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Novel Nanoreplication Methods for Manufacturing of Optoelectronic and Photonic Devices

用于制造光电和光子器件的新型纳米复制方法

基本信息

批准号：
EP/L015188/2
负责人：
Cliff Jones
金额：
$ 129.15万
依托单位：
University of Leeds
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Fellowship
财政年份：
2015
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2015 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FL015188%2F2
关键词：
Novel Nanoreplication Methods Manufacturing Optoelectronic

项目摘要

Liquid Crystal Displays (LCDs) have quickly grown to become the dominant interface between computer and user; television and viewer; and machine and operator. This success is largely due to the adaptability of the technology to hit new target specifications through the creation of new manufacturing methods and components. In the last three years, novel LCDs have begun to be established in the retail labelling sector through the spin-out company ZBD Displays, Europe's second fastest growing technology company of 2012. This UK success story is based on a new type of LCD in which complex sub-micron textures are manufactured on the internal surface of an otherwise standard display, an invention made by the applicant of this proposal. ADDING NANO-STRUCTURES TO LCD TO CREATE A NEW BREED OF OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES Since founding and technically leading that company to the market place, the applicant now proposes to set up a world leading centre for novel manufacturing methods and technologies based at the University of Manchester. The proposed work will invent new novel sub-micron structures and apply them to a range of novel devices, from other liquid crystal devices used for display and non-display applications, full-colour electronic paper, to photonic devices and sensors. The applicant will bring exceptional industrial experience to the academic environment to not only create internationally judged high quality research, but also to have practical application and job-creation in the UK. It is a primary intention from the outset to create spin-out companies from the proposed work. The proposal is for a five year period. The work will begin by studying methods for producing smaller and deeper structures than have been explored to date, applying these structures to different types of liquid crystal device, including ultra-fast displays and 2D optical modulators, novel adaptive optic systems (including a bistable contact-lens) and multi-stable phase modulators. As the work progresses, the theme will extend to surface profile aligned liquid crystal systems with additional dispersants included. A range of different dispersants will be investigated, from nano-particle colloids, Janus particle suspensions, emulsions and esoteric particles such as mesogenic nano-particles, carbon-nanotubes, and quantum dots. Key to inventing in this space is the ability to control and manufacture the required surface properties for the desired device operation. Eventually, the novel fabrication method will be extended to allow more complex structures suitable for a wider range of micro-fluidic systems, not just those using liquid crystals.The range of applications of the work is enormous and diverse, from components in telecommunication systems, novel tuneable lasers, full colour flexible electronic paper that is easy to manufacturer, to biological sensors that can detect individual molecules or viruses.

液晶显示器（LCD）已经迅速发展成为计算机与用户、电视与观众以及机器与操作者之间的主要接口。这一成功在很大程度上归功于该技术的适应性，通过创建新的制造方法和组件来达到新的目标规格。在过去的三年里，新型液晶显示器已经开始通过分拆公司ZBD显示器在零售标签领域建立起来，ZBD显示器是2012年欧洲增长第二快的技术公司。这个英国的成功故事是基于一种新型的LCD，其中复杂的亚微米纹理被制造在否则标准显示器的内表面上，这是本提案的申请人的发明。在LCD中添加纳米结构以创建新型光电器件自从该公司成立并在技术上引领该公司进入市场以来，申请人现在提议在曼彻斯特大学建立一个世界领先的新型制造方法和技术中心。拟议的工作将发明新的新型亚微米结构，并将其应用于一系列新型设备，从用于显示和非显示应用的其他液晶设备，全色电子纸，到光子设备和传感器。申请人将为学术环境带来卓越的工业经验，不仅创造国际公认的高质量研究，而且在英国有实际应用和创造就业机会。从一开始的主要意图就是从拟议的工作中创建衍生公司。该提案为期五年。这项工作将开始通过研究方法生产更小和更深的结构比已经探索的日期，这些结构应用于不同类型的液晶器件，包括超快速显示器和二维光调制器，新型自适应光学系统（包括一个可调接触透镜）和多稳态相位调制器。随着工作的进展，主题将扩展到表面轮廓对准液晶系统与额外的分散剂。将研究一系列不同的分散剂，从纳米颗粒胶体，Janus颗粒悬浮液，乳液和深奥的颗粒，如介晶纳米颗粒，碳纳米管和量子点。在这一领域发明的关键是能够控制和制造所需的表面特性，以实现所需的设备操作。最终，这种新的制造方法将被扩展到更复杂的结构，适用于更广泛的微流体系统，而不仅仅是那些使用液晶的微流体系统。这项工作的应用范围是巨大的和多样化的，从电信系统的组件，新型可调谐激光器，易于制造的全彩柔性电子纸，到可以检测单个分子或病毒的生物传感器。