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Centre for Materials Research - QMUL Research Groups Physics Materials Chemistry ● Energy & Environment ● Nanomaterials & Nanomechanics ● Functional Materials & Devices Life Science Engineering ● Biomaterials & Biosensors CMR set up in 2001 to promote interdisciplinary research in materials It brings together 32 Academics from four departments (SEMS, SBCS, Physics, SMD) EPSRC vs. CMR ● Energy & Environment ● Nanomaterials & Nanomechanics ● Functional Materials & Devices ● Biomaterials & Biosensors Key Collaboration • • • • • • • • ETH Zurich Eindhoven University of Technology Imperial College Max Planck, Potsdam KTH Stockholm UCSB Michigan State University Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Singapore • Kobe University, Japan • Shanghai Institute of Ceramics Key Achievements Since 2001 - Staffing • Developed new strategic areas including Nanomaterials, Energy & Environment and Functional Materials • Expanded research staff from 13.7 FTE in RAE2001 to 30.1 FTE • Recruited 7 lecturers (5 new to the profession), 1 senior lecturer, and 5 professors. Key Achievements Since 2001 - Infrastructure • Established 6 new Central Research Laboratories in Carbon Nanostructures; Nanomaterials Processing; Stem Cells; X-ray diffraction; Nano-scale Imaging; and Materials Characterisation. • Industrial Advisory Board Key Achievements Since 2001 - Output • Published ~1000 peer-reviewed scientific publications. • Increased the number of publications in high-impact journals. 25 papers in impact factor > 10 and 6 in Nature, Nature Materials and Science. • Awarded 100 PhD’s compared to 53 in the previous RAE. • £23M in awarded grants. Grants Awarded 7 6 5 4 Awarded Grants 3 2 1 2006 includes £3.2M to establish Nanoforce. 0 2001 2003 2005 2007 Nanomaterials & Nanomechanics SYNTHESIS APPLICATIONS MECHANICS Peapods – C60 filled SWNT Conductive fibres for smart textiles MWNT / elastomer composite Resistivity changes with strain Light V O2 a Vg e Face plate F Vacuum ~1 mm 1 mm e B-doped MWNT Base plate Magnetic Fe-filled MWNT B-doped MWNT with improved field emission characteristics for display applications SWNT pull out test Functional Materials & Devices SYNTHESIS PROCESSING TRANSPORT fully conjugated + Ar LUMO 10-2 S S Ar' S Ar' S HOMO cross conjugated * S n* conjugation length measured at ~ 105 V/cm Ar' - S 0.1 mm Ar not conjugated to Ar’ lower HOMO level by reducing conjugation blend: h 100% P3HT: h S + Ar S 3 2 weeks 10-4 Ar' Ar S 2 2 hours 10-3 n=12 Ar & Ar’ in conjugation n=4 1 vacuum blend: e mTOF (cm2/Vs) Ar P3HT:PE (35:65 wt%) 10-5 time in air, t phase separation in semiconducting P3HT:PE blends TOF air stability of P3HT:PEblends * * 1 day Nanoforce Nanomaterials research for exploitation by industry Incubator for Spin-Outs. Industry Clubs University Corporate Research Industry University Industry QMIL University Nanoforce R&D Industry Future Strategy • Enhance research excellence in the core areas Biomaterials; Nanomaterials; Energy and Environment; and Functional Materials to achieve the entire ‘Chain of Knowledge’ from synthesis, processing, characterisation and modelling to application. • Develop new interdisciplinary research programmes with significant scientific and commercial potential around themes such as Materials for Creative Industries (e.g. smart-textiles) and sustainability. • Build and strengthen strategic alliances with internationally leading materials institutes • Nanoforce to facilitate the transfer and of the research of CMR to industry by incubating spin-out companies and the formation of industry clubs.