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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，随着新的低成本、灵活的分子和高分子材料的引入，一系列计算机和传感技术、显示和通信系统正在进行变革。这些材料包括聚合物、先进的液晶以及包括碳和硅纳米线在内的纳米结构，不仅因为它们的成本/性能优势，而且因为它们可以以更灵活的方式制造、提供更多功能和针对更广泛的应用进行设计，因此将对现有技术产生颠覆性影响。新材料在英国拥有强大的研究基础，适用于大小广泛的商业企业，因此为UK plc提供了一个重要的机会。剑桥大学近年来对这些材料进行了大量的研究和开发，取得了一系列世界领先的成果，到目前为止，这些成果又在15个副产品中得到了利用。然而，软材料在微电子和光电子领域的市场渗透才刚刚开始，根据市场估计，S每年的收入为100‘00亿美元，可以肯定的是，英国必须利用其在基础科学方面的优势。迫切需要利用新的高分子材料体系和有效的开发模式来开发先进的制造技术。英国缺乏的是一个专门的卓越中心，它可以充当专业知识的储存库，发展明确和差异化的核心能力，并提供知识开发和转移的角色。这方面的成功将关键取决于研究人员和商业开发人员之间的早期牵引力。它还将首次依赖于从产品到试生产的资金，缺乏资金一直是商业化的障碍，因此过去在这一领域的开发有限。因此，本建议寻求创造一种新的分子和大分子材料(MMM)IKC。这将汇集剑桥实地的主要研究活动，即电气工程处(特别是在开普敦的先进电子和光子学中心内)和卡文迪什。总而言之，这项研究跨越了MMM领域，并被公认为具有世界领先地位。然而，这个拟议的IKC的一个关键是，它还将允许与商界人士进行比EPSRC资助的研究活动以前可能的更大的互动和合作。因此，如果授予IKC，将允许与佳奇商学院、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密切关注的商业化活动。这些将允许创建一系列创新的知识转移活动，涵盖商业研究、培训和特定产品开发。最后，中心还将允许从工业和其他大学借调研究人员到IKC，专门用于知识转让(而不是研究)，并在其后期阶段利用提供的试制生产线进行原型制作。互惠安排还将确保学者自己了解剥削的主要特点并提高其效力。