IKC in Advanced Manufacturing Technologies for Photonics and Electronics - Exploiting Molecular and Macromolecular Materials [MMM]

IKC 光子学和电子学先进制造技术 - 利用分子和高分子材料 [MMM]

基本信息

批准号：
EP/E023614/1
负责人：
Ian Hugh White
金额：
$ 659.06万
依托单位：
University of Cambridge
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2007
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2007 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FE023614%2F1
关键词：
IKC Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Photonics

项目摘要

A transformation is currently underway in a large range of computer and sensing technologies, displays and communication systems with the introduction of new low cost, flexible molecular and macromolecular materials. These materials, which encompass polymers, advanced liquid crystals, and nanostructures, including carbon and silicon nanowires, are set to have a disruptive impact on current technologies not only because of their cost/performance advantages, but also because they can be manufactured in more flexible ways, provide more functionality and be engineered for a wider range of applications. The new materials have a strong research base in the UK, are suitable for a wide range of commercial concerns, both large and small, and hence provide an important opportunity for UK plc. At Cambridge there has been considerable research and development into these materials in recent years, with a range of world leading results having been achieved, which have in turn been exploited, in more than 15 spin-outs to date. The market penetration of soft materials into microelectronics and photonics however has only just begun, and with a market estimate measured in $10's of billion per annum, it is certain that the UK must capitalise on its strength in the basic science. There is an urgent need for the development of advanced manufacturing technologies using new macromolecular material systems and valid exploitation models. What the UK lacks is a dedicated centre of excellence that can act as a repository of expertise, developing both clear and differentiated core competencies, together with providing a knowledge development and transfer role. Success here will critically depend upon early traction between those in research and those in commercial exploitation. It will also rely on funding of products right through to pilot production for the first time, the lack of which has been a barrier to commercialisation and hence has limited exploitation in this field in the past. This proposal therefore seeks to create a new molecular and macromolecular materials (MMM) IKC. This will bring together the main research activities in the field at Cambridge, namely in the Electrical Engineering Division (in particular within the Centre for Advanced Electronics and Photonics, CAPE) and in the Cavendish. Together this research spans the MMM field and is recognised as having a world-leading position. A key to this proposed IKC however is that it will also allow much greater interaction and collaboration with those in business than has previously been possible for EPSRC funded research activities. Hence the IKC, if awarded, would allow the creation of tightly focussed commercialisation activities jointly with the Judge Business School, the Institute of Manufacturing (including the EPSRC Innovative Manufacturing Research Centre) and the Centre for Business Research. These will allow the creation of a range of innovative knowledge transfer activities spanning business research, training and specific product exploitation. Finally, the Centre will also allow the secondment of researchers from industry and other universities to the IKC, specifically for knowledge transfer (as opposed to research), and in its later stages make use of the provision of pilot manufacturing lines for prototyping. Reciprocal arrangements will also ensure that academics learn the key features of and improve their effectiveness in exploitation themselves.

目前正在使用新的低成本，柔性分子和大分子材料引入各种计算机和传感技术，显示和通信系统的转换。这些材料（包括碳和硅纳米线）涵盖了聚合物，晚期液晶和纳米结构，它将对当前技术产生破坏性的影响，这不仅是因为它们具有成本/性能的优势，而且还因为它们可以以更灵活的方式制造，并且为更广泛的应用程序提供了更多的功能，并为应用程序提供了更多的功能。新材料在英国具有强大的研究基础，适用于大小的广泛商业问题，因此为英国PLC提供了重要的机会。在剑桥，近年来，这些材料已经进行了大量的研究和开发，迄今为止，在超过15次纺纱中实现了全球领先的结果。但是，软材料的市场渗透到微电子和光子学中的市场才刚刚开始，并且每年以10亿美元的价格衡量市场估计，可以肯定的是，英国必须利用基础科学的实力。迫切需要使用新的大分子材料系统和有效的剥削模型来开发先进的制造技术。英国缺乏的是一个敬业的卓越中心，可以充当专业知识的存储库，发展清晰和差异化的核心能力，并提供知识发展和转移角色。这里的成功将取决于研究人员与商业开发人员之间的早期牵引力。它还将首次依靠产品的资金来进行试点生产，而缺乏商业化的障碍，因此过去在这一领域的剥削有限。因此，该提案旨在创建一种新的分子和大分子材料（MMM）IKC。这将汇集剑桥现场的主要研究活动，即电气工程部（尤其是在高级电子和光子学中心，开普省）和卡文迪什（Cavendish）。这项研究共同跨越了MMM领域，并被认为具有世界领先地位。但是，这项提出的IKC的关键是，它还可以使与业务人员的互动和协作比以前拥有的EPSRC资助研究活动所能更大。因此，如果获得IKC，IKC将允许与法官商学院，制造研究所（包括EPSRC创新制造研究中心）和商业研究中心共同创建紧密关注的商业化活动。这些将允许创建一系列创新的知识转移活动，这些活动涵盖了业务研究，培训和特定产品开发。最后，该中心还将允许研究人员从行业和其他大学借调IKC，特别是用于知识转移（而不是研究），并在后期阶段利用提供原型制造的试点制造线。相互的安排还将确保学者们学习关键特征并提高其在剥削中的有效性。