Sir Henry Royce Institute - Liverpool Equipment
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Liverpool
Department Name: Chemistry
Abstract
Our vision is sustainable international leadership in chemical materials design that will allow the UK to discover new step change functional materials, thus driving inward investment and economic growth. This will be driven by scientific excellence, will be strongly integrated with industrial exploitation, and will link together the world premier groups in the UK to maximise return on investment. Operationally, we will use the existing Materials Innovation Factory (MIF) infrastructure and its business model to ensure that this theme operates as a distinct and unique offering that is accessible to external partners in a clearly branded and state-of-the-art space-this will become the Royce @ Laboratory, and it will operate within the broader 11,600 m2 Materials Innovation Factory. By choosing this route, we ensure strong industrial engagement from the outset: at least 110 industrial researchers from at least two major UK companies will be collocated in the same building on 'day one'. Hence, we can demonstrate cross-sector benefit in this Royce Institute theme to our funders and this greatly enhances future prospects for long-term sustainability of the theme and makes a strong contribution to the Northern Powerhouse legacy.
Our vision relies on the integration of experimental and computational methods to both accelerate materials discovery through design and to open up access to new classes of both 'hard' and 'soft' functional material. The new enabling methodology for materials discovery that we will create will be actively transferred to the direct drivers of economic growth within key UK industry partners. Our capital request comprises equipment, such as the high-throughput 'Formulation Engine', that is unique not only in the UK but also globally.
Our vision relies on the integration of experimental and computational methods to both accelerate materials discovery through design and to open up access to new classes of both 'hard' and 'soft' functional material. The new enabling methodology for materials discovery that we will create will be actively transferred to the direct drivers of economic growth within key UK industry partners. Our capital request comprises equipment, such as the high-throughput 'Formulation Engine', that is unique not only in the UK but also globally.
Planned Impact
The Pathways to Impact for this funding will be realised through the collective benefits management activity for The Sir Henry Royce Institute
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
Andrew Cooper (Principal Investigator) |
Publications
Fu Q
(2017)
Preparation of Ice-Templated MOF-Polymer Composite Monoliths and Their Application for Wastewater Treatment with High Capacity and Easy Recycling.
in ACS applied materials & interfaces
Dale J
(2022)
Dark Sulfur: Quantifying Unpolymerized Sulfur in Inverse Vulcanized Polymers
in ACS Applied Polymer Materials
Vijayakrishnan S
(2022)
Discovery of a Covalent Triazine Framework Photocatalyst for Visible-Light-Driven Chemical Synthesis using High-Throughput Screening
in ACS Catalysis
Cai H
(2023)
Fluorine-Rich Oxyfluoride Spinel-like Li 1.25 Ni 0.625 Mn 1.125 O 3 F Utilizing Redox-Active Ni and Mn for High Capacity and Improved Cyclability
in ACS Materials Letters
Newnham J
(2022)
Band Structure Engineering of Bi 4 O 4 SeCl 2 for Thermoelectric Applications
in ACS Organic & Inorganic Au
Lyons R
(2024)
Polymer Photocatalysts with Side Chain Induced Planarity for Increased Activity for Sacrificial Hydrogen Production from Water
in Advanced Energy Materials
Deng X
(2024)
Water-Soluble Ionic Liquid-Containing Sulfur Polymers for Mercury Capture, Demulsification, and Antibacterial Activity
in Advanced Functional Materials
Dale J
(2024)
Water Soluble, Ionically Generated Thiopolymers
in Advanced Functional Materials
Landi A
(2021)
Quantitative Prediction of the Electro-Mechanical Response in Organic Crystals.
in Advanced materials (Deerfield Beach, Fla.)
Hu D
(2022)
Enhanced Long-Term Cathode Stability by Tuning Interfacial Nanocomposite for Intermediate Temperature Solid Oxide Fuel Cells
in Advanced Materials Interfaces
Collins CM
(2021)
Discovery of a Low Thermal Conductivity Oxide Guided by Probe Structure Prediction and Machine Learning.
in Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)
Chen H
(2022)
Covalent triazine-based frameworks with cobalt-loading for visible light-driven photocatalytic water oxidation
in Catalysis Science & Technology
Rogers C
(2018)
Fabricating MOF/Polymer Composites via Freeze Casting for Water Remediation
in Ceramics
Kearsey R
(2023)
Competitive aminal formation during the synthesis of a highly soluble, isopropyl-decorated imine porous organic cage
in Chemical Communications
Quayle JJ
(2023)
A proxy for oxygen storage capacity from high-throughput screening and automated data analysis.
in Chemical science
Smith JA
(2019)
Crosslinker Copolymerization for Property Control in Inverse Vulcanization.
in Chemistry (Weinheim an der Bergstrasse, Germany)
Brand M
(2022)
Photoresponsive Type III Porous Liquids
in Chemistry - A European Journal
Yan P
(2022)
Stretchable and Durable Inverse Vulcanized Polymers with Chemical and Thermal Recycling
in Chemistry of Materials
Sprick R
(2018)
Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Water Using Fluorene and Dibenzothiophene Sulfone-Conjugated Microporous and Linear Polymers
in Chemistry of Materials
Meier CB
(2019)
Structurally Diverse Covalent Triazine-Based Framework Materials for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution from Water.
in Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society
Nematiaram T
(2021)
Bright Frenkel Excitons in Molecular Crystals: A Survey.
in Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society
Gamon J
(2021)
Li4.3AlS3.3Cl0.7: A Sulfide-Chloride Lithium Ion Conductor with Highly Disordered Structure and Increased Conductivity.
in Chemistry of materials : a publication of the American Chemical Society
Yan P
(2023)
Processable crosslinked terpolymers made from elemental sulfur with wide range of thermal and mechanical properties
in Communications Materials
Carrington EJ
(2019)
The Anisotropic Responses of a Flexible Metal-Organic Framework Constructed from Asymmetric Flexible Linkers and Heptanuclear Zinc Carboxylate Secondary Building Units.
in Crystal growth & design
Petcher S
(2019)
Macroporous sulfur polymers from a sodium chloride porogen-a low cost, versatile remediation material
in Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology
Dale J
(2023)
Exploring inverse vulcanisation mechanisms from the perspective of dark sulfur
in European Polymer Journal
Fu Q
(2019)
Porous Carbon and Carbon/Metal Oxide Composites by Ice Templating and Subsequent Pyrolysis
in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research
Gibson QD
(2018)
Bi2+2 nO2+2 nCu2-dSe2+ n-dXd (X = Cl, Br): A Three-Anion Homologous Series.
in Inorganic chemistry
Elbaz NM
(2020)
Controlled synthesis of calcium carbonate nanoparticles and stimuli-responsive multi-layered nanocapsules for oral drug delivery.
in International journal of pharmaceutics
Elkateb H
(2020)
Optimization of the synthetic parameters of lipid polymer hybrid nanoparticles dual loaded with darunavir and ritonavir for the treatment of HIV
in International Journal of Pharmaceutics
Ramos R
(2019)
Selective conversion of 5-hydroxymethylfurfural to diketone derivatives over Beta zeolite-supported Pd catalysts in water
in Journal of Catalysis
Alvarado Rupflin L
(2021)
High-throughput discovery of Hf promotion on the stabilisation of hcp Co and Fischer-Tropsch activity
in Journal of Catalysis
Xie X
(2022)
Evaluating the Electronic Structure of Coexisting Excitonic and Multiexcitonic States in Periodic Systems: Significance for Singlet Fission.
in Journal of chemical theory and computation
Parveen F
(2024)
Continuous flow synthesis of meso-substituted porphyrins with inline UV-Vis analysis
in Journal of Flow Chemistry
Wei M
(2020)
Synthesis of polyimide-modified carbon nanotubes as catalyst for organic pollutant degradation via production of singlet oxygen with peroxymonosulfate without light irradiation.
in Journal of hazardous materials
Mehanna Y
(2019)
Highly rough surface coatings via the ambient temperature deposition of thermosetting polymers
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Hanna V
(2024)
Liquid polybutadiene reinforced inverse vulcanised polymers
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Parker D
(2017)
Low cost and renewable sulfur-polymers by inverse vulcanisation, and their potential for mercury capture
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Lee J
(2017)
High surface area sulfur-doped microporous carbons from inverse vulcanised polymers
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Zhang B
(2022)
Inverse vulcanised sulfur polymer nanoparticles prepared by antisolvent precipitation
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Hu D
(2022)
High-performance protonic ceramic fuel cell cathode using protophilic mixed ion and electron conducting material
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Piercy V
(2023)
Band structure engineering of carbon nitride hybrid photocatalysts for CO 2 reduction in aqueous solutions
in Journal of Materials Chemistry A
Upton R
(2022)
Investigating the viability of sulfur polymers for the fabrication of photoactive, antimicrobial, water repellent coatings
in Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Zhao K
(2021)
Novel thermally activated delayed fluorescence materials by high-throughput virtual screening: going beyond donor-acceptor design
in Journal of Materials Chemistry C
Omar ÖH
(2021)
High-throughput virtual screening for organic electronics: a comparative study of alternative strategies.
in Journal of materials chemistry. C
Smith JA
(2018)
High sulfur content polymers: The effect of crosslinker structure on inverse vulcanization.
in Journal of polymer science. Part A, Polymer chemistry
Wang H
(2022)
Oxygen heteroatom enhanced sulfur-rich polymers synthesized by inverse vulcanization for high-performance lithium-sulfur batteries
in Journal of Power Sources
Description | RCUK have invested in research infrastructure that is housed in the newly formed Materials Innovation Factory at the University of Liverpool. The Materials Innovation Factory is a hub of world class research instrumentation that is maintained by a highly qualified team and is bookable industrial and academic partners. Whilst the research infrastructure had been tendered for and installed during 2017 and through this investment we a developed a world leading hub for materials characterisation. The facility is now used by industrial and academic partners and there is funding available to support equipment and training access. |
Exploitation Route | Too early to say. |
Sectors | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Electronics,Energy,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
Description | The Materials Innovation Factory is a hub of world class research instrumentation that is maintained by a highly qualified team and is bookable industrial and academic partners. The instrumentation enables industrial partners to characterise commercial products in non-academic related projects. |
First Year Of Impact | 2017 |
Sector | Agriculture, Food and Drink,Chemicals,Energy,Environment,Healthcare,Manufacturing, including Industrial Biotechology,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
Impact Types | Cultural,Societal,Economic |
Description | (A-TO-B) - A Theory of Organic Bioelectronics Materials |
Amount | € 2,257,300 (EUR) |
Funding ID | 101020369 |
Organisation | European Commission |
Sector | Public |
Country | European Union (EU) |
Start | 10/2021 |
End | 09/2026 |
Description | Sir Henry Royce Institute - recurrent grant |
Amount | £23,057,010 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/R00661X/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 04/2016 |
End | 03/2023 |
Description | The Royce: Capitalising on the investment |
Amount | £1,006,681 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/S019367/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 11/2018 |
End | 10/2021 |
Description | Formulation Engine Launch Event |
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 Formulation Engine is a £3 million bespoke facility that allows users working in the Materials Innovation Factory to create an entirely automated workflow - formulating products, testing properties and analysing functionality. The launch event took place as part of the annual UoL Industry-Chemistry Engagement Meeting (I-Chem) which attracted more than 50 representatives from the research and business community. The purpose was to raise awareness of the system and promote engagement with the MIF. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/materials-innovation-factory/news/articles/formulation-engine-launched-a... |
Description | Industry Tours of the MIF Open Access Area |
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 | The MIF team has interacted with over 50 companies or government entities during the last year, with engagement from corporates (such as Unilever, Croda, and NSG, others under NDA), SMEs (M&I Materials, LivFUL, Chemspeed, CeSOLs, Labman Automation), the National Formulation Centre (part of the Advanced Manufacturing Catapult), and policy groups such as the Campaign for Science and Engineering. Tours of the Open Access Area have be fundamental to developing relationships and projects using the Royce equipment and beyond. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019,2020 |
Description | Science minister visit |
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 | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | The MIF was showcased during a campus visit by the science minister, specifically she was shown our open access labs and how the work undertaken by researchers from both academia and industry, using our open access facility, aim to address the sustainability challenge. The visit was hosted by our Academic Director and a Director from our partner Unilever. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Shaping the Future of Royce engagement event |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
Results and Impact | To develop a strategic focus for applied research in advanced materials and how to supporting innovation across a range of business sectors. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/manchester-hosts-national-summit-to-shape-uks-advanced-mat... |