Ultrafast Laser Plasma Implantation- Seamless Integration of Functional Materials for Advanced Photonics
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: Chemical and Process Engineering
Abstract
SeaMatics is an "advanced materials manufacturing project for photonic integrated circuits" for a range of emerging applications in optical communication, sensors, imaging technology for healthcare, and lighting. Unlike the integration in electronic circuits in which electrons flow seamlessly, in photonic integrated circuits at the light does not flow seamlessly due to mismatch of refractive index and materials dissimilarity. In order to facilitate a way forward for fabricating light circuits, the SeaMatics team has embarked on research which will exploit a novel "ultrafast laser plasma implantation (ULPI)" based technique for fabricating complex structures, using following materials: rare-earth ion doped glass, polymers and silicon and GaAs semiconductors. Such a combinatorial approach for materials fabrication will yield photonic circuit for engineering range energy-efficient devices for cross-sectorial applications (health, manufacturing, energy, digital).
The project is led by the University of Leeds and is supported by has four academic partners by the Universities of Cambridge, Sheffield and York in the respective areas of research on polymeric devices, III-V semiconductors, and silicon photonics. The EPSRC National Centre for III-V Technologies will be accessed for materials and device fabrication.
Eleven industry partners directly involved in the project are: DSTL, GTS/British Glass, Glucosense/NetScientific, Product Evolution, PVD Products, CST, IQE, Dow Corning, Xyratex, Gooch and Housego and Semtech. The industry links covers from materials manufacturing to optical components and their applications in optical/data communication, sensors for healthcare, energy for lighting. In this partnership the manufacturing is linked with different levels of supply chain, which we aim to demonstrate by researching on exemplar devices as end points.
The main goals of the project are
a) Set up a ULPI manufacturing capability at Leeds which will serve the needs of academic and industrial communities in UK to start with and then expand for international collaboration.
b) Our first application led manufacturing example will demonstrate ULPI based RE-earth doped glass photonic circuits with light splitting, lasing and amplification functions on a chip.
c) In another example we will demonstrate electrically pumped semiconductor lasers (VCSEL and VECSEL) and integrated with rare-earth ion doped glass for broadband and tunable lasers.
d) Approaches developed in b) and c) will be then expanded for manufacturing larger scale photonic integrated circuits on silicon, embodying multiple functions using the techniques developed in a).
e) ULPI as technique will be applied for engineering novel range of polymer-glass sensor devices which will be used for health care.
f) The final goal of project is to provide training, dissemination, and outreach opportunities for new researchers in SeaMatics. Dissemination related activities will be via the standard peer-review publications in prestigious journals, conferences and workshops. Dedicated symposia are planned for dissemination, and also the outreach activities involving UG/PG interns, PhD students and Sixth form pupils.
The project is led by the University of Leeds and is supported by has four academic partners by the Universities of Cambridge, Sheffield and York in the respective areas of research on polymeric devices, III-V semiconductors, and silicon photonics. The EPSRC National Centre for III-V Technologies will be accessed for materials and device fabrication.
Eleven industry partners directly involved in the project are: DSTL, GTS/British Glass, Glucosense/NetScientific, Product Evolution, PVD Products, CST, IQE, Dow Corning, Xyratex, Gooch and Housego and Semtech. The industry links covers from materials manufacturing to optical components and their applications in optical/data communication, sensors for healthcare, energy for lighting. In this partnership the manufacturing is linked with different levels of supply chain, which we aim to demonstrate by researching on exemplar devices as end points.
The main goals of the project are
a) Set up a ULPI manufacturing capability at Leeds which will serve the needs of academic and industrial communities in UK to start with and then expand for international collaboration.
b) Our first application led manufacturing example will demonstrate ULPI based RE-earth doped glass photonic circuits with light splitting, lasing and amplification functions on a chip.
c) In another example we will demonstrate electrically pumped semiconductor lasers (VCSEL and VECSEL) and integrated with rare-earth ion doped glass for broadband and tunable lasers.
d) Approaches developed in b) and c) will be then expanded for manufacturing larger scale photonic integrated circuits on silicon, embodying multiple functions using the techniques developed in a).
e) ULPI as technique will be applied for engineering novel range of polymer-glass sensor devices which will be used for health care.
f) The final goal of project is to provide training, dissemination, and outreach opportunities for new researchers in SeaMatics. Dissemination related activities will be via the standard peer-review publications in prestigious journals, conferences and workshops. Dedicated symposia are planned for dissemination, and also the outreach activities involving UG/PG interns, PhD students and Sixth form pupils.
Planned Impact
SeaMatics offers a new technology horizon for manufacturing, which has attracted a wide ranging interest from industry, explained in the Pathways to Impact. We have also explained direct economic, societal, knowledge and people impacts. Besides the direct benefits derived from SeaMatics, others are also explained in the pathways to impact.
EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: Although the advanced photonic and optoelectronic materials is the mainstay of the project, there has been a number of emerging important side lines of applications which will also dominate in future. For example, the strengthening and toughening of glass is a major challenge in large architectural buildings such as the Apple Buildings in major cities, Chard in London which are emerging globally at a fantastic rate. In such buildings multifunctionality of glass surface from self-cleaning to energy harvesting, robustness and durability over long period will be required. Such complex functions are impossible to achieve via hot forming of very large sections of glass, which consume huge amount of energy for each type of surface modification. ULPI will be a desirable disruptive technology.
Manufacturing architectural glass with multi-functional surface will stimulate new research and development via the participation of architects and landscape artists, civil and materials engineers, and laser manufactures of glass sheets for their toughened laser welding. On a smaller scale of glass strengthening and toughening applications, there is also opportunity for container glass industry where together with toughened wall, the product identification with infrangible and product quality control for food and pharmaceutical companies is also a potential opportunity.
The above approach for toughening is also applicable for display and car windscreens.
In order to capture the emerging strength and toughening market, there is a new line of technology exploitation which is being pursued by the PI with the support from GTS in Sheffield. The new opportunity, called the Optimus, is an exploitation vehicle which will be integrated with the SeaMatics to create a TSB project in future. Besides this, a strong portfolio of glass manufacturing related patents at UoL which are licensed to GTS has opened an opportunity for setting up of a TSB funded AMSCE project. This is being actively pursued by GTS for the completion of proposal (£12 million) for submission in October 2014, in which UoL is one of the knowledge stakeholders.
NEW FACILITIES FOR KNOWLEDGE: The application of ULPI for dielectric and semiconductor materials is in its infantile state of knowledge and in this respect, the potential for a new facility at Leeds will create an epicentre from where new knowledge in Physics, Materials Science and Device Engineering will spread in the rest of world via people training, international research partnership (e.g. Politecnico di Milano, Kyoto University in Japan, ANU in Australia) which we will be able to leverage with the EU funding in H2020.
EMERGING OPPORTUNITIES: Although the advanced photonic and optoelectronic materials is the mainstay of the project, there has been a number of emerging important side lines of applications which will also dominate in future. For example, the strengthening and toughening of glass is a major challenge in large architectural buildings such as the Apple Buildings in major cities, Chard in London which are emerging globally at a fantastic rate. In such buildings multifunctionality of glass surface from self-cleaning to energy harvesting, robustness and durability over long period will be required. Such complex functions are impossible to achieve via hot forming of very large sections of glass, which consume huge amount of energy for each type of surface modification. ULPI will be a desirable disruptive technology.
Manufacturing architectural glass with multi-functional surface will stimulate new research and development via the participation of architects and landscape artists, civil and materials engineers, and laser manufactures of glass sheets for their toughened laser welding. On a smaller scale of glass strengthening and toughening applications, there is also opportunity for container glass industry where together with toughened wall, the product identification with infrangible and product quality control for food and pharmaceutical companies is also a potential opportunity.
The above approach for toughening is also applicable for display and car windscreens.
In order to capture the emerging strength and toughening market, there is a new line of technology exploitation which is being pursued by the PI with the support from GTS in Sheffield. The new opportunity, called the Optimus, is an exploitation vehicle which will be integrated with the SeaMatics to create a TSB project in future. Besides this, a strong portfolio of glass manufacturing related patents at UoL which are licensed to GTS has opened an opportunity for setting up of a TSB funded AMSCE project. This is being actively pursued by GTS for the completion of proposal (£12 million) for submission in October 2014, in which UoL is one of the knowledge stakeholders.
NEW FACILITIES FOR KNOWLEDGE: The application of ULPI for dielectric and semiconductor materials is in its infantile state of knowledge and in this respect, the potential for a new facility at Leeds will create an epicentre from where new knowledge in Physics, Materials Science and Device Engineering will spread in the rest of world via people training, international research partnership (e.g. Politecnico di Milano, Kyoto University in Japan, ANU in Australia) which we will be able to leverage with the EU funding in H2020.
Organisations
- University of Leeds (Lead Research Organisation)
- Xtera Communications (Collaboration)
- Ardagh Group (Collaboration)
- Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA) (Collaboration)
- SKAN-Schott Glass (Collaboration)
- Polytechnic University of Milan (Collaboration)
- Glass Technology Services (Collaboration, Project Partner)
- Pilkington Glass (Collaboration)
- Semtech Corporation (Project Partner)
- Gooch & Housego (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Glucosense Diagnostics Ltd (Project Partner)
- Seagate (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- PVD Products (Project Partner)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Product Evolution Ltd (Project Partner)
- Dow Corning Ltd (UK) (Project Partner)
- Compound Semiconductor Technologies (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- IQE (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Kumi Barimah E
(2020)
Erbium-Doped Nanoparticle-Polymer Composite Thin Films for Photonic Applications: Structural and Optical Properties.
in ACS omega
Fang H
(2019)
Laser-Like Emission from a Sandwiched MoTe 2 Heterostructure on a Silicon Single-Mode Resonator
in Advanced Optical Materials
Kumi-Barimah E
(2020)
Phase changeable vanadium dioxide (VO2) thin films grown from vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) using femtosecond pulsed laser deposition
in AIP Advances
Albarkaty K
(2018)
Erbium-doped chalcogenide glass thin film on silicon using femtosecond pulsed laser with different deposition temperatures
in Applied Physics A
Hashmi J
(2016)
Study of deposition parameters for the fabrication of ZnO thin films using femtosecond laser
in Applied Physics A
Lei D
(2022)
Polarization-pinning in substrate emission multi-mode vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers using deep trenches
in Applied Physics Letters
Mann T
(2018)
Femtosecond laser ablation properties of Er3+ ion doped zinc-sodium tellurite glass
in Journal of Applied Physics
Nampi PP
(2019)
Selective cellular imaging with lanthanide-based upconversion nanoparticles.
in Journal of biophotonics
Kakkar T
(2018)
Photoluminescence intensity ratio of Eu-conjugated lactates-A simple optical imaging technique for biomarker analysis for critical diseases.
in Journal of biophotonics
Bamiedakis N
(2015)
40 Gb/s Data Transmission Over a 1-m-Long Multimode Polymer Spiral Waveguide for Board-Level Optical Interconnects
in Journal of Lightwave Technology
Bamiedakis N
(2020)
Bend- and Twist-Insensitive Flexible Multimode Polymer Optical Interconnects
in Journal of Lightwave Technology
Chen J
(2016)
High-Bandwidth and Large Coupling Tolerance Graded-Index Multimode Polymer Waveguides for On-Board High-Speed Optical Interconnects
in Journal of Lightwave Technology
Fang H
(2018)
1305 nm Few-Layer MoTe 2 -on-Silicon Laser-Like Emission
in Laser & Photonics Reviews
Nampi PP
(2021)
Barium yttrium fluoride based upconversion nanoparticles as dual mode image contrast agents.
in Materials science & engineering. C, Materials for biological applications
Kamil SA
(2022)
Effect of Substrate Temperature on Morphological, Structural, and Optical Properties of Doped Layer on SiO2-on-Silicon and Si3N4-on-Silicon Substrate.
in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)
Albarkaty KS
(2022)
Femtosecond Laser Deposition of Germanium Selenide onto Silicon Platform at Different Substrate Temperatures.
in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)
Barimah E
(2018)
Erbium-doped glass nanoparticle embedded polymer thin films using femtosecond pulsed laser deposition
in Optical Materials Express
Chandrappan J
(2015)
Doping silica beyond limits with laser plasma for active photonic materials
in Optical Materials Express
Sarcan F
(2020)
Dilute nitride resonant-cavity light emitting diode
in Optics & Laser Technology
Kamil SA
(2016)
Ultrafast laser plasma doping of Er3+ ions in silica-on-silicon for optical waveguiding applications.
in Optics letters
Blanc W
(2023)
The past, present and future of photonic glasses: A review in homage to the United Nations International Year of glass 2022
in Progress in Materials Science
Barimah EK
(2022)
Infrared optical properties modulation of VO2 thin film fabricated by ultrafast pulsed laser deposition for thermochromic smart window applications.
in Scientific reports
Chandrappan J
(2015)
Target dependent femtosecond laser plasma implantation dynamics in enabling silica for high density erbium doping.
in Scientific reports
Kumi-Barimah E
(2020)
Phase evolution, morphological, optical and electrical properties of femtosecond pulsed laser deposited TiO2 thin films.
in Scientific reports
Chandrappan J
(2017)
Devitrification of ultrafast laser plasma produced metastable glass layer
in Scripta Materialia
Ahmad Kamil Suraya
(2018)
Ultrafast laser plasma doping of rare earth ions for optical waveguiding applications
Kakkar Tarun
(2017)
Ultrafast pulsed laser plasma fabrication of erbium doped thin film sensors
Chandrappan Jayakrishnan
(2015)
Femtosecond laser plasma assisted rare-earth doping in silica for integrated optics
Bamiedakis N
(2014)
40 Gb/s data transmission over a 1 m long multimode polymer spiral waveguide
| Description | A new materials for optical amplifier on silicon is developed which will impact the development of next generation high speed computer processor chips. Femtosecond Pulsed Laser Deposition is developed to a manufacturing process with a new equipment being installed in the spinout company. The broader materials processing IP generated is licensed for applications including glass/polymer strengthening. |
| Exploitation Route | The ULPI technology related patent is now licensed to a spinout company Optimus Vitrum Ltd for commercial exploitation. However the the company was unfortuanately wound down becasue of the investment backdown following Covid-19 crisis. A number of publications and conference presentations were made for the academic community and beyond. |
| Sectors | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Agriculture, Food and Drink,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Energy,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| URL | http://www.seamatics.org |
| Description | Findings have been used in the technology used by Optimus Vitrum Ltd (Op-Vi) a new spinout company. The company has now received £600k investment from private investors and moved to its own research and development facility in 2019. Dr. Matthew Murray who was Researcher-Co-I in the project will become the CTO of Op-Vi. 4 other employees including another postdoc Dr. Robert Mathieson workign in the comapny now. The company's focus initially will be on commercialising the ULPI technology for toughened screens for mobile phones. It also led to a a spinout NIQS Technology Ltd for sensors application. A £150k on passive radiative cooling with Atkin's Insulation Ltd is underway. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Electronics,Energy,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | Advanced photonic biosensors and laser materials processing |
| Amount | £75,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 1559338 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2015 |
| End | 11/2018 |
| Description | EPSRC CASE |
| Amount | £74,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2015 |
| End | 03/2019 |
| Description | Glucosense studentship |
| Amount | £120,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Netscientific UK |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2013 |
| End | 09/2016 |
| Description | Glucosense- Seamatic collaboration |
| Amount | £8,479 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Glucosense |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2015 |
| End | 12/2015 |
| Description | H 2020 |
| Amount | £128,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Department | Horizon 2020 |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 12/2017 |
| Description | H2020 MSC IF Fellowship |
| Amount | € 200,000 (EUR) |
| Organisation | European Union |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 08/2016 |
| End | 07/2018 |
| Description | Non-invasive bio-sensing assisted by quantum technology |
| Amount | £75,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 2115757 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2018 |
| End | 06/2022 |
| Description | Non-invasive quantum sensing for continuous glucose monitoring |
| Amount | £500,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10031417 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2022 |
| End | 05/2024 |
| Description | Optimus phase-I (IAA) |
| Amount | £10,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | University of Leeds |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2014 |
| End | 12/2014 |
| Description | University of Leeds and Eluceda Ltd KTP 21_22 R5 |
| Amount | £211,780 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 10030217 |
| Organisation | Innovate UK |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2022 |
| End | 11/2024 |
| Description | UoL-industry PoC funding |
| Amount | £135,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Netscientific UK |
| Sector | Private |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 10/2012 |
| End | 09/2013 |
| Description | Xtera Communications |
| Amount | £115,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Xtera Communications |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2016 |
| End | 06/2019 |
| Title | Optical waveguide/amplifier characterisation facility |
| Description | A photonics lab with number of lasers, optical spectrum analyser, tunable laser, waveguide manipulation stages, microscopes etc |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Development of high gain optical amplifiers |
| Title | Photonic chip |
| Description | Materials for noninvasive biomarker detection |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This is now used of non-invasive glucose sensor development. Other applications in photonics are under development. |
| Title | ULPI |
| Description | This is a new method for implanting multiple ions in a variety of materials, I particular glass for functionalization. |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | The method has led to the materials platform development for sensors and glass toughening, both of which has been progressed towards new spin offs. |
| Title | ULPI pilot manufacturing facility |
| Description | A new manufacturing tool for femtosecond laser plasma implantation on large area substrates |
| Type Of Material | Technology assay or reagent |
| Year Produced | 2017 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | New materials platform for Ultramatis Ltd, sensor materials for Glucosense. Other impacts are in progress. |
| URL | https://engineering.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/329/integrated-photonics-laboratory-opens-at-university... |
| Title | laser micromachining |
| Description | This is a laboratory system for micromachnining glass for photonic chip development. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2012 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | This has aided the development of photonic chip, collaborative research. |
| Description | Budapest |
| Organisation | Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA) |
| Department | Centre for Energy Research (EK) |
| Country | Belgium |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The collaboration with the Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science (MFA) has led to the characterization of materials produced Leeds team in depth and better accuracy. The Rutherford Back Scattering method that MFA has huge expertise enabled the publication of two high impact papers. This enable us to improve the manufacturing process to control the materials compositions and achieve highest ever doping concentrations for Er3+ ions doping in silica. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Partners has provided as measurement of physical properties of femtosecond laser plasma produced thin doped layers on silica using Rutherford Back Scattering and spectroscopic ellipsometry. They also helped us in the analysis and discussion of the data. |
| Impact | Two high impact publications were resulted. |
| Start Year | 2012 |
| Description | Optimus-indsutry partners |
| Organisation | Ardagh Group |
| Country | Luxembourg |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Provided examples of toughening and patterning on glass using the ULPI technology proposed in Optimus |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided glasses and bottles |
| Impact | This is now progressing towards application in their products |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Optimus-indsutry partners |
| Organisation | Glass Technology Services |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Provided examples of toughening and patterning on glass using the ULPI technology proposed in Optimus |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided glasses and bottles |
| Impact | This is now progressing towards application in their products |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Optimus-indsutry partners |
| Organisation | Pilkington Glass |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Provided examples of toughening and patterning on glass using the ULPI technology proposed in Optimus |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided glasses and bottles |
| Impact | This is now progressing towards application in their products |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Optimus-indsutry partners |
| Organisation | SKAN-Schott Glass |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Provided examples of toughening and patterning on glass using the ULPI technology proposed in Optimus |
| Collaborator Contribution | Provided glasses and bottles |
| Impact | This is now progressing towards application in their products |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Politecnico di Milano |
| Organisation | Polytechnic University of Milan |
| Country | Italy |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | collaborative research on femtosecond laser inscription in glass, we developed new glasses which are suitable for this process. |
| Collaborator Contribution | They investigated the femtosecond laser inscription in glasses developed by us. |
| Impact | A number of high quality publications, new laser inscription setup at Leeds |
| Start Year | 2007 |
| Description | xtera |
| Organisation | Xtera Communications |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | A new PhD studentship for fabricating high erbium doped waveguide amplifiers started in January 2016 |
| Collaborator Contribution | Providing training support to the student at their factory |
| Impact | Collaboration just started. |
| Start Year | 2016 |
| Title | IMPLANTATION OF IONS GENERATED BY LASER ABLATION |
| Description | A process for fabricating a substrate comprising a laser-induced plasma assisted modified layer, and a substrate comprising an ion-implanted layer. The process comprises ablating ions from a first target and a separate second target with incident radiation from a laser in the presence of a substrate whereby a quantity of ablated ions from the first target and the second target are separately implanted into the substrate. Ablated ions from the second target are implanted into the substrate amongst implanted ions from the first target. Ablated ions of the first target (e,g Erbium) are a different material compared to ablated ions of the second target (e.g. Ytterbium). The resulting ion-implanted layer may have a substantially uniform distribution of the implanted ions from both the first and second targets collectively, and may be at a significantly greater depth than previously possible, desirably to a well-defined and sharp boundary within the substrate. |
| IP Reference | WO2017025759 |
| Protection | Patent application published |
| Year Protection Granted | 2017 |
| Licensed | Yes |
| Impact | Licensed to Optimus Vitrum Ltd to develop stronger smartphone screens, funcitonal glass |
| Title | Glucosense I |
| Description | A laboratory prototype was designed and fabricated. Ia pilot clinical study has confirmed the proof of concept. Further product design and development are underway to develop specifications for product development aimed at clinical trials. |
| Type | Diagnostic Tool - Non-Imaging |
| Current Stage Of Development | Initial development |
| Year Development Stage Completed | 2015 |
| Development Status | Under active development/distribution |
| Clinical Trial? | Yes |
| UKCRN/ISCTN Identifier | 14470(DRN 802) |
| Impact | Provided first set of data on the use of the new noninvasive glucose sensor which has proven the concept. Based on this the research team is currently in the process of raising funds for the next stage development. |
| Company Name | NIQS TECHNOLOGY LTD |
| Description | The comapny is focussing developign the quatum technology based non-invasive sensing including glcuose monitoring |
| Year Established | 2020 |
| Impact | Early stage, the fellow Nick Furtak-Wells won the ICURe and QTEC fellowships |
| Website | https://www.niqstech.com/ |
| Company Name | OPTIMUS VITRUM LIMITED |
| Description | The company is started to exploit the ULPI technology developed and patented at Leeds. Seed investment of £600k has been agreed and the company moved into its own premises with excellent R&D facilties . The company will focus on strengthened glass/polymer screens for display devices. |
| Year Established | 2018 |
| Impact | Improved products are demosntrated in 9 months currently engaged in next stage investment/commercial engagement. |
| Website | http://www.op-vi.com |
| Company Name | Ultramatis Ltd |
| Description | The company was established based on the proof of concept study supported by EPSRC IAA fund. The postdoctoral fellow fellow worked in this project is currently the CTO of the company. He won the Royal Academy of Engineering ERA Entrepreneurship award for the novel anticounterfeiting technology developed by it. |
| Year Established | 2014 |
| Impact | The company has secure £100k funding this year (2016) from the investor IP Group and is engaging with a number of bottle manufacturers/packaging companies for the application of its technology for their products. Dr. Matthew Murray who was the post-doctoral researcher with me has become the CTO of the company from 1 January 2016. He won the Royal Academy of Engineering ERA Entrepreneurship award for the novel anticounterfeiting technology developed by him in my research group. |
| Website | http://www.ultramatis.com |
| Description | Asianet News |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | It gave wiser publicity in India and several companies, patients contacted. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgpgjhmyPZg |
| Description | BBC News/ look north |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A lot of interest for business collaboration, technology transfer, participation in clinical trials etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-33528250 |
| Description | BBC Radio Leeds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Enquiries on study participation |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02x3w15 |
| Description | Be Curoius Festival, Leeds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | About 30 people visited the the demosntration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.leeds.ac.uk/download/482/be_curious_programme |
| Description | Be Curoius Festival, Leeds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | About 30 people visited the the demosntration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | http://www.leeds.ac.uk/download/482/be_curious_programme |
| Description | ITV Calendar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | A lot of emails, phone calls etc. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2015-07-15/leeds-university-tests-new-blood-glucose-sensor-for-diab... |
| Description | Press release |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Press release on the eve of establishing the spinout company Optimus Vitrum Ltd. A number of media outlets published it. https://www.insidermedia.com/news/yorkshire/600k-funding-for-university-of-leeds-spin-out http://www.finsmes.com/2019/08/optimus-vitrum-secures-600k-in-funding.html https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2019/08/19/university-of-leeds-spin-out-secures-600k-funding-for-toughened-glass-tech https://www.npif.co.uk/optimus-vitrum/ |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/how-leeds-university-spin-out-optimus-vitrum-could-revoluti... |
| Description | Sky News report |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The sky news report on noninvasive glucose sensor reached a lot of people. It was aimed at providing the development update on the technology and the formation of Glucosense Diagnostics Ltd. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | http://news.sky.com/story/1519057/new-diabetes-test-could-offer-real-freedom |
| Description | Visit- presentation Westminster university London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | There was discussion among the participants on the sensor technology and its applications. The industry partners were in contact with me for collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://www.facebook.com/uw.fst/posts/730631930385700 |