Featured method of the first year:



CVD Gas and Precursor Delivery for 2D thin film deposition



Featured success of the first year:



Highest resolution display with

pixels approaching 50 nm



Featured equipment of the first year:



Woollam RC2 spectroscopic ellipsometer


Research Themes

Overall Aim

To accelerate the development of wearable and flexible technologies by integrating device components using advanced functional materials along with scalable, cost-effective and reliable manufacturing techniques.


Scope

Metrology

Flexible and Functional Components:

Flexible Displays

Sensors

Thermoelectric Energy Harvesting

Organic Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting

Modelling

Design for Manufacturing

Scale-up via Roll-to-Roll Manufacturing

Goals

1. To develop scalable roll-to-roll technologies suitable for cost-effective deposition of functional phase-change, photovoltaic, organic sensor and thermoelectric materials.

2. To minimize waste in the deposition of thin-films in case of expensive or environmentally sensitive elements used in functional materials.

3. To develop new approaches for effective in-situ monitoring of key film parameters, in particular film thickness, to guarantee designed-for functional material properties at the manufacturing stage.


Featured method of the second year:



Modelling to optimise devices



Featured equipment of the second year:



Probe station to measure both electrical and optical characteristics of devices



Featured success of the second year:



Interdigitated electrode gas sensor


WAFT PROJECT

May 2015 -  April 2020

Research Groups

Research Scope