MAJOR PROJECTS

The following are Major Current Projects within CMMPE

CAPE Holographic Projection Engine (Chiralase) CAPE Ferroelectric Displays(FOLCEAB) EPSRC Basic Technology Award for Microscopic

Lasers (COSMOS) DTI Collaborative R&D on Electroluminescent/LC

Flexible Displays (ELLC 1 & 2) Merck/DTI KTP on Blue Phase Displays EPSRC Dual Mode Displays LGD FPD and Hand-held Display Programme.

HIGHLIGHTS

The following Highlights have resulted from research within CMMPE

The invention of high speed flexoelectric materials for displays and telecommunications devices (LGD Award).

The invention of polariser/colour filter free colour switchable Blue Phase devices and lasers. (Published Nature, August 2005).

Invention of novel liquid crystal lasers, coherent and incoherent. Hub of the highly successful COMIT Faraday Partnership 2001-

2006 (See EPSRC/DTI Review). Fully Flexible Plastic Displays in Production for Pelikon/Motorola. New CNT “In plane” display devices. New Materials Paradigms for Sm A Energy Efficient Windows.

EXPLOITATION

Outputs have resulted from CMMPE Projects

CMMPE’s Research has resulted in 6 recently filed materials and devices patents.Merck/LGD evaluating FPD flexoelectric displays.Merck/LGD evaluating Blue Phase devices. Pelikon (a second generation Cambridge spin out) in production of electroluminescent/LC displays incorporated in Motorola ROKR E8 morphing phones/cameras..This exploitation has arisen through CMMPE’s involvement with the COMIT Faraday Partnership.

PHOTONIC MATERIALS RESEARCH

SCALE OF ACTIVITY

The Molecular Materials research activity in Engineering involves 10 SRAs / RAs and 4 research students

Equipment infrastructure of value circa £3M

Total Current Grant Income of circa £5.2M including  4 DTI(BERR)/EPSRC projects

OVERVIEW OF PHOTONIC MATERIALS RESEARCH

The Photonics Materials Research Activity is based within the Centre of Molecular Materials for Photonics and Electronics (CMMPE) opened by Lord Sainsbury February 2003, is housed within the Electrical Engineering Division and involves collaborations with the Departments of Engineering, Physics, Chemistry. The activities span the fields of “ in house” materials synthesis, characterisation, and device prototyping for displays, telecommunications devices, and novel laser light sources..

RESEARCH STAFF

Prof. Harry ColesDr. Timothy Wilkinson

10 Post-Doctoral Research Associates:

Dr. Catherine DobsonDr. Sonja Findeisen-Tandel

Dr. Damien GardinerDr. Carrie Gillespie

Dr. Oliver HadelerDr. Philip Hands

Dr. Qasim MalikDr. Stephen Morris

Dr. Juergen SchmidtkeDr Poh-Ling Neo

14 PhD Research Students

End to End Research Activities

MATERIALS SYNTHESIS

Liquid Crystals Flexoelectric Ferroelectric and

Antiferroelectric Blue Phases Smectic A & A*

Nonlinear optical polymers

Novel Dyes Dichroic Fluorescent Black

CHARACTERISATION AND DEVICES

Functional Materials Characterisation

X-ray and Raman Scattering

Static and dynamic light scattering

Electro-optic & dielectric properties

Optical microscopy and scanning calorimetry

Magneto-optics

Prototype Device Fabrication

Screen printing Draw Down PDLC Laser and Electro-optic

Cell construction Free space optics Flexible Plastic Displays

TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Communications Telecommunications

devices Fibre to Fibre Interconnects Phase retarders

Displays Flat panel high speed

displays Polariser & colour filter free

devices Storage & Windows Plastic Production Displays

Microscopic Lasers Tuneable RGB plastic lasers

for medical and environmental applications

Holographic projection engines

Lab on a chip

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Materials Design and Synthesis

Materials Characterisation and

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Technological Applications

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