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University of the West of Scotland


Physics

Research

Thin Film Centre

Scanning Electron Microscope image showing a material defectThis group recently obtained over £1 million  of funding from the Scottish Higher Education Funding Council to establish a research centre in the rapidly developing area of thin film technology.

The centre is run by Prof. F. Placido and has a number of research and administration staff. The group includes three other lecturers in Physics, two from Electronic Engineering and two from Chemistry, one research assistant and several research students.

Expertise

The Thin Film Centre provides a unique service for industry and academia in the research and development of thin film properties and applications. The Centre is also interested in prototyping and smaller-scale production runs of existing and new thin film designs. Processes can be developed and transferred to even larger deposition chambers for large-scale production.

Find out more from the Thin Film Centre Website