Plasma Microreactors: a Manufacturing Platform for Nanoscale Metal Oxides

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Title
Plasma Microreactors: a Manufacturing Platform for Nanoscale Metal Oxides

CoPED ID
6418951e-57b5-495b-9018-33a3c76fa681

Status
Active

Funders

Value
£1,359,200

Start Date
Jan. 1, 2022

End Date
Dec. 31, 2024

Description

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Transition metal oxides (TMOs) are an extraordinary class of materials that have found wide applicability for a number of century-defining technologies (e.g. flat-panel display, capacitors and energy storage) mainly due to their dielectric properties and facilitated by chemical inertness. TMOs are also conceptually simple materials with crucially important properties, they can be formed by low-cost and naturally abundant metals in combination with oxygen, therefore offering commercially attractive materials solutions. Recently, TMOs have seen a surge in application demand and research interest, which revealed their fundamental complexity and yet-to-discover application opportunities. Doping, defect engineering, quantum confinement and extending to ternary or high entropy oxides can lead to new or improved properties and can create disruptive materials. However, to achieve a step change in application performance, manufacturing precision is required at scale, which motivates the production of TMOs materials with ever increasing precision as well as the necessity to establish scalable manufacturing processes. This project will deliver a platform to synthesize TMOs materials with nanoscale precision (down to sub-10 nm scales) and atomically controlled chemical composition. A cold microplasma reactor operated at atmospheric pressure is at the core of this manufacturing technology platform which relies on the most recent 21st century plasma technology developments. The synthesis of TMOs is carried out through the interactions of a cold atmospheric pressure microplasma with a solid metal feedstock in an oxygen-containing gas, contributing to reduce waste and leading to a sustainable, zero-loss and 'greener' manufacturing technology.

Davide Mariotti PI_PER
Paul Maguire COI_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Metals
  2. Properties
  3. Technology
  4. Plasma technology
  5. Manufacturing
  6. Production technology
  7. Composites

Extracted key phrases
  1. Recent 21st century plasma technology development
  2. Plasma Microreactors
  3. Manufacturing technology platform
  4. Nanoscale Metal Oxides
  5. Transition metal oxide
  6. Manufacturing Platform
  7. TMOs material
  8. Manufacturing precision
  9. Scalable manufacturing process
  10. Attractive material solution
  11. Cold atmospheric pressure microplasma
  12. Simple material
  13. Disruptive material
  14. Solid metal feedstock
  15. Abundant metal

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