This Programme Grant assembles an internationally-leading research team to develop the concept of Nanoscale Advanced Materials Engineering (NAME). Expertise from across disciplines, Technical Specialists, and a cohort of talented early career researchers who are future leaders in advanced materials, make this team well positioned to realise NAME’s research goals and impact.
Investigators
The NAME research team draws together leaders in their fields who collectively have delivered research programmes in excess of £185M, published >1800 papers, including 57 Nature/Science Group publications. Their record of pioneering research has been recognised by the awarding of 28 medals/prizes by professional bodies including the IOM3, Institute of Physics, Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society.
Prof. Richard Curry
Professor of Advanced Electronic Materials
University of Manchester
Changing the world one atom at a time
University of Leeds
Professor of Materials
Imperial College London
UKRI Future Leader Fellow
Senior Lecturer in Functional Materials and Devices
University of Manchester
Characterising novel nanomaterials to create the next-generation of devices
Group Website
Senior Lecturer in Microelectron & Nanos
University of Manchester
Nano-functionalised silicon photonic integrated circuits
Professor of Electronic and Photonic Engineering
University of Leeds
Terahertz electronics and photonics, advanced materials and nanotechnology
University Research Fellow
University of Leeds
Associate Professor
University of Leeds
My research is focused on the interaction of quantum materials, such as Topological Insulators, with light in the terahertz region of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Professor of Physical Metallurgy
Imperial College London
We are developing and making liquid alloys for ion sources.
Professor of Materials Characterisation
University of Manchester
Atomic scale characterisation of materials for quantum technologies
Professor of Physics
University of Leeds
I work on pure spin currents, a way of transferring information without generating the heat that normally accompanies an electrical current.
Royal Academy of Engineering Fellow
University of Leeds
Supporting media and communication as well as the production of Topological Materials.
Principal Research Scientist
Imperial College London
Lecturer
University of Leeds
To implement additional quantum phases of matter, e.g. magnetism and superconductivity, on top of the exotic (topological) quantum states of matter by local chemical doping.
ORCID
Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw Fellow
University of Manchester
Engineering organics to create advanced photonic technologies
Royal Society University Research Fellow
Imperial College London
Atomic scale characterisation
Senior Lecturer in Materials Characterisation
University of Manchester
Professor
University of Leeds
Technical Specialists
Senior Technical Specialist
University of Manchester
I run PNAME on a day to day basis, and assist in formulating experiments that involve its usage
Experimental Officer
University of Manchester
I detect optical properties of material at nanoscale in THz and mid-IR range.
Dr. Janet Jacobs
Experimental Officer
University of Manchester
I help to support material processing, both pre and post implantation, and support experimental characterisation and computational modelling of nanoscale semiconductor devices.
Experimental Officer
University of Manchester
Experimental Officer for the Royce Deposition System
University of Leeds
I run the Royce Deposition System, where we make ultra-thin layers of materials that can be used as the basis for energy efficient devices.
ORCID
Electron Microscopy Technical Specialist
University of Manchester
2D materials and focussed ion beam (FIB) expert
Investigator
Postdoctoral Research Associates
University of Manchester
I work on ion implantation for quantum and photonic applications
Imperial College London
I carry out optical and microwave characterisation of spin defects, such as the nitrogen-vacancy centre in diamond, for the development of new quantum
technologies including room-temperature masers.
Imperial College London
Researching nano-scale materials for energy harvesting.
University of Manchester
Understanding material structure/behaviour using advanced transmission electron microscope
University of Manchester
Imperial College London
A material scientist who researches diamond, and diamond-like, material which are suitable candidates to enable the next generation of technologies.
Imperial College London
University of Leeds
My project aims to develop devices for quantum computers that don’t need expensive cooling equipment to function, to do this I design, fabricate and test devices on Topological Insulator materials (grown at the University of Leeds with the Royce Deposition System) with tunable gates and implanted defects (implanted at the University of Manchester with the P-NAME tool).
University of Manchester
Minimizing the gap between photonics and electronics for future devices
Imperial College London
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Radiowave-engineering and Masers
University of Manchester
Ultraviolet photodetectors, solar cells
University of Leeds
I am an expert in microfabrication, and particularly in the design, fabrication and measurement of terahertz quantum cascade lasers
University of Leeds
University of Manchester
Studying optical properties of emerging nanomaterials beyond the diffraction limit.
Group website
University of Leeds
I optimise topological insulator materials growth and processing to deliver systems that will enable advanced topological insulator device fabrication.
PhD Students
University of Manchester
Donor qubit creation and characterisation in semiconductors
University of Manchester
Engineering local doping of 2D materials
University of Manchester
Magneto-optical spectroscopy of materials for photonic and quantum devices
University of Leeds
Manufacturing advanced materials with potential applications in quantum computation
Imperial College London
University of Leeds
Manufacturing advanced materials with potential applications in quantum computation
University of Manchester
University of Manchester
Developing s-SNOM for characterising low dimensional topological insulator devices
Group website
University of Manchester
University of Manchester
The project will research the modification of photonic waveguide structures through the utilisation of doping based on a novel focused ion beam doping technology
University of Manchester
I focus on characterization of III-V materials via CUSTOM facility.
Group Website
University of Manchester
Nanoparticle enhancement of opto-electronic devices
University of Manchester
Nanomaterials for SWEEPING Changes
University of Manchester
THz microscopy of 2D materials
Group Website
Imperial College London
My work revolves around improving the ways in which we look at materials and their properties in the atomic scale, specifically focusing on new and exciting ferroelectric materials with potential applications in low-energy data storage devices
University of Manchester
Strain Engineering of Germanium Microstructure on Silicon Photonic Platform
Imperial College London
Support
Programme Grant Manager
University of Manchester
Managing the progress, communications, events, and partnerships of the Programme
Imperial College London
University of Leeds
NAME administrator
University of Manchester