Technology
Investigating the areas of greatest need by developing a new
Contact: Dr. Hannah Sore, Chemistry Mentor: Dr. Julian White The need for new medicines is enormous; one area where the demand is critical is develop novel drugs to combat multidrug resistant bacteria as this is predicted to lead to an extra 10m deaths by 2050. However, the pharmaceutical industry is facing a downturn in drug…
Investigating the best applications for a freestanding film or easily
Contact: Dawid Janas, Cnergytec (& formerly Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy) Mentor: Dr. Julian White Carbon nanomaterials have shown great promise for applications requiring high performance in terms of electrical, thermal, mechanical and optical properties. However, the inability to form macroscopic assemblies with the desired properties has always been a major impediment to achieving their full…
Investigating the market need for the production of hydrogen from
Contact: Dr. Erwin Reisner & David Wakerley, Department of Chemistry Mentor: Dr. Mark Priest, Harrogate Partners The technology is captivatingly simple, allowing the production of pure hydrogen from biomass at room temperature. Using a patented catalyst which is activated by sunlight, lignocellulose and other biomass can be converted directly to high-purity hydrogen gas, with only a…
Early markets for a new family of chemicals – from
Contacts: Professor Oren Scherman, Dr. Silvia Vignolini & Dr. Yang Lan, Department of Chemistry, & Dr. Erika Eiser, Department of Physics Mentor: Adrian Swinburne, Quintaxion A vast array of common products rely on a family of chemical particles known as colloids. From ice cream and mayonnaise, to washing liquid and hair dye, to paints and suncream, the…
Investigating the market for a low-cost handheld gas chromatography system
Contact: Dr. Sohab Sarfraz & Dr. Vasant Kumar, Materials Science & Metallurgy The research team has developed a new low cost micro thermal conductivity sensor that provides significant advantages compared with existing detectors. It provides means to develop highly miniaturized gas chromatography system which give fewer false readings compared to other systems. The team is…
Creating the hydrogen economy using small-scale hydrogen-generation
Contact: Enass Abo-Hamed & Dr. Roger Coulston, Chemistry Mentor: John Hunter The hydrogen economy has huge potential but has so far not yet reached reality. Visions of the future range from large-scale hydrogen power stations to tiny fuel cells powering mobile electronic devices, to mid-size hydrogen engines for vehicles. The main problem and limitation of the hydrogen…