EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Plastic Electronic Materials

EPSRC塑料电子材料博士培训中心

• 批准号: EP/L016702/1
• 金额: $ 539.87万
• 依托单位: Imperial College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Training Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2014 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FL016702%2F1
• 关键词: EPSRC; Centre; Doctoral; Training; Plastic

Plastic Electronics embodies an approach to future electronics in their broadest sense (including electronic, optoelectronic and photonic structures, devices and systems) that combines the low temperature, versatile manufacturing attributes of plastics with the functional properties of semiconductors and metals. At its heart is the development, processing and application of advanced materials encompassing molecular electronic materials, low temperature processed metals, metal oxides and novel hybrids. As such it constitutes a challenging and far-ranging training ground in tune with the needs of a wide spectrum of industry and academia alike. The general area is widely recognised as a rapidly developing platform technology with the potential to impact on multiple application sectors, including displays, signage and lighting, large area electronics, energy generation and storage, logistics, advertising and brand security, distributed sensing and medical devices. The field is a growth area, nationally and globally and the booming organic (AMOLED) display and printed electronics industries have been leading the way, with the emerging opportunities in the photonics area - i.e. innovative solid-state lighting, solar (photovoltaics), energy storage and management now following. The world-leading, agenda-setting UK academic PE research, much of it sponsored by EPSRC, offers enormous potential that is critical for the development and growth of this UK technology sector. PE scientists are greatly in demand: both upstream for materials, process and equipment development; and downstream for device fabrication and wide-ranging applications innovation. Although this potential is recognised by UK government and industry, PE makes a major contribution to the Advanced Materials theme identified in Science Minister David Willet's 'eight great technologies', growth is severely limited by the shortage of trained scientists and engineers capable of carrying ideas forward to application. This is confirmed by industry experts who argue that a comprehensive training programme is essential to deliver the workforce of scientists and engineers needed to create a sustainable UK PE Industry.The aim of the PE-CDT is to provide necessary training to develop highly skilled scientists and engineers, capable both of leading development and of contributing growth in a variety of aspects; materials-focused innovation, translation and manufacturing. The CDT brings together three leading academic teams in the PE area: the Imperial groups, with expertise in the synthesis, materials processing, characterisation, photonics and device physics, the Oxford team with expertise in ultrafast spectroscopes probes, meso and nano-structured composites, vacuum processing and up scaling as well as the material scientists and polymer technologists at QMUL. This compact consortium encompasses all the disciplines relevant to PE, including materials physics, optoelectronics, physical chemistry, device engineering and modelling, design, synthesis and processing as well as relevant industrial experience. The programme captures the essentially multidisciplinary nature of PE combining the low temperature, versatile manufacturing attributes of plastics with the functional properties of semiconductors and metals. Yet, to meet the needs of the PE industry, it also puts in place a deep understanding of basic science along with a strong emphasis on professional skills and promoting interdisciplinary learning of high quality, ranging across all areas of plastic electronics.

塑料电子体现了一种最广义的未来电子方法(包括电子、光电子和光子结构、器件和系统)，它结合了塑料的低温、多功能制造属性与半导体和金属的功能属性。其核心是先进材料的开发、加工和应用，包括分子电子材料、低温加工金属、金属氧化物和新型杂化材料。因此，它构成了一个具有挑战性的、范围广泛的培训基地，符合广泛的行业和学术界的需求。一般领域被广泛认为是一种快速发展的平台技术，有可能对多个应用领域产生影响，包括显示器、标牌和照明、大面积电子、能源发电和储存、物流、广告和品牌安全、分布式传感和医疗设备。该领域在国内和全球都是一个增长领域，蓬勃发展的有机(AMOLED)显示和印刷电子行业一直处于领先地位，紧随其后的是光电子领域的新兴机遇--即创新的固态照明、太阳能(光伏)、能源存储和管理。英国学术体育研究具有世界领先的议程设置，其中大部分由EPSRC赞助，提供了巨大的潜力，这对英国科技行业的发展和增长至关重要。PE科学家的需求量很大：上游用于材料、工艺和设备开发；下游用于设备制造和广泛的应用创新。尽管这一潜力得到了英国政府和行业的认可，但PE对科学大臣大卫·威利特的《八大技术》中确定的先进材料主题做出了重大贡献，但增长受到训练有素的科学家和工程师的严重限制，这些科学家和工程师能够将想法转化为应用。业内专家证实了这一点，他们认为，全面的培训计划对于培养创建可持续发展的英国PE行业所需的科学家和工程师队伍至关重要。PE-CDT的目标是提供必要的培训，以培养高技能的科学家和工程师，他们既能够领导开发，又能够在多个方面做出贡献；专注于材料的创新、翻译和制造。CDT汇聚了PE领域的三个领先学术团队：帝国集团(Imperial Group)在合成、材料加工、表征、光子学和器件物理方面的专业知识，牛津大学团队在超快光谱探测器、介观和纳米结构复合材料、真空加工和放大方面的专业知识，以及QMUL的材料科学家和聚合物技术专家。这个紧密的联合体涵盖了与PE相关的所有学科，包括材料物理、光电子学、物理化学、设备工程和建模、设计、合成和加工以及相关的工业经验。该计划抓住了PE本质上的多学科性质，将塑料的低温、多功能制造属性与半导体和金属的功能属性结合在一起。然而，为了满足体育行业的需求，它还对基础科学有了深刻的理解，同时强烈强调专业技能，并促进高质量的跨学科学习，涉及塑料电子的所有领域。