Welcome to NAME

The Nanoscale Advanced Materials Engineering EPSRC Programme Grant

Engineering the future at the atomic scale. We're developing world-leading capabilities to transform advanced materials for quantum technologies, spintronics, and photonics applications.

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Partner Institutes

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    Nanoscale Materials Engineering

    Home to the revolutionary P-NAME tool for single-atom precision doping. Our facilities include advanced electron microscopy, CUSTOM terahertz microscopy, and world-class cleanrooms. We lead the development of ultra-pure silicon for quantum computing.

    Key Focus: Atomic-scale materials modification

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    Advanced Materials Deposition

    Operating the multi-chamber Royce Deposition System for quantum material growth. Our capabilities span topological insulator synthesis, terahertz characterization, and thin film engineering. We specialize in creating novel materials with exotic properties.

    Key Focus: Quantum material synthesis

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    Device Fabrication & Integration

    Transforming materials into functional devices in our state-of-the-art cleanroom. Our integrated facilities enable rapid prototyping, MASER development, and plasmonic applications. We bridge the gap from materials to working technologies.

    Key Focus: Device engineering & applications

Strategic Partners

NAME has a significant level of support from industry and external project partners in key technology sectors underpinned by advanced materials development, characterisation and application.

These partnerships provide NAME with the opportunity to develop accelerated routes to impact and will be integral to research delivered.

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Interested in collaborating with NAME? We welcome partnerships with:

  • Industry leaders seeking advanced materials solutions

  • Academic institutions for collaborative research

  • Government bodies for policy development

  • Innovation centres for technology transfer

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