) File: "Fig 3 - XRD_105_rsm (porous SL template).txt" contains XRD data of the 10-15 reflection for the porosified InGaN SL template (sample A2) File: "Fig 3 - XRD_204_rsm (as-grown SL template).txt" contains XRD data of the 20-24 reflection for the as-grown InGaN SL template (sample A1) File: "Fig 3 - XRD_204_rsm (porous SL template).txt" contains XRD data of the 20-24 reflection for the porosified InGaN SL template (sample A2) File: "Fig 3 - XRD_205_rsm (as-grown SL template).txt" contains XRD data of the 20-25 reflection for the as-grown InGaN SL template (sample A1) File: "Fig 3 - XRD_205_rsm (porous SL template).txt" contains XRD data of the 20-25 reflection for the porosified InGaN SL template (sample A2) File: "Fig 4a - XRD_002_w2t-scan (as-grown SL template).txt" contains XRD w2t scan data of the 0002 reflection for the as-grown InGaN SL template (sample A1) File: "Fig 4a & 4b - XRD_002_w2t-scan (porous SL template).txt" contains XRD w2t scan data of the 0002 reflection for the porosified InGaN SL template (sample A2) File: "Fig 4 - XRD_002_w2t-simulation (as-grown SL template, 9.15%_6.10% fully strained).txt" contains simulated w2t-scans of the 0002 XRD refelction for the as-grown SL template (sample A1). It assumes that the InGaN/InGaN SL is fully strained and consists of alternating InxGa(1-x)N layers with compositions of x = 9.15% and x = 6.10% File: "Fig 4b - XRD_002_w2t-simulation (porous SL template, 8.85%_5.90% partially relaxed).txt" contains simulated w2t-scans of the 0002 XRD refelction for the porosified SL template (sample A2). It assumes that the InGaN/InGaN SL is partially relaxed and consists of alternating InxGa(1-x)N layers with compositions of x = 8.85% and x = 5.90% File: "Fig 4b - XRD_002_w2t-simulation (porous SL template, 9.15%_6.10% partially relaxed).txt" contains simulated w2t-scans of the 0002 XRD refelction for the porosified SL template (sample A2). It assumes that the InGaN/InGaN SL is partially relaxed and consists of alternating InxGa(1-x)N layers with compositions of x = 9.15% and x = 6.10% File: "Fig 7a - XRD_104_rsm (sample B2, non-porous wafer edge).txt" contains XRD data of the 10-14 reflection for the non-porosified edge of sample B2. File: "Fig 7b - XRD_104_rsm (sample B2, porous centre).txt" contains XRD data of the 10-14 reflection for the porosified centre of sample B2. The InGaN SL template of this sample was porosified at a medium etch voltage and was then overgrown with a multi-quantum well (MQW) structure. File: "Fig 7c - Relaxation degree as function of average porosity.txt" contains relaxation degree as function of average porosity |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/358267 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Scanning capacitance microscopy of GaN-based high electron mobility transistor structures: a practical guide" |
| Description | The dataset includes data for the associated article, encompassing the scanning capacitance microscopy (SCM), scanning capacitance spectroscopy (SCS), and mercury CV data related to the GaN-based high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) structures. The SCM and SCS data were acquired using a Bruker Dimension Icon Pro AFM coupled with a Bruker SCM module, saved as '.spm' files viewable with Bruker's NanoScope Analysis software. The mercury CV data was obtained using a mercury probe capacitance-voltage measurement system from Materials Development Corporation, stored as a text file importable to data analysis software like Origin. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/355790 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Solar-driven liquid multicarbon fuel production using a standalone perovskite-BiVO4 artificial leaf" |
| Description | The dataset contains raw data supporting the article ''Solar-driven liquid multicarbon fuel production using a standalone perovskite-BiVO4 artificial leaf''. An artificial leaf device was developed for sunlight driven conversion of carbon dioxide and water into multicarbon alcohols (ethanol and n-propanol) without any external energy input. The dataset is divided into five key parts:$$ \ $$i) Artificial Leaf: Contains data related to the perovskite-BiVO4 artificial leaf device assembly and performance (Origin, Microsoft Excel, JPG, and TIF files),$$ \ $$ii) Catalyst and Device Characterization: Contains bimetallic CuxPdy CO2 reduction catalyst, perovskite device, BiVO4 photoanode, and TiCo water oxidation catalyst characterization data (Origin and TIF files),$$ \ $$iii) Electrochemistry: Contains electrochemical characterization and CO2 electrolysis data (Origin, Microsoft Excel, and TIF files),$$ \ $$iv) Photoelectrochemistry: Contains photoelectrochemical characterization data of perovskite photocathode and unassisted tandem device (Origin and Microsoft Excel files),$$ \ $$v) Spectroscopy and DFT: Contains data related to mechanistic analysis of CO2 to multicarbon alcohol production over bimetallic CuxPdy catalysts (Origin and TIF files). For more details about experimental procedure, instrumentation, and data collection, see the manuscript. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/348267 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Strong angular and spectral narrowing of electroluminescence in an integrated Tamm-plasmon-driven halide perovskite LED" |
| Description | Included in the dataset are detailed information of optical simulation supporting the development of Tamm plasmon-driven halide perovskite LED and the angular characterisation of the experimental realisation. Dataset includes measurements from Bruker Dimension Icon AFM, Shimadzu UV-3600 Plus spectrophotometer, Agilent Cary7000 universal measurement spectrometer, Photon Etc. IMA hyperspectral microscope, Edinburgh Instrument FLS1000 photoluminescence spectrometer and several other in-house setups. Abstract of associated publication: Next-generation light-emitting applications such as displays and optical communications require judicious control over emitted light including intensity and angular dispersion. To date, this remains a challenge as conventional methods require cumbersome optics. Here, we report highly directional and enhanced electroluminescence from a solution-processed quasi-2-dimensional halide perovskite light-emitting diode by building a device architecture to exploit hybrid plasmonic-photonic Tamm plasmon modes. By exploiting the processing and bandgap tunability of the halide perovskite device layers, we construct the device stack to optimise both optical and charge-injection properties, leading to very narrow forward electroluminescence with angular full-width half-maximum of 36.6° compared with the conventional isotropic control device of 143.9°, and narrow electroluminescence spectral full-width half-maximum of 12.1 nm. The device design is versatile and tunable to work with emission lines covering the entire visible spectrum and directionality on demand, thus providing a promising route to modular, inexpensive, and directional operating light-emitting devices. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/369307 |
| Title | Research data supporting "The influence of porosity on the superconducting properties of Y-Ba-Cu-O single grains" |
| Description | This dataset contains the raw data for the journal article "The influence of porosity on the superconducting properties of Y-Ba-Cu-O single grains". The file "README.txt" contains detailed information about the measurement of the raw data and the determination of the data shown in the paper. The file "Raw_data.xlsx" contains raw data used to plot the graphs shown in Figures 4, 5, 6(a), 6(b), 7, 9, 11 and 12. The file "1373_25mm_YBCO_tracking_microscope.tif" contains the raw microscope image shown in Figure 3. The zip folders "1A-1H" contain image stacks of sample pieces 1A-1H measured using 3D X-ray Computer Tomography (XCT). Each zip folder also contains a header file with more details about the XCT measurements. The folder "SQUID" contains the raw data used to determine Tc, ?T90, and Jc measured using a Magnetic Properties Measurement System (MPMS). The folder "Optical_microscope" contains the raw images used to determine the Y-211 particle size and content. Furthermore, it also contains images where the Y-211 particles are marked in green and red, which were used to determine Y-211 size and content. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/352863 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Threshold voltage mapping at the nanoscale of GaN-based high electron mobility transistor structures using hyperspectral scanning capacitance microscopy" |
| Description | The dataset includes data for the associated article, encompassing the atomic force microscopy (AFM, in PeakForce Tapping mode), conventional and hyperspectral scanning capacitance microscopy (SCM), and scanning capacitance spectroscopy (SCS) data related to the GaN-based high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) structures. All the data were acquired using a Bruker Dimension Icon Pro AFM. The AFM was coupled with a Bruker SCM module when collecting the SCM and SCS data. All the data are saved as '.spm' files viewable with Bruker's NanoScope Analysis software. The hyperspectral SCM data can be further analysed using the freeware Hyperspy. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/368877 |
| Title | Research data supporting Adjusting the Physico-Chemical Properties of Collagen Sca?olds to Accommodate Primary Osteoblasts and Endothelial Cells |
| Description | Excel spread sheet of data used to construct graphs in 'Adjusting the Physico-Chemical Properties of Collagen Sca?olds to Accommodate Primary Osteoblasts and Endothelial Cells' that has been published in Regenerative Biomaterials |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/350342 |
| Title | Research data supporting Photoelectrochemical CO2-to-fuel conversion with simultaneous plastic reforming |
| Description | Raw data supporting the article 'Photoelectrochemical CO2-to-fuel conversion with simultaneous plastic reforming' published in Nature Synthesis. Please see readme file for more details. $$ \ $$ Important: this is the most up-to-date version of this dataset, where corrections were made in the revision stage of the manuscript. The original (uncorrected) version of this dataset can be found at http://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.88883. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/345444 |
| Title | Research data supporting The effect of the dielectric end groups on the positive bias stress stability of N2200 organic field effect transistors |
| Description | Data to accompany "The effect of the dielectric end groups on the positive bias stress stability of N2200 organic field effect transistors" by D. Simatos et al., APL Materials 9, 041113 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0044785 also available on Apollo (https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/319841) and arXiv (https://arxiv.org/abs/2104.07089). The zip folder contains raw datasets (.txt and .csv files) of transfer and output curves as well as of positive bias stress (PBS) of OFETs (Organic Field Effect Transistors) fabricated with the semiconducting organic polymers indacenodithiophene-co-benzothiadiazole (C16-IDTBT) and poly[2,5-bis(3-tetradecylthiophen-2-yl)thieno[3,2-b]thiophene] (C14-PBTTT) as well as Cytop-M (CTL-809M) and Cytop-S (CTX809-SP2) gate dielectrics (AGC Inc.). The analysis (.opju file) was carried out in Origin (the data analysis and graphing software from OriginLab). Dielectric thicknesses measured with a profilometer are also included. See the main manuscript for more details. Folder names include information relating to the batch & date of device fabrication, contact geometry (TGBC - top gate bottom contact), type of polymer (IDTBT, N2200), type of dielectric (Cytop-M, Cytop-S), fabrication and testing conditions (nitrogen atmosphere, air exposure or vacuum) and the number of days elapsed since fabrication. In addition, Cryo denotes measurements as a function of temperature and PBS - Positive Bias Stress results. Filenames include information relating to the fabrication batch, contact geometry (TGBC - top gate bottom contact), type of polymer (IDTBT, N2200), type of dielectric (Cytop-M, Cytop-S), fabrication and testing conditions (nitrogen atmosphere, air exposure and vacuum) as well as the number of days elapsed since fabrication, T- transfer curve, O- output curve. PBS filenames also include the time elapsed from the beginning of an experiment and Cryo filenames include the temperature in Kelvin. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/326370 |
| Title | Research data supporting: "Quantum interference between quasi-2D Fermi surface sheets in UTe2" Weinberger, T.I. et al. |
| Description | Supporting research data of quantum interference oscillations. Data were measured in the 41 T all-resistive magnet in NHMFL, Tallahassee, by the TDO technique, and in a 70 T coil in HLD, Dresden, by the PDO technique. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/368246 |
| Title | Research data supporting: Eaton, A.G. et al. Quasi-2D Fermi surface in the anomalous superconductor UTe2. Nature Communications 15, 223 (2024) |
| Description | Research data supporting "Quasi-2D Fermi surface in the anomalous superconductor UTe2" Quantum oscillation data were obtained by the capacitive cantilever beam magnetometry method. Data were recorded at the National High Magnetic Field Lab, Tallahassee, Florida, USA. Measurements were performed in SCM4, an all-superconducting magnet, which enabled a sample environment of 19-200 mK with applied fields of 0-28 T. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/361202 |
| Title | Research data supporting: Enhanced triplet superconductivity in next generation ultraclean UTe2 |
| Description | Research data supporting "Enhanced triplet superconductivity in next generation ultraclean UTe2" High magnetic field data were obtained at NHMFL Florida and HLD Dresden, by contacted and contactless conductivity techniques. Low field data were obtained in the Department of Physics, University of Cambridge, including the Advanced Materials Characterisation Suite, Maxwell Centre, University of Cambridge. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2024 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/371512 |
| Title | Supporting data for "Slow Carrier Relaxation in Tin-based Perovskite Nanocrystals" |
| Description | Supporting data from the above publication, including TEM images, X-ray data, optical spectra, band structure files. Data underlying each Figure in the paper and the SI are included. The data is described in more detail in the file "Original data.docx" included within the archive. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/325297 |
| Description | MATcelerate |
| Organisation | University of Cambridge |
| Department | Cambridge Enterprise |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Cambridge Royce is working closely with the MATcelerate initiative, a project led by Cambridge Enterprise aimed at accelerating the commercialisation of innovations in the field of Materials with a specific focus on Energy. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Only minor progress so far. |
| Impact | None. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | NCSR Demokritos - Athens (Greece) |
| Organisation | National Centre for Scientific Research (NCSR) Demokritos |
| Country | Greece |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Provided Royce facility access and usage to enable further collaboration and publications. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research collaborations. |
| Impact | / |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Paul Sherrer Institute - Villingen (Switzerland) |
| Organisation | Paul Scherrer Institute |
| Country | Switzerland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Royce facility usage. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Research collaboration. |
| Impact | / |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Description | UK Atomic Energy Agency collaboration |
| Organisation | UK Atomic Energy Authority |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | Cambridge together with A2D partners facilitated a meeting with the UKAEA Control Systems Software Engineering team to explore the use of new materials to be used in the extreme environment of a fusion reactor (e.g. radiation-hardened materials) and to understand if this could be a potential area of research and collaboration for the sector. The collaboration also aims at the organisation of an academic workshop to discuss challenges and streams of research on these topics. The workshop aims at presenting and discussing advances of fusion environment in on and off states; space applications environment, theoretical approaches (challenges of simulating the environment) and material options. The discussion will also provide elements to draft a plan for moving forward and to eventually open the discussion to a wider audience in the future. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Further meetings were arranged locally with relevant academics to follow up on points raised during the meeting. |
| Impact | Further meetings were arranged locally with relevant academics to follow up on points raised during the meeting. The organisation of an academic workshop is likely to happen in the coming month once the challenges become clearer and better defined. |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | World Materials Forum - Nancy (F) |
| Organisation | University of Lorraine |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Royce at Cambridge has started a collaboration with the WMF in 2022. For the second time, Cambridge with the support of Royce will be organising the UK chapter of the World Materials Forum (WMF), event founded in 2015 in France by Philippe Varin and Victoire de Margerie, based on the conviction that we can decouple economic growth and materials consumption, while creating value for industry. The WMF meets annually in Nancy, France, bringing together international leaders and experts to use collective intelligence to answer tomorrow's needs and challenges in Materials science and to identify solutions to use materials smarter, less and longer. More recently the WMF has opened a number of local chapters with strategic partners: UK (University of Cambridge), California , Japan and Australia to discuss more focused challenges. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The University of Cambridge will host and organise for the second time the UK chapter, to which we are inviting a selected group of key players from UK and internationally. The format of the event will comprise three focused small-group discussion sessions between senior decision-makers, involving company CEOs, academics and start ups where participants will be invited to share their vision and advance in the field of next-generation research, innovations and technology. |
| Impact | First edition of the UK Chapter WMF (2022). Cambridge was subsequently invited to the Word edition in 2023 and asked to organise the 2nd edition of the UK chapter to be held in 2024. |
| Start Year | 2022 |
| Company Name | Molyon |
| Description | Molyon develops lithium-sulfur batteries. |
| Year Established | 2024 |
| Impact | The technology is the result of 15 years of research conducted by Molyon's founding team in the Chhowalla Group at the University of Cambridge. Co-founders Dr Ismail Sami (CEO) and Dr Zhuangnan Li (CTO) were both part of the research efforts. The recent funding will enable Molyon to push forward with its plans to commercialise Li-S technology, with initial applications focusing on drones and robotics. These sectors stand to benefit significantly from the lighter weight and longer range of Molyon's batteries. The company aims to ultimately enter the electric vehicle market, where the potential to double driving range presents a substantial advantage. |
| Website | https://www.molyon.com/ |
| Company Name | illumion |
| Description | illumion operates an energy storage management platform assessing battery performance. |
| Year Established | 2022 |
| Impact | Royce Cambridge supported Illumion by providing facilitated access to Royce Facilities (Ambient Cluster Tool) via Royce Access Scheme. This also allowed Illumion to raise £2.1million Seed investment capital led by the Ventures team of Foresight, with additional participation from Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, Parkwalk Advisers and Cambridge Angels. |
| Website | http://www.refeyn.com |
| Company Name | Taisan Ltd |
| Description | |
| Year Established | 2023 |
| Impact | Royce Cambridge supports Taisan Ltd by providing facilitated access to Royce Facilities (Royce Battery Suite) via Royce Access Scheme. |
| Description | "Energy & Light" Symposium, presenting research performed in the Royce Ambient Cluster here at the Maxwell Centre, Cambridge University. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Local and regional SMEs were invited to learn more about the Royce Ambient Cluster Tool located in the Maxwell Centre at Cambridge. Approximately 50 delegates attended the meeting either online or physically. The physical attendees were given a tour of the facility. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | 2022 Maxwell Showcase |
| 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 | An overview of the materials science research being undertaken across West Cambridge, much of which involves the use of Royce facilities at Cambridge. This event attracted a wide range of attendees including postgraduate students giving short talks on their research; local SMEs involved in academic-industry research at Cambridge; the Academic Director of R&D at NSG Pilkington speaking on work on decarbonising glass. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017,2018,2019,2022 |
| URL | https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/programmes/annual-research-showcase-2022 |
| Description | 2022 SPIE - Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials (Manchester, 7th-8th September 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Cambridge together with A2D hosted the Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials meeting from the 7th-8th of September. This two-day meeting is organised in partnership with SPIE and sought to connect experts, industry members, and students focused on the enabling role of advanced functional materials in future technologies. Leading experts addressed topics ranging from plasmonic materials and devices through to materials and systems for low-loss electronics, including advanced characterisation and the modelling and simulation of these systems. More than 100 researchers from industry and academia attended the conference, in addition to representatives from Photonic Solutions, Inseto (UK) Ltd and Pro-Lite Technology Ltd. This event forms a key component of our national engagement and followed on from discussions between Royce and SPIE about establishing a broader (inter)national annual meeting in the UK. The session titles for the 2022 edition were the following: Day 1: Plasmonic Structures and Devices; Defect and Impurity Engineering; Plenary on Materials for Quantum; Poster session, Day 2: Material for Future Batteries; Materials Modelling Methods; Systems for Low Loss Electronics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://optics.org/events/2022/956 |
| Description | 2023 Impulse Entrepreneurship Programme |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Involvement in the Impulse Programme through funding places for local innovators, as well as taking part in networking events with the participants to highlight opportunities on offer from the Royce Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023,2024 |
| Description | 2024 Royce Cambridge Annual Report - Sep 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Annual report of activities carried out by the Royce programme at Cambribdge highlighting main achievements and impact on the materials research community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | A2D/2D joint event at Japan/UK 2D Symposium - 23/09/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Joint event between A2D and 2D research areas (organised by Cambridge) to discuss potential opportunities with Japan's research institutions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Advanced Materials Show |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Cambridge attended the AMS and engaged with the exhibiting SMEs and equipment manufacturers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | Advanced Materials Show - Birmingham 2022, 2023 and 2024 ed. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attending the Advanced Materials Show at the NEC in Birmingham with a stand to highlight to opportunities on offer from the Royce Institute. Contacts made across a wide range of industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023,2024 |
| Description | Advert on Innolae Magazine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Publication of an article on research carried out in the Royce Ambient Cluster Tool facility on the Magazine distributed at InnoLAE 2024 - Innovations in Large-Area Electronics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Ambient Cluster Tool visit at Royce Imperial (10/05/2024) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A vist by facility managers form the Cambridge Ambient Processing Facility to Royce Imperial to discuss possible collaborations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Armorers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum 2023 |University of Cambridge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Forum is hosted by the Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy at the University of Cambridge, UK, under the auspices of the Armourers & Brasiers' Livery Company, and is generously supported by leading organisations including Royce. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Article/case study published for Science and Engineering South (SES) - Oct 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We published case studies of Small Research Facility and Equipment use, to coincide with the budget in October, and to highlight the support UK Universities provide to UK Business, Innovation and Skills. This has been identified as an opportunity to promote Cambridge SRFs and Equipment and in so doing, increase external awareness, engagement and sustainability of facilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | BT Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A one-day in-person workshop involving a team of 17 research staff from BT and several PIs from across the West Cambridge departments exploring possible new research avenues in materials for telecommunications. Two follow-up meetings have been arranged which will include researchers from the wider Royce network. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | Battery Suite Launch |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Launch of the Royce@Cambridge Battery Suite and Scale-Up facility. The event attracted a large audience from both academia and local industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Battery Suite campaign: website, collaterals, video and case study |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Production of a video, collaterals and a case study for a dedicated campaign to promote the new Royce Battery Suite facility at Cambridge. An additional campaign together with the Faraday Institution is also organised. Contents were also uploaded on the facility website and promoted on social media channels. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/battery-manufacturing-facility |
| Description | Bioelectronics Roadmap Event - 15-16 June 2023 |
| 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 | A two-day conference on the future of bioelectronic materials covering the fundamentals, materials, devices, applications, translation/commercialisation, and ethical issues. Included a 'meet the industry' session to learn about startups in the field, and a roadmapping exercise for the Royce Bioelectronic materials roadmap. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Calorics 2024 - 16-18/09/2024 |
| 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 | Royce Cambridge supported the event, organized by Prof. Xavier Moya, founder of Barocal, along with Mengfan Guo and Neil Mathur from the University of Cambridge, this event gathered top experts to discuss the latest in caloric measurements, materials, and prototypes. Featuring distinguished speakers from renowned institutions like Stanford University, University of Maryland, and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Calorics 2024 offered an unparalleled platform for networking and innovation for academics interested in the future of novel cooling technology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Cambridge Bioelectronics Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The 2023 inaugural edition was a big sucess: It featured an exciting two day program, and was capped to 100 attendees. 85% of the responders to the post-event survey ranked the Symposium as 5/5. Following their recommendations, we are expanding the 2024 edition to three days and a maximum of 250 attendees. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://bioelectronics.eng.cam.ac.uk/symposium-information |
| Description | Cambridge Biomaterials event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A small event to showcase biomaterials and chemical engineering projects across West Cambridge. Royce@Cambridge facilitated part of the activities and exhibited a poster at the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Cambridge Festival of Science 2024 (Cambridge, 16/03/2024) |
| 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 | Schools |
| Results and Impact | The interdisciplinary Cambridge Festival is a mixture of on online, on-demand and in-person events covering all aspects of the world-leading research happening at Cambridge. Royce@Cambridge displayed an exhit on the history of materials use and progress of materials science reserch thorugh the ages. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Cambridge Wide Open Day 2024 - 12/06/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Royce Team organised and manned a stand to promote Royce at Cambride programme and opportunities for the Materials Community. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Cambs & Peterborough combined authority visit - 20/11/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Representatives from the Cambridge and Peterborough Combined Authority teams dealing with advanced manufacturing and biotech had a presentation of opportunities availible via Royce followed by a discussion and tour of the Royce facilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Canadian Critical Minerals Technology Partnership Mission - 26 June 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Meetings with Canadian researchers and companies involved with critical metal research and development. Contacts made across a range of sectors with follow up for international collaboration in metallurgy and automated chemical discovery. The Royce@Cambridge RBE manager attended a Critical Materials delegation event at the Canadian High Commission in London. This sparked several meetings with Royce and the Canada Research Council about possible collaborations. This attendance also supported Royce's Advanced Metals Processing and Chemical Materials Design work, with Canadian research keen to engage with Royce facilities in the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Cleanroom Training Course (16th-20th January 2023) |
| 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 | Cambridge co-organised the three-day in-person training event held in Leeds in January 2023. The training course will be replicated at other Royce partners. Cambridge is expected to host the event in 2025. Hosted at the University of Leeds' state-of-the-art nanotechnology cleanroom, in collaboration with Swansea University and the University of Cambridge, this technically focussed 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; by the end of the week attendees will have made a Field Effect Transistor. This course is suitable for any new user of cleanrooms. This includes those currently undertaking a PhD or postdoctoral research, working in academia or within the semiconductor industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/events/royce-training-micro-and-nano-fabrication/ |
| Description | Cluster Tool Open day |
| 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 | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A small event to raise awareness of the Cambridge Cluster Tool. 8 attendees from the local Cambridge area. This led to several projects being proposed that were funded by Royce@Cambridge. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Colchester Sixth Form |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Schools |
| Results and Impact | As part of an introduction to university courses for lower sixth students, Andrew Dobrzanski promoted materials science courses and Discover Materials. Flyers and resources were provided by Royce (Tom Hancocks) with much interest from students on a subject they'd not previously heard about. Reach 30+ students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | DSIT Advanced materials visit - 18/06/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with the Royce Team to hear the work Cambridge is doing in the advanced materials ecosystem and find out more about some of the barriers to adoption/scale-up. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | EMAG 2022 - Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group (EMAG) Conference |
| 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 | EMAG 2022 was a biennial meeting of the EMAG group of the IOP held Imperial College London focusing on multidimensional electron microscopy research. The conference included academic talks from students and established researchers as well as a table-top trade exhibition for industry. A2D sponsored the early career section of the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://iop.eventsair.com/emag2022 |
| Description | EPSRC Infrastructure Team visit - 18-19/11/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Meeting with the EPSRC Infrastructure Team to present Royce Programme at Cambridge and facilities. Discussion around sustainability of open access facilities and initiatives to support RTPs careers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference (EMAG 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 | The Electron Microscopy and Analysis Group Conference is the biennial focused meeting of the EMAG group of the IOP. The meeting will focused on multidimensional electron microscopy research. The meeting also included a meeting jointly organized by EMAG, Royal Microscopy Society, SuperSTEM Facility at Daresbury and ePSIC Facility at Diamond to kick start the consultation for a refresh of the UK EM roadmap for electron microscopy in the physical science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Energy and Light - Cluster Tool Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Event attracting local academics and regional industrial companies, IP lawyers and local startups. A series of talks by PhD students/PostDocs and industrial users of the Royce@Cambridge Ambient Processing Cluster Facility. Allowed for follow up enquiries from potential users. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023 |
| Description | Energy and Light: Cluster Tool Symposium (3rd Annual) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The third annual symposium for the Royce Ambient Pressure Cluster Tool. This one-day in-person event at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge showcased recent results from the growth, characterisation, testing and packaging of novel devices. The symposium also explored potential new ideas and research directions for the Cluster Tool. There were 53 attendees from both academia and industry with at least one new company aiming to start work on the tool in 2023 and others expressing support for the facility. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020,2021,2022 |
| URL | https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/programmes/henry-royce-institute/cluster-tool-symposium-october-2022 |
| Description | Expanding the Nanolithography Toolbox with Thermal Scanning Probe Lithography - 13/05/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Royce Cambridge organised a workshop for the local community to present the capabilities of Expanding the Nanolithography Toolbox with Thermal Scanning Probe Lithography. E-beam and focused ion beam are the most common methods for achieving nanometer resolution patterning in research. They each come with their strengths and weaknesses. Join us to learn about Thermal Scanning Probe Lithography(tSPL). This method relies on a heated cantilever to sublimate the resist with sub 15 nm resolution. It allows for grayscale patterning and read-write capabilities. You can perform tSPL with the NanoFrazor and focus on your research in 2D materials, optics and photonics or biosensing. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/expand-the-nanolithography-toolbox-with-thermal-scanning-probe-lithog... |
| Description | Get to know Ampletracks Workshop - 12/07/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 1-hour presentation delivered by the Royce Hub to better understand Ampletracks; why it was built and how it can work for researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Growth UK Get Together - Thin film deposition landscape report presented - 01/11/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The Senior scientist of the Royce Technology platform presented the Thin film deposition landscape report to the Growth UK community and launched the consultation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Henry Royce Institute stands at MRE2020 exhibition in London, February 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The MRE2020 exhibition showcased UK materials research undertaken within academia and industry, with a large presence from the Henry Royce Institute, and an opportunity to forge links with businesses, other HEIs, research training organisations and media organisations. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials CAM-IES Industry Workshop, May 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at the CAM-IES Industry workshop, featuring talks from Arm, Talga, NPL, CDT Sumitomo, SwiftSolar, Chromosol, Perpetuum, Lightricity, and with participation from Dyson, Shell, Johnson Matthey, Eight19, Tata Steel. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at CAM-IES Workshop: Multi-Modal Characterisation of Energy Materials, November 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at CAM-IES Workshop: Multi-Modal Characterisation of Energy Materials, November 2019. This workshop featured talks from many members of the energy materials community undertaking research using Royce equipment, and wishing to engage with Royce members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at the APL Horizons Meeting on Interfaces in Energy Materials, April 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at the APL Horizons Meeting on Interfaces in Energy Materials, April 2018. This two-day event was organised by APL at Trinity College, Cambridge, and featured international academic experts in energy materials research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at the Bruker Microscopy Seminar, Nov 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at the Bruker Seminar, which presented the Royce AFM, located at the Department of Materials Science at Cambridge, to the local research community, with hands-on demonstrations and talks on equipment capabilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at the CAM-IES Launch Workshop, May 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at the kickoff meeting of the CAM-IES EPSRC Centre Grant, held in Cambridge in May 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at the Diamond Light Source Workshop on Operando and In Situ Characterisation of Energy Materials, July 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at the Diamond Light Source Workshop on Operando and In Situ Characterisation of Energy Materials, July 2019. Talks included those from many Royce equipment leads and affiliates on new equipment suites e.g. Prof Sarah Haigh, Prof Sven Schroeder, Dr Alex Walton, Dr Rob Weatherup etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at the Maxwell Centre Showcase, April 2017 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at the annual Maxwell Centre Showcase, April 2017 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at the official opening of the Cambridge Royce facilities, November 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Henry Royce Institute talk, posters, tours and promotional materials at the official opening of the Cambridge Royce facilities, held at the Maxwell Centre, Cambridge in November 2018. The facilities were officially unveiled by Julia King, the Baroness Brown of Cambridge, and an introductory speech was given by the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Stephen Toope. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Impulse Entrepreneurship Programme |
| 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 | Cambridge Royce has sponsored five places on the Impulse 2022 programme. The same is expected to be continued in 2023. Any University of Cambridge researcher (including PhD students and postdoctoral researchers) working in materials science was offered the opportunity to apply. Candidates were required to have a business idea that has potential for commercialisation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023,2024 |
| URL | https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/programmes/impulse |
| Description | InnoLAE Innovations in Large Area Electronics Conference 20-22 February 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Attendance with a stand at InnoLAE (Innovate Large Area Electronics), engagement with a range of semiconductor manufacturing companies and equipment suppliers. Engaged with several participants including Intel, Paragraph, the Canadian National Research Council and a range of academics from across the UK. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://innolae.org/innolae-2024 |
| Description | Innovation Seminar series: NuQuantum / Royce case study - 16/05/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Talk by NuQuantum on their commercial work how Royce Facilties have enabled new product development. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Institute of Physics - East Anglia Regional Group Visit - 14/11/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Regional IOP committee for East Anglia had a presentation of opportunities availible via Royce followed by a discussion and tour of the Royce facilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Kore Technology Visit - 13/11/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Representatives from Kore Technology had a presentation of opportunities available via Royce followed by a discussion and tour of the Royce facilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | LinkedIn Social media posts |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Started and consolidated (+303% increase since activation) a dedicated LinkedIn channel and actively engaged with the Materials community promoting activities, events and outcomes of Royce at Cambridge, Royce Hub and other partners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://www.linkedin.com/company/95958674 |
| Description | MailChimp - Subscription to Friends of Royce Cambridge campaign |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Set up and development of the Royce Cambridge mailing list currently reached 200+ subscribers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://mailchi.mp/maxwell/homottxrmv |
| Description | Materials Research Exchange |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The Materials Research Exchange showcases a range of industrial companies and academic research, along with talks form policymakers and civil servants. Contacts were made for Royce across a range of sectors. Cambridge attended the MRE and engaged with the exhibiting RTOs as well as helping to arrange some of the programme of speakers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023,2024 |
| URL | https://iuk.ktn-uk.org/events/materials-research-exchange-mre-2022/ |
| Description | Maxwell Showcase |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A presentation at the Maxwell Centre showcase about Royce Capabilities. The event showcases research from across West Cambridge and is also open to industry. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Metals: Pioneering Materials - 19-30 June 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | An exhibition covering the development of a range of metals and alloys along with their uses. A tour of the exhibition was included as part of the Armorers and Brasiers Forum event held at Cambridge. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | NMI Conference 2024 - 05/06/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Royce Cambridge Engagement manager attended the conference to promote Cambridge capabilities in semiconductor fabrication and research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://nmi.org.uk/conference-2024-report/ |
| Description | New Scientist Live Festival 2024 - 12-13/10/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Royce Cambridge Ambient Cluster Tool technician attended the event topromote the facility and present activities. This event draws thousands of visitors each year and will feature over 40 speakers delivering inspiring talks. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Norfolk Suffolk Growth Hub - 28/01/2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of opportunties offered by the Royce programme at Cambridge |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | North East Advanced Material Electronics cluster group (NEAME) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Engagement with the NEAME Cluster over the summer to encourage use of the Cluster Tool facilities to solve industrial problems. The North East Advanced Material Electronics cluster group (NEAME) is made up of businesses developing new forms of semiconductor technologies which go beyond conventional, high-volume compound alternatives. Among the companies involved are: PragmatIC; Filtronic; and Evince. Contacts will be followed up on in the new year. NEAME is a dynamic cluster of leading-edge companies using advanced electronic materials technologies at the core of what they do. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | OPERANDO APPROACHES FOR ADVANCED MATERIALS DEVELOPMENT |
| 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 one-day symposium focused on the latest advances in the use of operando techniques to gain deeper understanding of the growth, processing, functionality and performance of novel energy and device materials. Organised by Prof Stephan Hofmann, University of Cambridge, Director of NanoDTC, and Prof Robert Weatherup, University of Oxford, Royce Research Area Lead for Electrochemical Systems, this event aimed to build an interdisciplinary network of researchers working on operando and in-situ methods and related data analysis and computationally aided optimisation approaches. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Organization of thin film deposition landscaping workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | There were one national survey, two workshops, and formal analysis of results. The main aim of the exercise was to identify strengths and opportunities for investment in thin film deposition technology. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Pint of Science: Magic of Materials - 13/05/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Participation of researchers supported by Royce@Cambridge in a local 'Pint of Science' event presenting to interested members of the public on energy materials research at Cambridge, inparticular how materials can be used to create solar cells, develop artificial photosynthesis and inspire new ways to generate energy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Postgraduate student Symposium for Biological and Life Sciences (SymBLS) - 08/11/2024 |
| 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 | This is a non-profit life science symposium organised by PhD students of the University of Cambridge, and attracts around 120 delegates each year to listen to and participate in talks and posters about cutting edge science. The event, sponsored by Royce Cambridge, was an opportunity to promote Royce 3D BioSuite facility. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Promotional Videos for Royce Facilities |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A range of collateral materials was created to better market the Royce facilities including brochures, case studies and videos. A series of promotional videos for Royce@Cambridge to raise the profile of the equipment with a wider online audience and attract new enquiries for facility use and collaboration. An example from the Royce@Cambride Bioelectronics Suite. Link provided below. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2023,2024 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=XB7rO9FZeZo |
| Description | Royce A2D connections at Cambridge - 15/01/2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An event organised by Royce at Cambridge to present to the local materials community the A2D facilities and capabilities and opportunities to access and funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/advanced-materials-for-next-generation-devices-tickets-1106377999379?... |
| Description | Royce A2D connections at Imperial College College London - 18/09/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Informal evening to present participants A2D (Imperial, Cambridge, Leeds and Manchester) facilities and capabilities available and how they can be accessed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Royce A2D connections at Manchester - 29/11/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Royce Cambridge presented facilities available and how they can be accessed at the event organised by Royce Manchester. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/unlock-access-to-797m-facilities-and-expertise-in-atoms-to-devices-tick... |
| Description | Royce Cambribdge Website updates and new webcontent |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Managed a dedicated website and updated with reviewed copy and new digital content including photos and videos. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/programmes/henry-royce-institute |
| Description | Royce Cambridge Ambient Cluster Tool Energy and Light Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The annual symposium "Energy & Light" is focused around the research done using the Ambient Cluster and related developments. Participants learn about a variety of cutting edge materials research from industry and academia |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Royce Cambridge Battery Suite Opening and Symposium |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Over 100 researchers, academics, students and industry representatives attended the launch of the new Royce Battery Suite and toured the facilities at the University of Cambridge's Maxwell Centre. The opening was commemorated with a Symposium attended by over 100 prominent battery academics, spinouts, and industry from around the UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Royce Cambridge Drop in - Royce pop up stand at hte Department of Civil Engineering - 22/01/2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of opportunities offered by the Royce programme at Cambridge |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Royce Cambridge Physical Vapour Deposition and Characterisation Facility Launch | University of Cambridge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This event marks the launch of the Royce at the University of Cambridge Physical Vapour Deposition and Characterisation Facility - part of one of the UK-wide Henry Royce Institute open-access technology platforms. This facility includes equipment for device fabrication and characterisation which will be demonstrated during the event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Royce Cambridge Social media coverage |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Set up and managed X (+36% increase) channels to promote Royce Cambridge, Royce Hub and Royce partners' initiatives. Transitioning now to BluSky. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024,2025 |
| URL | https://x.com/i/flow/login?redirect_after_login=%2FRoyceCambridge |
| Description | Royce Cambridge Town Hall - 14/10/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Every quarter Royce Cambridge invites the local community to share progress updates and to gather input, suggestions and ideas on how to better support the materials community at Cambridge. This was also the opportunity for the Royce XPS facility manager to present the capabilities and work done with the Royce suite and for Prof. Roisin Owens to present the BioElectronic roadmap and strategy documents. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Royce Cambridge Town Hall - 17/04/2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Every quarter Royce Cambridge invites the local community to share progress updates and to gather input, suggestions and ideas on how to better support the materials community at Cambridge. This was also the opportunity for the Royce partner at Imperial, Dr. M Leverentz to present Royce facilities at capabilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Royce Cambridge presentation to Department of Materials Science - 23/09/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation of opportunities offered by the Royce programme at Cambridge to professional services at the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Royce Industrial Collaboration Programme call - Launch event (19/03/2024) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | An event to locally launch the ICP 2024 was held with an overview of the ICP2024 funding given by AD and talks by previous successful applicants from across a range of scope areas, followed by a Q&A and a networking event. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cambridges-2024-industrial-collaboration-programme-launch-tickets-84001... |
| Description | Royce Open days - 13-23/05/2024 |
| 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A total of nine facilities hosted 'Open Hours' allowing local industry and academics to visit Royce facilities at Cambridge. The events involve an introduction to the Royce Institute, a one hour tour with facility managers, and follow up support with any project ideas or facility access requests. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Royce Technology Platform video production and related campaign |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A general video to present the Royce Physical Deposition and Carachterisatino facility and its capability to potential users. Four additional mini videos were created to expand on each specific equipment. All videos were uploaded on the Royce Cambridge website and used for a dedicated prmotional campaign |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk/programmes/henry-royce-institute/physical-vapour-deposition-and-charac... |
| Description | Royce facilities annual meetings -May 2024 |
| 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 | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Annual survey to gather feedback on Royce facilities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Royce-A2D Cleanroom Training Course |
| 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 explored the basic practices and techniques for cleanroom use. Through a combination of taught lectures, discussion sessions, and practical training participants gained fundamental skills for working in 'clean-fab' cleanrooms. The content included developing theoretical and practical knowledge in processes such as lithography, deposition, and etching; with participants using what they learnt to fabricate a micro-scale Field Effect Transistor. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| Description | Royce@Cambridge Facility Open Hours - 31 May / 4 July 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A series of 'open facility' events for academics and industry to visit and tour Royce@Cambridge facilities and discuss possible collaborations. This series was well attended and has led to a number of new external collaborations and better links between University departments. Seven major facilities were involved with a total of 83 participants from industry and academia. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Science Park campaign: Allia Future Business Centre - 12/02/2025 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Stand at the business centre and discussion with resident businesses about the oppotunities on offer from Royce. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Science Park campaign: Babraham Science Park visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Stand at Babraham Science park to discuss oppotunites to use Royce facilites at Cambridge University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Science Park campaign: Chesterford Science Park visit |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Stand at Chesterford Science park to discuss oppotunites to use Royce facilites at Cambridge University |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Southern Counties Materials, Minerals & Mining Society - Online Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A joint online event, chaired by Prof Serena Best, featuring two speakers from Cambridge presenting their research involving Royce equipment along with one further speaker from NPL. The event had 73 registrations from 7 different countries with a peak audience of 43. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Stabilising Organic Transistors in water for Bioelectronic Applications (IOP) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A talk on novel research involving stabilising Organic Field E?ect Transistors by a Cambridge researcher using Royce equipment on an additives-based approach to stabilise Organic Field E?ect Transistor (OFETs) making the first high-performance water-stable OFETs reported in the literature. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Stabilizing organic transistors in water for bioelectronic applications (IoP) - Online 25th May 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 25th May, Royce Cambridge in Partnership with the Institute of Physics (IOP) held a webinar on the subject of stabilizing organic transistors in water for bioelectronic applications. Organic bioelectronics is an emerging field - whereby organic materials seem ideal candidates for bioelectronics due to their softness, biocompatibility, stretchability, and their ability to conduct both electrons and ions. Dr Dimitrios Simatos outlined important research which used an additives-based approach to stabilize Organic Field E?ect Transistor (OFETs) immersed in Deionized (DI) water and saline solution, for periods up to a month, making the first high-performance water-stable OFETs reported in the literature. Dr Simatos received his PhD degree in Physics from the University of Cambridge, in 2022 and is currently a post-doctoral research associate at the University. His current research interests include wearables, implantable electronics, and the integration of organic and inorganic materials within the same device (hybrid systems). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.iop.org/events/stabilizing-organic-transistors-water-bioelectronic-applications |
| Description | Supporting the Future of Northern Semiconductor industries - Newcastle, 06/06/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Event to promote the North East Advanced Materials Electronics cluster as well as current semiconductor research at North East universities to regional and national Government. Attendees included local industry, catapult centres, local government and academic reserchers. The sessions were recorded and placed online for access by DSIT civil servants. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Tata Steel - Royce Workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Several Cambridge attendees took part in the Tata Biomaterials event in Manchester. This links into wider work in Cambridge that ties into the Royce Biomaterials theme that Cambridge is cultivating locally. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| Description | Tata Steel - Royce Workshop to explore collaborations in healthcare and biotechnology research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | A workshop to explore collaborations in healthcare and biotechnology research, and possible funding for long-term research projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Technology Platform Launch Event 21-22 June 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A two-day launch event for the Cambridge Technology Platform (Physical Vapour Deposition and Characterisation Facility) covering a range of deposition, fabrication and characterisation techniques. Attendance from a range of academics, SMEs and industry. Follow up enquiries about using the equipment were received. This event involved a series of talks and practical workshops with 41 attendees over both days. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Terahertz Microscopy meeting (Manchester, 4th-5th April 2022) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A meeting of UK researchers involved in THz imaging and spectroscopy was held in Royce Institute on 4th-5th April in Manchester. This event was held as a hybrid meeting and was attended by over 45 people. We were pleased to attract 33 in-person attendees and 15 virtual attendees. The event was attended by a good number of ECRs ( including 9 PhDs, postdocs and research fellows), in addition to senior members of the UK community, some international attendees (McMaster, MIT) and industry representation (e.g. Samsung, Malvern Pananalytical). This follows on from previous meetings (pre-COVID) and is having a positive impact on drawing this community together. In particular, the network meeting hosted a live demonstration of the cyroSNOM and room-temperature SNOM systems within the CUSTOM facility by Dr Lars Mester from neaspec gmbh. The meeting included researchers from Warwick and Sheffield who were just about to acquire microscopes, who found this demonstration and the event as a whole especially useful for learning techniques from experts in the field. Attendees are drawing up agreed follow-up actions, with the transfer of samples and access requests to Royce Facilities in progress. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | The Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Royce supports the Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum, which brought together researchers from universities, industry and research funding bodies to hear about the latest developments in Materials Science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021,2022,2023,2024 |
| Description | Thin Film Deposition Landscaping exercise |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This work was commissioned by Royce@Cambridge in collaboration with A2D. The Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) was asked to consult the UK community about the state-of-the-art in thin film deposition capabilities and requirements for the future, i.e. what strategic investments are needed in the UK to accelerate translation of materials into electronic, spintronic, quantum, and other devices. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023,2024 |
| Description | UHV Photoemission UPS/XPS & Environmental XPS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | This training event provided an overview of the X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) facilities available to access across the Henry Royce Institute. It introduced researchers to XPS approaches and provide practical guidance on starting to use XPS in their work, including sample requirements, data acquisition and the benefits and limitations of the analysis. The talks covered the different techniques and instrumentation available at Royce partners in Manchester, Leeds, Cambridge, Oxford, and Imperial College London. 2022 edition: 18th-20th January 2022 2023 edition: 24th-25th January 2023 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2023 |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/events/royce-training-introduction-to-xps-at-royce/ |
| Description | UK Chapter of the World Materials Forum (biennial) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The World Materials Forum is an initiative founded in 2015 in France in order to decouple economic growth and materials consumption, while creating value for industry. The aims include using materials smarter, using them less and for longer, and developing breakthrough technologies and new business models. The event comprised three focused small-group discussion sessions between senior decision-makers, involving company CEOs, academics and entrepreneurs. 2020's three topics were: decarbonising bulk materials (with focus on steel and glass); stationary batteries for storage performance; and energy efficient electronics. The event held in Cambridge included an academic and business delegation from France, along with the CEO's of CRU, Polysolar, Nyobolt; deputies for the CEO's of Tata and E.ON; CTO's of NSG Pilkington, the Materials Processing Institute, and Paragraf; as well as other UK based researchers and companies. Royce@Cambridge helped facilitate this event, with Royce researchers taking part in the discussion sessions and the attendees given tours of the Royce facilities in West Cambridge along with an introduction to the research work being completed on Royce equipment and the wider aims of the UK Royce Institute. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022,2024 |
| URL | https://sway.office.com/D1jW1Ado6CmNRRAw |
| Description | UK Society for Biomaterials (UKSB) Annual Conference - 10-12/06/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Bax (BioSuite facility manager) attended the event to promote the 3D Bioelectronic Suite, foster research collaborations and attract new users to the facility at Cambridge. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | US/UK Export control training - 29/04/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Export control workshop given by the central University Export Control Office to Royce@Cambridge facility managers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Visit Vishay semiconductors foundry - Newport, 17/05/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Visit Vishay semiconductors foundry of a delegation from Cambridge to present Royce facilities and discuss opportunities of collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Women in Engineering Day - 20/06/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | EDI initiative to support Royce women researchers at Cambridge |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | XPS intro and tour (MSM): Discovering the 2D world with XPS - 24/06/2024 |
| 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 | Dr. Shaoliang Guan (Royce XPS facility manager) gave an introductory talk on X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and a tour of the facility. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | XPS training (Cambridge, 28/02/2024 > 01/03/2024) |
| 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 | Training on using Advantage Software for XPS data processing to to advance facility capabilites. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | XPS training for NanoDTC students (20/03/2024) |
| 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 | 1-Day training for Nano DTC Masters and PhD students on using XPS in their research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | XRD workshop and training - 25-27/11/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | A 3-day Training on XRD techniques and data analysis organised by Royce Cambridge for researchers at Cambridge and at other partners' institutions. We had 44 participants; 33 of which were PhD students, 8 PDRA and 3 others. The training was sold out in the first few days. We had a waiting list of 46 people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/xrd-workshop-tickets-1064308979809?aff=oddtdtcreator |
| Description | impulse Business Meets Ideas pitch event - 25/11/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Royce was invited to the panel to discuss themes around motivations for getting involved with supporting entrepreneurship/innovation in general, and impulse in particular. We also provided an overview on how we work with entrepreneurial scientists and researchers and what types of support we provide for them. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | nanoFabUK symposium - 03 > 05/09/2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The nanoFabUK symposium was conceived as a dynamic learning and networking platform for Research Technical Professionals (RTPs) that manage or work primarily in academic micro/nanofabrication and characterization facilities (cleanrooms) from around the UK. This symposium is open to RTPs at any career level (from apprentices through to managers) and the wider micro/nanofabrication community. This event served as a nexus for key stakeholders (RTPs, scientists, industry, funding bodies, etc.) to exchange insights, collectively discuss common challenges, and explore emerging trends in micro/nanofabrication. Through a series of talks, exhibitions, host site tours and social activities, participantshad the opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions on a wide range of topics such as facility management, innovative techniques/processes, health and safety (H&S), cleanroom user education/training, financial administration, career development, and industry-academia interactions. By fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and facilitating networking opportunities, the symposium helped breaking the current 'silo working' culture and cultivate a more vibrant community of expert cleanroom RTPs dedicated to pushing the boundaries of micro/nanofabrication technologies. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/events/nanofabuk-symposium/ |
| Description | • 2021 Impulse Entrepreneurship Programme |
| 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 | Royce in Cambridge sponsored three participants whose projects involved: viral testing services - evaluating the efficacy of various test materials for their anti-viral properties; 'smart insoles' to provide the user with real-time information on their walking and running style; and securing the electronics supply chain. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | • Operando Workshop, 21st September 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | This 1-day, in-person symposium focussed on the latest advances in the use of operando techniques to gain deeper understanding of the growth, processing, functionality and performance of novel energy and device materials. Organised by Prof Robert Weatherup, University of Oxford, Royce Research Area Lead for Electrochemical Systems, and Prof Stephan Hofmann, University of Cambridge. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.royce.ac.uk/events/advanced-operando-studies-for-energy-materials/ |
| Description | • The Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On the 23rd June 2021 The University of Cambridge hosted a virtual stand at The Armourers and Brasiers' Cambridge Forum, which brought together researchers from universities, industry and research funding bodies to hear about the latest developments in Materials Science. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |