Research collaborations

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Many of the technologies we work on are ‘enabling’, photonics, electronics and nanotechnology enable applications in almost every industrial sector.

We work with partners in sectors including ICT, aerospace, healthcare, and defence and security. Many of the technologies developed here have found their way into commercial production as a result of successful university-industry partnerships, such as high power fibre lasers, optical fibre sensors for the oil and gas industry and electronics printed on to textiles. To find out more, read our case studies.

We have a number of programmes to facilitate research collaborations. Please find out more using the links below:

• Access Centre for Photonics Innovation Solutions and Technology Support (ACTPHAST)

A unique one-stop-shop for supporting photonics innovation in European companies

• The Future Photonics Hub

A £12 EPSRC Future Manufacturing Research Hub, providing national leadership linking academic expertise with industry to establish a pathway to manufacture for the next-generation of photonics technologies

• Lloyd's Register Foundation International Consortium of Nanotechnologies (LRF Icon)
  A global network of academics, industrialists and students focused on addressing the challenges raised in the Foresight Review of Nanotechnologies (2014) to enhance safety