Manufacturing and Application of Next Generation Chalcogenides
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Southampton
Department Name: Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC)
Abstract
Glass has been a key material for many important advances in civilization; it was glass lenses which allowed microscopes to see bacteria for the first time and telescopes which revealed the planets and the moons of Jupiter. Glassware itself has contributed to the development of chemical, biological and cultural progress for thousands of years. The transformation of society with glass continues in modern times; as strands of glass optical fibres transform the internet and how we communicate. Today, glasses have moved beyond transparent materials, and through ongoing research have become active advanced and functional materials.
Unlike conventional glasses made from silica or sand, research is now producing glasses from materials such as sulphur, which yields an unusual, yellow orange glass with incredibly varied properties. This next generation of speciality glasses are noted for their functionality and their ability to respond to optical, electrical and thermal stimuli. These glasses have the ability to switch, bend, self-organize and darken when exposed to light, they can even conduct electricity. They transmit light in the infra-red, which ordinary glass blocks and the properties of these glasses can even change, when strong light is incident upon them.
The demand for speciality glass is growing and these advanced materials are of national importance for the UK. Our businesses that produce and process materials have a turnover of around £170 billion per annum; represent 15% of the country's GDP and have exports valued at £50 billion. With our proposed research programme we will produce extremely pure, highly functional glasses, unique to the world. The aims of our proposed research are as follows:
- To establish the UK as a world-leading speciality glass research and manufacturing facility
- To discovery new and optimize existing glass compositions, particularly in glasses made with sulphur
- To develop links with UK industry and help them to exploit these new glass materials
- To demonstrate important new electronic, telecommunication, switching devices from these glasses
- To partner other UK Universities to explore new and emerging applications of speciality glass
To achieve these goals we bring together a world-class, UK team of physicists, chemists, engineers and computer scientists from Southampton, Exeter, Oxford, Cambridge and Heriot-Watt Universities. We are partners with over 15 UK companies who will use these materials in their products or contribute to new ways of manufacturing them. This proposal therefore provides a unique opportunity to underpin a substantial national programme in speciality-glass manufacture, research and development.
Unlike conventional glasses made from silica or sand, research is now producing glasses from materials such as sulphur, which yields an unusual, yellow orange glass with incredibly varied properties. This next generation of speciality glasses are noted for their functionality and their ability to respond to optical, electrical and thermal stimuli. These glasses have the ability to switch, bend, self-organize and darken when exposed to light, they can even conduct electricity. They transmit light in the infra-red, which ordinary glass blocks and the properties of these glasses can even change, when strong light is incident upon them.
The demand for speciality glass is growing and these advanced materials are of national importance for the UK. Our businesses that produce and process materials have a turnover of around £170 billion per annum; represent 15% of the country's GDP and have exports valued at £50 billion. With our proposed research programme we will produce extremely pure, highly functional glasses, unique to the world. The aims of our proposed research are as follows:
- To establish the UK as a world-leading speciality glass research and manufacturing facility
- To discovery new and optimize existing glass compositions, particularly in glasses made with sulphur
- To develop links with UK industry and help them to exploit these new glass materials
- To demonstrate important new electronic, telecommunication, switching devices from these glasses
- To partner other UK Universities to explore new and emerging applications of speciality glass
To achieve these goals we bring together a world-class, UK team of physicists, chemists, engineers and computer scientists from Southampton, Exeter, Oxford, Cambridge and Heriot-Watt Universities. We are partners with over 15 UK companies who will use these materials in their products or contribute to new ways of manufacturing them. This proposal therefore provides a unique opportunity to underpin a substantial national programme in speciality-glass manufacture, research and development.
Planned Impact
The University staff working on this project will work closely with industry, therefore they will develop research and professional skills relevant to the employment sectors of our partners. Similarly, as our industrial sponsors have already identified, your PhD students "will also be of interest to us as we continue to recruit for development of our products" (see Seagate Letter of Support).
The impact of our research on our Nation will be primarily directed to wealth creation. By accelerating our manufacturing capabilities in advanced materials will be strengthen our ability to innovate and create new products thereby increasing our competitiveness in a global economy. While historically, our country's strength was in the manufacturing of "classical" materials, it is now clear that the value added in the manufacturing of innovative and highly functional materials with significant added value will be the key enabler for growth, both in annual turnover and in diversity of products we produce and export.
The products that we will enable will also influence the Nation's health and culture. Chalcogenides have now been successfully trialled as electronic memory, by both Samsung and Nokia, in next-generation mobile phones and this technology is ready to replace conventional FLASH memory as it approaches its fundamental scaling limits. We are critically dependent on memory in computers, mobile phones and hand held devices therefore these materials will become a part of our everyday life through the work lead by Exeter in this project, supported by Samsung and Seagate. Chalcogenide optical components have for decades been used by UK aerospace and defence industries and will continue to do so; evidence for this is the strong defence and aerospace support our project has attracted. In telecoms, there is growing interest in nonlinear optical devices based on chalcogenides. In our Oxford lead work, we will develop switches and routers from chalcogenide materials. Similarly, the waveguide and microfluidic devices we will fabricate could find use in medical diagnostics and Heriot-Watt will prototype these devices.
Our Advisory Board includes representation from the Technology Strategy Board (Myrddin Jones, Lead Technologist for Electronics, Photonics, Electrical Systems) who provide links to national and local government agencies and the commercial private sector who will benefit from the research. Similarly, Dr John Lincoln as Network Manager for the Southeast Photonics Network has direct contact with the companies with which our consortium should partner. John will be responsible for developing new industrial partnerships and securing industrially-funded PhD projects throughout the lifetime of our project.
This proposal will address the fact that there is no UK producer of commercial chalcogenide glass or infrared transmitting optical fibres. UK industries that rely on these materials and products must source from the USA or Europe. The need for a coordinated national programme in chalcogenides is evidence-based, as verified by the range of industrial partners which support this proposal. We will begin distribution of chalcogenides produced at Southampton within the first months of the project therefore the impact of our material manufacturing will be immediate. Through the follow-on funding with industry we plan, the impact will also continue after this project is complete.
Finally, it is our intention to use the opportunity that this proposal provides to underpin a National programme in chalcogenide-glass manufacture, research and development. Although the consortium formally consists of five of the leading Universities in the country who work with chalcogenides, there are others and it is our intention to also engage with them through complementary projects and future proposals.
The impact of our research on our Nation will be primarily directed to wealth creation. By accelerating our manufacturing capabilities in advanced materials will be strengthen our ability to innovate and create new products thereby increasing our competitiveness in a global economy. While historically, our country's strength was in the manufacturing of "classical" materials, it is now clear that the value added in the manufacturing of innovative and highly functional materials with significant added value will be the key enabler for growth, both in annual turnover and in diversity of products we produce and export.
The products that we will enable will also influence the Nation's health and culture. Chalcogenides have now been successfully trialled as electronic memory, by both Samsung and Nokia, in next-generation mobile phones and this technology is ready to replace conventional FLASH memory as it approaches its fundamental scaling limits. We are critically dependent on memory in computers, mobile phones and hand held devices therefore these materials will become a part of our everyday life through the work lead by Exeter in this project, supported by Samsung and Seagate. Chalcogenide optical components have for decades been used by UK aerospace and defence industries and will continue to do so; evidence for this is the strong defence and aerospace support our project has attracted. In telecoms, there is growing interest in nonlinear optical devices based on chalcogenides. In our Oxford lead work, we will develop switches and routers from chalcogenide materials. Similarly, the waveguide and microfluidic devices we will fabricate could find use in medical diagnostics and Heriot-Watt will prototype these devices.
Our Advisory Board includes representation from the Technology Strategy Board (Myrddin Jones, Lead Technologist for Electronics, Photonics, Electrical Systems) who provide links to national and local government agencies and the commercial private sector who will benefit from the research. Similarly, Dr John Lincoln as Network Manager for the Southeast Photonics Network has direct contact with the companies with which our consortium should partner. John will be responsible for developing new industrial partnerships and securing industrially-funded PhD projects throughout the lifetime of our project.
This proposal will address the fact that there is no UK producer of commercial chalcogenide glass or infrared transmitting optical fibres. UK industries that rely on these materials and products must source from the USA or Europe. The need for a coordinated national programme in chalcogenides is evidence-based, as verified by the range of industrial partners which support this proposal. We will begin distribution of chalcogenides produced at Southampton within the first months of the project therefore the impact of our material manufacturing will be immediate. Through the follow-on funding with industry we plan, the impact will also continue after this project is complete.
Finally, it is our intention to use the opportunity that this proposal provides to underpin a National programme in chalcogenide-glass manufacture, research and development. Although the consortium formally consists of five of the leading Universities in the country who work with chalcogenides, there are others and it is our intention to also engage with them through complementary projects and future proposals.
Organisations
- University of Southampton (Lead Research Organisation)
- Fraunhofer Society (Collaboration)
- Msolv Ltd (Collaboration)
- Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) (Collaboration)
- IBM (Collaboration)
- Qinetiq (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- Heliatek GmbH (Collaboration)
- SONY (Collaboration)
- Shandong Normal University (Collaboration)
- Sharp Laboratories of Europe (United Kingdom) (Collaboration)
- University of Pennsylvania (Collaboration)
- Pragmatic Printing Ltd (Collaboration)
- Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (Collaboration)
- Federal University of Pernambuco (Collaboration)
- Kurt J Lesker Company (Collaboration)
- BASF (Collaboration)
- Oxford Instruments Asylum Research (Collaboration)
- Qioptic (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (Collaboration)
- Bodle Technologies Ltd (Collaboration)
- City University of New York (CUNY) (Collaboration)
- Eckersley O'Callaghan (Collaboration)
- Oxford Photovoltaics (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD (Collaboration)
- Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) (Collaboration)
- CreaPhys GmbH (Collaboration)
- Ilika (Collaboration)
- Plasma App Ltd (Collaboration)
- M-Solv (Collaboration)
- Oxford Instruments (United Kingdom) (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- University of Münster (Collaboration)
- South East Physics Network (Project Partner)
- Gooch & Housego (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Seagate (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Fibercore (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Plastic Logic (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Samsung (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Glass Technology Services (Project Partner)
- M Squared Lasers (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Chell Instruments (Project Partner)
- National Instruments (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Excelitas Technologies (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- National Physical Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Ilika (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Lenton (Project Partner)
Publications
Farmakidis N
(2019)
Plasmonic nanogap enhanced phase-change devices with dual electrical-optical functionality.
in Science advances
Farmakidis N
(2021)
Exploiting rotational asymmetry for sub-50 nm mechanical nanocalligraphy.
in Microsystems & nanoengineering
Feldmann J
(2019)
All-optical spiking neurosynaptic networks with self-learning capabilities.
in Nature
Feldmann J
(2020)
Integrated 256 Cell Photonic Phase-Change Memory With 512-Bit Capacity
in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
Feldmann J
(2021)
Publisher Correction: Parallel convolutional processing using an integrated photonic tensor core.
in Nature
Gemo E
(2020)
Simple technique for determining the refractive index of phase-change materials using near-infrared reflectometry
in Optical Materials Express
Gemo E
(2019)
Plasmonically-enhanced all-optical integrated phase-change memory.
in Optics express
Gemo E
(2020)
Simple technique for determining the refractive index of phase-change materials using near-infrared reflectometry
in Optical Materials Express
Gerardo Rodriguez-Hernandez
(2016)
Study of Ge2Sb2Te5 properties for opto-electronic applications
| Description | Improved glass purity through a in-house and custom designed glass melting/purification system First demonstration of crucible drawn optical fibres from chalcogenide glass in the UK New glass compositions which provide enhanced transparency in the infrared |
| Exploitation Route | Collaborative work with industrial parnters Further funding proposal Spin out company commerical glass sales |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Energy,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology,Security and Diplomacy,Transport |
| URL | http://chalcogenide.net |
| Description | As part of the Glass Reflections Conference ChAMP are orgainising a one day workshop on Chalcogenides on 9 September 2015 at Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge. Combining with the Photonex Southampton exhibition, brought 231 people to the CHAMP partnership day on 9 March to mark the launch of the project to advance the manufacture of Chalcogenide glasses and demonstration their applications - a record breaking audience for such an event at Southampton. Prof Hayden ChAMP partnership day Prof Brian Hayden explaining the potential of hIgh throughput screen of advanced material compositions and how it can be applied to Chalcogenides Talks from the work package leaders at Southampton, Heriot-Watt, Exeter, Oxford and Cambridge Universities were welcomed by an audience including over 100 representatives from across UK industry. Industrial partners also provided valuable insights into how these glasses can be processed and what is driving their adoption in both passive and active applications. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Chemicals,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Security and Diplomacy,Transport |
| Impact Types | Societal,Economic |
| Description | All-dielectric beam control using dynamically-tuneable metasurfaces |
| Amount | £52,700 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Defence Science & Technology Laboratory (DSTL) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Chalcogenide-based memory and logic for flexible electronics applications Read more at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=3447#qpQPkbQAvClARAq4.99 |
| Amount | £40,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Pragmatic Printing Ltd |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Development and Application of Non-Equilibrium Doping in Amorphous Chalcogenides |
| Amount | £261,632 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/N020278/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2016 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Dynamically-tuneable optical metasurfaces for laser implosion fusion applications Read more at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=3450#HiB6zfH5jew10Mf0.99 |
| Amount | £52,700 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Atomic Weapons Establishment |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 09/2023 |
| Description | Feasibility of a novel low cost technique to deposit chalcogenides |
| Amount | £111,001 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 132374 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2016 |
| End | 09/2017 |
| Description | Fun-COMP |
| Amount | € 3,999,999 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 780848 |
| Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | Belgium |
| Start | 03/2018 |
| End | 02/2022 |
| 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 | Infrared light control using phase-change metadevices |
| Amount | $444,000 (USD) |
| Funding ID | N-00014-16-R-BA01 |
| Organisation | ONRG Office of Naval Research Global |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United States |
| Start | 08/2017 |
| End | 08/2020 |
| Description | Nanomaterials for Smart Data Storage |
| Amount | £211,227 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/N510063/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | Next Generation Chalcogenides (ChAMP); MaFuMa grant |
| Amount | £2,508,176 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/M015130/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2015 |
| End | 01/2020 |
| Description | TEAM-A: The tailored electromagnetic and acoustic materials accelerator |
| Amount | £2,433,195 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/R004781/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2017 |
| End | 09/2022 |
| 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. |
| Title | Optoelectronic testing station - Fiber Coupling with nanometer precision |
| Description | Set-ups used for combined optoelectronic testing of nanoscale and microscope devices have several limitations with respect to mechanical, electrical and optical operation properties. Therefore, in order to continue with the study of mixed mode electro-optical operation of functional materials, a new experimental set-up with better characteristics was required. The following features were identified. In order to aim the laser accurately on the device, a raster reflectivity scan was necessary. This, in turn, called for the improvement in reproducibility of the stage position, as well as a reduction of the drift due to thermal expansion and mechanical relaxation of the components. Additionally, by reducing mechanical drift, the time available to perform the test would also increase, allowing for better focusing and aiming into the area of interest. Improvement in the scan step resolution was also required, in comparison to the 100nm step resolution provided by the pico-motors of the former setup. Also, nano-second range optical and electrical pulses were needed to induce amorphization of GST devices. All of the before mentioned requirements were subsequently incorporated into a new experimental setup in a way which is described in detail in a thesis submitted by Gerardo Rodriguez Henandez whilst working in Harish Bhaskaran's laboratory. The requirements for the optical component of the experimental setup corresponded closely to a laser-scanning microscope. Such an instrument produces images by raster scanning a focused laser beam on a given sample and acquiring the intensity of the reflected signal at every point during the scan. However, higher power than that required to simply acquire reflectance scans (3mW) was also needed to optically induce phase changes of phase change materials (~60mW). One important feature in the current design was the use of fibre-coupled optical components. Such components allow a reduction of the setup footprint, simplify the alignment and improve the sensitivity to vibration and are generally safer to use. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | A paper and a research thesis was published. 2 new patents have been filed. |
| Title | Research data supporting "The relation between chemical bonding and ultra-fast crystal growth" |
| Description | This document explains the key data contained in this repository for the following manuscript: The relation between chemical bonding and ultrafast crystal growth by T. H. Lee and S. R. Elliott General: We include here the atomic coordinates of generated amorphous GST model. In addition, we include the atomic coordinates of models captured at certain frames during growth simulations (i.e. the initial and final configurations during sequential cooperative atomic movements, as shown in Fig. 5a). The data for the distribution of atomic distance and ELFbond for axial and equatorial bonds of Ge(4,1) and Sb(4,1) units are also included here. Data files: 1. Amorphous_model.cif This file contains the atomic coordinates of amorphous GST model generated (Fig. 1a). The file can be viewed by, for instance, VESTA (http://jp-minerals.org/vesta/en/). 2. Atom_ligand_distance_Ge41_axial_equatorial.txt The first, second, and third columns correspond to the bond distance in Å, the number of axial bonds, and the number of equatorial bonds, respectively, for Ge(4,1) units observed in amorphous models (Fig. 2d). 3. Atom_ligand_distance_Sb41_axial_equatorial.txt The first, second, and third columns correspond to the bond distance in Å, the number of axial bonds, and the number of equatorial bonds, respectively, for Sb(4,1) units observed in amorphous models (Fig. 2d). 4. ELF_Ge41_axial_equatorial.txt The first, second, and third columns correspond to the ELEbond, equatorial-bond populations, and the population of axial bonds, respectively, for Ge(4,1) units observed in amorphous models (Fig. 3a). 5. ELF_Sb41_axial_equatorial.txt The first, second, and third columns correspond to the ELEbond, the population of equatorial bonds, and the population of axial bonds, respectively, for Sb(4,1) units observed in amorphous models (Fig. 3a). 6. Atomic_configuration_growth.cif This file contains the atomic coordinates of GST model during crystal growth. The file can be viewed by, for instance, VESTA (http://jp-minerals.org/vesta/en/). |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Description | 2D International Collaboration |
| Organisation | Federal University of Pernambuco |
| Country | Brazil |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | During 2020, our research has continued to focus on optimising the electrical properties of uniform, wafer scale, atomically thin 2D films for use in next generation transistor devices and large areas transition metal di-chalcogenide monolayers for a variety of emerging electronic and photonics applications. |
| Collaborator Contribution | In collaborative work with Brazil, China and the University of Nottingham here in the UK, we have found that ionizing radiation (gamma ray) interacts strongly with two-dimensional WS2, which induces effective p-doping in the samples. As the radiation dose increases, the p-doping concentration increases substantially. We demonstrate ?-ray interaction with a WS2 monolayer verifying the generation of secondary ? photons (in the silicon substrate), electron/hole pairs, fast electrons, and creation of S and W vacancies in the monolayer. |
| Impact | These results, published in May in the journal Nanoscale Horizons, have shown that a detector based on monolayer WS2 is an appealing candidate for sensing high-energy photons at small radiation doses. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | 2D International Collaboration |
| Organisation | Shandong Normal University |
| Country | China |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | During 2020, our research has continued to focus on optimising the electrical properties of uniform, wafer scale, atomically thin 2D films for use in next generation transistor devices and large areas transition metal di-chalcogenide monolayers for a variety of emerging electronic and photonics applications. |
| Collaborator Contribution | In collaborative work with Brazil, China and the University of Nottingham here in the UK, we have found that ionizing radiation (gamma ray) interacts strongly with two-dimensional WS2, which induces effective p-doping in the samples. As the radiation dose increases, the p-doping concentration increases substantially. We demonstrate ?-ray interaction with a WS2 monolayer verifying the generation of secondary ? photons (in the silicon substrate), electron/hole pairs, fast electrons, and creation of S and W vacancies in the monolayer. |
| Impact | These results, published in May in the journal Nanoscale Horizons, have shown that a detector based on monolayer WS2 is an appealing candidate for sensing high-energy photons at small radiation doses. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | 2D International Collaboration |
| Organisation | University of Nottingham |
| Department | School of Physics and Astronomy |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | During 2020, our research has continued to focus on optimising the electrical properties of uniform, wafer scale, atomically thin 2D films for use in next generation transistor devices and large areas transition metal di-chalcogenide monolayers for a variety of emerging electronic and photonics applications. |
| Collaborator Contribution | In collaborative work with Brazil, China and the University of Nottingham here in the UK, we have found that ionizing radiation (gamma ray) interacts strongly with two-dimensional WS2, which induces effective p-doping in the samples. As the radiation dose increases, the p-doping concentration increases substantially. We demonstrate ?-ray interaction with a WS2 monolayer verifying the generation of secondary ? photons (in the silicon substrate), electron/hole pairs, fast electrons, and creation of S and W vacancies in the monolayer. |
| Impact | These results, published in May in the journal Nanoscale Horizons, have shown that a detector based on monolayer WS2 is an appealing candidate for sensing high-energy photons at small radiation doses. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Advanced Materials |
| Organisation | Qinetiq |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Develop method for processing materials for security and defence applications |
| Collaborator Contribution | Analysis of the materials supplied |
| Impact | Better understanding of emerging materials for security and defence applications |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | City College New York, Chemistry Dept. professor Maria Tamargo. |
| Organisation | City University of New York (CUNY) |
| Department | City College of New York |
| Country | United States |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | We provided their group with GaAs ELO samples for experiments on BiSe and other topological insulators. We also visited their lab to transfer our knowledge of the lift off procedure for future experiments |
| Collaborator Contribution | Their contribution was to grow lattice matched InP/InGaAs/ZnCdSe samples for our group to subsequently deposit our epitaxial lift off structures on. |
| Impact | In preparation |
| Start Year | 2015 |
| Description | IR Materials |
| Organisation | Qioptic |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Developed a process for modification of infrared materials |
| Collaborator Contribution | Analysis of our results |
| Impact | Report and provision of samples |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| 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 | Smart Materials for Data Storage |
| Organisation | Ilika |
| Department | Ilika Technologies Ltd. |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | HAMR is a technology designed to enable the next big increase in the amount of data that can be stored on a hard drive. It uses a new kind of media magnetic technology on each disk that allows data bits, or grains, to become smaller and more densely packed than ever, while remaining magnetically stable. A small laser diode attached to each recording head heats a tiny spot on the disk, which enables the recording head to flip the magnetic polarity of each very stable bit, enabling data to be written. Our research team provided expertise in our knowledge of advanced materials to the industrial partner Seagate to help them indentify materials more suitable in the hard drives they were developing. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The Nanomaterials for Data Storage project has successfully demonstrated new materials with new capabilities to improve read write transducer reliability and performance in next generation hard drive products. High thermal conductivity materials have been processed at Seagate's wafer fabrication facility with follow on electrical testing to verify that the nitride based materials have enabled reduced thermal effects in the transducer, translating into a 25% gain in the ability to set the distance between the head and the disk. This will enable reduced time to product launch for the Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR) hard drive technology due to reach the market in early 2019. Advanced material synthesis and test capability at the partner organisations, Ilika and University of Southampton was used to facilitate material optimisation and exploration with many alternative options. The Nanomaterials for Data Storage has resulted in strong working relationship between Seagate, llika and the University of Southampton. As a result of this another Innovate UK funded project, Photonic Material Process for Data Storage, is underway. The aim of this project is to put in place a mechanism for continued business interaction between Seagate and Ilika. Also, the University of Southampton has been able to quickly demonstrate material properties and measurements in several areas that are of interest to Seagate. It is hoped that one of these areas can become the focus on a future Innovate UK funded project. The partners are actively working on this at the moment. |
| Impact | Ellipsometry of 2D materials Improved annealing processes for 2D materials Processes for lower temperature deposition of 2D materials Invited to Participate Knowledge Transfer Network, UK led workshop: Contact: Monika Dunkel monika.dunkel@ktn-uk.org Participated in Flexible and Printed Electronics, Displays & Photonics demonstrator workshop, 21 November 2017, Cambridge |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Description | UltraSRD - Innovate UK |
| Organisation | Bodle Technologies Ltd |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | UltraSRD - Designing a proof of concept ultra-low power, solid-state reflective colour display using novel phase change materials. The technological challenge of successfully implementing colour & video capability within a reflective (non-backlit) display has been challenging the display industry for years. Reflective E-reader displays are slow to refresh and only available in black and white, whilst backlit LCD and emissive OLED screens consume high rates of power: this limits the information display applications that these technologies can be applied to. Development of a feasible low power, Cookies on the GtR website multi-colour display technology could see many new avenues of opportunity open for new reflective information displays including in wearable devices and the internet of things. UltraSRD addresses this unsatisfactory compromise on colour, speed and energy consumption: based on research completed at the University of Oxford and with industry support, Bodle Technologies intends to investigate the feasibility of developing a commercially viable, high resolution, bistable, rapid refresh, colour reflective display by 2020 using novel phase change materials. |
| Collaborator Contribution | phase change material display research |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | UltraSRD - Innovate UK |
| Organisation | M-Solv |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | UltraSRD - Designing a proof of concept ultra-low power, solid-state reflective colour display using novel phase change materials. The technological challenge of successfully implementing colour & video capability within a reflective (non-backlit) display has been challenging the display industry for years. Reflective E-reader displays are slow to refresh and only available in black and white, whilst backlit LCD and emissive OLED screens consume high rates of power: this limits the information display applications that these technologies can be applied to. Development of a feasible low power, Cookies on the GtR website multi-colour display technology could see many new avenues of opportunity open for new reflective information displays including in wearable devices and the internet of things. UltraSRD addresses this unsatisfactory compromise on colour, speed and energy consumption: based on research completed at the University of Oxford and with industry support, Bodle Technologies intends to investigate the feasibility of developing a commercially viable, high resolution, bistable, rapid refresh, colour reflective display by 2020 using novel phase change materials. |
| Collaborator Contribution | phase change material display research |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | UltraSRD - Innovate UK |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UltraSRD - Designing a proof of concept ultra-low power, solid-state reflective colour display using novel phase change materials. The technological challenge of successfully implementing colour & video capability within a reflective (non-backlit) display has been challenging the display industry for years. Reflective E-reader displays are slow to refresh and only available in black and white, whilst backlit LCD and emissive OLED screens consume high rates of power: this limits the information display applications that these technologies can be applied to. Development of a feasible low power, Cookies on the GtR website multi-colour display technology could see many new avenues of opportunity open for new reflective information displays including in wearable devices and the internet of things. UltraSRD addresses this unsatisfactory compromise on colour, speed and energy consumption: based on research completed at the University of Oxford and with industry support, Bodle Technologies intends to investigate the feasibility of developing a commercially viable, high resolution, bistable, rapid refresh, colour reflective display by 2020 using novel phase change materials. |
| Collaborator Contribution | phase change material display research |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| Description | UltraSRD - Innovate UK |
| Organisation | University of Southampton |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | UltraSRD - Designing a proof of concept ultra-low power, solid-state reflective colour display using novel phase change materials. The technological challenge of successfully implementing colour & video capability within a reflective (non-backlit) display has been challenging the display industry for years. Reflective E-reader displays are slow to refresh and only available in black and white, whilst backlit LCD and emissive OLED screens consume high rates of power: this limits the information display applications that these technologies can be applied to. Development of a feasible low power, Cookies on the GtR website multi-colour display technology could see many new avenues of opportunity open for new reflective information displays including in wearable devices and the internet of things. UltraSRD addresses this unsatisfactory compromise on colour, speed and energy consumption: based on research completed at the University of Oxford and with industry support, Bodle Technologies intends to investigate the feasibility of developing a commercially viable, high resolution, bistable, rapid refresh, colour reflective display by 2020 using novel phase change materials. |
| Collaborator Contribution | phase change material display research |
| Impact | N/A |
| Start Year | 2017 |
| 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 | DISPLAY |
| Description | A display is described which comprisesa plurality of pixels (12), wherein each pixel (12) comprises a plasmonic resonator (26) including first and second metallic material elements (16, 22) and incorporatinga layer (18) of a phase change material, the plasmonic resonator (26) being arranged such that in one material state of the phase change material (18) the electric field coupling between the second metallic material element (22) and the phase change material layer (18) is strong and so strong absorption of selected wavelengths of the incident light occurs, whereas in another state of the phase change material (18) the electric field coupling between the metallic material elements (16, 22) and the phase change material layer (18), and between the first and second metallic material elements (16, 22) is weak and so re-radiation of incident light occurs, the pixel (12) being of high reflectance. |
| IP Reference | WO2019038559 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2019 |
| Licensed | No |
| Impact | None so far |
| 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. |
| Description | Advanced Engineering 2018, 31 Oct - 1 Nov, NEC Birmingham |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Celebrating its 10th edition this year, Advanced Engineering continues to build even further upon its position as the UK's largest annual gathering of OEMs and engineering supply chain professionals. No other event reacts so quickly every year to the dynamic changes that are happening right now within advanced engineering and manufacturing. With an expanded Connected Manufacturing show zone, and the launch of a new co located event, Nuclear Engineering, the 2018 show will certainly be no exception. Across the show floor: 600+ exhibiting suppliers and partners 200+ presentations and case studies from OEMs, industry experts and government Innovative and exciting feature exhibits showing the latest technologies in action Enabling Innovation zone for SMEs and start-ups to present new inventions and ideas |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://compositesuk.co.uk/events/advanced-engineering-2018 |
| Description | Materials Research Exchange, 12 March 2018, London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | The 2018 Materials Research Exchange and Investor Showcase, organised by the Knowledge Transfer Network and Innovate UK and supported by EPSRC and Dstl provides an excellent platform to help develop commercial success of UK-generated materials research and innovation. Taking place on 12 and 13 March, 2018 at the Business Design Centre, London it will provide an ideal opportunity to absorb current trends and take a glimpse of future innovations. The UK is an acknowledged global hub of excellence in materials research and know-how. This event will demonstrate the groundbreaking new materials and processes to industry to accelerate the process of taking these through to commercialisation. From metals, powders and textiles to graphene and polymers - innovations in advanced materials research have numerous applications across a wide range of sectors. MRE2018 will be the largest and finest materials innovation event of the year... designed by those working in materials for the materials sector to engage with key application sectors in the UK and beyond. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.rsc.org/events/detail/30124/materials-research-exchange-and-investor-showcase-2018 |
| Description | Photonix, 10-11 October, 2018 Coventry |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | PHOTONEX EUROPE LIVE! is a key event for photonics, an enabling technology: a vast diversity of applications are enabled by photonics and light technologies. Photonex brings the whole supply chain together under one roof: supplier companies, consultants, industrial users, researchers, science groups and innovative new-comers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.photonex.org/photonex/18/index.php |
| Description | SPIE Exhibition |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Attendence at SPIE Exhibition as as part of SPIE Security + Defence and Remote Sensing Edinburgh 26-29 Sep 2016 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |