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Advanced Materials

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

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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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KTN – 10/12/2013

“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

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Where future “killer applications” may come from?

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laser or

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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

Knowledge Transfer Manager – Textiles, Packaging and Consumer Goods

@technitex • M: 07964 563373

Brian.mccarthy@ktn-uk.org

@KTNUK • T: 0161 306 8500 • ktn-uk.org

KTN, Innovation Centre North Campus, Sackville Street, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK

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