Sir Henry Royce Institute - Imperial Build and Equipment

Lead Research Organisation: Imperial College London
Department Name: Materials

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

Planned Impact

The Pathways to Impact for this funding will be realised through the collective benefits management activity for the Sir Henry Royce Institute.

Publications

10 25 50
 
Description STRATEGIC VISION: To accelerate the discovery, manufacture and translation of functional materials. We will support a vertically integrated programme enabled by a platform of state-of-the-art equipment to position the UK as a world leader in functional materials and their implementation into devices and systems.

UK LANDSCAPE AND FIT WITH ROYCE: Atoms to Devices (A2D) is concerned primarily with the deposition and controlled modification of functional films either by vacuum (top down) or solution processes (bottom up) and their utilization in devices. Functional materials are found in all classes of materials: ceramics, metals, polymers and organic molecules. They are often used in electromagnetic applications from kHz to THz, and at optical frequencies where the plasmonic properties of metals assume particular importance. Functional materials are also of critical importance in materials for energy such as thermo-, electro- and magnetocaloric materials, for energy storage and generation and in particular for solar harvesting. The term 'functional materials' is very broad and practically every industrial sector - automotive, marine engineering, aerospace, electronic - rely on them to deliver critical devices and enhanced products.

VERTICAL INTEGRATION - FROM ATOMS TO DEVICES: To deliver an accompanying research activity aligned with A2D's strategic vision we will establish a coordinated and world-leading platform delivering functional materials of wide relevance across the engineering and physical sciences research sector. Within the A2D theme we will then seek to apply these to meet the demands of key future technology sectors including: THz materials (TM), Quantum materials (QM) and Electronic & Photonic Materials (EPM).
The Roadmapping activities carried out by Leeds, Imperial, Cambridge and Manchester in collaboration with the Institute for Manufacturing and the IoP was remarkably successful. From March 2020 through to June 2020, the materials community convened around this "grand challenge" with a programme of roadmapping exercises on the theme of Materials for the Energy Transition. This has been a far-reaching activity which has brought together over 220 materials science experts. Through workshops, community-led activities and a robust roadmapping methodology developed by experts at the Institute for Manufacturing, five technology roadmaps have been produced, setting out where materials research can make a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

The process culminated in a successful webinar in which over 400 individuals participated, and a final consultation exercise with the entire materials community, which saw some final refinements to the penultimate roadmaps.

Five technology areas were initially identified as playing a key role in enabling a step-change in greenhouse gas reduction, and the following associated materials roadmaps are now available:

Materials for photovoltaic systems
Materials for low-carbon methods for generation of hydrogen and other related energy carriers and chemical feedstocks
Thermoelectric energy conversion materials
Caloric energy conversion materials
Materials for Low loss electronics

The key recommendations were:
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS COMMON TO ALL THE ROADMAPS:
Infrastructure: the need for innovation infrastructure to transfer technology from laboratory to prototype devices
Facilities: the requirement to establish national facilities for device metrology and degradation testing
A national approach: greater UK-wide coordination of industrial and academic research programmes
Investment: targeted Government funding to unlock the potential of materials
New laws: legislation for the uptake and implementation of low-carbon technology
Sustainability: the researched materials should be resource abundant, scalable and recyclable
People: the requirement to develop the skills base and close gaps, including training on facility operations, PhD progammes and postdoctoral researcher support
Exploitation Route A2D TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT: Utilising the output from these advanced materials research platforms we will seek to develop critical activity in the key technology sectors of TM, QM and EPM where existing research activity is strongly represented within the A2D theme. This will provide the opportunity to engage broadly, both within the UK and overseas, with leading activity in these areas whilst maintaining a core centre of excellence within A2D. These key partnerships provide a vehicle for the HRI to impact on national strategic programmes (such as the UK's Quantum Technologies).
Sectors Aerospace

Defence and Marine

Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software)

Education

Electronics

Energy

Environment

Healthcare

Security and Diplomacy

Transport

URL https://www.royce.ac.uk/materials-for-the-energy-transition/
 
Description The work carried out on this project is contributing to the following non-academic impacts. The has the following impacts: 1) To present and promote nationally and internationally the UK capability within the A2D area encouraging new partners to join, and for their equipment and capability to be showcased; 2) To act as a voice for the UK A2D Community with Funders, and attract significant funding for the UK in the area. 3) To provide support to those wishing to develop activities in the A2D area (within the Royce, or not). 4) To network and bring together communities to work on specific topics, of which we are focusing currently on the two Big Ideas, and the emerging area of THz microscopy of 2D materials. 5) To help facilitate access to state-of-the-art UK equipment (including non-core partners) and expertise in A2D
First Year Of Impact 2017
Impact Types Societal

Policy & public services

 
Description Course on controlling the properties of thin films to taught postgraduate students
Geographic Reach Multiple continents/international 
Policy Influence Type Influenced training of practitioners or researchers
Impact 50 students attended this course each year. The knowledge imparted improves their skills in thin film growth and control by solution and vapour-based processing.
 
Description Consolidator Grant
Amount € 2,744,880 (EUR)
Funding ID 866402 
Organisation European Research Council (ERC) 
Sector Public
Country Belgium
Start 01/2021 
End 12/2025
 
Description Finn Giuliani A Facility for Cryo-Enabled Multi-microscopy for Nanoscale Analysis in the Engineering and Physical Sciences (Cryo-EPS)
Amount £10,294,044 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/V007661/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 11/2020 
End 10/2025
 
Description H2terascale - Improved oxygen evolution catalysis to enable terawatt scale hydrogen production
Amount £250,000 (GBP)
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 05/2022 
End 12/2023
 
Description INFUSE: Interface with the Future - Underpinning Science to Support the Energy transition
Amount £4,191,429 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/V038044/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 08/2021 
End 08/2026
 
Description Instilling Defect-Tolerance in ABZ2 Photovoltaic Materials
Amount £437,299 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/V014498/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2021 
End 06/2022
 
Description Nanoscale Advanced Materials Engineering
Amount £7,671,801 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/V001914/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2021 
End 06/2026
 
Description New perspectives in photocatalysis and near-surface chemistry: catalysis meets plasmonics
Amount £7,902,074 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/W017075/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 04/2022 
End 07/2028
 
Description PA0028 - Understanding the chemical degradation of nickelate battery materials PA0028
Amount £87,000 (GBP)
Funding ID PA0028 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2021 
End 09/2021
 
Description Pnictogen-based semiconductors for harvesting ambient light to power autonomous electronics PNICTO-HARVEST
Amount € 1,500,000 (EUR)
Organisation European Research Council (ERC) 
Sector Public
Country Belgium
Start 08/2022 
End 09/2027
 
Description QuantIC - The UK Quantum Technology Hub in Quantum Imaging
Amount £23,965,172 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/T00097X/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 12/2019 
End 11/2024
 
Description Room Temperature Continuous-Wave Inorganic Maser
Amount £674,637 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/S000798/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 07/2018 
End 07/2022
 
Description Room Temperature, Earth's Field MASER
Amount £1,200,284 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/K011987/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2013 
End 08/2017
 
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 TeraHynE - Improved oxygen evolution catalysts to enable Terawatt Scale Hydrogen Production
Amount £194,000 (GBP)
Organisation BP (British Petroleum) 
Sector Private
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2021 
End 06/2022
 
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 NMC_highres.7z 
Description Three phase Li-ion cathode mesostructural dataset, as generated by the Super-Resolution technique developed by the tldr group (Case 4 in the referenced paper).The NMC cathode dataset is 18803 voxels, for a 94 µm edge length cubic volume at 50 nm resolution. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/NMC_highres_7z/19435778
 
Title Raw research data supporting "Assembly of fillable microrobotic systems by microfluidic loading with dip sealing" 
Description Raw research data supporting Sun, R., Song, X., et al., "Assembly of fillable microrobotic systems by microfluidic loading with dip sealing." Advanced Materials. DOI: 10.1002/adma.202207791. 
Type Of Material Database/Collection of data 
Year Produced 2022 
Provided To Others? Yes  
URL https://zenodo.org/record/7409234
 
Description Ceres Power Workshop on Impedance; 25th September 2023: 
Organisation Ceres Power
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Organised by Ceres Power and hosted by A2D and Royce Imperial, the Workshop on Impedance brought together experts in Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy to discuss how these measurements can be of use to Ceres Power.
Collaborator Contribution Research discussion
Impact Collaborative work
Start Year 2023
 
Description Institute for Manufacturing 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Department Institute for Manufacturing
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution roadmapping
Collaborator Contribution Roadmapping Materials for Photovoltaic Systems Materials for Low-Carbon Production of Hydrogen and Related Energy Carriers and Chemical Feedstocks Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Materials Caloric Energy Conversion Materials Materials for Low Loss Electronics
Impact Materials for Photovoltaic Systems Materials for Low-Carbon Production of Hydrogen and Related Energy Carriers and Chemical Feedstocks Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Materials Caloric Energy Conversion Materials Materials for Low Loss Electronics
Start Year 2019
 
Description Institute of Physics 
Organisation Institute of Physics (IOP)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Learned Society 
PI Contribution roadmapping
Collaborator Contribution roadmaps Materials for Photovoltaic Systems Materials for Low-Carbon Production of Hydrogen and Related Energy Carriers and Chemical Feedstocks Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Materials Caloric Energy Conversion Materials Materials for Low Loss Electronics
Impact Materials for Photovoltaic Systems Materials for Low-Carbon Production of Hydrogen and Related Energy Carriers and Chemical Feedstocks Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Materials Caloric Energy Conversion Materials Materials for Low Loss Electronics
Start Year 2019
 
Description TwinTeam IGIC 
Organisation Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry
Country Bulgaria 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution Delivered guest lectures at IGIC organised events. Hosted guest researchers at Imperial College White City Campus.
Collaborator Contribution Hosted guest lecturers at IGIC events. Hosted guest ICL researchers at IGIC.
Impact Invited talks delivered at TwinTeam conference at IGIC. Paper accepted at European MRS Conference.
Start Year 2020
 
Description University of Cambridge 
Organisation University of Cambridge
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Undertook roadmapping "Materials for the Energy Transition
Collaborator Contribution Collaborations between Manchester, Imperial, Leeds, Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing and Institute of Physics to produce 5 roadmaps Materials for Photovoltaic Systems Materials for Low-Carbon Production of Hydrogen and Related Energy Carriers and Chemical Feedstocks Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Materials Caloric Energy Conversion Materials Materials for Low Loss Electronics
Impact 5 roadmaps Materials for Photovoltaic Systems Materials for Low-Carbon Production of Hydrogen and Related Energy Carriers and Chemical Feedstocks Thermoelectric Energy Conversion Materials Caloric Energy Conversion Materials Materials for Low Loss Electronics
Start Year 2019
 
Description University of Manchester 
Organisation University of Manchester
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Collaboration on a Programme Grant
Collaborator Contribution Scientific research
Impact No outputs yet
Start Year 2017
 
Description collaboration with Leeds University 
Organisation University of Leeds
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Collaboration within Royce and a new Programme Grant
Collaborator Contribution Scientific research
Impact Multidisciplinary Physics, Materials, Chemistry, Electrical engineering
Start Year 2017
 
Title APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ESTABLISHING QUANTUM OSCILLATIONS 
Description Apparatus (10) for establishing quantum oscillations at room temperature, the apparatus comprising: a cavity having a resonator structure therein, the resonator structure comprising a resonant element (18) and a gain medium (16), a species of the gain medium having an electronic spin multiplicity capable of supporting a two-level spin system; and optical pumping means (24) arranged to pump the resonator structure and thereby generate microwave output power through stimulated emission of thermal photons; wherein said species of the gain medium is of a sufficiently high concentration such as to have an ensemble spin-photon coupling rate which exceeds both the cavity mode decay rate and the spin-spin decoherence rate; and wherein the optical pumping means is configured to pump the resonator structure using a short pulse of nanosecond duration, or a burst of approximately a millisecond in duration at relatively low instantaneous optical power, to excite said species of the gain medium into a spin-polarized two-level system that exhibits quantum oscillations in the microwave output power. The outer casing (12) may be made from copper and has an inlet (20) for the pump beam (22) and an outlet (28) allowing coupling of the radiation into a transmission line (26).The resonance frequency of the resonator may be controlled with an adjustable top wall (13). A corresponding method for establishing quantum oscillations at room temperature is also provided. 
IP Reference WO2018051099 
Protection Patent application published
Year Protection Granted 2018
Licensed No
Impact In progress
 
Title ROOM TEMPERATURE MASING USING SPIN-DEFECT CENTRES 
Description Apparatus for achieving masing at room temperature, the apparatus comprising: a microwave cavity which exhibits a resonance of sufficiently high Q-factor for maser oscillation; a resonator structure comprising a masing medium located within a resonant element, wherein the masing medium comprises spin-defect centres, the resonator structure being disposed within the microwave cavity; means for applying a magnetic field across the masing medium; an input of microwave radiation to be amplified, the input of microwave radiation being coupled to the resonator structure; and means for optically pumping the masing medium and thereby causing stimulated emission of microwave photons; wherein the microwave cavity has an effective magnetic mode volume matching the volume of the masing medium. A corresponding method for producing masing at room temperature is also provided. 
IP Reference WO2019021002 
Protection Patent application published
Year Protection Granted 2019
Licensed No
Impact in progress
 
Description 12th International Conference on HIPIMS - Oral presentation: "Room temperature deposition of plasmonic TiN" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Oral presentation delivered at 12th International Conference on HIPIMS - Sheffield, UK.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.hipimsconference.com/
 
Description 51st International Meeting of the Royal Society of Chemistry ESR Group - Dr Jon Breeze invited talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The ESR Group was founded in 1968 as a forum within the Chemical Society for scientists to share, disseminate and promote knowledge about electron spin resonance. The main aim of the RSC ESR Group is to promote innovation, share and advance knowledge, and to encourage applications of electron spin resonance in chemistry, as well as in physical and biological sciences and their applications.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.rsc.org/events/detail/30647/51st-annual-international-meeting-of-the-esr-spectroscopy-gr...
 
Description A two-day training course on Thin film manufacturing technologies was delivered to the new post-graduate users of the Royce TFT facility 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact A two-day training course on Thin film manufacturing technologies was delivered to the new post-graduate users of the Royce TFT facility, where they were trained on how to use equipment for thin film deposition, photolithography and ion milling.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description A2D community meeting 
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 A2D theme day (organised with EE-ICT) on 13th May
for the UK community (with an attendance of ~ 100),
with presentations and posters from researchers at
the Universities of Leeds, Imperial College London,
Manchester, and Cambridge, followed by a focused
meeting to develop a discussion document on
'Materials for a Sustainable Digital Society'.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Brian Hickey - Pure Spin Currents and impurities in Metals 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials Conference - SPIE/Royce
7 - 8 September 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/advanced-electronic-and-photonic-materials?SSO=1
 
Description Chris Pickard - Random searches - from superconductors to battery cathode materials 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials Conference Royce / SPIE
7 - 8 September 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/advanced-electronic-and-photonic-materials?SSO=1
 
Description Christophe Schnedermann - Capturing operando ion dynamics in battery materials using optical scattering microscopy 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials Conference - Royce/SPIE
7 - 8 September 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/advanced-electronic-and-photonic-materials?SSO=1
 
Description Daan Arroo - Spin-defect masers: nitrogen-vacancies in diamond and beyond? 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials Conference Royce/SPIE
7 - 8 September 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/advanced-electronic-and-photonic-materials?SSO=1
 
Description Daan M. Arroo, Daniel C. Jones, Yongqiang Wen, and Neil McN. Alford Multidimensional spectroscopic and imaging microscope for investigation of point defects in diamond Annual Diamond conference Warwick 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Diamond Conference Warwick
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description E=MRS 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Conference presentation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Early Career Researchers Forum on Horizon Europe 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact A workshop with Minister George Freeman, MP, to discuss the path forward for the UK's investment in blue-skies research. This was primarily to discuss what the alternative to Horizon Europe would be if the UK does not become an Associate Country. The ideas contributed from us were on what makes the UK research environment world class, and how this could best be supported and strengthened in the future.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Electronic Materials and Applications (EMA 2019) - invited 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Talk on refractory applications of plasmonics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Google SciFoo Dr Jon Breeze invitation to participate 
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 From its inception in 2006, Sci Foo has always been hosted at Google's famed headquarters: the Googleplex. However, for this year's event, a larger Google venue - the secretive "X" (formerly "Google X") - played host to more than 300 attendees, who made up the largest invite list in Sci Foo's history. The halls of X, home of many ambitious "moonshots" like self-driving cars and Internet balloons, served as an inspiring backdrop for Sci Foo attendees.

Sci Foo is not your traditional scientific conference. The schedule, which is sprinkled with keynotes, lightning talks, and meal times, is otherwise open to be filled up with "unconference" sessions that the attendees themselves organize and run. Attendees are free to rove from session-to-session, and choose whichever ones grab their curiosity. Unconference sessions are by their nature unconstrained and may take the form of discussions, debates, or lectures. But the most successful and exciting sessions are always the ones that demand interactivity, and active participation from attendees of diverse backgrounds.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.digital-science.com/blog/guest/sci-foo-2018-changing-the-world-one-weekend-at-a-time/
 
Description Great Exhibition Road Fesival 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Imperial researchers participated in the Great Exhibition Road Festival on the 17th and 18th of June 2023. The Festival is a celebration of science and the arts led by Imperial College London and had an estimated 50,000 attendees.
Researchers from the Department of Materials presented their research on nanoscale engineering in the Festival's Smart Machines Zone. Their interactive demonstration included an introduction to the atom scale engineering achieved using the P-NAME ion implantation tool and a discussion of how small scale changes can dramatically alter material properties. The Shoebox Maser was exhibited as an example of how such nanoscale engineering can find practical applications in healthcare and quantum technology.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.greatexhibitionroadfestival.co.uk/
 
Description Imperial Invention Rooms - Half Term Workshop 
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 Imperial White City Invention Room provides half term workshops for local families and hope to inspire generations of inventors, entrepreneurs and makers from the local area and beyond. The science workshop introduced the concept of "nano" and highlighted some of the reseach being done by Material Scientists at Imperial through interactive demonstrations. Families then designed and made their own circuits.

Median feedback responses (1"disagree" - 5 "agree", n=16)
We had fun as a group: 5
The staff were friendly: 5
One day I could be a scientist: 4
Did you feel welcome in the space: 5
Overall session rating out of 5: 5
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/science-workshop-nano-circuits-tickets-736337153247?aff=erelexpmlt
 
Description Imperial Lates - Space 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Imperial researchers joined Imperial Lates this month, to demonstrate how their research can impact space communications. The evening involved a lively celebration of Space, with researchers showing live demonstrations to an enthusiastic audience, with an estimated 850 attendees. Demonstrations included a light to sound demo and the miniaturised diamond maser.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/169067/imperial-lates-space/
 
Description Imperial Lates: Tiny Science 
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 Imperial Lates is a themed outreach evening open to the general public where Imperial College London researchers can present and discuss their research. The theme of the November Lates was Tiny Science. Members of the NAME programme grant discussed the use of ion implantation in maser research through the use of a large scale "ion smash" game which demonstrated the principles and applications of the P-NAME ion implantation tool.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/152709/imperial-lates-tiny-science/
 
Description Imperial Lates: Tiny Science 
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 Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Imperial Lates is a themed outreach evening open to the general public where Imperial College London researchers can present and discuss their research. The theme of the November Lates was Tiny Science. Members of the NAME programme grant and Cryo EPS discussed the use of ion implantation in maser research through the use of a large scale "ion smash" game which demonstrated the principles and applications of the P-NAME ion implantation tool and the why we need cryogenic atomic scale microscopy to analyse these single ion implantation centres.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.imperial.ac.uk/events/152709/imperial-lates-tiny-science/
 
Description International Conference on Materials for Advanced Technologies - Dr Jon Breeze invited talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact The first 9 conferences in this biennial ICMAT series attracted more than 23,000 participants including 25 Nobel Laureates and hundreds of distinguished plenary & keynote speakers, in addition to thousands of invited speakers

The 10th conference had 45 technical symposia, 10 plenary lectures and several theme, keynote, invited, oral and poster presentations with the participation of 3,500 delegates internationally.

One of the largely participated conferences of its kind, each and every edition of this conference series remained as a premier scientific platform for both local and international materials scientists, engineers and technologists to share their expertise and knowledge.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://icmat2019.mrs.org.sg/
 
Description Invited lecture to the MatSize 4 workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Fourth International Workshop on Size-Dependent Effect in Materials for Environmental Protection and Energy Application (SizeMat 4) organised by the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry at the Bulgarian Academy of Science.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.bas.bg/?p=44202&lang=en
 
Description Invited talk at Solid State Ionics, Boston, July 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 50 participants attended the talk to hear about research we have been conducting in relation to O2 evolution catalysis
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Invited talk at the 13th META 2023 conference, Paris, France 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Petrov delivered an Invited talk at the 13th META 2023 conference, in Paris, France
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://metaconferences.org/META23/index.php/META/index
 
Description Jessica Boland - Impurity characterisation on nanometre length scales via near-field terahertz spectroscopy 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials Conference Royce/SPIE
7 - 8 September 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/advanced-electronic-and-photonic-materials?SSO=1
 
Description Joe Barker - Multiscale Modelling of magnetic materials 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials Conference Royce / SPIE
7 - 8 September 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/advanced-electronic-and-photonic-materials?SSO=1
 
Description Keynote talk at the 20TH SBMO/IEEE MTT-S INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE AND OPTOELECTRONICS CONFERENCE - IMOC 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Petrov delivered a Keynote talk at the 20TH SBMO/IEEE MTT-S INTERNATIONAL MICROWAVE AND OPTOELECTRONICS CONFERENCE - IMOC 2023
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.events.sbmo.org.br/imoc2023/home
 
Description Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology (KIAT) and Director General of the Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) 13 Sept 2023 
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 KIAT visited Royce Imperial, A2D & Imperial to explore finding partners with whom they can establish Korea-Global Industrial Technology Partnering Centre in Europe. The centre would act as a hub to make strong R&D collaboration between academics and Korean industry. The delegation wished to learn about Imperial's approach to industrial collaboration, how Royce Imperial fostered this and how it could accommodate the needs of Korean industry (joint R&D projects, replacement, and training of industrial researchers etc). Additionally, they wished to discover how Imperial's research excellence aligned with their interest in six key sectors, including semiconductors (not only transitional inorganic semiconductors but also molecular semiconductors), biotechnology, battery, autonomous driving, aeronautics, and robotics.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description MRS Fall 2022 meeting symposium organisation and chairing: Higher-Order Topological Structures in Real Space-From Charge to Spin 
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 The increasingly cross-disciplinary worldwide activity in materials research manifests itself every year in the MRS Fall Meetings. Featuring over 50 symposia and attended by as many as 6,000 researchers from every corner of the globe, the annual Fall Meeting in Boston's Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel is the preeminent annual event for those in the field of materials research. This symposium aims to bring together scientific experts and young scientists with an interest in topologically non-trivial charge and spin textures that arise in real space, fostering interactions and advancing knowledge of higher-order topological structures in ferroelectrics, multiferroics and magnetic materials.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.mrs.org/meetings-events/fall-meetings-exhibits/2022-mrs-fall-meeting/symposium-sessions/...
 
Description MRS Fall 2023 meeting symposium organisation and chairing: Higher-Order Topological Structures in Real Space-From Charge to Spin 
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 The increasingly cross-disciplinary worldwide activity in materials research manifests itself every year in the MRS Fall Meetings. Featuring over 50 symposia and attended by as many as 6,000 researchers from every corner of the globe, the annual Fall Meeting in Boston's Hynes Convention Center and Sheraton Boston Hotel is the preeminent annual event for those in the field of materials research.
This symposium aims to bring together scientific experts and young scientists with an interest in topologically non-trivial charge and spin textures that arise in real space, fostering interactions and advancing knowledge of higher-order topological structures in ferroelectrics, multiferroics and magnetic materials.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.mrs.org/meetings-events/fall-meetings-exhibits/2023-mrs-fall-meeting/call-for-papers/det...
 
Description MRS Spring 2023 Cryogenic TEM and APT symposium organisation and Chairing 
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 Organised and Chairing the MRS Spring 2023 symposium: Advances in Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopy for Quantum and Energy Materials
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.mrs.org/meetings-events/spring-meetings-exhibits/2023-mrs-spring-meeting/call-for-papers...
 
Description Magda Titirici - The next generation of sustainable and performant batteries: challenges, pitfalls, and progress 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials Conference Royce/SPIE
7 - 8 September 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/advanced-electronic-and-photonic-materials?SSO=1
 
Description Material Research Society Boston 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact MRS (Boston) - Ryan Bower (contributed paper)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Material Research Society Invited presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Plasmonics paper delivered by Peter Petrov and Ryan Bower
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
 
Description Materials Research Exchange 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact MRE 2020 took place on 18th - 20th February 2020 at the Business Design Centre in London. The event provides a platform to develop the commercial success of UK-generated materials innovation by showcasing ground-breaking new materials and their manufacturing processes to industry with the goal of accelerating bringing these to a commercialisation stage.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.materialsresearchexchange.co.uk/
 
Description Materials Research Society Boston Dr Jon Breeze invited talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact General dissemination of research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.mrs.org/fall2019
 
Description Materials for the energy transition Policy workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact A two hour workshop was held in collaboration with the energy futures lab at Imperial college London, to scope out policy suggestions to facilitate material science facilitation the energy transition. The workshop outputs are being written into a policy document which will be released in the summer of 2021
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Meeting a group of high school children 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact The aim was to to discuss careers in science and engineering with students rom under-represented backgrounds to promote mobility within STEM subjects
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://in2scienceuk.org
 
Description Metamaterials for NetZero 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Neil Alford gave a presentation on the possible use of metamaterials to achieve net zero. The four areas covered were
Thermoelectrics
Solar to radio frequency energy harvesting
Structured catalysts for hydrogen
Chargeless computing
This was followed by a day of discussion of the topics followed by action planning to take projects forward
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://metamaterials.network/home/conference/?highlight=%7Bsearch_term_string%7D%2Fuser%2FEric-Plum
 
Description Mete Atature - Shedding light on spins: Materials for quantum networks 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials Conference Royce/SPIE
7 - 8 September 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/advanced-electronic-and-photonic-materials?SSO=1
 
Description Neil Alford - Atoms to Devices and the Henry Royce Institute at "Design, synthesis and application of next-generation organic semiconductors" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact International conference 16-17 Sept held at Imperial's White City Campus "Design, synthesis and application of next-generation organic semiconductors"
This included a presentation of Royce and atoms to devices and a tour of the new Royce Facility at the Uren Hub in White City
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://allevents.in/london/design-synthesis-and-application-of-next-generation-organic-semiconducto...
 
Description Neil Alford - Presentation and lab tour of NAME and Royce to CNRS delegation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Presentation to a delegation from CNRS
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Neil Alford Presentation on Royce and on Quantum to NATO Deputy Permanent Representatives Committee 9 Dec 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentation re Royce and on Materials for Quantum
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.imperial.ac.uk/royce-facilities/
 
Description Organisation of the International Microscopy Conference EMAG 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact EMAG 2022 is the biennial focused meeting of the EMAG group of the IOP and will be held at Imperial College London. During this meeting, we will also be celebrating the 75th anniversary of the founding of the EM(A)G as an IOP group. This section of the event will be held at the Institute of Physics headquarters. The meeting will focus on multidimensional electron microscopy research.

Distinguished invited speakers will present recent advances in multidimensional electron microscopy research, alongside contributed oral presentations, flash talks and poster sessions. EMAG conferences are valued in particular for providing a platform for students to present their work, alongside more established researchers, in a friendly and supportive atmosphere. A table-top trade exhibition will also be held for delegates to explore the latest advances in electron microscopy instrumentation and software.

On the 7th of July, EMAG2022 meeting will be immediately followed up a 'town hall' style meeting jointly organized by EMAG, Royal Microscopy Society, SuperSTEM Facility at Daresbury and ePSIC Facility at Diamond. Immediately after hearing the current development in the UK in EMAG2022, the short 'town hall meeting is ideally position to kick start the consultation for a refresh of the UK EM roadmap for electron microscopy in the physical science (see details).'
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://iop.eventsair.com/emag2022
 
Description Outreach talk (Sutton Trust) 
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 A presentation on my research to high school students visiting the Department of Materials at Imperial College London through the Sutton Trust scheme
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Outreach workshop at School "Petko R Slaveykov", Varna 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Dr Ryan Bower, Dr Daniel Price and Dr Peter Petrov conducted an outreach workshop at School "Petko R Slaveykov" in Varna. The workshop, designed by Dr Eleonora D'Elia, introduced students to materials science at the nano-scale by exploring 'Materials Inspired by Nature'. Following the workshop, the students presented and discussed examples of 'The Magic of Light' from their recent science projects.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description PECAS International Summer School 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact OVer students attended two talks I gave at this summer school regarding my research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL http://pecas2022.dipc.org
 
Description Peter Haynes - Plenary Lecture: Materials for Quantum Technologies 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials Conference Royce/SPIE
7 - 8 September 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/advanced-electronic-and-photonic-materials?SSO=1
 
Description Peter Petrov - MRS Fall meeting 2022 : Deposition of Multilayer Graphene Using Pulsed Laser Deposition 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.mrs.org/meetings-events/fall-meetings-exhibits/2022-mrs-fall-meeting
 
Description Peter Petrov - MRS Fall meeting 2022 Barium Titanate Based Materials for Intelligent Thermoelectric Converters with Dynamic Workload Management 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.mrs.org/meetings-events/fall-meetings-exhibits/2022-mrs-fall-meeting
 
Description Peter Petrov - Presentation and lab tour of Royce and ROMANS to CNRS delegation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Presentation to a delegation from CNRS
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Peter Petrov demonstration of Royce TFDM Facility to NATO Deputy Permanent Representatives Committee 9 Dec 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentation of Royce TFDM Facility
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.imperial.ac.uk/royce-facilities/
 
Description Peter Petrov: "Gold nanoparticles' decorated plasmonic thin films" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Oral presentation delivered by Dr Peter Petrov at the 12th International Conference on HIPIMS: "Gold nanoparticles' decorated plasmonic thin films"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Peter Petrov: Invited Talk at IUVSTA Workshop: Plasmonic Thin Films: Theory Synthesis and Applications 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Peter Petrov: Invited Lecture - 95th IUVSTA Workshop: Plasmonic Thin Films: Theory Synthesis and Applications
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.lab4nano.com/home/index.php/95th-iuvsta-workshop
 
Description Peter Petrov: MetMAT 2022 Invited lecture: "Methods for Thin Films Deposition" 
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 Delivered Invited Lecture "Methods for Thin Films Deposition" at MetMAT 2022 Training School.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://twinteam.igic.bas.bg/speakers/
 
Description Photonic and OptoElectronic Materials Conference (POEM 2019) - invited 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Photonic and OptoElectronic Materials Conference (POEM 2019) - invited + contributed paper from Ryan Bower (he also won the Best Student presentation award)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Plenary Talk at Sanken Conference, Osaka Japan, January 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Over 1000 participants attended the talk to hear about research we have been conducting in my research group.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://sympo.isir-sanken.jp/events-sympo/26th-sympo/
 
Description Presentation on research at the Materials Society seminar series 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Presentation on my group's research into bismuth-based solar cells. This not only taught students the cutting edge in novel solar research, but also encouraged several students to approach my group for summer internships and to write about this as part of their 'Art of Research' project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Qiaomu Yao 1. Poster presentation "Strain-controlled gold nanoparticle growth and tunable optical responses on SrNbO3 thin films" 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact SPIE Royce Conference: Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials 7th-8th September
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Radio interview 
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 Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview on BBC Cymru radio show "Yfory Newydd" to discuss my general research
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000p5vj
 
Description Roadmap - Low loss Electronics 
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 Roadmap for the energy transition - Low Loss Electronics
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.royce.ac.uk/content/uploads/2020/10/M4ET-Low-Loss-Electronics-Roadmap.pdf
 
Description Roadmap Materials for the Energy Transition - Calorics 
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 Roadmap and publication
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.royce.ac.uk/content/uploads/2020/10/M4ET-Caloric-Energy-Conversion-Materials-roadmap.pdf
 
Description Roadmap: Materials for photovoltaic systems 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Raising awareness for the Material community
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.royce.ac.uk/content/uploads/2020/10/M4ET-Materials-for-Photovoltaic-Systems-Roadmap.pdf
 
Description Roadmapping: Materials for Low-Carbon Production of Hydrogen and Related Energy Carriers and Chemical Feedstocks 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Roadmapping for hydrogen economy
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.royce.ac.uk/content/uploads/2020/10/M4ET-Low-Carbon-Production-Hydrogen-Roadmap.pdf
 
Description Roadmapping: Materials for the Energy Transition- Thermoelectric Materials 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Roadmapping to raise community awareness
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.royce.ac.uk/content/uploads/2020/10/M4ET-Thermoelectric-Energy-Conversion-Materials-Road...
 
Description Rohit Chikkaraddy - Detecting the invisible at nanoscale 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials Conference Royce/SPIE
7 - 8 September 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/advanced-electronic-and-photonic-materials?SSO=1
 
Description Royal Society Summer Exhibition 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact RSSE data

Students* Teachers Public Subtotal (public, schools and media)
2002 262 10,123 12,438 1,224 13,611


What is a MASER? We've all heard of LASERs - the acronym stands for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation - that provide intense beams of light and represent a several billion-dollar industry. We use them everywhere from supermarket checkouts to CD players and eye surgery. But before the LASER, there was the MASER, where instead of visible light, microwaves were amplified. SoL for light and M for microwave The main difference is the frequency - our maser works at roughly the same frequency as your mobile phone 1.5 GHz.
What are they used for? Microwaves are used in communications, e.g. mobile phones and satellite networks and are good at getting information from A to B, even in challenging circumstances. And it doesn't get much more challenging than space. Yet with microwave technology, we can send images 225 million kilometers from Mars to Earth. We do this using MASERs, which take extremely weak signals and amplify them without adding noise.
What is the key advantage? It's all to do with signal to noise. Noise is the bane of electronic engineers. We see it on our TVs and hear it on our mobile phones and our radios. A maser can amplify the signal we want without adding noise. The images that were sent from the Rover on mars are transmitted using microwaves. These are picked up on Earth using a conventional maser that amplifies the miniscule signal (it's Attowatts 10-18 of a Watt) so that we can see the amazing images of Mars.
What's the big deal with your MASER?. The traditional masers need a magnetic field and need to be kept at cryogenic temperatures so they are bulky, costly and just too difficult - no prospect at all of mass production. Our maser doesn't need cooling and doesn't need a magnetic field and that means it can be miniaturised and mass produced.
What will it be used for? If we can amplify tiny signals and increase signal to noise then we can use them as very low noise amplifiers - these are found in all manner of electronic equipment but our noise floor is 2-3 orders of magnitude lower than the best semiconductor (high electron mobility transistors) available today. So for example we would get better images in a MRI machine or clearer communications. Already we can foresee additional applications for the re-engineered maser that include more sensitive medical scanners; chemical sensors for remotely detecting explosives; advanced quantum computer components; and better radio astronomy devices for potentially detecting life on other planets.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2017
URL https://royalsociety.org/science-events-and-lectures/2017/summer-science-exhibition/exhibits/amazing...
 
Description Royce TFDM Seminar - 10th June 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 Presentations from Dr Aleksandar Tsanev Institute of Inorganic and General Chemistry at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences : "Research Topics in the Laboratory of Electron Spectroscopy of Solid Surfaces" and Mohammad Al Thehaiban on thermoelectric capacitive converters.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Royce TFDM Seminar - 11th November 2022 
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 Thin Films Device Manufacturing Seminar with presentations from Ms Sarah Alodan (Dept of Materials) titled "Fabrication of 2D Material-Based Devices" and from Dr Freya Johnson (Physics Dept) titled "Identifying octupole antiferromagnetic domains by scanning anomalous Nernst effect microscopy".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Royce TFDM Seminar - 17th February 2023 
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 Royce TFDM Seminar with presentations from Prof Jung-Mu Kim, Full Professor at Jeonbuk National University, S Korea "Fabrication of Surface Plasmon Resonance sensor combined with MEMS actuator" and Dr Sami Ramadan, Dept of Materials, Imperial College London "Sensing of disease biomarkers using graphene field effect transistors".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Royce TFDM Seminar: Operando Characterisation & Thin Films - 20th January 2023 
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 Royce TFDM Seminar with presentations from Dr. Reshma Rao, Imperial College London: "Operando characterisation of electrochemical interfaces" and Dr Francesco Carlà, Principal Scientist from Beamline I07 at Diamond Light Source: "Surface diffraction and scattering for in situ and operando characterization of surface structure and reactivity".
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Ryan Bower "Temperature stability of individual plasmonic Au and TiN nanodiscs" " 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact SPIE Royce Conference: Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials 7th-8th September
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Ryan Bower - Transition metal nitrides as alternative materials for plasmonic devices SPIE/Royce conference presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials Conference
7 - 8 September 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/advanced-electronic-and-photonic-materials?SSO=1
 
Description Ryan Bower: Kingsbury High School Careers Week Presentations 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Imperial staff (Dr Bruno Rente, Dr Ryan Bower) each gave a 30 minute career presentation discussing their current work and answering questions from students at Kingsbury High School, London. Approximately 15 Year 7/8 students attended each career session.

Dr Freya Johnson also provided a brief description of her career that was included in the KHS Career Week bulletin, estimated to be read by ~700 students and staff.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description School Visit (Eton College) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact I was invited by Eton College to give a talk as part of their Science seminar series. c. 50 students and three teachers (including head of science) attended this evening talk, where I discussed my research activities in bismuth-based photovoltaics. This stimulated a wide interested from the students on photovoltaic technology, and the potential for indoor light harvesting for the Internet of Things. Importantly, it stimulated interest, awareness and excitement around Materials Science, with several students stating that they are keen on getting to know more about this subject.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Scientific Lead for Henry Royce Institute's "Materials for the Energy Transition: Materials for Low Carbon Methods for Generation of Hydrogen and Other Related Energy Carriers and Chemical Feedstocks" 
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 I was the Scientific Lead on this activity. I identified and enrolled around 40 participants from 20
academic institutions and six companies from across the UK. I presented the output to a webinar
with 400 participants from Government, industry and academia. The output is a report, which
was published in September 2020.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.royce.ac.uk/materials-for-low-carbon-production-of-hydrogen
 
Description Seminar at MIT 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact A seminar to around 30 resaerchers from the Electrochemical Energy Laboratory to disseminate my research..
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Seminar session with Imperial college's centre for plastic electronics 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Online seminar discussing the intersection between the Centre for Processible Electronics at imperial college and the Henry Royce Institute.
Speakers included; Professor James Durrant, FRS Professor of Photochemistry, Department of Chemistry. Dr Robert Hoye, Lecturer in the Department of Materials, and Dr Amy Nommeots-Nomm Research Development Manager for Department of Materials/Royce Institute
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Talk at the Bulgarian School "Ivan Stanchoff" at the Embassy of Bulgaria, London, UK 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Dr Petrov delivered a talk/presentation to 16 y.o. school pupils about the materials inspired by nature.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.schoolbgembassy.org.uk/single-post/%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%89%D0%B0-%D0%BD%D0%B0-7-%D0%B8-...
 
Description Times interview on Quantum at Imperial College 
Form Of Engagement Activity A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Interview by Tom Whipple of the Times
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/inside-the-quantum-research-centre-unlocking-a-new-scientific-fro...
 
Description Topical lecture delivered at the Twenty-third International Summer School on Vacuum, Electron, and Ion Technologies 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Petrov delivered a topical lecture at the Twenty-third International Summer School on Vacuum, Electron, and Ion Technologies
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.veit.ie-bas.org/
 
Description Training course on Thin film manufacturing technologies 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact A three-day training course on Thin film manufacturing technologies was delivered to the new undergraduate students, users of the Royce TFT facility, where they were trained on how to use equipment for thin film deposition, photolithography and ion milling.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Two presentations at the MRS - Fall meeting 2023, Boston, MA, USA 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Dr Petrov delivered two talks at the MRS - Fall meeting 2023, Boston, MA, USA
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.mrs.org/meetings-events/fall-meetings-exhibits/2023-mrs-fall-meeting
 
Description Undergraduate research opportunity placement (UROP) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Three UG students were offered UROP internships, where they were trained and carried our research work on topics related to the on-going research project.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Wern Ng Zero-field NV diamond as a benchtop microwave mode cooler for reaching the single-photon limit Annual Diamond Conference at Warwick 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Annual Conference on Diamond
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Wern Ng, Mark Oxborrow, Neil Alford Zero-field NV diamond as a benchtop microwave mode cooler for reaching the single-photon limit, Diamond Conference Warwick 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Diamond Conference Warwick
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Will Parnell - The mathematics of (Meta)materials 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Advanced Electronic and Photonic Materials Conference Royce/SPIE
7 - 8 September 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Work experience (School pupils) 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Two school pupils were offered work experience placements, where they observed the ongoing research and participated in the group meetings and seminars.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Yi Cui - Grain refinement of gold alloys by iridium additions 6th International Conference on Advances in Solidification Processes (ICASP6). Le Bischenberg, France, 20th-24th June 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact 6th International Conference on Advances in Solidification Processes (ICASP6). Le Bischenberg, France, 20th-24th June 2022
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description YouTube Video "The maser goes mainstream", produced by Nature with 160,000+ views 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Considerable press interest/radio interviews
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2018
URL https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07890-0
 
Description conference and panel membership 
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 Green Future conference theme is incredibly timely and relevant to global society and recognises that now is the time the world needs to go further and faster to tackle climate change. The UK Government has set an ambitious target to reduce all greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050. Innovation will be crucial in achieving this target and tackling climate change from early-stage R&D to deployment of technology at scale. New knowledge, technologies, skilled people and multi and interdisciplinary partnerships are needed to keep the UK at the forefront of a new, green, industrial revolution.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.shu.ac.uk/business/events/aimday-2022