Key Academy

In the East Midlands, the advanced materials community has strong links with universities in the region with examples of previous collaborations, including Ford Motor Company Limited is working with Nottingham University to investigate the application of automotive composites.

Loughborough University

Materials Department

Ceramics, metals, polymers and their composites, energy materials, nano materials, durability, surface engineering, processing.

Loughborough Materials Characterisation Centre

Many facilities, including materials synthesis, characterization and processing available for use by industry,

Institute for Surface Science and Technology

Surface chemical analysis, depth profiling and molecular fingerprinting of a wide range of materials including coatings, composites, elastomers, fibers, glass, metals, plastics and semiconductors. Expertise in membership.

University of Nottingham

Advanced Materials Group

Alloy development and processing, spray deposition of protective coatings, the evaluation of tribological surfaces, characterization of functional and structural materials by electron microscopy, processing and characterization of novel photonic glasses, the development of biomaterials and biomedical devices and implants, bioactive surface studies and catalyst.

Polymer Composites Group

Composite efficient processing of textiles, impact resistance, bio-composites

De Montfort University

Textile Technology and Advanced Materials

Natural fibers and composites

Technical Textiles

materials from the environment and sustainable

Advanced materials

Mathematical Modeling

Laboratory equipment, specializing in the De Montfort University to staff to work with highly qualified companies to respond quickly and accurately obtain results.

Change the properties of materials at the molecular level offers the potential to improve the performance of the device for applications in the whole spectrum of human activity: from medicine to cosmetics and food, information and communication performances, as a result of land transportation in air- aerospace, energy concepts for the future of the environment and climate change, security of cultural heritage.