State-of-the-art equipment announcement

We are happy to announce that we have been successful in obtaining funding from EPSRC for state-of-the-art equipment which will support the University’s strength in Energy Materials research.

The new glovebox evaporator will be installed in the Cleanroom facility within Engineering, and will enable layers of metal to be deposited on electronic and energy devices with nanometre precision - in essence allowing researchers to ‘wire up’ their devices to the outside world.

This funding success complements that of Dr Mujeeb Chaudhry (Engineering) and Dr Paul McGonigal (Chemistry) who recently also won funding from EPSRC for another glovebox unit in which to make the devices themselves.　
Together, this suite of facilities will enable Durham researchers to produce world-leading electronic devices made from plastics for applications from solar energy harvesting, lighting, and sensing.