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SLIDE 2 A £235m investment from UK government, plus £80m by the universities, to create an Institute for the rapid maturation of advanced materials technology.
- The Hub will be located at the University of Manchester
- Research Spokes at the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, Liverpool,
Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford, along with NNL and CCFE
- each Championing a Core Area.
An aim of the Institute is to design from the ‘atom to the component’; fabricate, test and analyse advanced materials, and their application, feeding into the wide range of manufacturing sectors.
Microscale Mesoscale Component scale Atomic scale
SLIDE 3 The Institute’s Vision
‘An international flagship for the accelerated discovery and development
- f new materials systems for economic and societal benefit’
Industry
UK Universi/es
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Manufacturing Hubs Large Facili/ es Research
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SLIDE 4 The Royce: research themes
4 overarching areas: Structural | Energy | Device | Soft & Health.
- each with a number of Core Capability areas
@Manchester Hub: Modelling, Testing, Imaging & Characterisation, Management Focus will be on research at TRL 1-5
Energy materials Structural materials Health/Soft solids Device materials
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Royce Institute: governance
As a National Institute the Royce is subject to independent scrutiny and governance. Chair of the Governing Board: Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Professor Dame Julia King DBE FREng Chief Executive Officer: Dr. Andrew Hosty FREng Chief Scientist: Regius Professor Philip Withers FREng FRS
SLIDE 6 Enable engagement with industry Ability to react to
A mee/ n g place for the UK Advanced Materials community
Agile & flexible future-proofed design
Mel/ n g pot for new ideas A public window into materials research
A showcase for exploi/ n g advanced and sustainable device & structural materials
“Be an interna )onal flagship for the discovery and development of new materials systems…”
Hub in Manchester: vision
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Hub building: location
SLIDE 8 Hub building: design
Hub Research Themes
- 2D & nanomaterials
- Biomaterials & Biomedical devices
- Materials for Demanding Environments
- Nuclear materials
- Materials processing / foundry
- Chemical materials
Plus Modelling, Tes/ n g, Imaging & Characterisa/on Industry and public space Mee/ n g / conference facili/ es
The building will open Q2 2019.
WORK IN PROGRESS – NOT FINAL DESIGN
SLIDE 9 Level 6: 1,330m2 office & labs for industrial use / collaboration Level 2: 1,330m2 office & labs for industrial use / collaboration
Hub building: design
WORK IN PROGRESS – NOT FINAL DESIGN
SLIDE 10 Level 6: 1,330m2 office & labs for industrial use / collaboration Level 2: 1,330m2 office & labs for industrial use / collaboration
Hub building: design
Laboratories on floors 6, 7 and basement are equipped to handle nuclear materials
WORK IN PROGRESS – NOT FINAL DESIGN
SLIDE 11 Royce Science: Core Area Champions
www.royce.ac.uk/core-research
- Scientific leads will work with the R&D community to define the challenges & opportunities.
- Through analysis, discussions and workshops they will help identify:
- UK university strengths and what individual partners/non-partners can contribute
- any gaps in university expertise /capability o
linkages with existing or developing strategies o the needs of industry
- the need for trained people – current UK provision & gaps
- currently available equipment and infrastructure; target new investment
Core Area InsJtuJon Academic lead Biomedical materials & Devices Manchester
Nuclear materials Manchester
Materials for Demanding Environments Manchester
2D & Nanomaterials Manchester
Chemical materials discovery Liverpool
Atoms to Devices Leeds
Atoms to Devices Imperial College London
- Prof. Neil Alford MBE
- Adv. Metals Processing
Sheffield
Energy Storage Oxford
Materials for Energy Efficient ICT Cambridge
- Prof. Sir Richard Friend FRS
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Biomedical Materials and Devices
www.royce.ac.uk/biomedical-systems Champion: Profs. Paulo Bartolo & Sarah Cartmell
This theme intends to accelerate the discovery , manufacture and translation of biomaterials through a platform of state-of-the-art equipment, enhancing the UK’s international lead in the fields of biomaterials, biomedical systems and devices. The two identified grand challenges of advanced biomaterials research are: (i) restoring biological function with minimal invasiveness e.g., regenerative medicine, novel prosthetics and implants (ii) developing new therapies - reduce patient risk, improve efficacy, & lower cost e.g., nanomedicine, theranostics and personalised medicine
IndicaJve Targets
Short-term Medium-term Long-term
New synthe/c materials; Materials by design using AM; Ra/onally-paQerned material substrates. Chemical diversity of new biomaterials; Novel AM methods Mul/-hybrid materials; Bridging scales in space & /me combining biomaterials and AM
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Materials for Nuclear Energy
www.royce.ac.uk/nuclear-materials Champion: Prof. Melissa Denecke, Manchester.
Vision: advanced materials for nuclear fuel cycle, and in-core structural materials for fission and fusion energy , targeting optimum performance for safety and economy.
Self-healing coatings Novel nuclear structural materials Link mechanical properties and irradiation effects in engineered alloys
Fuel production and performance Energy & materials co-production Waste conditioning & disposal ✓ TRL 1-5 with trajectory to higher TRLs at NFCE, NNL and industry ✓ Joined up with NIRAB recommendations, plus added value of revenue from waste ✓ Exploit synergies between institutions for unique/integrated capability ✓ Nurturing young talent for tomorrow’s UK nuclear leaders
4 suites of infrastructure Synthesis & Inven Jon ProducJ on & Manufacturing IrradiaJ on & RadioacJ ve Handling TesJng & CharacterisaJon
SLIDE 14 www.royce.ac.uk/ms4de Champion: Prof. Michael Preuss, Manchester.
- The vision is to design, make, characterise & evaluate new material systems.
- Incl. protective/ smart coatings, hybrid material systems & ceramic matrix composites -
to widen the parameter space in which structural materials can be used.
- Underpinning capability for testing in corrosive, HPHT, abrasive & other demanding
environments (incl. in situ characterisation).
'Research OpportuniJ e s’ blue = industry input, beige = non-industry, green =
Material Systems for Demanding Environments
SLIDE 15 Material Systems for Demanding Environments
www.royce.ac.uk/ms4de Champion: Prof. Michael Preuss, Manchester.
Make
- 1. A National Coatings Facility
- coating deposition technology, incl. CVD / PVD, electroplating, polymers
- surface patterning, incl. femtosecond laser processing
- surface treatments, incl. laser shock peening, SMAT
- 2. Hybrid Multifunctional Structural Materials Laboratory
- multi-component 3D printing
- freeze-casting
- high-T sintering for ceramics
- 3. Laboratory for in situ Fabrication & Characterisation
- analysis chambers for in situ imaging
- in situ film growth chamber
SLIDE 16 ExisJ ng kit New kit
Characterise & analyse
Electron microscopy X-ray imaging Chemical analysis, X-ray diffrac/o n , etc. Micromechanical tes/ n g suite
New materials systems ‘innovation chain’
SLIDE 17 2D Materials
www.royce.ac.uk/2D-materials Champion: Prof. Vladimir Falko, Manchester.
A new paradigm of “materials on demand”: van der Waals hybrids and nanocomposite materials based on atomically thin 2D crystals
- Already identified stable 2D crystals (metal/ superconductor NbSe2; semi-metallic graphenes;
topological insulators BiSbTeSe, SnTe, PbSnTe; semiconductors MoS2, MoSe2, MoTe2, WSe2, WTe2, ReS2, ReSe2, GaS, GaSe, GaTe, InSe, etc; insulator hBN) – plus the synthesis
- f new ones.
- Model physical properties of 2D crystals and their heterostructures; create and engineer
prototype heterostructures with properties tailored for optoelectronics applications; composites for thermal contact interfaces and thermo-voltaic elements.
- Develop stable, jettable inks based on 2DM suitable for a broad range of substrates including
flexible, paper and textiles; develop multi-layered materials by combining two or more inks of different 2DM to fine-tune the properties of the resulting composites.
- Use 2DM to enhance properties of composites (polymers, paints, resins, etc).
- Standardised characterisation and quality criteria for 2D materials.
SLIDE 18 Biomedical Materials and Devices
www.royce.ac.uk/chemical-materials-discovery Champion: Prof. Andrew Cooper
- The Materials Computational Discovery Centre (MCDC) combines high performance
computing and materials science and forms part of the Royce Institute.
- The new Materials Innovation Factory (MIF) is aiming to be the world leader in computer
aided material science by 2020.
- The Manchester Hub will provide advanced digital manufacturing capabilities, allowing the
printing of a wide range of functional materials
Example areas of research
High Throughput development: new or improved techniques to enhance capability. New materials discovery: automated synthesis & characterisation to discover wholly new materials with step-changes in performance. Material optimisation: “scaling-out” the development of existing products to improve performance, reduce costs or strengthen IP claims. Property / behaviour investigation: automated or parallel experimentation to facilitate detailed mechanistic investigations, kinetic studies, reproducibility studies, etc.
SLIDE 19 Atoms to Devices: Design & Realisation of New Materials Systems
www.royce.ac.uk/a2d Champions: Prof. Neil Alford, Imperial
- Prof. Edmund Linfield, Leeds.
- The theme will adopt a vertically integrated approach (Atoms to Devices)
- It will integrate well with Materials Discovery at Liverpool
- Bottom-up and top-down materials synthesis for thin films and associated nanostructures
- In-situ characterisation (with links to Diamond/ ISIS)
- Thick films from nanosized powders and solution-precursors
- Structural and electronic characterisation
- Device design and testing
SLIDE 20 Advanced Metals Processing
www.royce.ac.uk/advanced-metals-processing Champion: Prof. Mark Rainforth, Sheffield.
- Alloys with higher performance with better manufacturability, greater flexibility and reduced cost
- Lower environmental impact: reduced CO2, reduced reliance on strategic elements, designed for
whole life cycle (cradle to grave)
- Agile and lean manufacturing: near net shape, flexible, tailored to customer requirements
- Net shape repair systems
- Hybrid materials
- Transport sector components: lighter, stronger, cheaper
- The ability to make alloys at a scale that is relevant to research and to upscaling
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Energy Storage
www.royce.ac.uk/energy-storage Champion: Prof. Peter Bruce
Research will focus on ionically conducting solids; the synthesis of new materials with new properties, or combinations of properties; understanding these properties and exploring their applications in new energy storage devices.
SLIDE 22 Materials for Energy Efficient ICT
www.royce.ac.uk/materials-for-energy-efficient-ict/ Champion: Prof. Sir Richard Friend.
Aim: Reduction in energy and material consumed directly by ICT devices and in other sectors enabled by the application
Broad Themes
- Materials for Energy Efficient Generation
– Harvesting energy for autonomous wireless devices – Photovoltaic, thermoelectric, vibrational, electromagnetic
- Materials for Energy Efficient Storage
– Storage for ICT applications – batteries, supercapacitors – Improved energy density, longevity, cost, integration
- Materials for Energy Efficient Use
– Radical approaches to low-energy memory and processing – Topological, magnetic, spintronic and superconducting systems
Maxwell Centre (UKRPIF-funded)
- Opened in November 2015 on
West Cambridge site.
- Strong focus on industrial
engagement.
- Will host Cambridge spoke of the
Royce Institute
SLIDE 23 Industrial Engagement with Royce
- The Royce Institute is open for business and we welcome enquiries
- A flexible, multi-level approach to industrial partnerships:
- Strategic investment partner
- incl. opportunity to establish labs and offices within the Hub building
- Contract research
- Collaborative R&D
- Access model to use equipment
- Visiting researchers/ secondments
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