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assignment_turned_in Project2013 - 2018Partners:Novalia, Momentive Performance Materials Inc, Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre, Victrex (United Kingdom), Teratech Components (United Kingdom) +67 partnersNovalia,Momentive Performance Materials Inc,Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre,Victrex (United Kingdom),Teratech Components (United Kingdom),Polyfect Solutions Ltd,RMRL,JM,Momentive Performance Materials Inc,Tonejet Limited,WCPC,Nokia Research Centre (UK),Plastic Logic (United Kingdom),Luigi Bandera Mechanical Engineering SpA,Agilent Technologies (United Kingdom),Luigi Bandera Mechanical Engineering SpA,Cobham Technical Services,Cobham Technical Services,Emdot Limited,Johnson Matthey (United Kingdom),Hardy Advanced Composites,TONEJET LIMITED,BAE Systems (Sweden),University of Cambridge,BAE Systems (UK),Victrex plc,Victrex plc,Polyfect Solutions Ltd,JM,Cambridge Enterprise,Cobham (United Kingdom),Printed Electronics Ltd,Polyfect Solutions Ltd,UCL,Hardy Advanced Composites,Printed Electronics (United Kingdom),DuPont (UK) Ltd,RMRL,JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC,Emdot Limited,Aixtron Ltd,Teratech Components Ltd,DuPont (UK) Ltd,Printed Electronics Ltd,Cambridge Enterprise,QMUL,Tonejet Limited,Plastic Logic (United Kingdom),Dyson Appliances Ltd,Agilent Technologies (United Kingdom),DuPont (UK) Ltd,Novalia,Aixtron (United Kingdom),BAE Systems (Sweden),Nokia Research Centre,Teratech Components (United Kingdom),UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre,Chemring Technology Solutions (United Kingdom),Agilent Technologies (United Kingdom),Nokia Research Centre,BAE Systems (United Kingdom),Aixtron Ltd,University of Cambridge,Emdot Limited,DuPont (United Kingdom),Dyson Appliances Ltd,Dyson Limited,Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating,Hardy Advanced Composites,Cambridge Enterprise,Technology Partnership (United Kingdom)Funder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: EP/K01711X/1Funder Contribution: 2,957,290 GBPGraphene has many record properties. It is transparent like (or better than) plastic, but conducts heat and electricity better than any metal, it is an elastic thin film, behaves as an impermeable membrane, and it is chemically inert and stable. Thus it is ideal for the production of next generation transparent conductors. Thin and flexible graphene-based electronic components may be obtained and modularly integrated, and thin portable devices may be assembled and distributed. Graphene can withstand dramatic mechanical deformation, for instance it can be folded without breaking. Foldable devices can be imagined, together with a wealth of new form factors, with innovative concepts of integration and distribution. At present, the realisation of an electronic device (such as, e.g., a mobile phone) requires the assembly of a variety of components obtained by many technologies. Graphene, by including different properties within the same material, can offer the opportunity to build a comprehensive technological platform for the realisation of almost any device component, including transistors, batteries, optoelectronic components, photovoltaic cells, (photo)detectors, ultrafast lasers, bio- and physico-chemical sensors, etc. Such change in the paradigm of device manufacturing would revolutionise the global industry. UK will have the chance to re-acquire a prominent position within the global Information and Communication Technology industry, by exploiting the synergy of excellent researchers and manufacturers. We propose a programme of innovative and adventurous research, with an emphasis on applications, uniquely placed to translate this vision into reality. Our research consortium, led by engineers, brings together a diverse team with world-leading expertise in graphene, carbon electronics, antennas, wearable communications, batteries and supercapacitors. We have strong alignment with industry needs and engage as project partners potential users. We will complement and wish to engage with other components of the graphene global research and technology hub, and other relevant initiatives. The present and future links will allow UK to significantly leverage any investment in our consortium and will benefit UK plc. The programme consists of related activities built around the central challenge of flexible and energy efficient (opto)electronics, for which graphene is a unique enabling platform. This will be achieved through four main themes. T1: growth, transfer and printing; T2: energy; T3: connectivity; T4: detectors. The final aim is to develop "graphene-augmented" smart integrated devices on flexible/transparent substrates, with the necessary energy storage capability to work autonomously and wireless connected. Our vision is to take graphene from a state of raw potential to a point where it can revolutionise flexible, wearable and transparent (opto)electronics, with a manifold return for UK, in innovation and exploitation. Graphene has benefits both in terms of cost-advantage, and uniqueness of attributes and performance. It will enable cheap, energy autonomous and disposable devices and communication systems, integrated in transparent and flexible surfaces, with application to smart homes, industrial processes, environmental monitoring, personal healthcare and more. This will lead to ultimate device wearability, new user interfaces and novel interaction paradigms, with new opportunities in communication, gaming, media, social networking, sport and wellness. By enabling flexible (opto)electronics, graphene will allow the exploitation of the existing knowledge base and infrastructure of companies working on organic electronics (organic LEDs, conductive polymers, printable electronics), and a unique synergistic framework for collecting and underpinning many distributed technical competences.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2013 - 2018Partners:UCL, Hardy Advanced Composites, Printed Electronics (United Kingdom), Aixtron Ltd, CamLase Ltd +59 partnersUCL,Hardy Advanced Composites,Printed Electronics (United Kingdom),Aixtron Ltd,CamLase Ltd,DuPont (UK) Ltd,Printed Electronics Ltd,Novalia,Momentive Performance Materials Inc,WCPC,Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre,Victrex (United Kingdom),NANEUM,University of Cambridge,NANEUM,Victrex plc,Tonejet Limited,Emdot Limited,Johnson Matthey (United Kingdom),JM,Cambridge Enterprise,Polyfect Solutions Ltd,Aixtron (United Kingdom),Nokia Research Centre,Agilent Technologies (United Kingdom),JM,Nokia Research Centre (UK),Luigi Bandera Mechanical Engineering SpA,Agilent Technologies (United Kingdom),Cambridge Enterprise,Plastic Logic (United Kingdom),Agilent Technologies (United Kingdom),Novalia,Polyfect Solutions Ltd,Hardy Advanced Composites,TONEJET LIMITED,CamLase Ltd,JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC,Tonejet Limited,Emdot Limited,Momentive Performance Materials Inc,Plastic Logic (United Kingdom),Luigi Bandera Mechanical Engineering SpA,Victrex plc,Polyfect Solutions Ltd,Printed Electronics Ltd,DuPont (UK) Ltd,Technology Partnership (United Kingdom),CamLase Ltd,University of Cambridge,Emdot Limited,DuPont (United Kingdom),Dyson Appliances Ltd,Dyson Limited,Dyson Appliances Ltd,Aixtron Ltd,DuPont (UK) Ltd,NanoBeam Limited,UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,Cambridge Integrated Knowledge Centre,Nokia Research Centre,Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating,Hardy Advanced Composites,Cambridge EnterpriseFunder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: EP/K017144/1Funder Contribution: 6,883,330 GBPGraphene has many record properties. It is transparent like (or better than) plastic, but conducts heat and electricity better than any metal, it is an elastic thin film, behaves as an impermeable membrane, and it is chemically inert and stable. Thus it is ideal for the production of next generation transparent conductors. Thin and flexible graphene-based electronic components may be obtained and modularly integrated, and thin portable devices may be assembled and distributed. Graphene can withstand dramatic mechanical deformation, for instance it can be folded without breaking. Foldable devices can be imagined, together with a wealth of new form factors, with innovative concepts of integration and distribution. At present, the realisation of an electronic device (such as, e.g., a mobile phone) requires the assembly of a variety of components obtained by many technologies. 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It will enable cheap, energy autonomous and disposable devices and communication systems, integrated in transparent and flexible surfaces, with application to smart homes, industrial processes, environmental monitoring, personal healthcare and more. This will lead to ultimate device wearability, new user interfaces and novel interaction paradigms, with new opportunities in communication, gaming, media, social networking, sport and wellness. By enabling flexible (opto)electronics, graphene will allow the exploitation of the existing knowledge base and infrastructure of companies working on organic electronics (organic LEDs, conductive polymers, printable electronics), and a unique synergistic framework for collecting and underpinning many distributed technical competences. The strategic focus of the proposed Cambridge Graphene Centre will be in activities built around the central challenge of flexible and energy efficient (opto)electronics, for which graphene is a unique enabling platform. This will allow us to 1) grow and produce graphene by chemical vapour deposition and liquid phase exfoliation on large scale; 2) prepare and test inks, up to a controlled and closely monitored pilot line. The target is several litres per week of optimized solutions and inks, ready to be provided to present and future partners for testing in their plants; 3) design, test and produce a variety of flexible, antennas, detectors and RF devices based on graphene and related materials, covering all present and future wavelength ranges; 4) prototype and test flexible batteries and supercapacitors and package them for implementation in realistic devices. Our present and future industrial partners will be able to conduct pilot-phase research and device prototyping in this facility, before moving to larger scale testing in realistic industrial settings. Spin-off companies will be incubated, and start-ups will be able to contract their more fundamental work to this facility.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2012 - 2013Partners:Cambridge Enterprise, Cambridge Enterprise, Imperial Innovations (United Kingdom), University of Cambridge, New Venture Partners +6 partnersCambridge Enterprise,Cambridge Enterprise,Imperial Innovations (United Kingdom),University of Cambridge,New Venture Partners,New Venture Partners,Cambridge Enterprise,UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,Touchstone Innovations,University of Cambridge,New Venture PartnersFunder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: EP/J013609/1Funder Contribution: 116,467 GBPThere has been significant research investment into alternative methods of energy production that reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. With the exception of nuclear or neo-fossil fuels (e.g. biofuels), these resources (e.g. solar, wind) are neither generated nor converted into useful forms of energy (electric or mechanical) at the 'point of use' or 'on-demand' and require storage and a substantial delivery network. Battery technology will be an intrinsic part of the development of alternative energy strategies. However battery technology, whilst boasting large storage capability, is an essentially electrochemical process, and requires significant charging-up times. Therefore one cannot currently recharge electric car batteries as quickly as filling up a car with petrol. Equally, low capacity and high recharge-times of batteries in mobile devices (lap-tops, mobile phones) limits their ability to contain more functionality. It is obvious that the next breakthrough technology in mobile devices will be in their power packs. Supercapacitors are strong contenders to provide both high capacity and fast storage/release of energy. Capacitors, as every sixth form science student is aware, can store charge between two electrodes separated by an insulator (the dielectric). The key difference in supercapacitors is that the dielectric is an inherent part of each electrode, and charge is stored within nanoporous pathways within the dielectric. Moving or storing charge without an electrochemical change ( the method of storage in conventional batteries) means supercapacitor charge/discharge rates are fast leading to high power densities. Therefore supercapacitors using dielectrics with large surface area densities (i.e. internal surface per unit volume) from nanoporous materials will have energy densities resembling batteries whilst retaining the fast discharge/charge rates of supercapacitors. In this proposal, we use a radical new patented technology to generate dielectrics with high surface area densities. This is accomplished by introducing highly interconnected nanoscale pores into the materials in a controlled, reliably repeatable way. Certainly making nanoporous materials is not a new idea in itself. However existing methods are either expensive, or too unreliable. Our patent describes a way to do this, that using cheap materials, fast process-times and good reproducibility. This will be important in taking supercapacitor technology, which has been proved in the laboratory, and making it economically viable as a consumer product.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2016 - 2020Partners:Malwee Malhas Ltda, Varichem Co. Ltd, University of Cambridge, Mars Chocolate UK Ltd, Centre for Process Innovation +43 partnersMalwee Malhas Ltda,Varichem Co. Ltd,University of Cambridge,Mars Chocolate UK Ltd,Centre for Process Innovation,Johnson Matthey (United Kingdom),Mars Chocolate UK Ltd,Johnson Matthey,Nokia Research Centre,RK Print Coat Instruments Ltd,Pilkington Group Limited,UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE,Mars Chocolate UK Ltd,De La Rue,University of Cambridge,Nokia Research Centre,Varichem Co. Ltd,PragmatIC Printing Ltd,Oxford Nanopore Technologies (United Kingdom),Cambridge Enterprise,RK Print Coat Instruments Ltd,Smith & Nephew Extruded Films Ltd,Mars (United Kingdom),Oxford Nanopore Technologies (United Kingdom),PragmatIC (United Kingdom),De La Rue (United Kingdom),BBInternational (British Biocell),Smith & Nephew Extruded Films Ltd,Cambridge Enterprise,Nokia Research Centre (UK),Defence Science and Technology Laboratory,Defence Science & Tech Lab DSTL,CPI Ltd,CPI Ltd,Defence Science & Tech Lab DSTL,De La Rue,Pilkington Group Limited,BBInternational (British Biocell),Pilkington Group Limited (UK),Cambridge Enterprise,RK Print Coat Instruments Ltd,Johnson Matthey Plc,Malwee Malhas Ltda,Defence Science & Tech Lab DSTL,Oxford Nanopore Technologies (United Kingdom),PragmatIC Printing Ltd,Pilkington (United Kingdom),British Biocell International (United Kingdom)Funder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: EP/N016920/1Funder Contribution: 970,062 GBPIt is a major problem to exploit the new ideas emerging from the Photonics/Plasmonics/Metamaterials academic community (in which the UK is strong) for real-world applications. In this field, the intricate structure of metals and dielectrics on the nanoscale produces radically new optical properties which are the basis for many devices and materials. However because the nanoscale architectures are designed by academics with little thought to manufacturability, most of these ideas founder very early against cost, method and volume considerations. We aim to invert this model, examining much more seriously a number of different fabrication routes that look promising for delivering scale-up of manufacturing nanostructures with novel and useful photonic materials and metamaterials functionality. However, blind approaches from considerations only of manufacturability are unlikely to locate useful functionalities. As a result we are strongly guided by a set of successful platforms developed over the last 5 years, which already embed the promise of scale-up due to their use of bottom-up self-assembly. In this programme, we develop such directed-assembly towards real capabilities for manufacturing. Success in this domain will be directly exploited by a number of UK companies, both large and small, but even more importantly will be transformative for UK approaches to manufacturing. Despite huge investments in top-down nanofabrication in the UK, little commercial return has been produced. Alternative approaches based on self-assembly already have traction (for instance inside Unilever), and offer routes to mass-scale production with a cost model that is realistic. What industry needs is not the ideas, but a well-developed research programme into the manufacturing space that will allow them to make use of these advances. Our programme will deliver this through tightly coupling nanoassembly, nanophotonics, and nano-manufacturing.
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For further information contact us at helpdesk@openaire.euassignment_turned_in Project2019 - 2027Partners:Beeswax Dyson Farming Limited, National Institute of Agricultural Botany, G's Growers Limited, Earth Rover Ltd, Dogtooth Technologies Limited +54 partnersBeeswax Dyson Farming Limited,National Institute of Agricultural Botany,G's Growers Limited,Earth Rover Ltd,Dogtooth Technologies Limited,Syngenta Ltd,MTC,OAL - Olympus Automation Ltd,Centre for Env Fisheries Aqua Sci CEFAS,Berry Gardens Growers Limited,ABB UK,Institute of Physics,John Deere GmbH & Co. KG,Cambridge Enterprise,Cambridge Enterprise,Agri-EPI Centre,Institute of Physics,Berry Gardens (United Kingdom),National Inst of Agricultural Botany,MM Flowers Limited,GMV UK,AHDB,AHDB,Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation Centre,MTC,MM Flowers Limited,PA Consulting Group,GMV UK,LU,Beeswax Dyson Farming Limited,G's Growers Limited,Manufacturing Technology Centre (United Kingdom),Syngenta (United Kingdom),Syngenta Ltd,Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board,Cambridge Enterprise,University of Lincoln,IBEX automation Ltd,Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science,John Deere GmbH & Co. KG,PA Consulting Group,IBEX automation Ltd,Buhler Sortex Ltd,University of Cambridge,Berry Gardens Growers Limited,LU,Agri-EOI Centre Limited,Agri-EOI Centre Limited,Saga Robotics Limited (UK),Bühler (United Kingdom),TGAC,Saga Robotics Limited (UK),CEFAS,Buhler Sortex Ltd,ABB UK,OAL - Olympus Automation Ltd,Dogtooth Technologies Limited,Earth Rover Ltd,Earlham InstituteFunder: UK Research and Innovation Project Code: EP/S023917/1Funder Contribution: 6,908,130 GBPRobotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) technologies are set to transform global industries. Agri-Food is the largest manufacturing sector in the UK, contributing over £38bn GVA to the UK economy and employing 420,000 people. It supports a food chain (primary farming through to retail), which generates a GVA of £108bn, with 3.9m employees in a truly international industry, with £20bn of exports in 2016. The global food chain cannot be taken for granted: it is under pressure from global population growth, climate change, political pressures affecting migration (e.g. Brexit), population drift from rural to urban regions and the demographics of an aging global population in advanced economies. In addition, jobs in the agri-food sector can be physically demanding, conducted in adverse environments and relatively unrewarding. The opportunity for RAS in Agri-Food is compelling - however, large-scale investment in basic underpinning research is required. We propose to create a CDT that focuses on advanced RAS technologies, which will advance the state of the art by creating the largest global cohort of RAS specialists and leaders focused on the Agri-Food sector. This will include 50 PhD scholarships in projects co-designed with industry to give the UK global leadership in RAS across critical and essential sectors of the world economy, expanding the UK's science and engineering base whilst driving industrial productivity and mitigating the environmental and societal impacts of the currently available solutions. In terms of wider impact, the RAS challenges that need to be overcome in the agri-food sector will have further application across multiple sectors involving field robotics and/or robotics in manufacturing. Studying robots for agriculture and food production together allows us to address fundamental challenges in RAS, while delivering whole supply chain efficiencies and synergies across both sides of the farm gate. Core research themes include autonomous mobility in challenging, often GPS-denied and unstructured environments; manipulation and soft robotics for handling delicate and unstructured food products; sensing and image interpretation in challenging agricultural and manufacturing environments; fleet management systems integrating methods for goal allocation, joint motion planning, coordination and control; and 'co-bots' for maintaining safe human-robot collaboration and interaction in farms and factories. All these themes will be applied across a range of applications in agri-food from soil preparation to selective harvesting and on-site grading, through to food processing, manufacturing and supply chain optimisation. The Centre brings together a unique collaboration of leading researchers from the Universities of Lincoln, Cambridge and East Anglia, located at the heart of the UK agri-food business, together with the Manufacturing Technology Centre, supported by leading industrial partners and stakeholders. The wide-scale engagement with industry (£3.0M committed) and end users in the CDT will enable this basic research to be pushed rapidly towards real-world applications in the agri-food industry. An ongoing training programme will take place throughout the CDT, addressing subject-specific and general scientific and technical skills, agriculture and food manufacturing, Responsible Research and Innovation, entrepreneurship, ethics, EDI, and personal and career development. The programme is supported by excellent facilities, including an agri-robotics field centre with a fleet of state-of-the-art agri-robots; a demonstration farm with arable holdings, glasshouses, polytunnels, and livestock; an experimental food factory with robots for food production and intra-logistics; multiple robotics laboratories; advanced robotic manipulators and mobile robots; advanced sensing, imaging and camera technologies; high-performance computing facilities; and excellent links to industrial facilities and test environments.
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