Invited Renewal Proposal: EPSRC Fellowships in Manufacturing: Additive nanomanufacturing techniques for integrated device fabrication

Lead Research Organisation: University of Oxford
Department Name: Materials

Abstract

The United Nations University in Tokyo has estimated that an average 2 g silicon chip utilizes 1.6 kg of fossil fuels, 73 g of chemicals and 32 kg of water. This kind of waste is unprecedented in heavy manufacturing. For example, in car manufacturing the ratio of finished goods to waste is roughly equal. This is primarily because the nanomanufacturing technology used thus far is a layer-by-layer additive and subtractive process. As dimensions become increasingly small, the additive layers are increasingly smaller. Hence more subtractive waste is generated (as efficiencies are not one-to-one with further size scaling). Innovations thus far in nanomanufacturing have focused mostly on reducing feature sizes, which have now reached remarkably small dimensions, where further scaling will not deliver increased performance. This opens up the possibility of updating existing electronics, as functionality rather than scaling (or the feature size node) is the main driver. Meanwhile in academia, considerable research into self-assembly of nanoscale particles has also been of interest. With the renewal of this fellowship, I intend to advance developments during the last four years, not only within my group, but worldwide, towards integration of two or more additive nanomanufacturing processes to create functional devices. This research is supported substantially by industrial partners, to the tune of £339,700, underlining the significance of the research in industry.

Planned Impact

EPSRC outlines in its strategic plan, the prosperity outcomes it seeks over the next 3 years, where it is specified that the future competitiveness and creativity of the UK economy will require the successful development of world-leading products, processes and technology based on the discovery and innovation in the mathematical and physical sciences, information and computing technologies, and engineering. The proposed research will lead to a healthier, resilient and more connected nation by enabling printing of electronic components on any surface, being able to eventually have a process that can be applied to biological systems at the very small scales, and by cutting the environmental costs of rapid prototyping at the nanoscale. Specifically, the fellowship extension will address this requirement by carrying out research in innovative, disruptive technologies, allow for Business innovation via digital transformation as all of the developed processes can be controlled digitally and also allow transformation to a sustainable society by cutting environmental waste of fabrication. Crucially it addresses a core need (Ambition P3 of EPSRC's "Productive Nation" outcomes of its delivery plan) to "make it local, make it bespoke" approaches. This fellowship intends to build processes and techniques that would allow this to happen at the nanoscale for the very first time in an integrated manner.

Publications

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Aggarwal S (2024) All optical tunable RF filter using elemental antimony in Nanophotonics

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Aggarwal S (2022) Antimony as a Programmable Element in Integrated Nanophotonics. in Nano letters

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Aggarwal S (2023) Reduced rank photonic computing accelerator in Optica

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Ali U (2022) A Universal Pick-and-Place Assembly for Nanowires in Small

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Ali UE (2022) Real-time nanomechanical property modulation as a framework for tunable NEMS. in Nature communications

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Brückerhoff-Plückelmann F (2022) Broadband photonic tensor core with integrated ultra-low crosstalk wavelength multiplexers in Nanophotonics

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Brückerhoff-Plückelmann F (2021) Chalcogenide phase-change devices for neuromorphic photonic computing in Journal of Applied Physics

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Brückerhoff-Plückelmann F (2023) Event-driven adaptive optical neural network in Science Advances

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Carrillo S (2019) Behavioral modeling of integrated phase-change photonic devices for neuromorphic computing applications in APL Materials

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Carrillo S (2021) System-Level Simulation for Integrated Phase-Change Photonics in Journal of Lightwave Technology

 
Title E\PCOS 2022 - Art & Engineering - An exhibition of visual art 
Description For E\PCOS 2022 at Wolfson College Oxford, Artist in Residence, Méadhbh O'Connor, in collaboration with Harish Bhaskaran and his research group, is delighted to present an exhibition of visual art. This interim exhibition by Méadhbh marks an artist's impression from the many conversations shared on creativity, the role of the engineer in society and on teamwork. The genesis of anything new - a tool to be used, a work of art to be observed, an idea to be put into action - begins with the act of creation. Creativity, the fusion of two or more previously unrelated things, a reconfiguring of existing parts, the constant cycle of revision, improvement and invention, lies at the core of human endeavour. There is an association between high creativity and engineering that is sometmes not apparent in the minds of those outside the field. We want to change this perception and have begun with the help of an artst. Plotted in various points throughout the conference venue, the artworks take the form of textiles, flags, seating and abstract sculptures made using materials such as ribbon cable, copper and aluminium tape, cable sheathing, composite scientific and abstract imagery, Rexroth components and other parts. The work is intended as a playful take on the lab environment, the Advanced Nanoscale Engineering Group as a team in the historic setting of Oxford and creativity as an enduring, evolving process. 
Type Of Art Artistic/Creative Exhibition 
Year Produced 2022 
Impact Discussion, requests for artworks to utilised further within the University as a whole. 
 
Description - The world's first pick-and-place technique to place nanowires at will and create functional working devices. The outcomes showed a low-power tunable resonator for use in future secure communications, for example.
- The world's first water-based nano lithography technique, eliminating the need for solvents in a process. Not only is this more sustainable and environmentally friendly, we also showed that for emerging 2D devices, this results in better performance.
- The world's first nanocalligraohy technique reaching a resolution of under 50 nm - a world first.
- 1 spinout company in AI-chips (Salience Labs) which has raised over $11 million.
Exploitation Route Our work collectively would inspire next generation sustainable manufacturing of semiconductor chips, potentially creating a new innovative landscape for manufacturing research that does not require billion dollar factories, especially for high-value items and security-relevant products.
Sectors Aerospace

Defence and Marine

Creative Economy

Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software)

Electronics

Energy

Environment

Healthcare

Manufacturing

including Industrial Biotechology

Culture

Heritage

Museums and Collections

Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology

Retail

Security and Diplomacy
URL https://nanoeng.materials.ox.ac.uk
 
Description Without advanced nanomanufacturing techniques, the opportunity to achieve new innovations and breakthroughs in nanotechnology will be lost. The global semiconductor market size has reached US$ 580.13 billion in 2022 and is expected to grow to US$ 1380.79 billion in 2029. However, it is estimated that the semiconductor industry generates several million tons of solid waste and billions of litres of liquid waste every year. Although the industry has made strict environmental regulations to reduce the impact by recycling and reusing the waste, there is still a lack of measures needed to be taken to minimise waste at the source. Therefore, this grant focused on out-of-the-box thinking on novel techniques for sustainable nanomanufacturing. Pre-2019 (work on the original fellowship, prior to the renewal) Our work started with the previous version of this renewal proposal, in 2013 (the original proposal start year) when a DPhil student worked on manipulating nanoparticles using the new approach of combining voltage-driven electric fields with chemically functional monolayers. Subsequently, a postdoctoral researcher reviewed the state-of-the-art nanomanufacturing techniques and we reached the conclusion that a technique called electrohydrodynamic jet (EHD) printing provided the best potential to offer a low-cost, accessible and energy-efficient way to directly build high-resolution nanoscale structures on both rigid and flexible substrates. We then purpose built a EHD printer, which opened a new chapter in our exploration of nanomanufacturing. The group subsequently reviewed a highly cited paper on the field of additive nanomanufacturing, popularizing that term in the Journal of Materials Research; the postdoc who worked on it (Daniel Engstrom) obtained a coveted lecturer position at Loughborough University, where he now leads a group of his own. In 2015, Nhlakanipho Mkhize (Nipho), a Rhodes scholar worked on the project, specifically on EHD printing and made incredible inroads in EHD printing for flexible technologies. Working across the fellowship and the WAFT collaboration, we recognized an interesting intersectional opportunity to use EHD printing of a conductive polymer polyaniline to build a flexible, high-sensitivity ammonia gas sensor - this was because of interactions with dstl. After start of Renewal: The insights gained during the time working on EHD printing were so impactful, that we published them as a review in Small Science; this work has been recognised as a top cited paper in 2021-2022. IN addition, the work done intersectional on ammonia sensing on flexible substrates within the EPSRC-WAFT programme also benefitted from this development, with a published study on an ammonia sensor made using EHD printing, showing huge intersectional impact across programmes. The renewal proposal was of course targeting sustainability using new insights. We thus shifted our attention to reducing the negative impact of massive hazardous chemical waste generation during nano fabrication processes. Therefore we focused our work on sustainable nanomanufacturing approaches, primarily by minimising the use of hazardous chemicals (this is the recommended best-practice). This required breakthrough thinking. Another DPhil student working on the project developed an environmental-friendly, mechanical lithography technique with 310-nm resolution which replaces commonly used organic solvents by water during the fabrication process. This was a world-first demonstration, and the work was extremely well received and is now spawning new collaborations with companies such as PragmatIC. In tandem, with no chemicals involved, through another DPhil project, the group demonstrated a universal method for nanowire pick-and-place in ambient conditions and built a tunable nanoelectromechanical system based on phase-change nanowires - the world's first tunable resonator. This was featured across the world in several news articles (e.g. Press release at https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-09-29-discovery-new-nanowire-assembly-process-could-enable-more-powerful-computer-chips). The group has thus, using the resources provided by the fellowships, created the first steps towards integrated processes for additive nanomanufacturing. In the process, they have pioneered an entire suite of sustainable nanomanufacturing techniques, some of which could be adopted in industry in the coming years through further research. During this process, the group has created a world-leading hub for pioneering research in this area. Indeed, through this fellowship, we have not just used science to showcase our impact, but we have merged science and engineering with art - in one prominent case, we showcased our research through the visual art form of calligraphy. Partnering with the world's top calligraphy artist, Majid Alyousef, to create nanoscale components using a brand new nanomanufacturing technique. This work was subsequently widely featured by the group's artist-in-residence (whose work was also part of the fellowship), part of which is detailed in her blog article here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/features/mark-making-artist-s-impression-inside-oxford-s-bhaskaran-lab The work benefitted from close collaboration with industrial scientists, particularly partners IBM Research, Asylum Research (Oxford Instruments), PragmatIC and [dstl]; those links continue to be maintained and further research (such as through a new EPSRC grant, EP/W034387/1) may well place such techniques into process flows in commercial settings.
First Year Of Impact 2019
Sector Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Energy,Environment,Leisure Activities, including Sports, Recreation and Tourism,Government, Democracy and Justice,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Culture, Heritage, Museums and Collections,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology,Security and Diplomacy
Impact Types Cultural

Societal

Economic

Policy & public services
 
Description Microsoft EMEA Studentship
Amount £108,000 (GBP)
Organisation Microsoft Research 
Sector Private
Country Global
Start 01/2021 
End 01/2024
 
Description EPSRC Fellow in Manufacturing - Industrial Partners 
Organisation IBM
Department IBM Research Zurich
Country Switzerland 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution My Advanced Nanoscale Engineering Group researches the self-assembly of nanoscale particles and develops techniques using chemistry to make particles arrange themselves in pre-determined patterns. In this fellowship, I intend to advance these developments towards a directed, additive nanomanufacturing technique using nanoscale probes to pick and place nanoparticles. The Industrial Partners show interest in the manufacture of new devices with increased functionality.
Collaborator Contribution The nanomanufacturing technology used thus far is a layer-by-layer additive and subtractive process. Innovations in nanomanufacturing have focused mostly on reducing feature sizes, which have now reached remarkably small dimensions; further scaling will not necessarily deliver increased performance. This opens up the possibility of updating existing electronics, as functionality rather than scaling (or the feature size node) is the main driver. These Industrial Partners conduct state-of-the-art research in this direction and support me with discussions, industrial and market insights.
Impact High standard journal papers and invited talks in prestigious conferences.
Start Year 2013
 
Description EPSRC Fellow in Manufacturing - Industrial Partners 
Organisation Oxford Instruments Asylum Research
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution My Advanced Nanoscale Engineering Group researches the self-assembly of nanoscale particles and develops techniques using chemistry to make particles arrange themselves in pre-determined patterns. In this fellowship, I intend to advance these developments towards a directed, additive nanomanufacturing technique using nanoscale probes to pick and place nanoparticles. The Industrial Partners show interest in the manufacture of new devices with increased functionality.
Collaborator Contribution The nanomanufacturing technology used thus far is a layer-by-layer additive and subtractive process. Innovations in nanomanufacturing have focused mostly on reducing feature sizes, which have now reached remarkably small dimensions; further scaling will not necessarily deliver increased performance. This opens up the possibility of updating existing electronics, as functionality rather than scaling (or the feature size node) is the main driver. These Industrial Partners conduct state-of-the-art research in this direction and support me with discussions, industrial and market insights.
Impact High standard journal papers and invited talks in prestigious conferences.
Start Year 2013
 
Description EPSRC Fellow in Manufacturing - Industrial Partners 
Organisation iNets South West
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution My Advanced Nanoscale Engineering Group researches the self-assembly of nanoscale particles and develops techniques using chemistry to make particles arrange themselves in pre-determined patterns. In this fellowship, I intend to advance these developments towards a directed, additive nanomanufacturing technique using nanoscale probes to pick and place nanoparticles. The Industrial Partners show interest in the manufacture of new devices with increased functionality.
Collaborator Contribution The nanomanufacturing technology used thus far is a layer-by-layer additive and subtractive process. Innovations in nanomanufacturing have focused mostly on reducing feature sizes, which have now reached remarkably small dimensions; further scaling will not necessarily deliver increased performance. This opens up the possibility of updating existing electronics, as functionality rather than scaling (or the feature size node) is the main driver. These Industrial Partners conduct state-of-the-art research in this direction and support me with discussions, industrial and market insights.
Impact High standard journal papers and invited talks in prestigious conferences.
Start Year 2013
 
Description Fun-Comp 
Organisation IBM
Department IBM Research Zurich
Country Switzerland 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Functionally scaled computing technology: From novel devices to non-von Neumann architectures and algorithms for a connected intelligent world. The Fun-COMP project aims to develop a new wave of industry-relevant technologies that will extend the limits facing mainstream processing and storage approaches. We will do this by delivering innovative nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices and systems that fuse together the core information processing tasks of computing and memory, that incorporate in hardware the ability to learn adapt and evolve, that are designed from the bottom-up to take advantage of the huge benefits, in terms of increases in speed/bandwidth and reduction in power consumption, promised by the emergence of Silicon photonic systems. We will develop basic information processing building blocks that draw inspiration from biological approaches, providing computing primitives that can mimic the essential features of brain-like synapses and neurons to deliver a new foundation for fast, low-power, functionally-scaled computing based around non-von Neumann approaches. We will combine such computing primitives into reconfigurable integrated processing networks that can implement in hardware novel, intelligent, self-learning and adaptive computational approaches - including spiking neural networks, computing-in-memory and autonomous reservoir computing - and that are capable of addressing complex real-world computational problems in fast, energy-efficient ways. We will address the application of our novel technologies to future computing imperatives, including the analysis and exploitation of 'big data' and the ubiquity of computing arising from the 'Internet of Things'. To realise our goals we bring together a world-leading consortium of industrial and academic researchers whose current work in the development of future information processing and storage technologies defines the state-of-the-art.
Collaborator Contribution Research
Impact N/A
Start Year 2018
 
Description Fun-Comp 
Organisation Interuniversity Micro-Electronics Centre
Country Belgium 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Functionally scaled computing technology: From novel devices to non-von Neumann architectures and algorithms for a connected intelligent world. The Fun-COMP project aims to develop a new wave of industry-relevant technologies that will extend the limits facing mainstream processing and storage approaches. We will do this by delivering innovative nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices and systems that fuse together the core information processing tasks of computing and memory, that incorporate in hardware the ability to learn adapt and evolve, that are designed from the bottom-up to take advantage of the huge benefits, in terms of increases in speed/bandwidth and reduction in power consumption, promised by the emergence of Silicon photonic systems. We will develop basic information processing building blocks that draw inspiration from biological approaches, providing computing primitives that can mimic the essential features of brain-like synapses and neurons to deliver a new foundation for fast, low-power, functionally-scaled computing based around non-von Neumann approaches. We will combine such computing primitives into reconfigurable integrated processing networks that can implement in hardware novel, intelligent, self-learning and adaptive computational approaches - including spiking neural networks, computing-in-memory and autonomous reservoir computing - and that are capable of addressing complex real-world computational problems in fast, energy-efficient ways. We will address the application of our novel technologies to future computing imperatives, including the analysis and exploitation of 'big data' and the ubiquity of computing arising from the 'Internet of Things'. To realise our goals we bring together a world-leading consortium of industrial and academic researchers whose current work in the development of future information processing and storage technologies defines the state-of-the-art.
Collaborator Contribution Research
Impact N/A
Start Year 2018
 
Description Fun-Comp 
Organisation National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS)
Country France 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Functionally scaled computing technology: From novel devices to non-von Neumann architectures and algorithms for a connected intelligent world. The Fun-COMP project aims to develop a new wave of industry-relevant technologies that will extend the limits facing mainstream processing and storage approaches. We will do this by delivering innovative nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices and systems that fuse together the core information processing tasks of computing and memory, that incorporate in hardware the ability to learn adapt and evolve, that are designed from the bottom-up to take advantage of the huge benefits, in terms of increases in speed/bandwidth and reduction in power consumption, promised by the emergence of Silicon photonic systems. We will develop basic information processing building blocks that draw inspiration from biological approaches, providing computing primitives that can mimic the essential features of brain-like synapses and neurons to deliver a new foundation for fast, low-power, functionally-scaled computing based around non-von Neumann approaches. We will combine such computing primitives into reconfigurable integrated processing networks that can implement in hardware novel, intelligent, self-learning and adaptive computational approaches - including spiking neural networks, computing-in-memory and autonomous reservoir computing - and that are capable of addressing complex real-world computational problems in fast, energy-efficient ways. We will address the application of our novel technologies to future computing imperatives, including the analysis and exploitation of 'big data' and the ubiquity of computing arising from the 'Internet of Things'. To realise our goals we bring together a world-leading consortium of industrial and academic researchers whose current work in the development of future information processing and storage technologies defines the state-of-the-art.
Collaborator Contribution Research
Impact N/A
Start Year 2018
 
Description Fun-Comp 
Organisation Thales Group
Country France 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution Functionally scaled computing technology: From novel devices to non-von Neumann architectures and algorithms for a connected intelligent world. The Fun-COMP project aims to develop a new wave of industry-relevant technologies that will extend the limits facing mainstream processing and storage approaches. We will do this by delivering innovative nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices and systems that fuse together the core information processing tasks of computing and memory, that incorporate in hardware the ability to learn adapt and evolve, that are designed from the bottom-up to take advantage of the huge benefits, in terms of increases in speed/bandwidth and reduction in power consumption, promised by the emergence of Silicon photonic systems. We will develop basic information processing building blocks that draw inspiration from biological approaches, providing computing primitives that can mimic the essential features of brain-like synapses and neurons to deliver a new foundation for fast, low-power, functionally-scaled computing based around non-von Neumann approaches. We will combine such computing primitives into reconfigurable integrated processing networks that can implement in hardware novel, intelligent, self-learning and adaptive computational approaches - including spiking neural networks, computing-in-memory and autonomous reservoir computing - and that are capable of addressing complex real-world computational problems in fast, energy-efficient ways. We will address the application of our novel technologies to future computing imperatives, including the analysis and exploitation of 'big data' and the ubiquity of computing arising from the 'Internet of Things'. To realise our goals we bring together a world-leading consortium of industrial and academic researchers whose current work in the development of future information processing and storage technologies defines the state-of-the-art.
Collaborator Contribution Research
Impact N/A
Start Year 2018
 
Description Fun-Comp 
Organisation University of Exeter
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Functionally scaled computing technology: From novel devices to non-von Neumann architectures and algorithms for a connected intelligent world. The Fun-COMP project aims to develop a new wave of industry-relevant technologies that will extend the limits facing mainstream processing and storage approaches. We will do this by delivering innovative nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices and systems that fuse together the core information processing tasks of computing and memory, that incorporate in hardware the ability to learn adapt and evolve, that are designed from the bottom-up to take advantage of the huge benefits, in terms of increases in speed/bandwidth and reduction in power consumption, promised by the emergence of Silicon photonic systems. We will develop basic information processing building blocks that draw inspiration from biological approaches, providing computing primitives that can mimic the essential features of brain-like synapses and neurons to deliver a new foundation for fast, low-power, functionally-scaled computing based around non-von Neumann approaches. We will combine such computing primitives into reconfigurable integrated processing networks that can implement in hardware novel, intelligent, self-learning and adaptive computational approaches - including spiking neural networks, computing-in-memory and autonomous reservoir computing - and that are capable of addressing complex real-world computational problems in fast, energy-efficient ways. We will address the application of our novel technologies to future computing imperatives, including the analysis and exploitation of 'big data' and the ubiquity of computing arising from the 'Internet of Things'. To realise our goals we bring together a world-leading consortium of industrial and academic researchers whose current work in the development of future information processing and storage technologies defines the state-of-the-art.
Collaborator Contribution Research
Impact N/A
Start Year 2018
 
Description Fun-Comp 
Organisation University of Münster
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Functionally scaled computing technology: From novel devices to non-von Neumann architectures and algorithms for a connected intelligent world. The Fun-COMP project aims to develop a new wave of industry-relevant technologies that will extend the limits facing mainstream processing and storage approaches. We will do this by delivering innovative nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices and systems that fuse together the core information processing tasks of computing and memory, that incorporate in hardware the ability to learn adapt and evolve, that are designed from the bottom-up to take advantage of the huge benefits, in terms of increases in speed/bandwidth and reduction in power consumption, promised by the emergence of Silicon photonic systems. We will develop basic information processing building blocks that draw inspiration from biological approaches, providing computing primitives that can mimic the essential features of brain-like synapses and neurons to deliver a new foundation for fast, low-power, functionally-scaled computing based around non-von Neumann approaches. We will combine such computing primitives into reconfigurable integrated processing networks that can implement in hardware novel, intelligent, self-learning and adaptive computational approaches - including spiking neural networks, computing-in-memory and autonomous reservoir computing - and that are capable of addressing complex real-world computational problems in fast, energy-efficient ways. We will address the application of our novel technologies to future computing imperatives, including the analysis and exploitation of 'big data' and the ubiquity of computing arising from the 'Internet of Things'. To realise our goals we bring together a world-leading consortium of industrial and academic researchers whose current work in the development of future information processing and storage technologies defines the state-of-the-art.
Collaborator Contribution Research
Impact N/A
Start Year 2018
 
Description Fun-Comp 
Organisation University of Oxford
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution Functionally scaled computing technology: From novel devices to non-von Neumann architectures and algorithms for a connected intelligent world. The Fun-COMP project aims to develop a new wave of industry-relevant technologies that will extend the limits facing mainstream processing and storage approaches. We will do this by delivering innovative nanoelectronic and nanophotonic devices and systems that fuse together the core information processing tasks of computing and memory, that incorporate in hardware the ability to learn adapt and evolve, that are designed from the bottom-up to take advantage of the huge benefits, in terms of increases in speed/bandwidth and reduction in power consumption, promised by the emergence of Silicon photonic systems. We will develop basic information processing building blocks that draw inspiration from biological approaches, providing computing primitives that can mimic the essential features of brain-like synapses and neurons to deliver a new foundation for fast, low-power, functionally-scaled computing based around non-von Neumann approaches. We will combine such computing primitives into reconfigurable integrated processing networks that can implement in hardware novel, intelligent, self-learning and adaptive computational approaches - including spiking neural networks, computing-in-memory and autonomous reservoir computing - and that are capable of addressing complex real-world computational problems in fast, energy-efficient ways. We will address the application of our novel technologies to future computing imperatives, including the analysis and exploitation of 'big data' and the ubiquity of computing arising from the 'Internet of Things'. To realise our goals we bring together a world-leading consortium of industrial and academic researchers whose current work in the development of future information processing and storage technologies defines the state-of-the-art.
Collaborator Contribution Research
Impact N/A
Start Year 2018
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation BASF
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Bodle Technologies Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Centre for Process Innovation (CPI)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation CreaPhys GmbH
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Eckersley O'Callaghan
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Fraunhofer Society
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Heliatek GmbH
Country Germany 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation IBM
Department IBM Research Zurich
Country Switzerland 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Kurt J Lesker Company
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Msolv Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Oxford Instruments
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Oxford Instruments Asylum Research
Country United States 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Oxford Photovoltaics
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Oxford Photovoltaics
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Plasma App Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Pragmatic Printing Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation SONY
Country Japan 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Sharp Laboratories of Europe Ltd
Country United Kingdom 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology
Country Switzerland 
Sector Charity/Non Profit 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation University of Münster
Country Germany 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Description WAFT Industrial Partners 
Organisation University of Pennsylvania
Country United States 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution The WAFT Research Team works in four research strands contributing to experimental research in metrology for process control and waste reduction, developing the flexible and functional components integration, focusing on modelling and reliability and scale-up via Roll-to-Roll process development.
Collaborator Contribution The WAFT IAB's purpose is to strengthen the WAFT research project by advising, assisting, supporting and advocating on the formulation of goals, objectives, priorities and plans for this exploratory programme and research. The WAFT IAB has no legislative, administrative or programmatic authority and is advisory only. Members are volunteers who share expert knowledge of the research or product development tasks and competency requirements for specific research outputs. The role of the Industry Advisory Board is to facilitate the exchange of ideas between the board members, the academic staff and the students in the WAFT Project. The WAFT IAB members bring a wide range of backgrounds and real-world experience to the table; these can be applied to situations faced by the team. The IAB members can also act as mentors to students in specific areas. In addition to their expertise and advice, IAB members can provide a wealth of other resources such as networking contacts, sponsorship, employment/volunteer experiences, access to facilities or equipment to name a few.
Impact Industrial Advisory Board Meeting with Science Meeting was held in October 2015 with 33 delegates. The WAFT Scientific Meeting was held in October 2016 with 55 delegates from the academic and industrial partners. The number of industrial partner companies increased from 8 to 17 over a year, and 15 industrial partner representatives attended the WAFT Industrial Advisory Board Meeting on 21 October 2016. The number of industrial partner increased to 20 in 2017. The WAFT Annual Meeting showcased 10 academic talks and 3 presentations from Industrial Partners: BASF, Oxford Instruments (Asylum Research), Fraunhofer FEPP and closed with a poster session.
Start Year 2015
 
Title Tuneable Optical Coatings 
Description A new concept for tuneable optical coatings based on lossless phase change materials that show strong coupling between their structural and optical properties. 
IP Reference United Kingdom Patent Application No. 1908145.4 
Protection Patent application published
Year Protection Granted 2019
Licensed No
Impact Nothing yet.
 
Description 12th International Workshop on Materials Behaviour at the Micro and nano Scale, China 
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 Faciliated discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description 2022 MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit, May 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Presentation: On-Demand Modifications of Thin-Film Transistors for Label-Free Biosensing Applications.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description 2nd Workshop on Neuromorphic Photonics and Applications 
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 This is the workshop that many professionals from academia and industry attend and discuss the state-of-the-art neuromorphic computing and photonic nanotechnology. This is the international workshop, so it can initiate a number of collaborative research work afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://neoterich2020.eu/2023/03/01/2nd-workshop-on-neuromorphic-photonics-and-applications/
 
Description 6th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Design for Robust and Efficient Neuromorphic Photonic Accelerator (Oral)
Samarth Aggarwal, Bowei Dong, June Sang Lee and Mengyun Wang (University of Oxford,
United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Andrew Katumba (Gent University & IMEC, Belgium); Peter Bienstman
(Gent University - imec, Belgium); Harish Bhaskaran (Oxford University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://ieee-icee.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Final-Detailed-IEEE-ICEE-Program-and-Abstract-Bookl...
 
Description 6th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Electronics 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Invited Speaker: Photonic Computing - Devices for future systems.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://ieee-icee.org/
 
Description A talk or presentation - A talk or presentation - International Workshop of Physical Computing, Italy - Poster Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Samarth Aggarwal, Yuhan He, Iman Esmaeil Zadeh, Harish Bhaskaran* Reconfigurable Silicon Carbide photonics using Phase change materials
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description A talk or presentation - International Workshop of Physical Computing, Italy - Poster Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Utku Emre Ali, Gaurav Modi, Ritesh Agarwal and Harish Bhaskaran* Phase Change Nanowires as Tunable NEMS
Sparked discussion and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Artist in Residence Meadhbh O'Connor's Insight Blog 
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 On Mark Making: An artist's Impression from insitde Oxford's Bhaskaran Lab
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/features/mark-making-artist-s-impression-inside-oxford-s-bhaskaran-lab?fbc...
 
Description Cambridge Graphene CDT Adv. Tech Lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact A high profile talk discussing the fundamentals of the research condcuted in the Advanced Nanoscale Engineering Group for the past decade - for those interested in the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Trainng in Graphene Technology. Sparked questions and discussions afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.graphene.cam.ac.uk/files/ea2022.pdf
 
Description Collaboration agreement with Digital University Kerala Oxford - Kerala Agreement 
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 Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Press release: On 11 October 2022 the University of Oxford entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology (DUK), to advance research and academic exchange in the fields of nanotechnology, AI, sustainability, digital health and innovation. Professor Harish Bhaskaran has been leading this initiative, and can be seen to the far left hand side of the photograph showing representatives* from the two institutions displaying the signed copies of the MoU.

You can read more about this exciting development on the MPLS website: 'Oxford to collaborate with Digital University Kerala on nanotechnology, AI, sustainability, digital health, and innovation'.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/latest/news/university-of-oxford-to-collaborate-with-digital-university-ke...
 
Description Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact M. Wang† , J. S. Lee† , S. Aggarwal, N. Farmakidis, Y. He, T. Cheng and H. Bhaskaran* Reconfigurable metasurfaces based on low-loss phase change material Sb2Se3, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, USA, 7-12 May 2022. Oral presentation (online).
Spaked discussion and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Gave a talk online in CLEO conference with over 50 participants from industry and academia.
Ultrafast Switching in Integrated Photonics using Antimony
Questions and discussions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/9891445
 
Description Discovery of new nanowire assembly process could enable more powerful computer chips 
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 Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Researchers from Oxford University's Department of Materials have developed a technique to precisely manipulate and place nanowires with sub-micron accuracy. This discovery could accelerate the development of even smaller and more powerful computer chips.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-09-29-discovery-new-nanowire-assembly-process-could-enable-more-power...
 
Description ECOC 2020 - Virtual Workshop: Functional materials enable superior tensor cores to back propagation free photonic computing hardware 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Discussion from industry/academic experts to spark discussion around the topic of Pathway to Bring Photonics in High Performance Computing: from Materials to Applications
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://ecoco2020.org/index.php/programme/sunday-workshops
 
Description EPCOS 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Hosted the European Phase-Change and Ovonics Symposium in Oxford. A three-day event with lectures and poster presentations including a dinner. Attended by over 200 both in person and virtually.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://epcos2020.web.ox.ac.uk/
 
Description EPCOS 2022 Poster Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Poster presentation at EPCOS conference , presented a paper title Reconfigurable Silicon Carbide Photonics using Phase Change Materials
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description EPCOS 2022 Poster Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Yuhan He, Nikolaos Farmakidis, Samarth Aggarwal, June Sang Lee, Mengyun Wang, Harish Bhaskaran1* Ultra-Efficient Plasmonic Phase-Change Devices by Improved Mode Coupling, E\PCOS 2022, Oxford, UK, 13 - 19 September 2022. Poster presentation.
Sparked discussion and questioning
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description EPCOS 2022 Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact "Polarization-selective tunability in phase-change nanowires", June Sang Lee, Nikolaos Farmakidis, C David Wright, and Harish Bhaskaran, EPCOS 2022, 18-21st September 2022, Oxford, UK (Oral presentation)
Sparked discussion and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description ESA Science Coffee - Invited Talk to the Advanced Concepts Team 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Space Exploration needs new nanoengineering concepts. Followed by Q&A and discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.esa.int/gsp/ACT/coffee/2021-12-10-%20Harish%20Bhaskaran/
 
Description E\PCOS 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited speaker, hosting the 2020 E\PCOS Conference
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://epcos2019.cea.leti.fr/Documents/Final%20program%20EPCOS2019.pdf
 
Description E\PCOS 2022, Oxford 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact M. Wang, J. S. Lee, S. Aggarwal, N. Farmakidis, Y. He, T. Cheng and H. Bhaskaran* Reconfigurable metasurfaces using lossless phase-change material, E\PCOS 2022, Oxford, UK, 13 - 19 September 2022. Oral presentation.
Sparked discussion and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Engagement with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi - Interaction with Indian-Origin Academics and Researchers - 2 October 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Presentation of research and engagement routes to the Prime Minister of India during a presentation to him of research of Academics and Researchers from around the UK. Regarding the importance of India with the development of research. Video published on You Tube - Harish Bhaskaran's presentation is from 1 hr 22mins into the video.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFVBe0IkaLo
 
Description FunComp Review Meetings x 3: Oxford, Belgium & Zurich (latter web based) 
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 Discussion of current outcomes and progress, sharing of ideas for future development and direction
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019,2020
 
Description Future Directions of Chalcogenides Research Workshop 
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 Facilitated discussions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Guest Lecture at EPFL: In-Memory Computing - An Optical Perspective 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact In-Memory Computing - An Optical Perspective - Q&A Session afterwards.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Hosted Conversations in Photonics Workshop 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Hosted the Conversations in Photonics Workshop, with invited speakers the purpose of the workshop was to spark questions and debate.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Hosted the online European Phase-Change & Ovonic Symposium 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Hosted the online conference. Over 200 attendees,13 invited speakers, 24 oral presentations, 37 posters.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://epcos2021.materials.ox.ac.uk/
 
Description IEEE CASS Intelligence in Chips: Integrated Sensors and Memristive Computing 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Invited Talk: In memory photonic computing - a new paradigm for accelerators.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.intelligentchip.org/?fbclid=IwAR2chzzecLi3o1-BZryEr43uXqid1IO54w1UhCxEr3aoSoT-fi3zNOy57B...
 
Description IEEE Nano 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact "Polarization-selective electro-optical tunability in phase-change nanowires", June Sang Lee, Nikolaos Farmakidis, C David Wright, and Harish Bhaskaran, IEEE Nano, 4-8th July 2022, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (Oral presentation)
Sparked questions and further discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://2022.ieeenano.org/
 
Description IOP Photon 2022 - Nottingham 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Photonic non-von Neumann computing using functional materials for next generation AI hardware. Plenary Speaker.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.photon.org.uk/plenary-speakers
 
Description In-memory signal processing and computing based on the integrated phase-change photonic platform Presented in SPIE Optics & photonics August 2020 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact It is a research dissemination for the photonic society, and discussed with experts and postgraduates students with the similar research fields. It is also a dissemination to the public and industry for better understanding of our work.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/11469/114690H/In-memory-signal-pro...
 
Description Innolae Conference 20223 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Invited speaker: Novel nanomanufacturing processes for next-generation devices
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://innolae.org/invited-speakers
 
Description Integrated Photonics Research, Silicon and nanophotonics (IPR) Symposium: Machine Learning with Photonic Systems II - presentation 
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 Presentation of latest research to experts from both academia and industry, followed by discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description International Workshop of Physical Computing, Italy - Poster Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact M. Wang, J. S. Lee, S. Aggarwal, N. Farmakidis, Y. He, T. Cheng and H. Bhaskaran* Reconfigurable metasurfaces using lossless phase-change materials
Sparked discussion and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description International Workshop on Physical Computing, Italy 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Reconfigurable nano-photonics using phase-change materials, Nikolaos Farmakidis, and Harish Bhaskaran
Oral presentation, sparked discussion and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description International Workshop on Physical Computing, Italy 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact In-memory photonic-electronic computing platform for convolutional processing - oral presentation. Sparked questions and discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description International Workshop on Physical Computing, Italy 
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 Attended as an invited speaker and took part in discusions and debates.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.phoenixd.uni-hannover.de/en/about/news/physical-computing-2022
 
Description International Workshop on Physical Computing, Italy 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact International Workshop of Physical Computing, Erice, Italy, 29 October - 6 November 2022. Oral presentation.
Cheng, Zengguang, Tara Milne, Patrick Salter, Judy S. Kim, Samuel Humphrey, Martin Booth, and Harish Bhaskaran. 2021. "Antimony Thin Films Demonstrate Programmable Optical Nonlinearity." Science Advances 7 (1). American Association for the Advancement of Science. doi:10.1126/sciadv.abd7097.

Sparked discussion and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description International Workshop on Physical Computing, Italy - Poster 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Yuhan He, Nikolaos Farmakidis, Samarth Aggarwal, June Sang Lee, Mengyun Wang, Harish Bhaskaran1* Ultra-Efficient Plasmonic Phase-Change Devices by Improved Mode Coupling, International Workshop of Physical Computing, Erice, Italy, 29 October - 6 November 2022. Poster presentation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Invited Lecture at St Paul's Girls School 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Inted lecture as part of the Friday Lecture Programme, requested following a previous Lecture given to the Science Society.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Invited Seminar: IIT Bombay - Photonics and neuromorphic computing 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Lab visit & talks by IITB faculty members & graduate students on photonics and neuromorphic computing, answered questions and had discussions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Invited Talk at International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics - 2021 Summer School, IEEE Photonics Society 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited Talk: Non-von Neumann photonic computing for machine learning and artificial intelligence, as part of the Reconfigurable Photonic Computing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Invited Talk: 2021 Intelligence in Chip: Tomorrow of Integrated Circuits (ICTIC) - IEEE CASS Seasonal School 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation of talk: Photonic Neural Networks, followed by questions and discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://ic-tic.org/
 
Description Invited Talk: 2023 MRS Spring Meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited Talk: Phase Change NEMS - A New Paradigm for Phase Change Materials in Nanomechanics Harish Bhaskaran; University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Phase change materials have been widely used in optical discs, electronic memories and more recently in emerging optoelectronic applications such as
displays and neuromorphic photonic computing. Yet, in spite of the widespread use of these materials, the change in their mechanical properties had not yet
been exploited. In this talk, I shall present recent work on the use of phase change nanowires in mechanical tuning applications - both electronic and
photonic, showing that in the unique nanowire configuration, these devices present extraordinary quality factors and tunability.
References:
[1] Utku E Ali et al, Nature communications 13 (1), 1-8 (2022)
[2] Utku E Ali et al., Small 18 (38), 2201968 (2022)
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2013,2023
URL https://www.mrs.org/meetings-events/spring-meetings-exhibits/past-spring-meetings/2023-mrs-spring-me...
 
Description Invited Talk: European Phase-Change and Ovonic Symposium (EPCOS) 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Presentation title: Phase Change Tunable NEMS
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL http://epcos2023.artov.imm.cnr.it/programme
 
Description Invited Talk: European Phase-Change and Ovonic Symposium (EPCOS) 2023 (Yuhan He) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Mixed-Mode Phase-Change Devices with Picojoule Switching Energy. Yuhan He
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL http://epcos2023.artov.imm.cnr.it/documents/epcos_program_2023.pdf
 
Description Invited Talk: Microsoft Analog Optical Computing 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 An invite-only workshop: As Moore's Law is reaching its limits, the potential benefits of large-scale artificial intelligence and optimization workloads to modern society could be undermined by their sustainability - economic and environmental - when using traditional computing technologies and architectures. This has sparked a growing interest in non-traditional compute technologies such as analog and optical computing.

The purpose of this workshop is to gather experts in analog and optical hardware development and practitioners and researchers from various industries who are pioneering the use of AI and optimization workloads. The workshop aims to facilitate a dialogue between technology and application experts about the role of non-traditional computing hardware in industry, and by exchanging experiences, we hope to bridge the gap between technology trends and practical applications in the post-CMOS era.

Presentation Title: Integrated photonic and optoelectronic computing concepts
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/event/analog-optical-computing-workshop/
 
Description Invited Talk: XXII International Workshop on Physics of Semiconductor Devices 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Title : Optoelectronics for AI hardware and neuromorphic processing
Recent work on photonic neuromorphic computing and its interface with electronics. Using new techniques available to enable sub-wavelength light matter interactions, techniques to programme nanoscale memories electronically while reading them optically will also be discussed, setting the stage for next generation, high throughput in-memory computing paradigms.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://mems.iitm.ac.in/iwpsd2023/program
 
Description Lighting up artificial neural networks 
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 Third sector organisations
Results and Impact A team of international scientists have performed difficult machine learning computations using a nano-scale device, named an "optomemristor". The chalcogenide thin-film device uses both light and electrical signals to interact and emulate multi-factor biological computations of the mammalian brain while consuming very little energy.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/950994
 
Description MEMRISYS 2022 Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Invited Talk - Optical Memristors and their Applications in photonic computing
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.memrisys2022.com/
 
Description META 2022 Torremolinos - Spain 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Reconfigurable nano-photonics enabled by electrically and optically active phase-change materials, presentation of latest findings to postgrads, industry and academic peers.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://metaconferences.org/META/index.php/META2022/index
 
Description META 2022 Torremolinos - Spain 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Invited talk Reconfigurable nano-photonics enabled by electrically and optically active phase-change materials. Nikolaos Farmakidis, Harish Bhaskaran Oxford University (United Kingdom) Photonic circuits have the potential to transform the way we process information through data multiplexing and parallelisation of computational tasks. Yet, the ability to electrically program, reconfigure and store information in conventional dielectric photonics remains challenging. Here we explore hybrid structures combining electrically and optically active phase-change materials, with nanoplasmonic components which are designed to enhance light-matter interactions and confine optical fields to dimensions compatible with CMOS nanoelectronics.
Sparked discussion and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description META Materials Inc Lunch & Learn March 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Industry/Business
Results and Impact Invited talk: Switchable Surfaces, sparked questions and discussions relevant to the field of work for the business.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description MIT Colloquium Dec 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited Colloquium sparked discussions and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description MME 2019 Conference, Oxford 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Hosted the well established European annual workshop on microtechnology.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description MRS Fall Meeting 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact "Polarization-selective tunability in hybrid phase-change nanowires", June Sang Lee, Nikolaos Farmakidis, C David Wright, and Harish Bhaskaran, 2022 MRS Fall meeting, 27th November - 2nd December 2022, Boston, Massachusetts (Oral presentation)
Sparked discussion and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description MRS Fall Meeting Dec 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Keynote speaker: Optoelectronic Applications of Phase Change Materials, faciliated discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.mrs.org/fall2019/activities-events/other/electronics-and-photonics-workshop
 
Description Machine Learning Photonics, Italy 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Invited lecturer: Interfacing optics and electronics on a chip.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://mlph2022.lakecomoschool.org/confirmed-lecturers/
 
Description Media Interview BBC World Service Radio: Digital Planet 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Following publication of paper: Plasmonic nanogap enhanced phase-change devices with dual electrical-optical functionality
Nikolaos Farmakidis, Nathan Youngblood, Xuan Li, James Tan, Jacob L. Swett1, Zengguang Cheng, C. David Wright, Wolfram H. P. Pernice, Harish Bhaskaran
published in Science Advances, 29 November 2019
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Nature Publication: Research Highlight in response to press release 
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 Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Responded to request for information for a Research Highlight Article regarding paper Plasmonic nanogap enhanced phase change devices with dual electrical-optical functionality published in Science Advances, 29 November 2019.
Nikolaos Farmakidis, Nathan Youngblood, Xuan Li, James Tan, Jacob L. Swett, Zengguang Cheng, C. David Wright, Wolfram H. P. Pernice, Harish Bhaskaran
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description OPIC 2021 ICNN Keynote Speaker: In-memory Photonic Computing Approaches to Photoinc Tensor Cores 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Invited Talk given at ICNN 2021, part of the Optics & phtoonics International Congress 2021. Virtual presentation which presented knowledge and invited discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) Summer School, Invited Talk: Non-von Neumann photonic computing for machine learning and artificial Intelligence 
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 Invited speaker for the Reconfigurable Photonic Computing portion of the Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) Summer School. Presentation of research, followed by Q&A and discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://omn2021.org/speakers/
 
Description Oral Paper presented at EPCOS 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Demonstration of over 108 cycling endurance in the nonvolatile photonic memory cells
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Oral Paper presented at EPCOS 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Electrically Programmable Integrated Plasmonic Phase-Change Memories with Optoelectronic Readout
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Oral Paper presented at EPCOS 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Mimicking biphasic synapses on a photonic platform
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Oral Presentation at CLEO Conference Laser Science to Photonic Applications 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Ultra-Efficient Plasmonic Phase-Change Devices on SOI Platform. Yuhan He, Nikolaos Farmakidis, Samarth Aggarwal, June Sang Lee, Mengyun Wang, Wen Zhou, and Harish Bhaskaran
Small footprints and low energy consumption are the long-seeking metrics for photonic computing. Here, we combine grating structures with plasmonic nanogap devices and demonstrate less than 4pJ optical switching energy with stable multilevel performance.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022,2023
 
Description Oral Presentation: SPIE APP 2023 (Guoce Yang) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Reconfigurable nonlocal metasurface based on phase change materials. Guoce Yang, Mengyun Wang, June Sang Lee, Nikolaos Farmakidis, Harish Bhaskaran

Nonlocal metasurfaces, which have uniform geometric arrangements but respond to incident angles differently, are uniquely capable of processing images. Phase change materials are promising functional building blocks to make metasurfaces reconfigurable owing to the significant refractive index contrast between amorphous and crystalline states. This presentation shows a novel tunable nonlocal metasurface based on the lossless phase change material Sb2Se3. It demonstrates the integration of two on-demand switchable functions, bright field imaging and second-order spatial differential imaging, on a single device.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/PC12647/PC126470Y/Reconfigurable-n...
 
Description Oral Presentation: SPIE Photonics West 2024 (Yi Zhang) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Bosonic control in integrated photonics. Yi Zhang, Nikolaos Farmakidis, June Sang Lee, Bowei Dong, Samarth Aggarwal, Yuhan He, Harish Bhaskaran
Cascaded linear and non-linear operations form the basis for all integrated photonic applications ranging from routing to computations. Because of the weak interaction between photons, achieving substantial optical nonlinearities at low power remains challenging. In this work, we demonstrate a new photonic framework where signals carried in different wavelengths can be added and encoded in a new wavelength with low optical loss. Using this approach, we can realize highly nonlinear all-optical neurons operated fully in the near-infrared domain at low power.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://spie.org/photonics-west/presentation/Bosonic-control-in-integrated-photonics/PC12889-43?enab...
 
Description Oral presentation MRS Spring Meeting & Exhibit (June Sang Lee) 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact MRS meeting is the international conference in materials science, physics, chemistry and nanoscience which consists of various symposiums and tutorial. I have attended this conference to present my recent research in nanophotonics, and I have discussed with many experts and professionals for the state-of-the-art nanotechnology.
On-Chip Wavelength-Selective and Non-Volatile Reconfigurability in a Single Photonic Element. June Sang Lee, Nikolaos Farmakidis, Samarth Aggarwal, Wen Zhou, Wolfram Pernice, Harish Bhaskaran
The functionality of photonic circuits relies on their ability to process multiplexed information in wavelength, polarization and phase. While optical signals
can carry such multidimensional information, independent modulation of multi-wavelength signals in a single carrier has been challenging. Here, we
demonstrate independent and non-volatile modulation of wavelength-multiplexed optical signals within a single photonic element. Our chips rely on the
formation of standing wave patterns in a microring resonator which can be individually addressed according to their mode number (i.e. wavelength). By
combining this concept with phase-changing nanoantennas, we demonstrate for the first time non-volatile, wavelength-selective modulation. This allows
realizing an on-chip, reconfigurable and multi-spectral filter operating within a single element. This novel approach provides a pathway for exploring
additional degrees-of-freedom in tunable photonic networks and provides a compact photonic framework for optical storage, routing, and neuromorphic/inmemory computing.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.mrs.org/docs/default-source/meetings-events/spring-meetings/2023/s23-program-final.pdf?s...
 
Description Oral presentation at SPIE Photonic West 2024 (Yuhan He) 
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 by Yuhan He and the related abstract is published in the conference proceeding
Electro-optical phase-change devices approaching single pico-joule switching. Yuhan He, Nikolaos Farmakidis, Samarth Aggarwal, June Sang Lee, Mengyun Wang, Bowei Dong, Yu Shu, Yi Zhang, Francesca Parmigiani, Harish Bhaskaran
Electro-optical computing systems are promising for future energy-efficient computing, while scalable, dual electrical-optical functionality and low energy-consumption electrical-optical devices are not yet implemented on-chip. In this work, with a tailored design for better heat confinement, we implement scalable phase-change devices with dual electrical-optical functionality. They show ultralow programming energy for both electrical and optical switching in a pico-joule scale, which is orders lower than other integrated electro-optical phase change devices, multilevel switching until 20% contrast, good cyclability, and readout in both electrical and optical domains.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2024
URL https://spie.org/photonics-west/presentation/Electro-optical-phase-change-devices-approaching-single...
 
Description Oxford Photonics Day 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact "Hybridized-Active-Dielectric (HAD) nanowires for polarization-selective memory", June Sang Lee, Nikolaos Farmakidis, C David Wright, and Harish Bhaskaran, Oxford Photonics Day 2022, 28th September 2022, Oxford, UK (Oral presentation)
Sparked discussion and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Oxford Photonics Day 2022 Poster Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Yuhan He, Nikolaos Farmakidis, Samarth Aggarwal, June Sang Lee, Mengyun Wang, Harish Bhaskaran1* Ultra-Efficient Plasmonic Phase-Change Devices by Improved Mode Coupling, Oxford Photonics Day, Oxford, UK, 28 September 2022. Poster presentation.
Sparked discussion and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Oxford Photonics Day 2022 Poster Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact M. Wang, J. S. Lee, S. Aggarwal, N. Farmakidis, Y. He, T. Cheng and H. Bhaskaran* Reconfigurable metasurfaces using lossless phase-change materials, Oxford Photonics Day, Oxford, UK, 28 September 2022. Poster presentation.
Sparked discussion and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Oxford Photonics Day 2023 Workshop 
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 Nearly 100 students, researchers, and professors attended this workshop, where several professional presentations and many poster exhibitions were shown, it provided a platform for the communication among a broad range of photonics research.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.photonics.ox.ac.uk/event/oxford-photonics-day-2023
 
Description Oxford Prospects Programme Summer School Lecture 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Lecture and discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description PhD Workshop at Microsoft Research Cambridge 
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 Presentation and discussions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Phemotronics School Presentation 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Perspective of PCM applications: A company vision - virtual presentation at the PHEMTRONICS organised the 1st European School on Plasmonic and Phase Change Materials. Resulted in teaching, questions and discussions for students interested in the area of study.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description Photonics Conference 
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 Conversations in Oxford - Future of Integrated Photonics in Computing, attracted global keynote speakers, and stemmed the beginning of additional events to continue to the conversation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL http://mme2019.manucodiata.org/index.php/future-of-photonic-computing
 
Description Plenary Speaker: International Conference Neuromorphic, Natural and physical 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Plenary Presentation title: Higher-dimensional processing using a photonic tensor core with continuous-time data.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://nnpc-conference.com/
 
Description Poster Presentation at EPCOS 2021 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Dynamic modulation of low-loss phase change materials on photonic waveguides
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Poster presentation at MRS Fall 2023 Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Poster presented by Maxine Ong: Additive manufacturing in Flexible Photonics. Maxine Ong, yu Shu, Utku E. Ali, Max Jenkins, Peter G. Bruce, Harish Bhaskaran
Research exposure to people of similar field
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://www.mrs.org/meetings-events/fall-meetings-exhibits/2023-mrs-fall-meeting
 
Description Presentation/Seminar: Thales Group, Paris, 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Postgraduate students
Results and Impact Title: Photonics using functional materials for computing

Seminar Abstract:  Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence would be possible without the fantastic advances in electronics, but surprisingly, new techniques and architectures for hardware engineering of such devices has only recently become an important topic. In this talk, I shall talk about how both device concepts and new materials can bring about a step change in this field. Photonics and Optoelectronics will become mainstream in the next few years, and I hope to convince you that whatever route these technologies take, a class of materials known as phase change materials will play a key role in their commercialization. I shall give an overview of these with a view towards their near-term applications in displays, and their medium-to-long-term potential in integrated photonic memories to photonic machine-learning hardware components, with a few of our recent results in this area.

To encourage discussion.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Press Release announcing Phoenics Project 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Breaking Moore's Law: New Photonic computing project aims to speed up artificial intelligence computing power to petascale processing levels
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/latest/news/breaking-moore2019s-law-new-photonic-computing-project-aims-to...
 
Description Press Release: Light-carrying chips advance machine learning 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Press release organised and sent out by all institutions involved to a global media base. Online coverage.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-01-07-light-carrying-chips-advance-machine-learning
 
Description Press Release: Nanoscale films of a pure metal exist in two stable optically distinguishable states 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Press release distributed to international press list regarding paper publication.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description Press Release: Science Advances Article Announcement 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact Press interest resulting in radio and magazine interviews.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Press release announcing paper publish in ACS Photonics 
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 Media (as a channel to the public)
Results and Impact New adaptable smart window coating could help heat or cool a home and save energy
Press release picked up in many news outlets including International, consumer, trade, science news sites and print.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-02-07-new-adaptable-smart-window-coating-could-help-heat-or-cool-home...
 
Description Press release announcing paper published in Journal of Microsystems and nanoengineering 
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 Other audiences
Results and Impact The Art of Calligraphy Inspires new nanomanufacturing technique
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.mpls.ox.ac.uk/latest/news/the-art-of-calligraphy-inspires-new-nanomanufacturing-techniqu...
 
Description QuEEN Advisory Board Meeting 
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 Faciliated discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description RANK Conference 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Lead Speaker: Photonic Neuromorphic computing using functional materials
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Rank Symposium Neuromorphic Photonics Feb 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Hybrid nanophotonic systems for in-memory computing at the interface of optics and electronics, Nikolaos Farmakidis, and Harish Bhaskaran
Sparked discussion and questions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Rank Symposium Neuromorphic Photonics Feb 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact "Exploiting degrees of freedom in active nanophotonic devices", June Sang Lee, Nikolaos Farmakidis, C David Wright, and Harish Bhaskaran, Rank Symposium Neuromorphic Photonics, 6-9th February 2023, Grasmere, Cumbria, UK (Oral presentation)
Sparked discussions and questions
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
 
Description Researchers develop the world's first ultra-fast photonic computing processor using polarisation 
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 Third sector organisations
Results and Impact New research uses multiple polarisation channels to carry out parallel processing - enhancing computing density by several orders over conventional electronic chips.

In a paper published today in Science Advances, researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method using the polarisation of light to maximise information storage density and computing performance using nanowires.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-06-16-researchers-develop-worlds-first-ultra-fast-photonic-computing-...
 
Description Researchers develop world's first power-free frequency tuner using nanomaterials 
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 Third sector organisations
Results and Impact In a paper published today in Nature Communications, researchers at the University of Oxford and the University of Pennsylvania have found a power-free and ultra-fast way of frequency tuning using functional nanowires.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-03-18-researchers-develop-worlds-first-power-free-frequency-tuner-usi...
 
Description SPIE Active Photonic Platforms Optics & Photonics 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Invited Talk: Integrated photonic components for computing and beyond.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
 
Description SPIE Conference Presentation, Baltimore April 2019 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Invited presentation.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
URL https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/10982/109820P/Phase-change-photoni...
 
Description SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco Jan/Feb 2023 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact M. Wang, J. S. Lee, S. Aggarwal, N. Farmakidis, Y. He, T. Cheng and H. Bhaskaran* Tunable metasurfaces using ultralow-loss phase-change materials, SPIE Photonics West, San Francisco, USA, 28 January - 2 February 2023. Oral presentation.
Sparked discussion and questions.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2023
URL https://spie.org/conferences-and-exhibitions/photonics-west/photonics-west-exhibition?SSO=1
 
Description Seeing the light: researchers develop new AI system using light to learn associatively 
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 Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Researchers at Oxford University's Department of Materials, working in collaboration with colleagues from Exeter and Munster have developed an on-chip optical processor capable of detecting similarities in datasets up to 1,000 times faster than conventional machine learning algorithms running on electronic processors.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2022-07-27-seeing-light-researchers-develop-new-ai-system-using-light-lear...
 
Description St Paul's Girls School - Physics Society Talk 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Schools
Results and Impact Invited to give a presentation to the St Paul's Girl's School Physics Society. A Q&A panel session followed with great interest.

"Thank you so much for taking the time to give us such an engaging talk on Wednesday! It was fascinating to hear about natural resonance frequencies, nanobridges, NEMs and more - using the guitar really helped us understand and visualise these concepts which take place on a nanoscale. Others told me how much they enjoyed learning about how crucial nanotechnology is in devices we use all the time, and your emphasis on the need for creativity in STEM was truly inspiring.
I imagine how busy you must be and am very grateful that you were able to give us an insight into nanoengineering, a topic I'm sure will only increase in relevance!
With many thanks from all of us at St Paul's,"
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
 
Description The Future of Materials for Low Loss Electronics - HRS Roadmapping Workshops April 2020 
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 Discussion and development of a roadmap that will be coming out in due course. ROYCE.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Towards brain-inspired photonic computing 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Presentation of findings from the paper: Photonics for artificial intelligence and neuromorphic intelligence, in a webinar format with questions and discussions after.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
URL https://dutchphotonicsevent.nl/johannes-feldmann/
 
Description Ultra SRD (Innovate UK) Progress Meeting 
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 Faciliated discussion
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Why Space? Collaboration and Discussion 
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 Submission of a paper for the Why Space? The Opportunity for Health & Life Science Innovation initiative. An opportunity for experts to reflect on what opportunities they see for research and innovation in their area from utilising space and microgravity conditions for discovery reseach and/or terrestial benefit. UK Space Labs
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2020
 
Description Yu Shu's Science Blog 
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact New Water-based Approach to manufacturing Semiconductors
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2021
URL https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/features?search=Yu+Shu&field_news_classification_tid=All
 
Description eFutures: Brain-inspired (neuromorphic) computing meeting 
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Third sector organisations
Results and Impact Workshop and discussion on the UK's current capabilities and future potential in energy efficient neuromorphic computing. Participation contributed to a report which currently being drafted.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://efutures2.com/events-2/past-events/