innovate uk future worlds event - material world – brian j mccarthy
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Brian J. McCarthy - KTN
24th March 2015
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The UK Government has identified ‘eight great
technologies’ plus a further two which will propel the UK
to future growth. These are: the big data revolution and energy-efficient computing;
satellites and commercial applications of space;
robotics and autonomous systems;
life sciences, genomics and synthetic biology;
regenerative medicine;
agri-science;
advanced materials and nanotechnology; energy and its storage;
quantum technologies;
the internet of things.
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The Sir Henry Royce Institute for Materials Research and Innovation will allow the UK
to grow its world-leading research base in advanced-materials science, which is
fundamental to all industrial sectors and the national economy.
The new Institute, supported by industrial partners, will have its £235m research
centre in Manchester. The Manchester centre will be supported by satellite centres or
‘spokes’ at the founding partners, comprising the universities of Sheffield,
Leeds, Liverpool, Cambridge, Oxford and Imperial College London.
Advanced MaterialsThe Sir Henry Royce Institute
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Forms of Carbon – i.e. Graphene and nanostructures
Metamaterials
Renewable energy enabling materials technology
Wearable technologies
Advanced MaterialsFour Examples of Advanced Materials
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In simple terms, graphene, is a thin layer of pure carbon;
it is a single, tightly packed layer of carbon atoms that are
bonded together in a hexagonal honeycomb lattice. In
more complex terms, it is an allotrope of carbon in the
structure of a plane of sp2 bonded atoms with a molecule
bond length of 0.142 nanometres. Layers of graphene
stacked on top of each other form graphite, with an
interplanar spacing of 0.335 nanometres.
Advanced MaterialsGraphene
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University of Manchester scientists have used graphene to target and neutralise cancer stem cells while
not harming other cells.
This new development opens up the possibility of preventing or treating a broad range of cancers, using a non-toxic
material.
Writing in the journal Oncotarget, the team of researchers led by Professor Michael Lisanti and Dr Aravind
Vijayaraghavan has shown that graphene oxide, a modified form of graphene, acts as an anti-cancer agent that
selectively targets cancer stem cells (CSCs).
In combination with existing treatments, this could eventually lead to tumour shrinkage as well as preventing the
spread of cancer and its recurrence after treatment. However, more pre-clinical studies and extensive clinical trials
will be necessary to move this forward into the clinic to ensure patient benefit.
25th Feb 2015
Advanced MaterialsGraphene
What are smart materials?
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A smart material is one that reacts, usually reversibly, to a stimulus in
its environment, invariably as a part of a system!
Energy Harvesting
Structural Health Monitoring
HealthcarePiezoelectrics
Antimicrobials
Auxetics
Electroactive
Polymers
Thermoelectric
Definitions
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• A smart product responds to stimuli (e.g. acoustic, chemical,
electrical, magnetic, mechanical, photonic, thermal...) – usually
reversibly
• It may use a combination of advanced functional materials
(e.g. auxetic, piezoelectric, thermoluminescent...)
• And/or hybrid materials (structured at the nano or micro level)
• And/or multiple materials (fabricated on mm to cm scale)
Physicists are abuzz with possibilities for "metamaterials" that can be designed
to have surprising properties.
Tweaking the structure of materials to manipulate things like their appearance is
already fairly well-known; the next phase is changing their mechanics.
A major conference is alive with ideas, designs and samples including springy
ceramics, unfeelability cloaks and programmable rubber sponges.
They could help build spacecraft tiles or even terrain-sensitive shoe soles.
"I think this idea of metamaterials is slowly migrating into different areas," said Prof
Martin Wegener, from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany.
BBC – 4th March 2015
MetamaterialsMagic ‘metamaterials’ storm physics
Metamaterials can be defined as: “macroscopic composites having a
manmade, three-dimensional, periodic cellular architecture designed to
produce an optimized combination, not available in nature, of two or more
responses to specific excitation”
Metamaterials are already known for some of the following attributes:
• Negative refractive index (invisibility cloaks)
• Sound deadening cloaks
• Cheaper satellite communications
• Thinner smartphones
• Ultrafast optical data processing
MetamaterialsDefinition
Smart Materials - Metamaterials
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A Metamaterial is a heterogeneous material that exhibits extraordinary properties arising from the
combination of its structure and its composition beyond those that a classical composite of the same
constituent materials exhibits
(Jacobs, S. J., Coconnier, C., DiMaio, D., Scarpa, F., Toso, M., Martinez, J., 2012. Smart Mat. Struct. 21(7), 75013-75024)
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“In fact, the only remaining
unused dimension in fiber
telecommunication networks is
space...” Nikia-Siemens
Space Division Multiplexing
in fiber networks
Multimode fiber
Random Access Metamaterial Spatial Mode Multiplexer/Demultiplexer
Tuneable Lasing Spaser
Reconfigurable Plasmonic
Metamaterial
Where future “killer applications” may come from?
Mobile dynamic 3D display
Random
Access
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Dynamic
Holographic
Image
Multicolour
laser or
lasing spaser Smart Phone
The worldwide dataset for the renewable energy
enabling materials patents published between 2004
and 2013 contains more than 80,000 published patents
equating to over 23,000 patent families.
Renewable Energy Enabling MaterialsGlobal IP Results
Wearables at war: How smart textiles are lightening the
load for soldiers
From fabric keyboards to kit that powers up when the
soldier mounts up, Intelligent Textiles is one of the
companies on the front line of wearable technology.
http://www.intelligenttextiles.com/
Advanced Materials Wearables
Advances Materials Wearables
iWatch
90 million wearable devices ship in 2014
Morgan Stanley – a potential $1.6 trillion business
Innovate UK call
2D Materials, semiconductor quantum dots, molecular
magnets, superconducting devices, Rydberg states,
coherent control of electron and nuclear spins,
materials growth and characterisation, solid-state
qubits and de-coherence
EPSRC Conference – 27-29 April 2015
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Processing Challenges
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•uncertain costs or yields as new materials scale
•lack of data concerning durability and longevity
•uncertainty about the best fabrication processes
•dispersion and alignment challenges
•uncertainty in material modelling and characterisation
• integrating new materials with existing materials
•disassembly at end of life to capture valuable or scarce materials
and/or avoid potential hazards
•material sourcing or substitution to comply with environmental
legislation
•material purity to ensure specificity in response to stray stimuli
Brian J. McCarthy
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