Functional materials may be metallic, intermetallic, ceramic or polymeric in nature and come in multiple forms such as bulk, films or particles. We explore the challenges associated with manufacturing and integrating these materials both at the lab scale and at pre-production scales.
The manufacture of functional materials is the first stage in enabling these novel materials to be integrated into a range of active devices that are able to sense or act upon their environment.
We serve clients from a multitude of industrial sectors. Some of our business partners include Airbus, Alstom Power, AWE, Bombardier, Epsom, Irysis, Meggitt, NPL, Oxford Instruments, Qinetiq, Rolls-Royce, Siemens Industrial Turbines, TDK, Teer Coatings, Thales and Schlumberger.
We have worked with a number of research funding bodies and not-for-profit organisations including:
- Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC);
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC);
- European Commission;
- Natural Environment Research Council (NERC);
- Royal Academy of Engineering;
- Royal Society;
- Innovate UK;
- Wellcome Trust.
