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We invest in the most up-to-date analytical and processing research equipment. Much of our equipment is available for companies to use with the support of our team of experts
HIPIMS process development, plasma diagnostics and pilot production
We tailor HIPIMS-based treatment processes to suit applications on today's market and commercialise HIPIMS-based processes for deposition of metals, carbon, nitrides, oxides, carbonitrides and for substrate pretreatment.
Revolutionary Novel Nanostructured HIPIMS Coatings for Orthopaedic Implant Applications.
Revolutionary Novel Nanostructured HIPIMS Coatings for Orthopaedic Implant Applications
Low Pressure Plasma Nitriding
The project involved the development of a nitriding process to work at low pressures, achieving high plasma densities and degree of activation of nitrogen
Dry High Speed Machining of Hardened Steel
Innovative processes and materials to synthesize knowledge-based ultra-performance nanostructured PVD thin films on gamma titanium aluminides
Characterization of thermal barrier coatings
Research into the characterization of thermal barrier coatings by Sheffield Hallam University's Materials and Engineering Research Institute
Quanshun Luo
Dr Luo is a member of the core consultancy team, having expertise in metallurgy, materials science, surface engineering and tribology. His role includes consultancy, research, and supervising research students
Thin Films Research Centre
The Thin Films Research Centre is dedicated to the study and use of functional electronic materials for novel and innovative devices. These include optoelectronic devices, lasers, solar cells and high power transistors
Expertise
Our research covers a broad range of topics, from semiconductors to concrete and from theoretical modelling to industrial applied coatings
Wear failures of machining tools
Research into wear failures of machining tools by Sheffield Hallam University's Materials and Engineering Research Institute