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EPSRC Support by Research Area (Functional Ceramics and Inorganics) in Theme (Physical Sciences)

Research areas are used to describe EPSRC's portfolio of excellent long term research and high quality postgraduate training.

Grants are classified using one or more research areas. The number and value of grants listed below reflects how the theme portfolio is described by this research area.

Please note: some research areas will appear under multiple themes. There is no unique, absolute, relationship between a research area and a theme.

Grant TitlePrincipal
Investigator
OrganisationDepartmentTotal Grant
Value (£)
3D Nanoscale chemical analysis: a FIBSEM-SIMS facility optimised for soft and composite materialsBrydson, Professor RMDUniversity of LeedsChemical and Process Engineering 1,726,123
A New Paradigm for Quantum Materials Discovery: S = 1/2 Kagome Magnets in the Two-Dimensional LimitClark, Dr LUniversity of BirminghamSchool of Chemistry 340,173
A regionally strategic NMR spectrometer with globally unique high pressure and reaction monitoring capabilityAdams, Dr RWUniversity of Manchester, TheChemistry 1,698,226
A single-crystal X-ray diffractometer for the structural analysis of molecular compounds, macromolecules and materialsGoicoechea, Professor JMUniversity of OxfordOxford Chemistry 688,056
ADEPT - Advanced Devices by ElectroPlaTingBartlett, Professor PNUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Chemistry 6,331,952
Advanced Functional Materials Spectroscopy: Lab-based X-ray AdsorptionBeaumont, Dr SKDurham, University ofChemistry 690,857
An X-ray Diffractometer for Extreme Conditions ResearchParsons, Professor SUniversity of EdinburghSch of Chemistry 561,796
Artificial and Augmented Intelligence for Automated Scientific DiscoveryFrey, Professor JGUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Chemistry 1,014,318
Atomic structure and dynamics of barocaloric frameworks for solid-state coolingPhillips, Dr AEQueen Mary University of LondonPhysics 378,473
Atomic structure and dynamics of barocaloric frameworks for solid-state coolingWalker, Dr H CSTFC Laboratories (Grouped)ISIS Pulsed Neutron & Muon Source 35,961
Automating electron microscopy: machine learning for cluster identificationSlater, Dr TDiamond Light SourcePhysical Sciences 183,370
Autonomous Mobile Robot ChemistsCooper, Professor AUniversity of LiverpoolChemistry 690,497
CCP5++: Integrating Computer Simulation of Condensed Phases with experiments and data science.Carbone, Professor PUniversity of Manchester, TheChem Eng and Analytical Science 366,829
Charged Adsorbents for Capture of Carbon Dioxide Directly from AirForse, Dr AUniversity of CambridgeChemistry 200,885
Chemical control of function beyond the unit cell for new electroceramic materialsRosseinsky, Professor MUniversity of LiverpoolChemistry 742,473
Cold Sintering of Piezoelectric CompositesRoscow, Dr J IUniversity of BathMechanical Engineering 19,317
Correlative Mapping of Crystal Orientation and Chemistry at the NanoscaleHaigh, Professor SJUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 1,385,872
Cryogenic Ultrafast Scattering-type Terahertz-probe Optical-pump Microscopy (CUSTOM)Curry, Professor RJUniversity of Manchester, TheElectrical and Electronic Engineering 766,806
Crystallisation in the Real World: Delivering Control through Theory and ExperimentMeldrum, Professor FUniversity of LeedsSch of Chemistry 5,436,236
Designer Aluminium Precursors for the Inkjet Printing of Electrical CircuitsKnapp, Dr CEUCLChemistry 415,688
Designing and exploring new quantum materials based on Fermi surface topological transitionsBetouras, Professor JLoughborough UniversityPhysics 574,805
Designing and exploring new quantum materials based on Fermi surface topological transitionsHine, Dr NDMUniversity of WarwickPhysics 404,748
Digital navigation of chemical space for functionRosseinsky, Professor MUniversity of LiverpoolChemistry 8,699,373
Electride Materials ChemistryGregory, Professor DHUniversity of GlasgowSchool of Chemistry 202,220
Emergent Nanomaterials (Critical Mass Proposal)Parker, Professor SCUniversity of BathChemistry 458,047
Emergent Nanomaterials (Critical Mass Proposal)Mariotti, Professor DUniversity of UlsterNanotechnology and Adv Materials Inst 491,525
Emergent Nanomaterials (Critical Mass Proposal)Metcalfe, Professor ISNewcastle UniversitySch of Engineering 489,820
Emergent Nanomaterials (Critical Mass Proposal)Payne, Professor DJImperial College LondonMaterials 556,452
Emergent Nanomaterials (Critical Mass Proposal)Irvine, Professor JUniversity of St AndrewsChemistry 1,562,333
Enabling manufacturing of Functional Nanomaterials using SynBioSweatman, Dr MBUniversity of EdinburghSch of Engineering 528,489
Enhanced Magnetic Cooling through Optimising Local InteractionsSaines, Dr PUniversity of KentSch of Physical Sciences 416,345
Enhanced Magnetic Cooling through Optimising Local InteractionsGrosche, Professor FMUniversity of CambridgePhysics 88,922
ENVIRO-COAT: ENVIROnmentally assisted, engineered Corrosion prOducts for Aqueous corrosion miTigationBarker, Dr RUniversity of LeedsMechanical Engineering 346,769
EPI2SEM: EPItaxial growth and in-situ analysis of 2-dimensional SEMiconductorsPatane, Professor AUniversity of NottinghamSch of Physics & Astronomy 2,938,943
EPSRC-SFI: An ocean microlab for autonomous dissolved inorganic carbon depth profile measurementMaguire, Professor PUniversity of UlsterNanotechnology and Adv Materials Inst 602,640
EPSRC-SFI: Next Generation Energy Autonomous Textile Fabrics based on Triboelectric Nanogenerators (NextGenT-TENG)Mulvihill, Dr DUniversity of GlasgowSchool of Engineering 1,509,817
Expanding the Environmental Frontiers of Operando Metrology for Advanced Device Materials DevelopmentHofmann, Professor SUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 1,026,620
Exploiting the anion Chemistry of solids for Future Advanced Functional Materials: Core-to-Core Project on Mixed Anion Research for Energy ConversionClarke, Professor SJUniversity of OxfordOxford Chemistry 1,023,098
Exploring Electronic Materials with Extreme ConditionsAttfield, Professor JPUniversity of EdinburghSch of Chemistry 986,868
Fabrication of novel glasses and glass micro-spheres by acoustic levitation and laser heating.Barnes, Dr ACUniversity of BristolPhysics 517,371
Ferroelectric gating for agile and reconfigurable 2D electronicsAlexe, Professor MUniversity of WarwickPhysics 840,197
Ferroelectric, Ferroelastic and Multiferroic Domain Walls: a New Horizon in Nanoscale Functional MaterialsCarpenter, Professor MAUniversity of CambridgeEarth Sciences 455,381
Ferroelectric, Ferroelastic and Multiferroic Domain Walls: a New Horizon in Nanoscale Functional MaterialsGregg, Professor JQueen's University of BelfastSch of Mathematics and Physics 608,106
Ferroelectric, ferroelastic, and multiferroic domain walls: a new horizon in functional materialsAlexe, Professor MUniversity of WarwickPhysics 729,921
FNR - Fundamentals of Negative Capacitance: Towards New Low Power ElectronicsZubko, Dr PUCLPhysics and Astronomy 464,861
FPeT: Framework for designing piezoelectric transformer power suppliesFoster, Professor MPUniversity of SheffieldElectronic and Electrical Engineering 603,585
Harnessing disorder to tune, tailor and design classical and quantum spin liquidsPrabhakaran, Dr DUniversity of OxfordOxford Physics 291,675
Harnessing disorder to tune, tailor and design classical and quantum spin liquidsCastelnovo, Professor CUniversity of CambridgePhysics 318,955
Harnessing disorder to tune, tailor and design classical and quantum spin liquidsGoff, Professor JRoyal Holloway, Univ of LondonPhysics 285,036
High performance Wide spectral range Nanoprobe (HiWiN)Kolosov, Professor OVLancaster UniversityPhysics 745,943
High Pressure Synthesis of All Transition Metal Oxide Perovskites and Related MaterialsAttfield, Professor JPUniversity of EdinburghSch of Chemistry 657,849
High Resolution Ion Beam Analysis FacilityWebb, Professor RPUniversity of SurreyATI Electronics 1,570,473
High Throughput Preparation of Tuneable Magnetically Assembled 1D NanostructuresDavies, Dr GUCLChemistry 427,802
High-Performance Smart Ceramic Coatings on Light AlloysMingo, Dr BUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 297,612
In-situ Mass and Elasticity Monitoring of Emerging Materials at High TemperatureShakeel, Dr HQueen's University of BelfastSch of Electronics, Elec Eng & Comp Sci 202,280
Integration of RF Circuits with High Speed GaN Switching on Silicon SubstratesElgaid, Professor KCardiff UniversitySch of Engineering 513,015
Integration of RF Circuits with High Speed GaN Switching on Silicon SubstratesTasker, Professor PJCardiff UniversitySch of Engineering 562,873
International Network on Polyoxometalate Science for Advanced Functional Energy MaterialsErrington, Dr RJNewcastle UniversitySch of Natural & Environmental Sciences 878,468
International network to explore novel superconductivity at advanced oxide superconductor/magnet interfaces and in nanodevicesRobinson, Professor JJWUniversity of CambridgeMaterials Science & Metallurgy 684,502
Laser-PEEM/LEEM Facility for Multidisciplinary Nanoscience ImagingDhesi, Dr SSDiamond Light SourcePhysical Sciences 805,845
Layered copper oxychalcogenides for next generation p-type transparent conductorsHyett, Dr GUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Chemistry 394,165
Lead Niobate-based Tunable Dielectrics for Smart Microwave and Millimeter-wave SystemsGao, Professor SUniversity of KentSch of Engineering & Digital Arts 361,127
Light and Elevated Temperature Induced Degradation of Silicon Solar CellsHalsall, Professor MPUniversity of Manchester, TheElectrical and Electronic Engineering 626,469
Light Element Analysis Facility - LEAFIrvine, Professor JUniversity of St AndrewsChemistry 1,550,692
Low Resistance Contacts on Atomically Thin Body Semiconductors for Energy Efficient Electronics (LoResCon)Chhowalla, Professor MUniversity of CambridgeMaterials Science & Metallurgy 940,086
Magnetic Properties Measurement System for Manchester and National EPR FacilityMcInnes, Professor EJLUniversity of Manchester, TheChemistry 732,173
Making a miniature SunWilliams, Professor OACardiff UniversitySchool of Physics and Astronomy 201,938
Manufacturing the future: Manufacture of Shaped MOF-Polymer Products for Healthcare ApplicationsMorris, Professor REUniversity of St AndrewsChemistry 967,008
Many Body Localisation in the Solid State for Finite Temperature Quantum ComputingMclaughlin, Professor ACUniversity of AberdeenChemistry 123,916
Measurement Suite for the Accelerated Design of Advanced, Quantum and Functional MaterialsLee, Professor SUniversity of St AndrewsPhysics and Astronomy 1,352,178
Metal-organic nanosheets: a programmable two-dimensional platform for multistep catalysisFoster, Dr JAUniversity of SheffieldChemistry 385,936
Microstructural engineering of piezoelectric compositesRoscow, Dr J IUniversity of BathMechanical Engineering 256,337
Molecular assembly of spintronic circuits with DNAArdavan, Professor AUniversity of OxfordOxford Physics 1,772,989
Multi-Dimensional Electron MicroscopeMidgley, Professor PAUniversity of CambridgeMaterials Science & Metallurgy 3,086,304
Multifunctional Scanning MicroscopyHickey, Professor BUniversity of LeedsPhysics and Astronomy 811,642
NanoPrime: Maximising Equipment and Expertise Sharing in NanoscienceKhlobystov, Professor AUniversity of NottinghamSch of Chemistry 202,437
Nanovoids for Developing New Hydrogen-resistant Materials (NanoHMAT)Martinez-Paneda, Dr EImperial College LondonCivil & Environmental Engineering 202,160
Neuromorphic memristive circuits to simulate inhibitory and excitatory dynamics of neuron networks: from physiological similarities to deep learningSaveliev, Professor SLoughborough UniversityPhysics 965,568
New direction in high temperature dielectrics: unlocking performance of doped tungsten bronze oxides through mechanistic understandingHall, Dr DAUniversity of Manchester, TheMaterials 231,813
New directions in high temperature dielectrics: unlocking performance of doped tungsten bronze oxides through mechanistic understandingMilne, Professor SJUniversity of LeedsChemical and Process Engineering 432,804
New directions in high temperature dielectrics: unlocking performance of doped tungsten bronze oxides through mechanistic understandingBeanland, Professor RUniversity of WarwickPhysics 376,462
New directions in high temperature dielectrics: unlocking performance of doped tungsten bronze oxides through mechanistic understandingSinclair, Professor DUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 147,351
New directions in high temperature dielectrics: unlocking performance of doped tungsten bronze oxides through mechanistic understandingBristowe, Dr NDurham, University ofPhysics 77,006
New Quantum Materials from High Pressure SynthesisAttfield, Professor JPUniversity of EdinburghSch of Chemistry 746,997
NEW STRATEGIES FOR CONTROLLING CRYSTALLIZATIONMeldrum, Professor FUniversity of LeedsSch of Chemistry 1,408,821
Next Generation Advanced Materials - Structure-Property RelationshipsGibbs, Dr AUniversity of St AndrewsChemistry 1,196,714
Novel computational routes to materials discoveryBartok-Partay, Dr LLUniversity of WarwickChemistry 686,288
Novel Multiferroic Perovskites through Systematic DesignSenn, Dr MSUniversity of WarwickChemistry 387,427
Origin and Mechanisms of Flexibility in Molecular Framework Materials: A Data-driven, Graph Theoretical ApproachAddicoat, Dr M ANottingham Trent UniversitySchool of Science & Technology 205,833
Oxide and chalcogenide MOCVD (metal-organic chemical vapour deposition)Irvine, Professor SJCSwansea UniversityCollege of Engineering 2,639,023
Oxide Recurrent Neural NetworksBorisov, Dr PLoughborough UniversityPhysics 277,037
Perfecting Halide Perovskites: From Precursor Ink Chemistry to Defect ControlNoel, Dr N KUniversity of OxfordOxford Physics 1,700,817
Platform for Nanoscale Advanced Materials Engineering (P-NAME)Curry, Professor RJUniversity of Manchester, TheElectrical and Electronic Engineering 702,172
Plugging the 1 eV band gap gap: GaAsBiN as a highly mismatched alloy for multi-junction photovoltaics.Richards, Dr RDUniversity of SheffieldElectronic and Electrical Engineering 198,076
Quantifying the Dynamic Response in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): A Platform for Tuning Chemical Space in Porous MaterialsBrammer, Professor LUniversity of SheffieldChemistry 501,245
Quantifying the Dynamic Response in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): A Platform for Tuning Chemical Space in Porous MaterialsFletcher, Professor AJUniversity of StrathclydeChemical and Process Engineering 423,306
Quantifying the Dynamic Response in Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): A Platform for Tuning Chemical Space in Porous MaterialsDuren, Professor TUniversity of BathChemical Engineering 381,279
Quantitative non-destructive nanoscale characterisation of advanced materialsHourahine, Dr BUniversity of StrathclydePhysics 846,921
Quantum dynamics of electrons in emerging van der Waals devicesGreenaway, Dr MTLoughborough UniversityPhysics 278,181
Quantum Materials by TwistronicsTartakovskii, Professor AUniversity of SheffieldPhysics and Astronomy 417,372
Quantum Materials by TwistronicsGorbachev, Dr RUniversity of Manchester, ThePhysics and Astronomy 1,289,897
Rich Nonlinear Tomography for advanced materialsMidgley, Professor PAUniversity of CambridgeMaterials Science & Metallurgy 236,595
Rich Nonlinear Tomography for advanced materialsKorsunsky, Professor AMUniversity of OxfordEngineering Science 488,160
Rich Nonlinear Tomography for advanced materials (LEAD)Lionheart, Professor WRBUniversity of Manchester, TheMathematics 635,422
SCREAM: Synthesizing and Controlling Resonant Electric and Magnetic near fields using piezoelectric micro-resonatorsCoimbatore Balram, Dr KUniversity of BristolElectrical and Electronic Engineering 202,218
SEE MORE: SECONDARY ELECTRON EMISSION - MICROSCOPY FOR ORGANICS WITH RELIABLE ENGINEERING-PROPERTIESRodenburg, Dr CUniversity of SheffieldMaterials Science and Engineering 1,004,316
Self-limiting Growth Mechanisms for Stable Monolayer Films of Non-van-der-Waals OxidesHofmann, Professor SUniversity of CambridgeEngineering 202,154
Silicon Carbide Power Conversion for Telecommunications Satellite ApplicationsGammon, Dr PMUniversity of WarwickSch of Engineering 746,426
Soft chemical control to achieve new layered architectures and strongly correlated states.Clarke, Professor SJUniversity of OxfordOxford Chemistry 556,382
Soft Processing to Enable the Low Impact, Sustainable Manufacture of Inorganic Materials and Advanced Inorganic Semiconductor CompositesLewis, Dr DJUniversity of Manchester, TheChemistry 474,388
SOFTWARE DEFINED MATERIALS FOR DYNAMIC CONTROL OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES (ANIMATE)Hao, Professor YQueen Mary University of LondonSch of Electronic Eng & Computer Science 1,331,529
State-of-the-art magnetometry for quantum matter, functional materials, topological magnets and superconductorsLancaster, Professor TDurham, University ofPhysics 659,401
Support for the UKCP consortiumProbert, Professor MUniversity of YorkPhysics 471,671
The Leeds EPSRC Nanoscience and Nanoequipment User FacilityBrown, Dr APUniversity of LeedsChemical and Process Engineering 201,946
The UK High-Field Solid-State NMR National Research FacilityGriffin, Dr JLancaster UniversityChemistry 22,420
The UK High-Field Solid-State NMR National Research FacilityTitman, Dr JUniversity of NottinghamSch of Chemistry 43,315
The UK High-Field Solid-State NMR National Research FacilityAshbrook, Professor SEMUniversity of St AndrewsChemistry 30,069
The UK High-Field Solid-State NMR National Research FacilityBrown, Professor SPUniversity of WarwickPhysics 2,431,378
The UK High-Field Solid-State NMR National Research FacilityBlanc, Dr FUniversity of LiverpoolChemistry 23,982
The UK High-Field Solid-State NMR National Research FacilityWilliamson, Dr PTFUniversity of SouthamptonSch of Biological Sciences 51,797
Tuneable Excitonic Integrated CircuitsRusso, Professor SUniversity of ExeterPhysics and Astronomy 202,448
Two-Dimensional Magnetic Materials for the Next Generation of Functional Device Platforms (2DMagnete)Santos, Dr EUniversity of EdinburghSch of Physics and Astronomy 1,002,808
Unravelling Design Rules For Creating Water Purification Membranes Based On Immobilized Aquaporin ProteinsYazaydin, Dr OUCLChemical Engineering 201,905

Total Number of Grants: 123
Total Value of Grants: £100,750,190

The grant value may include the cost of access to facilities (these funds are not awarded to the grant holding organisation).