The National Graphene Institute
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Manchester
Department Name: Engineering and Physical Sciences
Abstract
We propose the creation of a National Graphene Institute at The University of Manchester to exploit the UK's leading scientific position in graphene, to build on previous and future UK discoveries in this area, to commercialise them and to create sustainable economic value and competitive advantage for the UK. The National Institute would work closely with founding UK partners and with new centres of excellence in graphene research.
The key discoveries on graphene have been made in Manchester, as recognised, for example, by the 2010 Nobel Prize and many other international awards. Manchester continues to be distinguished by ongoing frequent breakthroughs on the subject and the critical mass of graphene researchers, as highlighted by the number of citations for graphene-related research papers.
The Graphene Institute will house state-of the-art facilities, laboratories and business services to be shared with commercial and academic partners and to support and nurture application and commercialisation of ongoing developments. The interaction between all collaborators will also stimulate and accelerate the pace of scientific discovery in the Institute. Graphene offers the potential for early commercialisation and for long-term pervasive application. The Institute aims to transcend typical divisions between stages of technological development and provide a model for future seamless dissemination and application of new technologies in the UK. Training research students as future business leaders to establish and run their own companies is an integral part of the Institute's programme. The Institute will also provide the foundation and required leadership for the growth of a 'hub and network' model of expertise and commercialisation throughout the nation. We request £38M towards the capital cost (total cost £45M) of the Hub, which will lever further external funds.
This is the next key step in Manchester and the UK's exciting and ambitious long-term vision. The Institute will capitalise on the UK's international leadership in the field and will act as a catalyst to build on UK collaborations, spawn new businesses, attract global companies and translate the value of scientific discovery into economic growth and job creation. It will also be an important step in rebalancing the UK economy. It would link up cutting-edge science with new commercial products to make sure that the development path is as short as possible.
Economic benefit will flow, not only through fast-growing start-up companies, but also by accelerating the growth of existing corporates particularly in the areas of aerospace, chemicals, energy and electronic devices where the North West has considerable strength; this proposal has very strong support from the City of Manchester. The GIH will also become a magnet for venture capital investment as the potential low production costs of graphene presents an attractive value proposition for investors.
The key discoveries on graphene have been made in Manchester, as recognised, for example, by the 2010 Nobel Prize and many other international awards. Manchester continues to be distinguished by ongoing frequent breakthroughs on the subject and the critical mass of graphene researchers, as highlighted by the number of citations for graphene-related research papers.
The Graphene Institute will house state-of the-art facilities, laboratories and business services to be shared with commercial and academic partners and to support and nurture application and commercialisation of ongoing developments. The interaction between all collaborators will also stimulate and accelerate the pace of scientific discovery in the Institute. Graphene offers the potential for early commercialisation and for long-term pervasive application. The Institute aims to transcend typical divisions between stages of technological development and provide a model for future seamless dissemination and application of new technologies in the UK. Training research students as future business leaders to establish and run their own companies is an integral part of the Institute's programme. The Institute will also provide the foundation and required leadership for the growth of a 'hub and network' model of expertise and commercialisation throughout the nation. We request £38M towards the capital cost (total cost £45M) of the Hub, which will lever further external funds.
This is the next key step in Manchester and the UK's exciting and ambitious long-term vision. The Institute will capitalise on the UK's international leadership in the field and will act as a catalyst to build on UK collaborations, spawn new businesses, attract global companies and translate the value of scientific discovery into economic growth and job creation. It will also be an important step in rebalancing the UK economy. It would link up cutting-edge science with new commercial products to make sure that the development path is as short as possible.
Economic benefit will flow, not only through fast-growing start-up companies, but also by accelerating the growth of existing corporates particularly in the areas of aerospace, chemicals, energy and electronic devices where the North West has considerable strength; this proposal has very strong support from the City of Manchester. The GIH will also become a magnet for venture capital investment as the potential low production costs of graphene presents an attractive value proposition for investors.
Planned Impact
Despite graphene's huge potential and its discovery here, the UK is falling well behind other countries (eg Singapore, Korea, USA, Japan and several European countries) in investment in research, manufacturing, applications and commercialisation of graphene. This was recognised by the timely initial capital investment of £50M announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to be concentrated around a critical mass of expertise. This will allow the UK to maintain our current lead in discoveries around graphene; develop applications and commercialisation in partnership with UK and international companies; and encourage inward investment. The UK has an outstanding record of scientific discovery and recognition, but is comparatively weak in capitalising on these breakthroughs to take advantage of their applications and commercialisation.
The quality and critical mass of scientific research and research training (see www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk) and level of industry contacts in graphene in Manchester is second to none. Graphene Industries Ltd and Graphene Research Ltd are two start-up companies established 3-5 years ago and run by Geim's former PhD students. Their customers range from individual academics abroad to multinationals such as IBM and Samsung.
We also have proven experience and success in commercialisation in general, through our UMI3 Innovation Centre, which is an integrated research, design and technology facility, incorporating state-of-the-art clean rooms for wet chemistry/biotech with scale-up capabilities for demonstration of quality and volume at production levels (eg NanoCo, a £100M valued University spin-out quantum dot manufacturer, grew-up from a proof-of-principle project in the UMI3 Innovation Centre, and now supplies commercial quantities of materials to firms). It houses University spin-outs and corporate and small private companies as tenants, and has very strong IP negotiation and management presence, licensing expertise, venture capitalists, expert advice on market strategy and business. The very successful, Manchester Science Park has larger premises, with similar business support. We have discussed with the City of Manchester opportunities for much wider growth in graphene based companies on our North campus, located in the heart of the city and with significant space and facilities. There is very strong local support for this longer term vision of Manchester making a huge positive economic impact in the graphene field through its own work and through excellent leadership of the NGI.
Leverage of the initial £50M capital investment will be sought from a number of sources. For example, the UK involvement in the Graphene Flagship Pilot where the only two UK advisory council positions are filled by Geim and Novoselov, will allow the original £50M investment to be matched by another £50-100M from the EU, should the Flagship bid be successful. The Flagship Pilot has also resulted in the development of a Graphene Technology Roadmap which was initiated by Novoselov and is being developed by collaboration between Manchester, Lancaster and Cambridge. This roadmap will feed into the long-term strategy of the national Institute. We are actively recruiting leading graphene researchers to Manchester and are especially seeking those with skills in application and commercialisation to complement our existing staff in these areas.
The quality and critical mass of scientific research and research training (see www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk) and level of industry contacts in graphene in Manchester is second to none. Graphene Industries Ltd and Graphene Research Ltd are two start-up companies established 3-5 years ago and run by Geim's former PhD students. Their customers range from individual academics abroad to multinationals such as IBM and Samsung.
We also have proven experience and success in commercialisation in general, through our UMI3 Innovation Centre, which is an integrated research, design and technology facility, incorporating state-of-the-art clean rooms for wet chemistry/biotech with scale-up capabilities for demonstration of quality and volume at production levels (eg NanoCo, a £100M valued University spin-out quantum dot manufacturer, grew-up from a proof-of-principle project in the UMI3 Innovation Centre, and now supplies commercial quantities of materials to firms). It houses University spin-outs and corporate and small private companies as tenants, and has very strong IP negotiation and management presence, licensing expertise, venture capitalists, expert advice on market strategy and business. The very successful, Manchester Science Park has larger premises, with similar business support. We have discussed with the City of Manchester opportunities for much wider growth in graphene based companies on our North campus, located in the heart of the city and with significant space and facilities. There is very strong local support for this longer term vision of Manchester making a huge positive economic impact in the graphene field through its own work and through excellent leadership of the NGI.
Leverage of the initial £50M capital investment will be sought from a number of sources. For example, the UK involvement in the Graphene Flagship Pilot where the only two UK advisory council positions are filled by Geim and Novoselov, will allow the original £50M investment to be matched by another £50-100M from the EU, should the Flagship bid be successful. The Flagship Pilot has also resulted in the development of a Graphene Technology Roadmap which was initiated by Novoselov and is being developed by collaboration between Manchester, Lancaster and Cambridge. This roadmap will feed into the long-term strategy of the national Institute. We are actively recruiting leading graphene researchers to Manchester and are especially seeking those with skills in application and commercialisation to complement our existing staff in these areas.
Organisations
- University of Manchester (Lead Research Organisation)
- ETH Zurich (Collaboration)
- Columbia University (Collaboration)
- University of Southern Denmark (Collaboration)
- National Physical Laboratory (Collaboration)
- University of Limerick (Collaboration)
- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
- Max Planck Society (Collaboration)
- University of Geneva (Collaboration)
- Chalmers University of Technology (Collaboration)
- University of Sheffield (Collaboration)
- Nigde University (Collaboration)
- Stanford University (Collaboration)
- University of Helsinki (Collaboration)
- Seoul National University (Collaboration)
- Radboud University Nijmegen (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Materials Sciences (Collaboration)
- Aalto University (Collaboration)
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) (Collaboration)
- HARVARD UNIVERSITY (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Lancaster University (Collaboration)
- RWTH Aachen University (Collaboration)
- National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) (Collaboration)
- University of Minho (Collaboration)
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (Collaboration)
- University of Texas at Austin (Collaboration)
- National University of Singapore (Collaboration)
- Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (Collaboration)
- Yale University (Collaboration)
- Daresbury Laboratory (Collaboration)
- Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- University of Seoul (Collaboration)
People |
ORCID iD |
Colin Gareth Bailey (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Abdelkader A
(2017)
Ultraflexible and robust graphene supercapacitors printed on textiles for wearable electronics applications
in 2D Materials
Abraham J
(2017)
Tunable sieving of ions using graphene oxide membranes.
in Nature nanotechnology
Afroj S
(2020)
Highly Conductive, Scalable, and Machine Washable Graphene-Based E-Textiles for Multifunctional Wearable Electronic Applications
in Advanced Functional Materials
Ahmad S
(2017)
The mechanisms of reinforcement of polypropylene by graphene nanoplatelets
in Materials Science and Engineering: B
Al-Ruqeishi M
(2020)
Graphene Oxide Synthesis: Optimizing the Hummers and Marcano Methods
in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters
Al-Zangana S
(2017)
Confinement effects on lyotropic nematic liquid crystal phases of graphene oxide dispersions
in 2D Materials
Al-Zangana S
(2016)
Dielectric spectroscopy of isotropic liquids and liquid crystal phases with dispersed graphene oxide.
in Scientific reports
Alberto M
(2017)
Enhanced organophilic separations with mixed matrix membranes of polymers of intrinsic microporosity and graphene-like fillers
in Journal of Membrane Science
Alexeev EM
(2019)
Resonantly hybridized excitons in moiré superlattices in van der Waals heterostructures.
in Nature
Algara-Siller G
(2015)
Square ice in graphene nanocapillaries.
in Nature
Alwattar A
(2020)
Heavy metal sensors and sequestrating agents based on polyaromatic copolymers and hydrogels
in Polymer International
An XT
(2017)
Realization of Valley and Spin Pumps by Scattering at Nonmagnetic Disorders.
in Physical review letters
Ananthoju B
(2019)
Controlled Electrodeposition of Gold on Graphene: Maximization of the Defect-Enhanced Raman Scattering Response.
in Small (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Ares P
(2020)
Piezoelectricity in Monolayer Hexagonal Boron Nitride.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Arora A
(2018)
Zeeman spectroscopy of excitons and hybridization of electronic states in few-layer WSe 2 , MoSe 2 and MoTe 2
in 2D Materials
Asshoff PU
(2018)
Magnetoresistance in Co-hBN-NiFe Tunnel Junctions Enhanced by Resonant Tunneling through Single Defects in Ultrathin hBN Barriers.
in Nano letters
Avsar A
(2020)
Colloquium : Spintronics in graphene and other two-dimensional materials
in Reviews of Modern Physics
Bakan G
(2019)
Reversible decryption of covert nanometer-thick patterns in modular metamaterials.
in Optics letters
Bandurin DA
(2018)
Fluidity onset in graphene.
in Nature communications
Bandurin DA
(2016)
Negative local resistance caused by viscous electron backflow in graphene.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Bandurin DA
(2017)
High electron mobility, quantum Hall effect and anomalous optical response in atomically thin InSe.
in Nature nanotechnology
Bandurin DA
(2018)
Resonant terahertz detection using graphene plasmons.
in Nature communications
Barbolina I
(2016)
Purity of graphene oxide determines its antibacterial activity
in 2D Materials
Barrier J
(2020)
Long-range ballistic transport of Brown-Zak fermions in graphene superlattices.
in Nature communications
Bartlam C
(2018)
Nanoscale infrared identification and mapping of chemical functional groups on graphene
in Carbon
Basile C
(2021)
Frontiers in hemodialysis: Innovations and technological advances.
in Artificial organs
Baylam I
(2019)
Ultrafast spectroscopy of voltage reconfigurable graphene saturable absorbers in the visible and near infrared
in 2D Materials
Beconcini M
(2016)
Scaling approach to tight-binding transport in realistic graphene devices: The case of transverse magnetic focusing
in Physical Review B
Bekaert J
(2020)
Enhanced Superconductivity in Few-Layer TaS2 due to Healing by Oxygenation.
in Nano letters
Belade E
(2015)
The role of p53 in lung macrophages following exposure to a panel of manufactured nanomaterials.
in Archives of toxicology
Ben Aziza Z
(2018)
Valence band inversion and spin-orbit effects in the electronic structure of monolayer GaSe
in Physical Review B
Ben Shalom M
(2015)
Quantum oscillations of the critical current and high-field superconducting proximity in ballistic graphene
in Nature Physics
Berdyugin AI
(2019)
Measuring Hall viscosity of graphene's electron fluid.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Berdyugin AI
(2020)
Minibands in twisted bilayer graphene probed by magnetic focusing.
in Science advances
Berger C
(2017)
Touch-mode capacitive pressure sensor with graphene-polymer heterostructure membrane
in 2D Materials
Berger C
(2017)
Capacitive pressure sensing with suspended graphene-polymer heterostructure membranes.
in Nanoscale
Berger CN
(2016)
Ultra-thin graphene-polymer heterostructure membranes.
in Nanoscale
Bhuiyan M
(2018)
Photoquantum Hall Effect and Light-Induced Charge Transfer at the Interface of Graphene/InSe Heterostructures
in Advanced Functional Materials
Biccai S
(2019)
Negative Gauge Factor Piezoresistive Composites Based on Polymers Filled with MoS2 Nanosheets.
in ACS nano
Bichenkova E
(2017)
NMR detects molecular interactions of graphene with aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons in water
in 2D Materials
Binder J
(2019)
Upconverted electroluminescence via Auger scattering of interlayer excitons in van der Waals heterostructures.
in Nature communications
Binder J
(2017)
Sub-bandgap Voltage Electroluminescence and Magneto-oscillations in a WSe2 Light-Emitting van der Waals Heterostructure.
in Nano letters
Boland CS
(2016)
Sensitive electromechanical sensors using viscoelastic graphene-polymer nanocomposites.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Britnell L
(2012)
Field-effect tunneling transistor based on vertical graphene heterostructures.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Britnell L
(2013)
Strong light-matter interactions in heterostructures of atomically thin films.
in Science (New York, N.Y.)
Britnell L
(2013)
Resonant tunnelling and negative differential conductance in graphene transistors.
in Nature communications
Buckley D
(2021)
Anomalous Low Thermal Conductivity of Atomically Thin InSe Probed by Scanning Thermal Microscopy
in Advanced Functional Materials
Bullock C
(2019)
Biocompatibility Considerations in the Design of Graphene Biomedical Materials
in Advanced Materials Interfaces
Description | Building has been completed, services have been tested, laboratories are equipped and fully operational |
Exploitation Route | Building has been completed, services have been tested, laboratories are equipped and fully operational |
Sectors | Construction Electronics Energy Environment Manufacturing including Industrial Biotechology |
URL | http://www.graphene.manchester.ac.uk/collaborate/national-graphene-institute/ |
Description | Building has been completed, services have been tested, laboratories are equipped and fully operational |
First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Construction,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Transport |
Impact Types | Societal Economic |
Description | Science and technology roadmap for graphene, related two-dimensional crystals, and hybrid systems. A Ferrari , F Bonaccorso, V Fal'ko, K Novoselov, et al. DOI: 10.1039/C4NR01600A |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
URL | http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/nr/c4nr01600a#!divAbstract |
Description | Centre for Doctoral Training |
Amount | £4,475,734 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/L01548X/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2014 |
End | 09/2022 |
Description | ERC Advanced Grant (Geim) |
Amount | € 2,200,000 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 04/2013 |
End | 04/2018 |
Description | ERC Synergy Grants (SyG) |
Amount | € 13,352,308 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Research Council (ERC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 11/2013 |
End | 10/2019 |
Description | EU EC FET Flagship |
Amount | € 94,000,000 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 619318 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 03/2013 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) |
Amount | £23,000,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/K005014/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2013 |
End | 06/2015 |
Description | InnovateUK and EPSRC Technology Programme |
Amount | £250,000 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/P510221/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 05/2016 |
End | 05/2017 |
Description | Standard Research |
Amount | £4,056,135 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/N010345/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2016 |
End | 03/2021 |
Description | Collaboration with Columbia University on Fast Relaxation of Photo-Excited Carriers in 2-D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides |
Organisation | Columbia University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study of Fast Relaxation of Photo-Excited Carriers in 2-D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides |
Collaborator Contribution | Fast Relaxation of Photo-Excited Carriers in 2-D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides |
Impact | publication in peer-reviewed jounal |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Collaboration with Columbia University on Landau levels in deformed bilayer graphene at low magnetic fields |
Organisation | Columbia University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Theoretical studies of Landau levels in deformed bilayer graphene at low magnetic fields |
Collaborator Contribution | Theoretical studies of Landau levels in deformed bilayer graphene at low magnetic fields |
Impact | published paper in Solid State Communications - see publications |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Collaboration with Columbia University on electronic properties of graphene |
Organisation | Columbia University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Joint theoretical investigations of electronic properties of graphene |
Collaborator Contribution | Joint theoretical investigations of electronic properties of graphene |
Impact | Publications in peer-reviewed magazines (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Collaboration with Harvard and MIT on detection of topological currents in graphene superlattices |
Organisation | Harvard University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Modelling of detection of topological currents in graphene superlattices |
Collaborator Contribution | Characterization of detection of topological currents in graphene superlattices |
Impact | Publication in Science magazine (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Collaboration with Harvard and MIT on detection of topological currents in graphene superlattices |
Organisation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Modelling of detection of topological currents in graphene superlattices |
Collaborator Contribution | Characterization of detection of topological currents in graphene superlattices |
Impact | Publication in Science magazine (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Collaboration with Helsinki University and Aalto University on spin-half paramagnetism in graphene induced by point defects |
Organisation | Aalto University |
Country | Finland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study of spin-half paramagnetism in graphene induced by point defects |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of spin-half paramagnetism in graphene induced by point defects |
Impact | Paper in Nature Physics - see Publications |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Collaboration with Helsinki University and Aalto University on spin-half paramagnetism in graphene induced by point defects |
Organisation | University of Helsinki |
Country | Finland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study of spin-half paramagnetism in graphene induced by point defects |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of spin-half paramagnetism in graphene induced by point defects |
Impact | Paper in Nature Physics - see Publications |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Collaboration with Institute of Physics and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Center for Nano-metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science on commensurate-incommensurate transition in graphene on hBN |
Organisation | Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Country | China |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Study of commensurate-incommensurate transition in graphene on hexagonal boron nitride |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of commensurate-incommensurate transition in graphene on hexagonal boron nitride |
Impact | Published paper in Nature Physics magazine |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Collaboration with Institute of Physics and University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and Center for Nano-metrology, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science on commensurate-incommensurate transition in graphene on hBN |
Organisation | Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science |
Country | Korea, Republic of |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Study of commensurate-incommensurate transition in graphene on hexagonal boron nitride |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of commensurate-incommensurate transition in graphene on hexagonal boron nitride |
Impact | Published paper in Nature Physics magazine |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Collaboration with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Max Planck Institute Festkorperforsch on giant magnetodrag in graphene at charge neutrality |
Organisation | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study of giant magnetodrag in graphene at charge neutrality |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of giant magnetodrag in graphene at charge neutrality |
Impact | Published paper in peer-reviewed magazine |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Collaboration with Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Max Planck Institute Festkorperforsch on giant magnetodrag in graphene at charge neutrality |
Organisation | Max Planck Society |
Department | Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study of giant magnetodrag in graphene at charge neutrality |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of giant magnetodrag in graphene at charge neutrality |
Impact | Published paper in peer-reviewed magazine |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Collaboration with Lancaster University on quantum circuits |
Organisation | Lancaster University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | NGI hosted new Lancaster's advanced milliKelvin cryogenic system in the NGI Faraday cage in the EMC Lab and provided graphene superconductor proximity effect devices. This arrangement enabled Lancaster Quantum Technology Centre to operate during the refurbishment of Lancaster Physics building. |
Collaborator Contribution | Lancaster operated cryogenic system to characterise graphene superconductor proximity effect devices |
Impact | One Nature Physics paper published, Applied Physics letter on SGS proximity effect magnetometer submitted |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT |
Organisation | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Research on properties of 2D Materials and their heterostructures |
Collaborator Contribution | Research on properties of 2D Materials and their heterostructures |
Impact | Publications in peer-reviewed journals, including publications in Nature group journals (3) and in Science (1) |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Collaboration with National Institute for Materials Science Tsukuba and Seoul National University on twist-controlled resonant tunnelling in graphene-boron nitride-graphene heterostructures |
Organisation | National Institute for Materials Sciences |
Country | Japan |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of samples for study of twist-controlled resonant tunnelling in graphene-boron nitride-graphene heterostructures |
Collaborator Contribution | Characterisation of twist-controlled resonant tunnelling in graphene-boron nitride-graphene heterostructures |
Impact | Publication in Nature Nanotechnology magazine |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Collaboration with National Institute for Materials Science Tsukuba and Seoul National University on twist-controlled resonant tunnelling in graphene-boron nitride-graphene heterostructures |
Organisation | Seoul National University |
Country | Korea, Republic of |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of samples for study of twist-controlled resonant tunnelling in graphene-boron nitride-graphene heterostructures |
Collaborator Contribution | Characterisation of twist-controlled resonant tunnelling in graphene-boron nitride-graphene heterostructures |
Impact | Publication in Nature Nanotechnology magazine |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Collaboration with National Physics Laboratory, Oxford Instruments and Chalmers University of Technology on quantum hall effect in graphene based devices |
Organisation | Chalmers University of Technology |
Country | Sweden |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Theory of modelling of quantum hall effect in graphene based devices |
Collaborator Contribution | Experiment of modelling of quantum hall effect in graphene based devices |
Impact | Publications in peer-reviewed magazine (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Collaboration with National Physics Laboratory, Oxford Instruments and Chalmers University of Technology on quantum hall effect in graphene based devices |
Organisation | National Physical Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Theory of modelling of quantum hall effect in graphene based devices |
Collaborator Contribution | Experiment of modelling of quantum hall effect in graphene based devices |
Impact | Publications in peer-reviewed magazine (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Collaboration with National Physics Laboratory, Oxford Instruments and Chalmers University of Technology on quantum hall effect in graphene based devices |
Organisation | Oxford Instruments |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Theory of modelling of quantum hall effect in graphene based devices |
Collaborator Contribution | Experiment of modelling of quantum hall effect in graphene based devices |
Impact | Publications in peer-reviewed magazine (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Collaboration with National University of Singapore on 2DMs and their heterostructures |
Organisation | National University of Singapore |
Country | Singapore |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Research on 2DMs and their heterostructurs |
Collaborator Contribution | Research on 2DMs and their heterostructurs |
Impact | Multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals including 5 Science and Nature group publications and 3 'Highly cited in Field' papers - see the publication list |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Collaboration with National University of Singapore on electronic properties of graphene encapsulated with different 2D atomic crystals |
Organisation | National University of Singapore |
Country | Singapore |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Modelling of electronic properties of graphene encapsulated with different 2D atomic crystals |
Collaborator Contribution | Characterisation of electronic properties of graphene encapsulated with different 2D atomic crystals |
Impact | Published paper in peer-reviewed magazine |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Collaboration with Nigde University, University Limerick and Daresbury Lab on atomically resolved imaging of highly ordered alternating fluorinated graphene |
Organisation | Daresbury Laboratory |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | Modelling of atomically resolved imaging of highly ordered alternating fluorinated graphene |
Collaborator Contribution | Characterisation of atomically resolved imaging of highly ordered alternating fluorinated graphene |
Impact | Paper in Nature Communications (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Collaboration with Nigde University, University Limerick and Daresbury Lab on atomically resolved imaging of highly ordered alternating fluorinated graphene |
Organisation | Nigde University |
Country | Turkey |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Modelling of atomically resolved imaging of highly ordered alternating fluorinated graphene |
Collaborator Contribution | Characterisation of atomically resolved imaging of highly ordered alternating fluorinated graphene |
Impact | Paper in Nature Communications (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Collaboration with Nigde University, University Limerick and Daresbury Lab on atomically resolved imaging of highly ordered alternating fluorinated graphene |
Organisation | University of Limerick |
Country | Ireland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Modelling of atomically resolved imaging of highly ordered alternating fluorinated graphene |
Collaborator Contribution | Characterisation of atomically resolved imaging of highly ordered alternating fluorinated graphene |
Impact | Paper in Nature Communications (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Collaboration with Research Institute for Solid State Physics, Budapest on manifestation of LO-LA phonons in Raman scattering in graphene |
Organisation | Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA) |
Department | Institute for Solid State Physics and Optics |
Country | Hungary |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
PI Contribution | Modelling of manifestation of LO-LA phonons in Raman scattering in graphene |
Collaborator Contribution | Modelling of manifestation of LO-LA phonons in Raman scattering in graphene |
Impact | published paper in peer-reviewed magazine - see Publications |
Start Year | 2010 |
Description | Collaboration with Stanford University on electronic transport in hBN-graphene-hBN structures |
Organisation | Stanford University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Theoretical modelling of electronic transport in hBN-graphene-hBN structures. |
Collaborator Contribution | Experimental characterisation of electronic transport in hBN-graphene-hBN structures |
Impact | Publication in Science magazine (see in Publications) |
Start Year | 2016 |
Description | Collaboration with University Texas Austin and National Institute of Material Science Tsukuba on strong Coulomb drag and broken symmetry in double-layer graphene |
Organisation | National Institute for Materials Sciences |
Country | Japan |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study of strong Coulomb drag and broken symmetry in double-layer graphene |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of strong Coulomb drag and broken symmetry in double-layer graphene |
Impact | Paper in Nature Physics (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Collaboration with University Texas Austin and National Institute of Material Science Tsukuba on strong Coulomb drag and broken symmetry in double-layer graphene |
Organisation | University of Texas at Austin |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study of strong Coulomb drag and broken symmetry in double-layer graphene |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of strong Coulomb drag and broken symmetry in double-layer graphene |
Impact | Paper in Nature Physics (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Collaboration with University of Minho Portugal, National University of Singapore and Seoul National University on strong light-matter interactions in heterostructures of atomically thin films |
Organisation | National University of Singapore |
Country | Singapore |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study of strong light-matter interactions in heterostructures of atomically thin films |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of strong light-matter interactions in heterostructures of atomically thin films |
Impact | Paper in Science magazine (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Collaboration with University of Minho Portugal, National University of Singapore and Seoul National University on strong light-matter interactions in heterostructures of atomically thin films |
Organisation | Seoul National University |
Country | Korea, Republic of |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study of strong light-matter interactions in heterostructures of atomically thin films |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of strong light-matter interactions in heterostructures of atomically thin films |
Impact | Paper in Science magazine (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Collaboration with University of Minho Portugal, National University of Singapore and Seoul National University on strong light-matter interactions in heterostructures of atomically thin films |
Organisation | University of Minho |
Country | Portugal |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study of strong light-matter interactions in heterostructures of atomically thin films |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of strong light-matter interactions in heterostructures of atomically thin films |
Impact | Paper in Science magazine (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2012 |
Description | Collaboration with University of Nottingham on graphene-hBN heterostructures |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We developed graphene-hBN heterostructures and predicted theoretically the form of current-voltage characteristics in graphene-hBN-graphene tunnelling devices. |
Collaborator Contribution | Characterisation of graphene-hBN-graphene tunnelling devices. |
Impact | 3 high profile publications: 2 in Nature Nanotechnology and one in Science |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Collaboration with University of Sheffield on optics of transition metal dichalcogenides |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fabrication of two-dimensional crystals of transition metal dichalcogenides and theoretical prediction of their optical properties |
Collaborator Contribution | Optical characterisation of two-dimensional crystals of transition metal dichalcogenides |
Impact | Several publications - see the list of publications |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Collaboration with University of Southern Denmark Odense and Seoul University on graphene-protected copper and silver plasmonics |
Organisation | University of Seoul |
Country | Korea, Republic of |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study of Graphene-protected copper and silver plasmonics |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of Graphene-protected copper and silver plasmonics |
Impact | Paper in peer-reviewed magazine (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Collaboration with University of Southern Denmark Odense and Seoul University on graphene-protected copper and silver plasmonics |
Organisation | University of Southern Denmark |
Country | Denmark |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Study of Graphene-protected copper and silver plasmonics |
Collaborator Contribution | Study of Graphene-protected copper and silver plasmonics |
Impact | Paper in peer-reviewed magazine (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2013 |
Description | Collaboration with Yale on quantum transport in graphene superconductor devises |
Organisation | Yale University |
Country | United States |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Joint theoretical studies of quantum transport in graphene superconductor devises |
Collaborator Contribution | Joint theoretical studies of quantum transport in graphene superconductor devises |
Impact | Publication in peer-reviewed magazine (see Publications) |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Partnership in European Graphene Flagship |
Organisation | ETH Zurich |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fundamental and Applied research in graphene in Electronics, Optoelectronics and Nanocomposites. This includes fabrication of graphene-based devices provided to the partners for characterisation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners provided characterisation of our material and devices using STM and high magnetic field optical spectroscopy and electronic transport. |
Impact | Joint publications (see in the Publications section) |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Partnership in European Graphene Flagship |
Organisation | National Center for Scientific Research (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS) |
Department | Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory |
Country | France |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Fundamental and Applied research in graphene in Electronics, Optoelectronics and Nanocomposites. This includes fabrication of graphene-based devices provided to the partners for characterisation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners provided characterisation of our material and devices using STM and high magnetic field optical spectroscopy and electronic transport. |
Impact | Joint publications (see in the Publications section) |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Partnership in European Graphene Flagship |
Organisation | RWTH Aachen University |
Country | Germany |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fundamental and Applied research in graphene in Electronics, Optoelectronics and Nanocomposites. This includes fabrication of graphene-based devices provided to the partners for characterisation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners provided characterisation of our material and devices using STM and high magnetic field optical spectroscopy and electronic transport. |
Impact | Joint publications (see in the Publications section) |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Partnership in European Graphene Flagship |
Organisation | Radboud University Nijmegen |
Department | High Field Magnet Laboratory (HFML) |
Country | Netherlands |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fundamental and Applied research in graphene in Electronics, Optoelectronics and Nanocomposites. This includes fabrication of graphene-based devices provided to the partners for characterisation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners provided characterisation of our material and devices using STM and high magnetic field optical spectroscopy and electronic transport. |
Impact | Joint publications (see in the Publications section) |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Partnership in European Graphene Flagship |
Organisation | University of Geneva |
Country | Switzerland |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fundamental and Applied research in graphene in Electronics, Optoelectronics and Nanocomposites. This includes fabrication of graphene-based devices provided to the partners for characterisation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners provided characterisation of our material and devices using STM and high magnetic field optical spectroscopy and electronic transport. |
Impact | Joint publications (see in the Publications section) |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Partnership in European Graphene Flagship |
Organisation | University of Nottingham |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fundamental and Applied research in graphene in Electronics, Optoelectronics and Nanocomposites. This includes fabrication of graphene-based devices provided to the partners for characterisation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners provided characterisation of our material and devices using STM and high magnetic field optical spectroscopy and electronic transport. |
Impact | Joint publications (see in the Publications section) |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Partnership in European Graphene Flagship |
Organisation | University of Sheffield |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Fundamental and Applied research in graphene in Electronics, Optoelectronics and Nanocomposites. This includes fabrication of graphene-based devices provided to the partners for characterisation. |
Collaborator Contribution | Partners provided characterisation of our material and devices using STM and high magnetic field optical spectroscopy and electronic transport. |
Impact | Joint publications (see in the Publications section) |
Start Year | 2015 |
Title | OSMOSIS |
Description | This invention relates to methods of purifying water using forward osmosis, with a graphene oxide laminate acting as a semi-permeable membrane. The laminate is formed from stacks of individual graphene oxide flakes which may be predominantly monolayer thick. The methods of the invention find particular application in the desalination of salt water. |
IP Reference | US20160297693 |
Protection | Patent application published |
Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
Licensed | No |
Impact | No impact yet |
Title | PRODUCTION OF GRAPHENE OXIDE |
Description | A method for the production of graphene oxide and/or graphite oxide nanoplatelet structures having a thickness of less than 100 nm in an electrochemical cell, the cell comprising: (a) a positive electrode that is graphitic; (b) a negative electrode that may be graphitic or another material; (c) an electrolyte including: (i) organic anions in a solvent; (ii) non-oxidant polyatomic anions in a solution; and/or (ii) polyatomic anions in a solvent wherein the electrolyte has a hydrogen ion concentration of <1×10?1 mol dm?3; wherein the method comprises the step of passing a current through the cell to intercalate the anions into the graphitic positive electrode so as to exfoliate the graphitic positive electrode. |
IP Reference | US20160298244 |
Protection | Patent application published |
Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
Licensed | No |
Impact | No impact yet |
Title | STRUCTURES AND METHODS RELATING TO GRAPHENE |
Description | This application relates to graphene based heterostructures and methods of making graphene based heterostructures. The graphene heterostructures comprise: i) a first encapsulation layer; ii) a second encapsulation layer; and iii) a graphene layer. The heterostructures find application in electronic devices. |
IP Reference | US2014008611 |
Protection | Patent granted |
Year Protection Granted | 2014 |
Licensed | No |
Impact | No impact yet |
Title | TRANSISTOR DEVICE AND MATERIALS FOR MAKING |
Description | This application relates to graphene based heterostructures and transistor devices comprising graphene. The hetero-structures comprise i) a first graphene layer; ii) a spacer layer and iii) a third graphene. The transistors comprise (i) an electrode, the electrode comprising a graphene layer, and (ii) an insulating barrier layer. |
IP Reference | US2014008616 |
Protection | Patent granted |
Year Protection Granted | 2014 |
Licensed | No |
Impact | No impact yet |
Title | WATER PURIFICATION |
Description | his invention relates to methods of purifying water using graphene oxide laminates which are formed from stacks of individual graphene oxide flakes which may be predominantly monolayer thick. The graphene oxide laminates may act as membrans which exclude large solutes i.e. with a hydration radius above about 4.5 ? or they may act as sorbents to absorb solutes having a hydration radius less than about 4.7 ?. |
IP Reference | US20160280563 |
Protection | Patent application published |
Year Protection Granted | 2016 |
Licensed | No |
Impact | No impact yet |