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Founded in 2014, the Centre for Sustainable Materials Processing is dedicated to materials chemistry research and enterprise, offering the opportunity to translate and scale-up academic research and pilot processes through interaction with industrial partners. The centre is a hub for interdepartmental collaborations, providing a critical nucleus within the Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s materials community (around 10 academics and more than 30 researchers).

Specialising in liquid synthesis, electrochemistry and material characterisation, the centre features state-of-the-art facilities, including Atomic Force Microscopy, 3D-Optical profiling and metrology, Digital Holographic Microscopy and FT-IR imaging. Scale-up facilities include electroplating and electropolishing lines, and a pilot plant for scale-up of ionic liquid processes.

The centre hosts a wide range of activities through the academic staff and their research groups, grant funded projects and enterprise action. Areas of interest include recycling of Li-ion batteries, development of novel aluminium batteries, forensic science, sustainable materials, aerospace and automotive coatings, materials finishing, and surface characterisation. The Ionic Liquids research group has developed a series of that have been used in thousands of scientific studies across the world.

Contact

For all enquiries please contact Professor Karl Ryder, Director for Centre for Sustainable Materials Processing.

• ksr7@leicester.ac.uk
• +44 (0)116 252 2088