Energy in buildings
We specialise in optimising energy usage in domestic, industrial and commercial buildings, both newly built and retrofitting
Sustainable Materials, Sustainable Buildings
The Materials and Engineering Research Institute is offering numerous PhD/MPhil research opportunities for postgraduate students interested in the field of sustainable construction
Thermal Management
Hallam Energy has expertise in heat transfer and thermal design, and has successfully applied their knowledge to help companies improve their products and processes and achieve a competitive advantage
Power generation
We specialise in solving technical, environmental and economic issues associated with power generation from renewable and non-renewable energy sources
Nanocomposite Films
Ti-Al-Si-N and Cr-Al-Si-N are high-temperature resistant coatings for cutting tool applications, created in collaboration with University of Freiberg, Germany
Droplet Free Metal Ion Sources for PVD Coating production
To meet continuous demands for improved performance of the state of art hard coatings for tribological applications it is necessary to incorporate novel plasma assisted deposition technology into the present coating equipment providing better control over the energy of film forming species
Plasma Investigations of the HIPIMS Discharge Industrial funding
High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS) has been developed on rotating PVD magnetron sources for uniform deposition on 200mm single wafer tools for barrier and seed layer deposition in through silicon vias (TSV)
HIPIMS
Licensed process for the upscaling and implementation of High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering technology for the deposition of hard coatings
PVD Plasma Characterisation of the ABS Plasma Environment
As part of an ongoing programme of fundamental studies, the plasma produced during the coating cycle is being studied in an attempt to link plasma properties to physical film properties
Fundamentals and Applications of HIPIMS EPSRC Grant
Understanding the fundamentals of HIPIMS plasma