OMIC spans a wide range of activity from very speculative research, suitable for training and developing tomorrow's technologies, and to the development of commercial products for companies today.
Principle areas of expertise include:
- Complex Fluids - colloids, direct write formulations, polymer solutions
- Organic Electronics - conjugated oligomers and polymers, organic semiconductor processing, devices e.g. OFETs, solar cells
- Biomaterials - polymer systems for drug delivery, implants, regenerative medicine
- High Performance Materials - nanocomposites, polymers of intrinsic microporosity, polymeric sensors, fire retardancy, medical and other technical textiles, smart packaging
The scientific programme is underpinned by technical expertise in the following areas:
- Synthesis - small molecules, polymers, controlled polymerisation
- Measurement - molecular, polymer, imaging (SEM,TEM, AFM, drop shape), thermal, mechanical, surface properties, rheology
- High Throughput Methodology - synthesis, characterisation and measurement.
