Smart Electronic Materials and Systems
Smart Electronic Materials and Systems

Facilities

We are equipped with a range of high-quality and specialist facilities.
The Focused Ion Beam (FIB) Facility. The image shows three computer screens showing data, with laboratory equipment in the background

Focused ion beam facility

This facility supports research in nanoelectronics, nanophotonics, silicon photonics and quantum devices research.
A man near the equipment

Hybrid materials and devices facility

We specialise in processing and characterisation of thin film materials from solution, such as those employed in flexible or wearable optoelectronic devices and battery research. 
A researcher in a cleanroom suit with a 200mm wafer in the nanofabrication cleanroom

Nanofabrication cleanrooms

The nanofabrication cleanrooms houses a fully featured suite of semiconductor processing tools as well as a planar fabrication laboratory.

Novel and compound glass facility

We specialise in advanced material development. This ranges from exotic 2D semiconductors to bulk glasses with wide optical transparency.
Researchers in the powder x-ray diffraction facility

Powder and materials x-ray diffraction facility

The powder and materials diffraction facilities offer a range of capabilities from simple phase identification through to complex materials analysis.
A student wearing protective clothing uses printed electronics and materials equipment

Printed electronics and materials laboratory

Here we make novel thick-film sensors, actuators and systems printed using silk screen and inkjet printers.