Manufacturing Green Nanoparticles for Efficient Cell Manufacture

Lead Research Organisation: University of Oxford
Department Name: Materials

Abstract

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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 We have developed methods to measure charge differences in nanoparticles using KFM. However, we have found that our results are not easily reconciled with other methods of measuring charge in dispersed bulk liquid emulsions. We have since extended to technique to measure surfaces on 2D monolayers, and have some really unique results with them published in papers collaboratively with groups that create 2D materials. Thus although a departure from the original research, this is a significant advancement of state-of-the-art towards developing KPM techniques to measure charges on nano dots eventually.
Exploitation Route Too early to say
Sectors Chemicals,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology
URL http://nanoeng.materials.ox.ac.uk/Advanced_Nanoscale_Engineering_at_Oxford/Home.html
 
Description We originally hypothesized that nanoparticle charge would have a direct correspondence with their toxicity. We wanted to measure this using KPM in this joint proposal. Therefore, we had to develop and validate our measurement techniques so as to be sensitive at this scale. This work further funded a Marie Curie Fellow, who subsequently obtained an independent fellowship at IREC. That was a significant impact directly on the employed postdoc. IN addition this work inspired us to really understand KPM in the context of nano materials, work that has further led us to develop these techniques and use them on a range of substrates. One surprising outcome was how we used the development of techniques in this grant to understand and adapt its results for use on another large grant, EPSRC WAFT, where we utilized the technique developed here to understand the influence of strain on 2D nano materials. This understanding was lacking in heterostructures, i.e. stacked 2D materials. This is important because stacked structures are what eventually results in functional devices. And Functional devices on wearable and flexible substrates will require their response to strain very well characterized. How can this be done prior to device development, thus potentially saving massive development costs? That was one significant outcome of this grant.
First Year Of Impact 2017
Sector Chemicals,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology
Impact Types Economic
 
Description ICT31: Fun-Comp
Amount £3,996,951 (GBP)
Funding ID 780848 
Organisation European Commission 
Sector Public
Country European Union (EU)
Start 03/2018 
End 02/2022
 
Description Invited Renewal - EPSRC Manufacturing Fellowship
Amount £1,116,378 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/R001677/1 
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 01/2019 
End 01/2022
 
Title High current conductive AFM 
Description Our set-up on an Asylum MFP 3D atomic force microscope allows us to induce up to 1 mA of current through a conductive AFM tip. This allows us to probe the nanoscale electrical properties of functional materials at current densities commonly used in real world devices, helping accelerate real-world usability of such materials in devices that have dimensions of devices, eliminating the need for lithographic patterning in order to screen novel materials. We have successfully used this to characterize phase change materials, and more recently are adapting this for 2D materials. 
Type Of Material Improvements to research infrastructure 
Year Produced 2017 
Provided To Others? Yes  
Impact A spin out company Bodle. Several papers and patents resulting from the development of this technique. 
 
Description Invited Manufacturing Fellowship Extension 
Organisation IBM
Department IBM Research Zurich
Country Switzerland 
Sector Private 
PI Contribution industrial collaboration
Collaborator Contribution industrial advice
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 H Bhaskaran 1509992.2 
Description Patent Application Status: File, Type: Priority. Application Date: 9 June 2015. 
IP Reference GB1509992.2 
Protection Patent application published
Year Protection Granted 2015
Licensed No
Impact No impact yet.
 
Title H Bhaskaran 1512914.1 
Description Patent Application Status: File, Type: Priority. Application Date: 22 July 2015. 
IP Reference GB1512914.1 
Protection Patent application published
Year Protection Granted 2015
Licensed No
Impact No impact yet.
 
Title H Bhaskaran 1516579.8 
Description Patent Application Status: File, Type: Priority. Application Date: 18 Sept 2015 
IP Reference GB1516579.8 
Protection Patent application published
Year Protection Granted 2015
Licensed No
Impact No impact yet.
 
Title H Bhaskaran 1518371.8 
Description Patent Application Status: File, Type: Priority. Application Date: 16 Oct 2015. 
IP Reference GB1518371.8 
Protection Patent application published
Year Protection Granted 2015
Licensed No
Impact No impact yet.
 
Company Name Bodle Technologies Limited 
Description Bodle develops and commercialises a new class of active smart glazing products and displays. 
Year Established 2015 
Impact Bodle's core technology is about the creation and manipulation of colour that is reflected off a surface by changing the refractive index of ultra-thin functional layers. The technology is completely revolutionary, as it can achieve all of the following: • Extremely high resolution, with pixel sizes of sub-100 nm already demonstrated (compared to several micrometers for the best current technology). • Capable of very deep colour hues matching and even exceeding the range of colours possible by the latest technologies in displays • Can be clearly viewed in bright lighting conditions • Eye fatigue minimal as displays similar to paper • Very low power similar to electrochromic displays • Extremely high speed switching capable of video rendition in reflective mode, and even holographic displays possible as switching speeds are much lower than microseconds.
Website http://www.bodletechnologies.com
 
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 
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 - 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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...