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The UK's maritime sector directly contributes £14.5bn GVA to the UK economy a year. However, emissions in UK ports are expected to grow four-fold by 2050 unless solutions are implemented to decarbonise the maritime sector a fact recognised by the Clean Maritime Plan supporting transition to net zero carbon by 2050\. Shipping is considered one of the most ...

The aim of F4 PAEK is to produce novel nano-composite materials for additive manufacturing. These new materials will offer multifunctional capabilities including lightweighting, thermal and electro-magnetic properties. The initial target applications are focussed on the defence and aerospace industry but the developments have potential implications and be...

When polymer powders are selectively laser sintered (SLS), they have a microstructure that contains a significant amount of porosity conferring inferior mechanical properties – particularly elongation and toughness compared to conventionally processed materials such as injection mouldings or extrusions. We have shown that for conventional Nylon PA12 SLS p...

A problem regularly faced when trying to incorporate graphene nanoplatelets (GNPs) into systems such as thermoplastics and epoxy resins is achieving a good dispersion of the GNPs within the target medium without re-agglomeration occurring which leads to poor and inconsistent final materials performance in the graphene composite systems. This, along with a...

The project will explore the development of a robust manufacturing route for graphene-using technologies in the UK, in order to translate the unique material properties of graphene to composite materials used in dental prostheses. This is motivated by the requirement for novel materials used in dental restorations, which are to be resistant to mechanical ...

The high electrical and thermal conductivity, and manufacturability of copper means it is widely used for electrical connections/casings, conducting channels and heat sinking of electronic systems used in demanding, failure-critical applications. Many of these, such as petrochemical processing, oil and gas, paper mills, effluent treatment plants and aeros...

The photovoltaic (PV) market is currently dominated by crystalline silicon solar cells (c-Si SC), with < 21 % power conversion efficiency (PCE), but widespread use of this technology is cost-limited. Alternatively, thin film solar cells (TFSC) can be manufactured cheaply but do not perform comparably and degrade more quickly than c-Si SC. Although recent ...