Materials, Advanced Design
&
Manufacturing
101
Advanced functional materials are an integral part of
modern technologies. They are exploited in a wide
variety of applications such as IT, medical instruments,
and sensors and actuators for the aerospace and
automotive industries.
Our expertise extends from fundamental research into
crystals, ceramics, composites and other candidate
materials to the testing and characterisation of novel
materials produced either by external partners or
developed in our advanced manufacturing and
engineering facilities.
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Functional/multifunctional materials
APPLICATION AREAS
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Aerospace and automotive
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Biotechnology
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Built environment
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Civil engineering
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Creative industries
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Defence and security
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Energy
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Electronics and electrical systems
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Healthcare and pharmaceuticals
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High value manufacturing
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Food supply
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Information and communication
technology (ICT)
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Electronics and electrical systems
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Nanotechnology and advanced
materials
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Sustainability
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Transport and infrastructure
Keywords
Dielectric, ferroelectric, CMOS technology,
information and communications technology (ICT)
Expertise
The University of Liverpool has expertise in
manufacturing, developing and characterising a variety
of thin film and nanostructured materials for electronic,
optical and magnetic applications. We use this
experience to develop a range of manufacturing
technologies which can be integrated into computer
chips, memory devices and power modules.
Our research has focused on the development of
processes to assemble atoms or molecules
systematically with atomic-scale specificity to produce
materials with a specific desired property or function.
Our world-class facilities support the development
of materials with ‘functional’ properties, such as
semiconductivity, magnetism, refractive index or
piezoelectricity.
Computer processors use so-called high-k or high
dielectric constant thin films in the transistors and
capacitors found in their integrated circuits.
Research at Liverpool is developing new
precursors and processes to make these devices
faster and more energy efficient.
Capabilities and facilities
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Royal Society-Wolfson Class 1000 clean room
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Liquid injection, chemical vapour, and atomic layer
deposition reactor
• 100
mm and 200mm atomic layer deposition
reactors
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Aberration corrected transmission electron
microscope
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Rigaku miniflex X-ray diffractometer
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Confocal Raman microscope.
4.1
Dielectric and ferroelectric materials
