Roll-to-roll Self-assembly of Advanced Photonic NanoMaterials (R2R-4Photonics)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
It is a major problem to exploit the new ideas emerging from the Photonics/Plasmonics/Metamaterials academic community (in which the UK is strong) for real-world applications. In this field, the intricate structure of metals and dielectrics on the nanoscale produces radically new optical properties which are the basis for many devices and materials. However because the nanoscale architectures are designed by academics with little thought to manufacturability, most of these ideas founder very early against cost, method and volume considerations. We aim to invert this model, examining much more seriously a number of different fabrication routes that look promising for delivering scale-up of manufacturing nanostructures with novel and useful photonic materials and metamaterials functionality. However, blind approaches from considerations only of manufacturability are unlikely to locate useful functionalities. As a result we are strongly guided by a set of successful platforms developed over the last 5 years, which already embed the promise of scale-up due to their use of bottom-up self-assembly. In this programme, we develop such directed-assembly towards real capabilities for manufacturing.
Success in this domain will be directly exploited by a number of UK companies, both large and small, but even more importantly will be transformative for UK approaches to manufacturing. Despite huge investments in top-down nanofabrication in the UK, little commercial return has been produced. Alternative approaches based on self-assembly already have traction (for instance inside Unilever), and offer routes to mass-scale production with a cost model that is realistic. What industry needs is not the ideas, but a well-developed research programme into the manufacturing space that will allow them to make use of these advances. Our programme will deliver this through tightly coupling nanoassembly, nanophotonics, and nano-manufacturing.
Success in this domain will be directly exploited by a number of UK companies, both large and small, but even more importantly will be transformative for UK approaches to manufacturing. Despite huge investments in top-down nanofabrication in the UK, little commercial return has been produced. Alternative approaches based on self-assembly already have traction (for instance inside Unilever), and offer routes to mass-scale production with a cost model that is realistic. What industry needs is not the ideas, but a well-developed research programme into the manufacturing space that will allow them to make use of these advances. Our programme will deliver this through tightly coupling nanoassembly, nanophotonics, and nano-manufacturing.
Planned Impact
Since the first industrial revolution, the UK has innovated the manufacturing of products and tools, powering its growth for several centuries. While this legacy has faded, our excellence in areas such as nanotechnology and photonics can potentially secure key roles in high value manufacturing. With this aim, our proposal sits squarely in the 'Manufacturing the Future' theme, as well as numerous EPSRC priority areas including Photonic materials and metamaterials, Sensors and instrumentation, Synthetic biology, Manufacturing technologies, and Particle technology. This project is configured to seed a longer-lived R2R-4Photonics hub bridging academia and industry effectively.
Direct impacts from this grant include the training of future cohorts of scientists and engineers in nano-manufacturing. Young researchers, including postdocs directly employed in this interdisciplinary area, and graduate students from our Centres for Doctoral Training in Nano, Ultraprecision and Graphene, and undergraduates studying Manufacturing will gain from interdisciplinary skills development and application awareness and interactions with industrial partners, enhancing their future careers and the propsects for the UK. This work is readily absorbed by a wide audience through outreach talks and demonstrations ('Seeing nano-colour', 'Stretch to view'), which we exploit. We will devise a set of compelling demonstrations with our R2R photonic films to be showcased with the public during open days, science week, museum exhibitions and other events.
A crucial feature of the project is its partnership with industrial collaborators. The consortium uniquely covers all high value processes of the supply chain in this space (nanoparticle synthesis, tool manufacturers, and end product designers, manufacturers and distributors). Our industrial partners will be highly involved in the design process, and will co-develop the products and processes. This way, we ensure a strong link to the UK manufacturing base, encouraging and transferring innovation to provide new opportunities for expanded industrial output. The area of self-assembly of photonic materials is highly suited to this end because: products span high-value to low-value (allowing easier routes to entry); it opens up new manufacturing techniques and corresponding equipment provision, both of which are well-suited to the UK industrial base; and it allows new creative opportunities spanning sectors (such as smart textiles and smart sensors) matching the design strengths within the UK.
Success in this domain will be directly exploited by a number of UK companies, both large and small, but even more importantly will be transformative for UK approaches to manufacturing. Despite huge investments in top-down nanofabrication in the UK, commercial return has not been clear-cut. Alternative approaches based on self-assembly already have traction (for instance inside Unilever), and offer routes to mass-scale production with a cost model that is realistic. What industry needs are not the ideas, but a well-developed research programme in the manufacturing space that will allow them to make use of these advances. Our programme will deliver this through tightly involving industrial partners in a novel scalable manufacturing scheme coupling nanoassembly, nanophotonics, and nano-manufacturing.
Direct impacts from this grant include the training of future cohorts of scientists and engineers in nano-manufacturing. Young researchers, including postdocs directly employed in this interdisciplinary area, and graduate students from our Centres for Doctoral Training in Nano, Ultraprecision and Graphene, and undergraduates studying Manufacturing will gain from interdisciplinary skills development and application awareness and interactions with industrial partners, enhancing their future careers and the propsects for the UK. This work is readily absorbed by a wide audience through outreach talks and demonstrations ('Seeing nano-colour', 'Stretch to view'), which we exploit. We will devise a set of compelling demonstrations with our R2R photonic films to be showcased with the public during open days, science week, museum exhibitions and other events.
A crucial feature of the project is its partnership with industrial collaborators. The consortium uniquely covers all high value processes of the supply chain in this space (nanoparticle synthesis, tool manufacturers, and end product designers, manufacturers and distributors). Our industrial partners will be highly involved in the design process, and will co-develop the products and processes. This way, we ensure a strong link to the UK manufacturing base, encouraging and transferring innovation to provide new opportunities for expanded industrial output. The area of self-assembly of photonic materials is highly suited to this end because: products span high-value to low-value (allowing easier routes to entry); it opens up new manufacturing techniques and corresponding equipment provision, both of which are well-suited to the UK industrial base; and it allows new creative opportunities spanning sectors (such as smart textiles and smart sensors) matching the design strengths within the UK.
Success in this domain will be directly exploited by a number of UK companies, both large and small, but even more importantly will be transformative for UK approaches to manufacturing. Despite huge investments in top-down nanofabrication in the UK, commercial return has not been clear-cut. Alternative approaches based on self-assembly already have traction (for instance inside Unilever), and offer routes to mass-scale production with a cost model that is realistic. What industry needs are not the ideas, but a well-developed research programme in the manufacturing space that will allow them to make use of these advances. Our programme will deliver this through tightly involving industrial partners in a novel scalable manufacturing scheme coupling nanoassembly, nanophotonics, and nano-manufacturing.
Organisations
- University of Cambridge (Lead Research Organisation, Project Partner)
- Trinity College Dublin (Collaboration)
- Institute of Optics Bordeaux (Collaboration)
- PragmatIC (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Oxford Nanopore Technologies (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Nokia Research Centre (UK) (Project Partner)
- De La Rue (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- RK Print Coat Instruments Ltd (Project Partner)
- Smith & Nephew Extruded Films Ltd (Project Partner)
- Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Project Partner)
- Varichem Co. Ltd (Project Partner)
- British Biocell International (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Centre for Process Innovation (Project Partner)
- Mars (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Pilkington (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Malwee Malhas Ltda (Project Partner)
- Johnson Matthey (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
Ahmad S
(2018)
Photo-Rechargeable Organo-Halide Perovskite Batteries.
in Nano letters
Barty-King CH
(2021)
Mechanochromic, Structurally Colored, and Edible Hydrogels Prepared from Hydroxypropyl Cellulose and Gelatin.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Baumberg J
(2018)
Reality science
in Physics World
Baumberg JJ
(2022)
Picocavities: a Primer.
in Nano letters
Baumberg JJ
(2019)
Extreme nanophotonics from ultrathin metallic gaps.
in Nature materials
Baumberg JJ
(2019)
Hot electron science in plasmonics and catalysis: what we argue about.
in Faraday discussions
Carnegie C
(2020)
Flickering nanometre-scale disorder in a crystal lattice tracked by plasmonic flare light emission.
in Nature communications
Casalis De Pury A
(2020)
Localized Nanoresonator Mode in Plasmonic Microcavities.
in Physical review letters
Christmann G
(2019)
High-angle optically accessible Brewster cavity exciton-polaritons
in Physical Review B
Cormier S
(2020)
A Light-Switchable Liquid Metamaterial Mirror
in Advanced Optical Materials
Cormier S
(2018)
Dynamic- and Light-Switchable Self-Assembled Plasmonic Metafilms
in Advanced Optical Materials
Cormier S
(2018)
Actuating Single Nano-Oscillators with Light
in Advanced Optical Materials
Dehmel R
(2017)
Optical Imaging of Large Gyroid Grains in Block Copolymer Templates by Confined Crystallization.
in Macromolecules
Ding T
(2020)
Thermo-responsive plasmonic systems: old materials with new applications.
in Nanoscale advances
Ding T
(2017)
Near-Field Optical Drilling of Sub-? Pits in Thin Polymer Films.
in ACS photonics
Dolan JA
(2019)
Metasurfaces Atop Metamaterials: Surface Morphology Induces Linear Dichroism in Gyroid Optical Metamaterials.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Droguet BE
(2022)
Large-scale fabrication of structurally coloured cellulose nanocrystal films and effect pigments.
in Nature materials
Elliott E
(2022)
Fingerprinting the Hidden Facets of Plasmonic Nanocavities.
in ACS photonics
Finlayson CE
(2017)
Generating Bulk-Scale Ordered Optical Materials Using Shear-Assembly in Viscoelastic Media.
in Materials (Basel, Switzerland)
Frka-Petesic B
(2019)
Angular optical response of cellulose nanocrystal films explained by the distortion of the arrested suspension upon drying
in Physical Review Materials
Frka-Petesic B
(2020)
Retrieving the Coassembly Pathway of Composite Cellulose Nanocrystal Photonic Films from their Angular Optical Response.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Gregg A
(2023)
Kinetics of Light-Responsive CNT / PNIPAM Hydrogel Microactuators
in Small
Gregg A
(2022)
Light-Actuated Anisotropic Microactuators from CNT/Hydrogel Nanocomposites
in Advanced Optical Materials
Horton MJ
(2020)
Nanoscopy through a plasmonic nanolens.
in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Ivanova A
(2020)
Cellulose Nanocrystal-Templated Tin Dioxide Thin Films for Gas Sensing.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Jacucci G
(2019)
Coherent backscattering of light by an anisotropic biological network.
in Interface focus
Jessl S
(2021)
Anisotropic Carbon Nanotube Structures with High Aspect Ratio Nanopores for Li-Ion Battery Anodes.
in ACS applied nano materials
Kongsuwan N
(2020)
Plasmonic Nanocavity Modes: From Near-Field to Far-Field Radiation
in ACS Photonics
Langer J
(2020)
Present and Future of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering.
in ACS nano
Liang HL
(2018)
Roll-to-roll fabrication of touch-responsive cellulose photonic laminates.
in Nature communications
Ojambati OS
(2020)
Efficient Generation of Two-Photon Excited Phosphorescence from Molecules in Plasmonic Nanocavities.
in Nano letters
Peng J
(2022)
In-Situ Spectro-Electrochemistry of Conductive Polymers Using Plasmonics to Reveal Doping Mechanisms.
in ACS nano
Peng J
(2019)
Scalable electrochromic nanopixels using plasmonics.
in Science advances
Peng J
(2021)
FullyPrinted Flexible Plasmonic Metafilms with Directional Color Dynamics.
in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
Salmon A
(2019)
Motile Artificial Chromatophores: Light-Triggered Nanoparticles for Microdroplet Locomotion and Color Change
in Advanced Optical Materials
Song DP
(2019)
Hierarchical Photonic Pigments via the Confined Self-Assembly of Bottlebrush Block Copolymers.
in ACS nano
Steiner LM
(2019)
Structural colours in the frond of Microsorum thailandicum.
in Interface focus
Wang Y
(2018)
Plasmon-directed polymerization: Regulating polymer growth with light
in Nano Research
Wang Z
(2022)
Deconvoluting the Optical Response of Biocompatible Photonic Pigments.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Wang Z
(2021)
Recent Advances in Block Copolymer Self-Assembly for the Fabrication of Photonic Films and Pigments
in Advanced Optical Materials
Wang Z
(2022)
The Limited Palette for Photonic Block-Copolymer Materials: A Historical Problem or a Practical Limitation?
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Wang Z
(2022)
The Limited Palette for Photonic Block-Copolymer Materials: A Historical Problem or a Practical Limitation?
in Angewandte Chemie
Wang Z
(2023)
Tuning the Color of Photonic Glass Pigments by Thermal Annealing.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Wang Z
(2022)
Deconvoluting the Optical Response of Biocompatible Photonic Pigments
in Angewandte Chemie
Xiong K
(2023)
Video-Rate Switching of High-Reflectivity Hybrid Cavities Spanning All Primary Colors
in Advanced Materials
Xiong K
(2021)
Video Speed Switching of Plasmonic Structural Colors with High Contrast and Superior Lifetime.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Xomalis A
(2020)
Controlling Optically Driven Atomic Migration Using Crystal-Facet Control in Plasmonic Nanocavities
in ACS Nano
Zhao T
(2018)
Printing of Responsive Photonic Cellulose Nanocrystal Microfilm Arrays
in Advanced Functional Materials
Zhao TH
(2020)
Angular-Independent Photonic Pigments via the Controlled Micellization of Amphiphilic Bottlebrush Block Copolymers.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Zhu W
(2022)
Structurally Colored Radiative Cooling Cellulosic Films.
in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)
| Title | Exhibition with Laurent-David Garnier at the Mondriaan Fonds |
| Description | Garnier works with substances that evaporate, that are elusive and volatile and calls the compositions he makes with them sculptures because they have a volume in which the visitor can move and submerge. "As immaterial as it may seem, every molecule is ultimately material. Both the construction of my sculptures (odorant compositions) and their behaviour are physical at a molecular level. My sculptures, sometimes complex and highly technical, never being enjoyed by everyone mainly through the sense of smell. "Garnier's interdisciplinary practice investigates the nature of reality at the molecular, physical and social level, experimenting with new materiality and concepts developed by Vignolini group. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Impact | Generation of awareness in the public |
| URL | https://www.mondriaanfonds.nl/pcprofiel/laurent-david-garnier/ |
| Description | - new roll-to-roll process for producing pressure-induced colours from cellulose films - new scalable process for producing flexible display screens that is building scale Both these produced major publications, followed with press releases, and strong commercial interest. |
| Exploitation Route | working on potential for spin-out company, as well as engaged with many companies. |
| Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Creative Economy,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Education,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Security and Diplomacy |
| URL | https://www.np.phy.cam.ac.uk/publications |
| Description | Subsequent to our discoveries and development, we have engaged with >20 companies through workshops and meetings. These have now expressed interested in collaborating on further work, providing £5M funding over the next 6 years. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2019 |
| Sector | Construction,Electronics,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology |
| Impact Types | Economic |
| Description | (POSEIDON) - NanoPhOtonic devices applying SElf-assembled colloIDs for novel ON-chip light sources |
| Amount | € 3,164,363 (EUR) |
| Funding ID | 861950 |
| Organisation | European Commission |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | European Union (EU) |
| Start | 01/2020 |
| End | 12/2023 |
| Description | EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Integrated Functional Nano (i4Nano) |
| Amount | £6,030,747 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | EP/S022953/1 |
| Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 09/2019 |
| End | 03/2028 |
| Title | Data for Metasurfaces atop Metamaterials: Surface Morphology Induces Linear Dichroism in Gyroid Optical Metamaterials |
| Description | Data from all the figures in this paper. Please see the README file (Dataset.pdf) for descriptions of each subfolder. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2018 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Research data supporting "Angular Independent Photonic Pigments via the Controlled Micellization of Amphiphilic Bottlebrush Block Copolymers" |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/309965 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Deconvoluting the Optical Response of Biocompatible Photonic Pigments" |
| Description | Supporting data for the article titled "Deconvoluting the Optical Response of Biocompatible Photonic Pigments". The data is provided within a structured set of folders compressed in zip, each correlating to a specific figure or video in the article and supplementary information. Spreadsheets are provided as '.xlsx' and '.csv', or as '.txt' for simulation or model calculation, GPC curves, and dn/dc data; original images as '.CR2, '.jpg', '.tiff', '.bmp' and '.png'. NMR data are provided in zip. Pendant drop data are provided in avi and txt. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/338249 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Flickering nanometre-scale disorder in a crystal lattice tracked by plasmonic flare light emission" |
| Description | |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/302471 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Hierarchical Photonic Pigments via the Confined Self-Assembly of Bottlebrush Block Copolymers" |
| Description | Supporting data for the article titled "Hierarchical Photonic Pigments via the Confined Self-Assembly of Bottlebrush Block Copolymers". The article was accepted for publication in 2019 in the journal "ACS Nano". Electronic supporting Information is available from the publisher (ACS). The data is provided within a structured set of folders compressed in zip, each correlating to a specific figure in the article. Spreadsheets are provided as '.xlsx'; images as '.bmp', '.jpeg', '.tiff' and '.png'; and NMR spectra are provided in '.fid' file format. Nb. The individual tick of the scale bar images corresponds to a spacing of 10 µm. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Research data supporting "Large-scale fabrication of structurally coloured cellulose nanocrystal films and effect pigments" |
| Description | Electronic supporting Information is available from the publisher (Nature Materials). The data is provided within a structured set of folders compressed in zip, each correlating to a specific figure in the article. Spreadsheets are provided as '.xlsx' or '.txt'; images as '.bmp', '.jpeg', '.tiff' or '.png'. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/327654 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Light-Actuated Anisotropic Microactuators from CNT/Hydrogel Nanocomposites" |
| Description | Research data supporting the article "Light-Actuated Anisotropic Microactuators from CNT/Hydrogel Nanocomposites". Source data provided include optical microscopy images, scanning electron microscopy images, structure deformation plots generated by finite element simulation software, and text files containing the data used for plots seen in the main text and supporting information (SI). A separate zip file is provided for each results figure from the main text and SI, which contains all the source data for the figure. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/335509 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Mechanochromic, Structurally Colored and Edible Hydrogels prepared from Hydroxypropyl Cellulose and Gelatin" |
| Description | Supporting data for the article titled "Mechanochromic, Structurally Colored and Edible Hydrogels prepared from Hydroxypropyl Cellulose and Gelatin". The article was accepted for publication in 2021 in the journal "Advanced Materials". The data is provided within a structured set of folders compressed in zip, each correlating to specific figures or parts of figures in the article. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/324835 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Structurally Colored Radiative Cooling Cellulosic Films" |
| Description | Electronic supporting Information is available from the publisher (Advanced Science). The data is provided within a structured set of folders compressed in zip, each correlating to a specific figure in the article. Spreadsheets are provided as '.xlsx' or '.txt'; images as '.bmp', '.jpeg', '.tiff' or '.png'. The data include photograph and the results of polarized optical microscopy, UV-VIS spectroscopy, FTIR spectroscopy, goniometer measurement, field test, and SEM. The methods part of the published paper has the detailed description of how the data were generated, collected, and processed. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/338633 |
| Title | Research data supporting "Tuning the Color of Photonic Glass Pigments by Thermal Annealing" |
| Description | Supporting data for the article titled "Tuning the Color of Photonic Glass Pigments by Thermal Annealing". The data is provided within a structured set of folders compressed in zip, each correlating to a specific figure in the article and supplementary information. Spreadsheets are provided as '.xlsx' and '.csv', or as '.txt' for GPC and DSC curves, and dn/dc data; original or processed images as '.jpg', '.tiff', '.bmp' and '.png'. NMR data are provided in zip or as '.mnova'. Pendant drop data are provided in avi and txt. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2022 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/344150 |
| Title | Research data supporting Fully-Printed Flexible Plasmonic Metafilms with Directional Color Dynamics |
| Description | Zip folder containing dataset for all main figures. Fig.1 is numerically simulated data by finite-difference time-domain calculation software (Lumerical Solutions). Fig.2 are optical images obtained using a CCD camera (Infinity 2). Fig.3 and Fig.4 are spectra data by bright/dark field spectroscopy. See the main manuscript (open access) for more details of how the data were generated, collected and processed. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/315211 |
| Title | Research data supporting [Nanoscopy through a plasmonic nano-lens] |
| Description | The experimental data were taken in the NanoPhotonics Group at the Cavendish Laboratory (University of Cambridge). The dataset is for the journal article, "Nanoscopy through a plasmonic nano-lens". Images and spectra were taken using a monochromator (Andor Shamrock SR-303i), equipped with an electron-multiplying CCD camera (Andor Newton 970 EMCCD). For a description of the setup and data collection methods, see the "Methods" section of the manuscript. We acknowledge EPSRC grants EP/N016920/1, EP/L027151/1, and NanoDTC EP/L015978/1. OSO acknowledges support of Rubicon fellowship from the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research, and RC thanks support from Trinity College Cambridge. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Title | Research data supporting [Scalable electrochromic nano-pixels using plasmonics] |
| Description | Fig. 1. Electrochromic nanoparticle-on-mirror (eNPoM) nano-pixel. Fig. 2. Electrically-driven optical switching of single eNPoMs. Fig. 3. eNPoMs with varying gaps. Fig. 4. Electrical and optical switching dynamics of eNPoM nano-pixels. Fig. 5. Scalable color generation performance of eNPoM metasurfaces. Fig. 6. Optical dynamics of electrochromic plasmonic nanoparticles. |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2019 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Description | Modelling of the optical properties of a cellulose-based photonic structure |
| Organisation | Institute of Optics Bordeaux |
| Country | France |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | our research team is designing and carrying out experiments to understand how the physical and chemical characteristics of the material properties influence the optical properties of a cellulose-based photonic structure and what are the important parameters governing the observed optical properties. I am working on modelling the optical response of my system finely to match experimental data. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Kevin Vynck trained the reasercher on the optics that relate to my system from April 16 to June 30, 2018, when I did an internship at the LP2N - Light in Complex Nanostructures group. This group has indeed expertise on light propagation and modelling regarding such structures. Kevin Vynck also provided the starting model. |
| Impact | Both groups are working on optics. The Bio-inspired Photonics group has more expertise on the material and chemistry of the cellulose-based photonic structure and on experimental optical characterisation of such structures. The Light in Complex Nanostructures group has more expertise on modelling of the optical properties of such systems. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Trinity Dublin NanoPhotonics |
| Organisation | Trinity College Dublin |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Expt progress on nanophotonics for low energy switches |
| Collaborator Contribution | Theory progress on nanophotonics for low energy switches |
| Impact | Many research papers under development |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | "The Making of a Scientist", L'Oreal Women in Science |
| 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 | Cloudy Carnegie stars in "The Making of a Scientist", L'Oreal Women in Science |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | ACS National Meeting, Boston, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/pressroom/news-room/meeting-news-releases-fall-2018.html |
| Description | ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://callforpapers.acs.org/sanfran2017 |
| Description | Bio-inspired, Nano- and Microstructured Surfaces, Bad Honnef, DE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.dpg-physik.de/veranstaltungen/2017/644-we-heraeus-seminar-bio-inspired-nano-and-microstr... |
| Description | Biological Physics Community Day 2018, Paris, FR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.lcqb.upmc.fr/parisyoung/2018/ |
| Description | Cambridge Science Week |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Science week, demonstration of nanophotonics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Cimtec: "Bio-inspired Materials" 2018, Perugia, IT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://2018.cimtec-congress.org/8th_forum_on_new_materials |
| Description | DINAMO-2 2017, Siglufjörður, IS |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://dinamo2017.nmi.is/ |
| Description | DPG Spring Meeting 2017, Dresden, DE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://dresden17.dpg-tagungen.de/index.html?set_language=en&cl=en |
| Description | Hello Tomorrow Global Summit, Paris, FR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://hello-tomorrow.org/summit/previous |
| Description | Industrial workshop on R2R for photonics |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Industrial workshop for many stakeholders from around the UK |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | International Workshop on Emerging Applications of Optical Nanostructures, Tel Aviv, ISR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://ias.tau.ac.il/Workshop-19-2-17 |
| Description | Living Materials Workshop, Talloires, FR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Living Materials Workshop, Talloires, FR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | MRS Fall Symposium BM11, Boston, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.mrs.org/fall2017 |
| Description | MRS Spring Conference, Phoenix, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.mrs.org/spring2018 |
| Description | Materials movie, "The Secret Life of Materials" |
| 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 | JJB in Materials movie, "The Secret Life of Materials", Mimicking Nature, selected for Pariscience and the Goethe science film festivals receiving awards in the International Film Festival in Athens and in the Life Sciences Film festival in Prague so far... |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2015 |
| URL | https://youtu.be/SVGMhGualU0?list=PLmQdDYjAqXUk5jp7_xLYLFfIeH53Gl-bg&t=1 |
| Description | Nanolight Conference, Benasque, ES |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://benasque.org/2018nanolight/ |
| Description | Outreach activity at the Science Museum London |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | As part of our season of events celebrating 150 years of the periodic table, the museum invited chemists from the Vignolini group to display their work showcasing the chemistry of colour. We showed how living things use their internal structure to change their appearance. What we see in the natural world inspires us to find new ways to make colourful, sustainable materials to make new colourants - things like dyes and pigments - that are cheap, durable, non-toxic and biodegradable. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://blog.sciencemuseum.org.uk/can-a-sustainable-future-be-colourful/?fbclid=IwAR2ow8wi_GFTkdv2rr... |
| Description | PLASMONICA 2018, Florence, IT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.plasmonica.it/2018/ |
| Description | Plasmonics, Cetraro, IT |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://www.nanoplasmconference.com/ |
| Description | Royal Society Summer Exhibition 2018 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Massive event at Royal Society, for 1 week in July 2018; reaching >13000 of the public. Also many radio, TV, and newspaper interviews |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | http://nanogap.nanodtc.cam.ac.uk/ |
| Description | SET for Parliment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Laura Brooks represented our work at SET in Parliment, won 2nd prize |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | School of Nanomaterials, Utrecht, NL |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.uu.nl/en/research/debye-institute-for-nanomaterials-science/activities/debye-spring-scho... |
| Description | SciFoo O'Reilly Science Camp 2018, Googleplex, Palo Alto, USA |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.digital-science.com/blog/news/we-are-getting-ready-for-scifoo/ |
| Description | Science Festival talks |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Talks and exhibits at the Cambridge Science Festival |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| Description | Stoner lecture, Leeds |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | JJB gave the Stoner lecture on translating research |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | The Geilo Winter School "Physics inspired by living matter", Geilo, NOR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | https://www.ife.no/en/ife/departments/physics/geilo2017/the-geilo-school-2017/ |
| Description | Twisted, Soft Matter Conference Luxembourg, LX |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| URL | http://www.twisted.lcsoftmatter.com/ |
| Description | WWSC workshop, Stockholm, SWE |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
| Description | Workshop on "How will biology influence future technologies", IndTECH 2018, Vienna |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.indtech2018.eu/programme/ |
| Description | Workshop on Correlated disorder and hyperuniformity in soft matter and photonics, Paris, FR |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presented results influencing the community, raising awareness in the work carried on in my research group |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
| URL | https://www.espci.fr/sites/www.espci.fr/IMG/pdf/annoucement.pdf |
| Description | exibit in Cambridge Science Museum |
| 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 | built polymer opals exhibit as part of Cambridge Science Museum display |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
| Description | press release on chromatophores |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | press release on light controlled artificial colour changing chromatophores |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | press release on colour-changing wallpapers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Press release for major publication on electrical tuned wallpapers |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |