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Polymer research groups at the University of Sheffield
The Advanced Composite Materials & Structures (ACMS) Group encompasses studies from microscopy to design of new composite materials for use in aeroplanes.
Aerospace Research Centre - new materials and manufacturing processes for the aerospace industry.
The Biomaterials research group, based in the School of Clinical Dentistry, carries out a range of research into advanced biomaterials for tissue engineering, dental and surgical prostheses. Research includes biocompatibility studies.
The Centre for Biomaterials and Tissue Engineering is the umbrella centre for research into biomaterials and tissue engineering at the University of Sheffield. It encompasses a wide range of research interests and technologies in development for medical service.
The Ceramics and Composites Laboratory, launched in 2004, conducts research across a wide range of industrially relevant materials from electroceramics for battery applications to refractory materials for the steel industry. The group is keen to collaborate and offer consultancy on projects that could enhance business.
Ceramics and Composites Laboratory
The Dental Advice Research and Technology Service places the technical and scientific resources of a University dental school at the disposal of manufacturing industry and clinical dentistry. Services include research and testing and analysis in dental technology.
The Dental Advice Research and Technology Service
The Electronic and Photonic Molecular Materials research group is active in the research and development of organic light emitting diodes (LEDs), organic photovoltaic devices (PVs), scanning probe microscopy, organic field-effect transistors (FETs) and organic photonic devices, including nanophotonics.
Electronic and Photonic Molecular Materials
The Nanoscale Analytical Science Group, Prof Graham Leggett's research group, is engaged in the characterisation and manipulation of molecular and biomolecular structure and interactions on the nanometre scale.
Nanoscale Analytical Science Group
Polymer and biomaterials chemistry laboratories cover a broad range of research activities including hydrogels, nano and sub-micron particles, branched polymers, dendrimers and functional polymers.
Polymer and biomaterials chemistry laboratories
Polymer, Liquid Crystal and Supramolecular Structures Group studies supramolecular self-assembly, and the crystallisation and morphology of polymers, it is based at the Department of Engineering Materials at Sheffield.
The Supramolecular Structures Group
Polymer surfaces and interfaces: Mark Geoghegan (Department of Physics and Astronomy) provides a relatively non-technical overview of his work on polymer surfaces and interfaces, diffusion, and polymer networks.
Polymer surfaces and interfaces
University of Sheffield Polymer Physics Group interests include the physical properties of natural and synthetic polymers in thin films and near interfaces and surfaces. The group has close ties with the group of Prof. Tony Ryan in the Department of Chemistry.
The Polymer Scattering Group have many analytical techniques at their disposal, including Small Angle X-Ray Scattering (SAXS) for powder, liquid and thin sheet samples ('Nanostar'). A Bruker AXS D8 Advance Diffractometer for Wide Angle X-Ray Scattering (WAXS) of powder samples, and the capability to analyse thin films or coatings.
The Snomipede: Building Materials Molecule-by-Molecule The Snomipede project is funded by the Basic Technology Programme and unites researchers at the Universities of Sheffield, Glasgow, Manchester and Nottingham. The objective of the project is to develop a massively parallel near field lithography device that combines the parallelism of the Millipede, developed by researchers at IBM, with the powerful capability for molecular patterning provided by the technique of scanning near-field photolithography, developed by the Leggett group over the past few years.
Soft Machines Thoughts on the future of nanotechnology, a weblog by Richard Jones.
Tribology at Sheffield experimental techniques and testing methods for polymers and other materials in service. Work includes measurement techniques in tribology, railway, automotive and aerospace applications and evaluation, particles and abrasive wear.
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