Ceramic materials and powders
We offer a full service for the analysis and characterisation of ceramic materials. Our unique combination of materials characterisation and analysis equipment, together with our team of expert and experienced staff in materials research, allows us to deliver the results you require
Coatings for New Efficient and Clean Coal Power Plants
Steam turbine components face various challenges, related to higher temperatures such as material failure due to high temperature oxidation, and phenomena such as creep and erosion caused by descaled fragments. HIPIMS deposited CrN/NbN coatings utilising nanoscale multilayer structure have shown a promising performance when subjected to various types of high temperature tests in an aggressive pure steam environment.
Arunprabhu Arunachalam Sugumaran
Dr Arunprahbu Arunchalam Sugurmaran is a researcher with the National HIPIMS Technology centre. He is part of a strong research group at Materials and Engineering Research Institute (MERI).
innovaTiAl Innovative coatings for aerospace, energy and automotive industry
Innovative processes and materials to synthesize knowledge-based ultra-performance nanostructured PVD thin films on gamma titanium aluminides
Revolutionary coatings technology
Research by Professors Ehiasarian and Hovsepian of our Materials and Engineering Research Institute has advanced innovations in High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS)
Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)
SEM is a very versatile analytical instrument having up to nm-scale spatial resolution. Analytical SEM is extensively used in various types of materials characterization and failure investigations
Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM)
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) utilises a beam of electrons to transmit through an ultra thin specimen. The interaction between the transmitting electrons and the specimen leads to the generation of several types of signals regarding structural and chemical characteristics of the specimen material.
X-ray diffraction (XRD)
An introduction to MERI's use of X-ray diffraction to measure the diffraction beam intensity, d-spacings and various structural properties of crystalline materials
Corrosion and structural integrity
Our major aim is to elucidate and quantify the processes that contribute to the deterioration and failure of engineering materials through the interaction of material composition, operating environment and the applied/residual stress system.
The National HIPIMS Technology Centre
The High Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering (HIPIMS) technology has been upscaled for the first time at Sheffield Hallam University and is now marketed by the industry worldwide