Manufacturing
Functional Materials
Our research covers fabrication, characterisation, and applications of functional materials. We design novel materials and compounds, tuning electrical and optical properties through control of composition and structure by novel manufacturing methods. The applications cover batteries, photocatalysts, capacitors, sensors, transducers, and actuators, which are essential to tackle challenges in energy, healthcare, transport, communication, and automotive industries.
Our research expertise in functional materials includes:
- Powder processing: Synthesis of ceramic powder with different sizes and novel morphologies, such as nano- and micro-sized powder and powder with anisotropic shape
- Functional ceramics: Synthesis of dielectric, piezoelectric, and ferroelectric ceramics with nano- and micro-textured structures for battery, sensors, transducers, actuators for non-destructive testing, healthcare, and transport applications.
- Polymer: Synthesis of piezoelectric polymer materials for health monitoring and energy harvesting
- Ceramic processing: Different technologies, including pressure-assisted sintering, tape casting, 3D printing, to synthesise ceramics with high density, textured structure, functional graded compositions, and porous structure. The densification process is assisted with modelling approaches.
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