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Contents:<br />

2<br />

Technology<br />

Projects<br />

9<br />

Facilities<br />

11<br />

Training<br />

13<br />

Commercialisation<br />

15<br />

Small Grants<br />

16<br />

Work with <strong>CIKC</strong><br />

Welcome to <strong>CIKC</strong><br />

<strong>CIKC</strong> acts to accelerate commercial<br />

exploitation <strong>of</strong> emerging research and<br />

technology in flexible and distributed<br />

electronics in partnership with industry.<br />

It is a centre <strong>of</strong> excellence for low<br />

temperature processing using<br />

macromolecular materials, such as<br />

polymers, liquid crystals and<br />

nanostructures, for applications in<br />

computer technologies, displays and<br />

communication systems. The Mission<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Centre is to provide the business<br />

and technical expertise and<br />

infrastructure to enable those with<br />

exploitable concepts to achieve<br />

commercial success.<br />

<strong>CIKC</strong> brings together research<br />

activities in <strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>University</strong> in<br />

molecular and macromolecular<br />

materials in the Electrical Engineering<br />

www.cikc.org.uk<br />

March 2010<br />

Division and the Cavendish Laboratory<br />

with the expertise <strong>of</strong> the Judge<br />

Business School, the Institute for<br />

Manufacturing (IfM) and the Centre for<br />

Business Research (CBR), to create<br />

innovative knowledge exchange<br />

activities spanning business research,<br />

training and technology exploitation.<br />

<strong>CIKC</strong> pilots a new approach to the<br />

exploitation <strong>of</strong> research by integrating:<br />

• skilled pr<strong>of</strong>essionals from academic<br />

and business within a <strong>University</strong> to<br />

leverage world class research<br />

• shared space for small and large<br />

companies to partner innovatively<br />

• flexible transition <strong>of</strong> ideas, activities<br />

and people between Universities and<br />

Industry<br />

• an entrepreneurial environment


<strong>CIKC</strong><br />

Technology<br />

2<br />

<strong>CIKC</strong> has three core technology themes:<br />

– Plastic (opto-) electronics: flexible<br />

displays/electronics and distributed<br />

electronics on rigid substrates at a “low”<br />

temperature budget<br />

– Augmented or additive processing on<br />

active substrates (e.g. liquid crystal on<br />

silicon devices, LCOS)<br />

– Complementary actions such as<br />

photovoltaic or energy storage/batteries<br />

Molecular and macromolecular material<br />

based components are likely to meet a very<br />

large range <strong>of</strong> commercial applications in<br />

displays, lighting, photovoltaics, smart<br />

packaging, smart windows, RFID etc. For<br />

example, solution-based processing <strong>of</strong><br />

polymer semiconductors <strong>of</strong>fers the potential<br />

<strong>of</strong> integrating electronic, optical and photonic<br />

devices into flexible, low-cost plastic<br />

substrates enabling a range <strong>of</strong> innovative<br />

products, and LCOS devices are becoming<br />

the main contenders in the microdisplays<br />

industry.<br />

Technology Portfolio<br />

Project Topic Partners<br />

3PV,<br />

3PV+<br />

OPV Carbon Trust,<br />

TTP<br />

Process technology for roll-to-roll printing <strong>of</strong> organic<br />

photovoltaics on flexible substrates<br />

HiPZOT TCO, i-TFTs CAPE, Plasma<br />

Quest<br />

Low temperature deposition <strong>of</strong> transparent conductors<br />

and inorganic TFTs based on zinc oxide on flexible<br />

substrates<br />

PASSBACK LCOS CAPE<br />

Liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS) devices for phase-only<br />

holography for applications in video projection and<br />

telecommunications<br />

PIES,<br />

PSIAC<br />

Optical datacoms Dow Corning,<br />

Avago<br />

Low cost polymer waveguide interconnects for optical<br />

communications<br />

PLACORD, LEAF Reflective Display Advex, Dow<br />

Corning<br />

Lamination processes for electroactive materials on<br />

flexible foils, e.g. large area liquid crystal reflective<br />

displays<br />

MIPE,<br />

PRIME,<br />

COPE<br />

oTFT Plastic Logic,<br />

Merck, DuPont<br />

Teijin Films<br />

Scalable self-aligned printing processes for next<br />

generation polymer TFT circuits<br />

ROOT oTFT Hitachi<br />

Characterisation techniques to understand operational<br />

degradation in organic TFTs<br />

ACET<br />

Roadmaps for MMM technology.


Printing for Manufacturing <strong>of</strong> Electronics (PRIME)<br />

www.cikc.org.uk<br />

A self-aligned method for producing fully-downscaled printed organic FETs has been developed<br />

and this project aims to develop this as a manufacturable process for organic transistor circuit<br />

fabrication.<br />

Partners: Plastic Logic, DuPont Teijin Films, Merck<br />

Technical objectives<br />

• Prove manufacturability <strong>of</strong> printing process<br />

• Assess and improve manufacturing yield and uniformity<br />

• Assess device reliability<br />

• Development <strong>of</strong> prototype<br />

Achievements<br />

-<br />

+<br />

• Reliable fabrication <strong>of</strong> arrays <strong>of</strong> SAP electrodes with channel length <strong>of</strong> 200-400 nm and<br />

100% yield<br />

• Fabrication <strong>of</strong> all-printed, short-channel organic FETs with gold and silver electrodes to<br />

reduce series and contact resistance<br />

1 Self-aligned printing (SAP)<br />

2 SAM<br />

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3 High mobility organic<br />

semiconductors<br />

Source<br />

Source<br />

Gate<br />

Drain<br />

100 µm<br />

Channel<br />

Ink jet<br />

printed<br />

TFT<br />

5 Self-aligned gate architecture (SAG)<br />

SAG<br />

dielectric<br />

Drain<br />

4 Thin gate dielectrics<br />

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High Performance Zinc Oxide Thin Film Transistors (HiPZOT)<br />

Plasma Quest Ltd has developed a novel system for sputtering thin films at high deposition rates<br />

with exceptional control <strong>of</strong> material properties and low substrate temperatures. This project aims<br />

to fabricate high mobility thin film transistors based on zinc oxide on plastic substrates using the<br />

Plasma Quest HiTUS system, for applications such as active matrix backplanes for OLED displays.<br />

As well as being compatible with plastic substrates, zinc oxide technology potentially <strong>of</strong>fers lower<br />

cost and higher performance than amorphous silicon.<br />

Partner: Plasma Quest Ltd.<br />

Results<br />

4<br />

• Fabrication <strong>of</strong> a new generation <strong>of</strong> TFTs using metal oxide based materials is possible at<br />

plastic-compatible temperatures. Mobility µFE 10 cm 2 V -1 s -1 and switching ratio >10 6<br />

achieved with an amorphous indium zinc oxide (IZO) channel.<br />

• Hafnium oxide dielectric with amorphous structure, resistivity > 10 14 Ωcm and εr = 30.<br />

• Aluminium oxide dielectric with resistivity > 10 14 Ωcm.<br />

• HiTUS sputtering <strong>of</strong>fers clear advantages for material control over rf magnetron sputtering.<br />

• Excellent optical properties observed in all films - fully transparent devices possible.<br />

V GS = -2.5 V<br />

V GS = 0.0 V<br />

V GS = 2.5 V<br />

V GS = 5.0 V<br />

V GS = 7.5 V<br />

V GS = 10.0 V<br />

TDP00C_a<br />

-5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30<br />

V [V] DS<br />

IZO TFT Characteristics<br />

0.6<br />

0.5<br />

0.4<br />

0.3<br />

0.2<br />

0.1<br />

0.0<br />

-0.1<br />

I DS [mA]<br />

Transparent metal oxide TFTs<br />

Amorphous Indium Zinc Oxide


Polymer Interconnects with Environmental Stability (PIES)<br />

www.cikc.org.uk<br />

This project aims to determine how polymer waveguides able to operate in environmentally hostile<br />

applications can be fabricated using high resolution imprinting techniques in a low cost manner and<br />

to produce a range <strong>of</strong> optically functional multimode components suitable for direct integration with<br />

electrical circuit boards.<br />

Partners: Dow Corning, Tyco, WCPC, Avago<br />

Successful integration <strong>of</strong> optical components into existing electronics architectures and<br />

manufacturing processes requires material capable <strong>of</strong> withstanding high-temperatures related to<br />

soldering and lamination. Siloxane polymers from Dow Corning can withstand > 250°C, can be<br />

integrated onto standard FR4 PCB and have low intrinsic optical loss.<br />

This project is an investigation into low cost, high performance optical integration components<br />

using these siloxane polymers. The aim is to take the technology to the stage where it can be<br />

readily transferred to production and to enable a wide range <strong>of</strong> low cost products based on optohybrids.<br />

Polymer waveguides over copper tracks<br />

10 cm<br />

Polymer waveguide<br />

over copper tracks<br />

10 card optical<br />

backplane<br />

10 card optical<br />

backplane<br />

Optical transceiver integrates optical waveguide and<br />

electronic components on a common PCB substrate<br />

with novel through-board connectors for endfire coupling<br />

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6<br />

Plastic Large Area Colour Reflective Displays (PLACORD)<br />

New Smectic A liquid crystal materials and electro-optic technology for reflective colour and<br />

‘electronic print’ displays have been developed and this project is developing processes to<br />

laminate these materials between plastic substrates for large area display applications.<br />

Partners: Dow Corning, Advex<br />

Advantages <strong>of</strong> Smectic A liquid crystal for reflective displays<br />

• Bistable – low power consumption<br />

• Greyscale response.<br />

• Bright white state > 55% reflectivity.<br />

• Reflective contrast > 7:1<br />

• Stackable for full colour displays<br />

• Very large arrays <strong>of</strong> pixels can be multiplexed<br />

Project Aims:<br />

− Set up a state-<strong>of</strong>-the-art laboratory for making plastic encapsulated devices.<br />

− To develop and test liquid crystal guest-host materials for e-posters.<br />

− To make a composite tile involving three stacked layers <strong>of</strong> single colour sub-tiles.<br />

Stable with no<br />

voltage applied.<br />

Electro-optic bistability in Smectic-A liquid crystal<br />

Clear<br />

State LC<br />

Schematic <strong>of</strong> SmA liquid crystals<br />

AC voltage low frequency (~50<br />

AC voltage high frequency (1–2 kHz)<br />

Schematic <strong>of</strong> state changing conditions<br />

Scattered<br />

State LC<br />

Stable with no<br />

voltage applied.


Printed Polymer Photovoltaics (3PV)<br />

www.cikc.org.uk<br />

Objective: 2-year project to develop roll-to-roll manufacturing processes for printed polymer solar<br />

cells<br />

Partner: Carbon Trust Advanced Photovoltaics Research Accelerator<br />

Technology Approach: Polymer-based photovoltaics are improving in efficiency to levels where<br />

large-area applications are attractive. Roll-to-roll fabrication by printing will allow major cost<br />

reductions compared with incumbent silicon technology.<br />

Technical objectives<br />

• Develop printing processes for thin active layer deposition<br />

• Develop new anode materials<br />

• Understand effect <strong>of</strong> printing process on polymer nanostructure<br />

Commercialisation<br />

- Carbon Trust will provide up to £5m funding, initially as a research grant (matching funding for<br />

3PV), and then as equity investment in a new start-up.<br />

- Aim to launch spinout in 2010, with combination <strong>of</strong> strategic investor and seed investor funding<br />

to match Carbon Trust contribution.<br />

Roll-to-roll printing<br />

Printed modules<br />

Printed films<br />

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8<br />

Photonic and Sensing Systems based on CMOS Backplanes (PASSBACK)<br />

This project aims to develop high quality prototype phase only liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS)<br />

devices for applications including holographic projection systems and telecommunications<br />

modules. The project is establishing equipment and processes for a wide range <strong>of</strong> additive<br />

processing based on the Silicon CMOS platform including opto-hybrids and devices.<br />

Aim:<br />

Progress:<br />

An ideal phase<br />

hologram can<br />

manipulate light<br />

beams without<br />

loss <strong>of</strong> photons.<br />

• To develop in-house LCOS prototype device fabrication processes for high-spec<br />

LCOS devices<br />

• To build prototype devices for various applications<br />

• Successfully commissioned a 20 step semi-automatic LCOS prototyping process<br />

• Phase-only holographic projection engine prototype built and tested in collaboration<br />

with commercial partner, ALPS<br />

Applications <strong>of</strong> phase-only<br />

LCOS technology<br />

Built environment<br />

Holographic<br />

μ-projector<br />

Telecoms<br />

Lab-on-a-chip<br />

3D


Infrastructure and facilities<br />

<strong>CIKC</strong> has a collectively owned core <strong>of</strong> capital<br />

equipment to enable product development<br />

right through to pilot production. <strong>CIKC</strong><br />

collaborative projects draw upon both<br />

physical and personnel resource across the<br />

partnership.<br />

The CAPE laboratories and the Cavendish<br />

are well-equipped with dark-room, wet labs,<br />

communications demonstration and test<br />

equipment, general electronic component<br />

assembly and test as well as large very high<br />

quality clean-room suites, which are utilised<br />

by <strong>CIKC</strong> projects.<br />

Suss Kadett Semi- Automatic Device<br />

Bonder allows accurate assembly for<br />

LCOS fabrication.<br />

Plasma Quest HiTUS sputter system for<br />

deposition <strong>of</strong> a wide range <strong>of</strong> transparent<br />

conducting oxides on plastic substrates for<br />

flexible electronics.<br />

www.cikc.org.uk<br />

<strong>CIKC</strong> has installed equipment sets for<br />

www.<br />

1. Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCOS) device<br />

prototyping<br />

2. Printing <strong>of</strong> organic electronic devices<br />

3. Low temperature deposition <strong>of</strong><br />

transparent conducting oxides on plastic<br />

substrates.<br />

4. Lamination <strong>of</strong> large area liquid crystal<br />

displays on plastic<br />

We welcome enquiries from industry and<br />

other academic institutions interested in<br />

accessing this infrastructure.<br />

Litrex L120L industrial multi-nozzle ink jet<br />

System for process development for<br />

organic electronic circuits. The tool is<br />

currently setup for ink jet printing <strong>of</strong> gold<br />

and silver nanoparticle inks.<br />

Bench top coater/laminators for liquid<br />

crystals on plastic substrates for plastic<br />

display structures, plastic electronics<br />

and plastic based photovoltaics.<br />

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10<br />

Roadmapping<br />

Successful achievement <strong>of</strong> <strong>CIKC</strong> goals<br />

requires a high level <strong>of</strong> collaboration and<br />

integration across the various programme<br />

themes, projects and activities. This is<br />

particularly challenging given the complexity<br />

<strong>of</strong> both the underlying science/technology<br />

and the potential routes to commercial<br />

exploitation, together with the diversity and<br />

number <strong>of</strong> stakeholders and projects<br />

involved.<br />

Roadmapping is being used as a framework<br />

to support strategic planning for individual<br />

projects within <strong>CIKC</strong>, as well as supporting<br />

alignment within the programme.<br />

Roadmapping techniques are widely used in<br />

industry to explore, manage and<br />

communicate the linkages between<br />

technology and research investments,<br />

product developments, business objectives<br />

and market opportunities, using a structured<br />

visual framework.<br />

The exploratory roadmapping method<br />

provides a structured means for mapping and<br />

exploring <strong>CIKC</strong> project exploitation<br />

opportunities, in order to<br />

• Support project strategy development<br />

at an early stage.<br />

• Clarify exploitation paths (in particular,<br />

to identify application opportunities in<br />

the short, medium and long term).<br />

• Identify issues <strong>of</strong> relevance to other<br />

projects to support programme<br />

alignment<br />

• Initiate roadmapping in projects.<br />

Exploratory workshops have been held for a<br />

number <strong>of</strong> <strong>CIKC</strong> projects using a<br />

roadmapping template to capture participant<br />

views and guide discussion. The summary<br />

view is then used to create outline roadmaps<br />

which highlight short, medium and long-term<br />

application opportunities and associated<br />

exploitation enablers and barriers.<br />

From a programme alignment perspective,<br />

the key outcome from each workshop is a<br />

report summarising the commercial and<br />

exploitation issues identified, including short,<br />

medium and long term application<br />

opportunities, in a format that non-technical<br />

experts can understand and which are <strong>of</strong><br />

relevance to the commercialisation projects.


Business & training<br />

Training Courses<br />

The educational and training component<br />

provides <strong>CIKC</strong>-funded staff and students with<br />

skills and tools to understand the challenges<br />

and opportunities in the application <strong>of</strong> science<br />

and technology to the marketplace.<br />

Executive Education<br />

<strong>CIKC</strong> can facilitate the attendance <strong>of</strong> staff<br />

from our industrial partners on the Open<br />

Programme <strong>of</strong> Executive Education at the<br />

Judge Business School and executive<br />

training courses run by the Institute for<br />

Manufacturing.<br />

The <strong>Cambridge</strong> Executive Education<br />

programme is a portfolio <strong>of</strong> over 20 courses<br />

enabling participants to extend their skills and<br />

understanding to achieve personal<br />

development and career objectives. Most<br />

programmes are <strong>of</strong>fered in a 2-day format at<br />

<strong>Cambridge</strong> <strong>University</strong>. More details are<br />

www.cikc.org.uk<br />

available at www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/execed/<br />

Many <strong>of</strong> the IfM's courses are run on an incompany<br />

basis with modules tailored to<br />

address the issues facing a particular<br />

organisation and typically involve a<br />

combination <strong>of</strong> technical, management and<br />

s<strong>of</strong>tware training. For details see:<br />

http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/<br />

Representatives from <strong>CIKC</strong> partner<br />

companies who would like to discuss what<br />

assistance <strong>CIKC</strong> can <strong>of</strong>fer your company<br />

please contact the <strong>CIKC</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice.<br />

Ignite<br />

<strong>CIKC</strong> sponsors students and researchers to<br />

attend this intense, one-week training<br />

programme for aspiring entrepreneurs and<br />

corporate innovators which has been run by<br />

The Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning<br />

(CfEL) since 1999. The 2010 course will run<br />

from June 27-July 3:<br />

http://www.cfel.jbs.cam.ac.uk/programmes/ignite/<br />

MOTI<br />

Management <strong>of</strong> Technology and Innovation<br />

equips students with an understanding <strong>of</strong><br />

how their science, engineering and<br />

technology knowledge can be transformed<br />

into commercial products and services, and<br />

the pathways by which innovations reach the<br />

market place. Lectures take place in the<br />

evenings during Michaelmas and Lent terms.<br />

Ignite attendee feedback:<br />

“Ignite not only provides me with the knowledge about entrepreneurship but also provides me with a<br />

valuable network, both which I believe are very important to my future development.”<br />

“After Ignite, my business idea has a brighter future.”<br />

“From the course, I have gained all the tools required to build a successful business.”<br />

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Technology and Innovation Management<br />

This three-day course helps managers to<br />

understand the key tools and techniques<br />

needed to exploit technological investments<br />

and opportunities. Attendees gain a working<br />

knowledge <strong>of</strong> how to:<br />

• integrate technological considerations into<br />

business strategy and planning processes<br />

• understand and communicate the value <strong>of</strong><br />

technology investments<br />

• manage new product development in the<br />

context <strong>of</strong> the innovation system<br />

• use appropriate, process-based<br />

technology management approaches<br />

Further details <strong>of</strong> the course are available<br />

from http://www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk<br />

ISMM Module<br />

This module is on <strong>of</strong>fer to <strong>CIKC</strong> postgraduate<br />

students or research staff. The two-week<br />

course runs in January 2011 at IfM. At the<br />

end <strong>of</strong> the module, students will have a<br />

practical Technology and Innovation<br />

Management toolkit which they will be able to<br />

apply to technology commercialisation<br />

activities.<br />

i-Teams<br />

This is an opportunity for<br />

entrepreneurial post-graduate<br />

students to build go-to-market<br />

strategies for real inventions.<br />

Each i-Team, consisting <strong>of</strong> 7 students from<br />

different disciplines, assesses the<br />

commercial prospects for a <strong>University</strong><br />

technology by talking to target customers and<br />

defines directions for future technology<br />

development. For more information see<br />

www.iteamsonline.org.<br />

Student projects<br />

Student projects bring commercial skills,<br />

primarily in strategy, marketing and business<br />

planning, to early-stage technology. This<br />

provides opportunities for graduate business<br />

students to use the skills in a practical<br />

context through work on projects related to<br />

the commercialisation <strong>of</strong> <strong>CIKC</strong> technologies.<br />

In return, <strong>CIKC</strong> partners get access to bright<br />

and motivated students to tackle problems <strong>of</strong><br />

real business importance.<br />

Project Name<br />

Proposal<br />

Deadline<br />

Project Date<br />

<strong>Cambridge</strong> Venture Sep 2010 Nov-Dec 2010<br />

MoTI Nov 2010 Jan-Mar 2011<br />

Global Consulting Jan 2011 Mar-Apr 2011<br />

MST Feb 2011 May 2011<br />

MBA Individual Jan 2011 Jun-Sep 2011<br />

MET Oct 2010<br />

ISMM Nov 2010-<br />

See www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/projects or<br />

www.ifm.eng.cam.ac.uk/studentprojects. If<br />

you have a business problem that could<br />

provide a basis for a project then please<br />

contact the <strong>CIKC</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice to discuss.<br />

Joining i-Teams is an opportunity to be part <strong>of</strong> an exciting team, learn about taking real technologies to<br />

market, strengthen your skills, and have fun<br />

“Our team was like a small company, working together to achieve a common goal”<br />

“i-Teams is one <strong>of</strong> the most entertaining and inspiring projects I have ever worked on. It has helped to<br />

reshape and direct my future career towards entrepreneurship”


Commercialisation<br />

The <strong>CIKC</strong> commercialisation programme has<br />

four key objectives:<br />

• to improve the speed and effectiveness<br />

with which <strong>CIKC</strong> projects move to<br />

commercialisation and facilitate access to<br />

commercial and funding partners.<br />

• to deliver practical, evidence-based policy<br />

recommendations to Government,<br />

EPSRC, and the <strong>University</strong>, on how the<br />

UK science base can best be exploited<br />

for the benefit <strong>of</strong> the UK economy.<br />

• to develop a set <strong>of</strong> best practice outcome<br />

and impact metrics to enable <strong>CIKC</strong> to be<br />

a leader in this area.<br />

• to make a significant contribution to the<br />

academic literature on technology<br />

commercialisation.<br />

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Discovery,<br />

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Best Practice<br />

Case Studies<br />

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Research<br />

Pre - prototype<br />

Development<br />

Pilot<br />

Manufacturing<br />

Systems<br />

Development<br />

and Applications<br />

Engineering<br />

Fundamental Research<br />

Transfer to<br />

Full Production<br />

Top ;level - level<br />

Roadmapping<br />

Competitive<br />

Analysis<br />

Value Chain<br />

Analysis<br />

Commercialisation,<br />

partnering and<br />

risk management<br />

strategies<br />

Licence Contract Partner Spinouts<br />

People<br />

People<br />

www.cikc.org.uk<br />

Portfolio<br />

Project Investigators Partners<br />

COIN Minshall Unilever<br />

Capabilities and skills for an open innovation strategy.<br />

DEVA Holweg BT, Nissan<br />

Value chain evaluation for emerging technology.<br />

FTB Cosh NESTA, EEDA,<br />

NW Brown<br />

Funding routes for early stage technology.<br />

IKCCL De Meyer<br />

Participant observation <strong>of</strong> commercialisation process<br />

ComLab Hughes<br />

International comparison <strong>of</strong> policy frameworks.<br />

Best practice metrics for knowledge exchange.<br />

Opportunity recognition, commercialisation facilitation.<br />

MIN Gregory<br />

Managing international networks for emerging<br />

technology.<br />

Commercialisation<br />

Panel Objectives<br />

Speed & Effectiveness<br />

Metrics (Best Practice)<br />

& Database<br />

Management Lessons<br />

Govt Policy Lessons<br />

Academic Literature on<br />

Technological<br />

Commercialisation<br />

Advancing<br />

Codified Knowledge<br />

<strong>CIKC</strong><br />

Strategic<br />

Objectives<br />

KEY:<br />

Emerging<br />

Commercialisation<br />

opportunities<br />

Commercialisation<br />

Laboratory<br />

Research<br />

Activities<br />

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Regulation <strong>of</strong> Molecular and<br />

Macromolecular Materials<br />

Laure Dodin from IfM has been exploring the<br />

regulatory regimes for nanomaterials in the<br />

EU, US and Japan as part <strong>of</strong> the IKCCL<br />

project.<br />

Nanotechnology has been earmarked by the<br />

UK, the US and the Japanese governments as<br />

a strategic sector for their economy. But the<br />

development <strong>of</strong> a regulatory framework for this<br />

technology, rendered necessary by the rapid<br />

expansion <strong>of</strong> nanotechnology R&D as well as<br />

the handling and commercialisation <strong>of</strong> nanoproducts,<br />

is difficult as this new technology<br />

presents risks still largely unknown.<br />

The regulators from all three countries have<br />

adopted a similar regulatory strategy to deal<br />

with the situation: prioritising the reduction <strong>of</strong><br />

scientific uncertainty over the creation <strong>of</strong> new<br />

regulations, they have developed a cradle-tograve<br />

approach which permits taking into<br />

account the possible hazards posed by<br />

nanomaterials at each stage <strong>of</strong> their life<br />

cycle.<br />

However, the investigation <strong>of</strong> possible<br />

regulatory options solely at the domestic level<br />

is insufficient and national regulators are also<br />

involved in an international collaboration.<br />

Laure’s notes on the regulatory regimes in<br />

each region and a comparison <strong>of</strong> the different<br />

approaches they have adopted can be<br />

accessed on our Camtools site.<br />

Funding Breakthrough Technology<br />

The research aimed to understand the<br />

process <strong>of</strong> commercialization <strong>of</strong> science<br />

through the lens <strong>of</strong> how this process is<br />

funded. The research questions were:<br />

− How do commercialisation patterns<br />

emerge for breakthrough technologies?<br />

− What are the key factors/ decision points<br />

in commercialisation?<br />

− UK performance in commercialising these<br />

technologies<br />

The researchers (Samantha Sharpe and<br />

Andy Cosh from CBR) produced case studies<br />

<strong>of</strong> seven “breakthrough” technologies that<br />

have emerged to commercial prominence<br />

over the last 50 years – liquid crystals, fibre<br />

optics, LEDs, PV, inkjet printing, MEMs and<br />

GMR. From these case studies, they<br />

conclude that the development <strong>of</strong> these<br />

breakthrough technologies was a cumulative<br />

process with long time horizons, multidisciplinary<br />

teams were <strong>of</strong>ten important,<br />

niche and non-price sensitive customers<br />

were very valuable and that there was a<br />

surprisingly limited role for venture capital.<br />

The implications they draw for an innovation<br />

policy to improve UK performance in this<br />

area include that long term consistent public<br />

support for science discovery and<br />

commercialisation is required along with<br />

support for focus driven environments, the<br />

strategic use <strong>of</strong> public procurement and a<br />

recasting the role <strong>of</strong> public money in risk<br />

capital.<br />

The case studies are available at<br />

http://www.cbr.cam.ac.uk/research/programme1<br />

/project1-24.htm


Small Grants<br />

To ensure challenging exploration <strong>of</strong> ideas is<br />

encouraged, within a balanced portfolio, a<br />

proportion <strong>of</strong> <strong>CIKC</strong> funds have been reserved<br />

for small scale feasibility studies to build a<br />

case that could then be brought forward for<br />

further funding or to seek external grant aid<br />

with support from one or more partner.<br />

Grants for the use <strong>of</strong> <strong>CIKC</strong> infrastructure,<br />

facilities or services, access for IKC<br />

researchers to equipment or services at other<br />

institutes or requests from an industry partner<br />

for solution to a specific problem will also be<br />

considered<br />

Applicants should request an application form<br />

from the <strong>CIKC</strong> <strong>of</strong>fice. The intention is to have<br />

a rapid turnaround <strong>of</strong> proposals. Proposals<br />

will be reviewed based on the criteria:<br />

• relevance to the <strong>CIKC</strong> remit<br />

• potential business impact,<br />

o involvement <strong>of</strong> and support from<br />

industrial partners<br />

o potential benefit to technology<br />

commercialisation process<br />

• technical quality<br />

• evidence <strong>of</strong> the need for support by <strong>CIKC</strong><br />

and cost effectiveness <strong>of</strong> the use <strong>of</strong> <strong>CIKC</strong><br />

funds<br />

Small grant projects include:<br />

www.cikc.org.uk<br />

CaPro A Ferrari, N Mathur, Toshiba<br />

Investigating spintronic devices in<br />

graphene.<br />

Conflex N Greenham, DuPont Teijin<br />

Testing transparent conductive anodes for<br />

organic solar cells.<br />

CWT A Ferrari, Nokia<br />

Demonstrate a novel nano-scale FET<br />

device concept.<br />

FIPSIP R Penty/A Kar, St Andrews<br />

<strong>University</strong><br />

Using a femtosecond laser writing<br />

technique to fabricate high performance<br />

integrated optical devices.<br />

IZONano A Flewitt, Nano ePrint<br />

Feasibility <strong>of</strong> using IZO in a novel 2dimensional<br />

transistor architecture.<br />

PLASCOM D Chu, DreamGlass<br />

Developing lamination processes for<br />

PDLC on plastic substrates.<br />

PPOW R Penty, T Claypole, WCPC<br />

Swansea<br />

Feasibility <strong>of</strong> printing techniques for<br />

fabrication <strong>of</strong> polymer waveguides.<br />

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<strong>CIKC</strong> www.cikc.org.uk<br />

Ways to work with <strong>CIKC</strong><br />

Industrial partners can interact with <strong>CIKC</strong> in a variety <strong>of</strong> ways:<br />

• Small grants fund - Small scale (£20k) projects e.g. feasibility studies and collaborative projects<br />

with external partners seeking access to <strong>CIKC</strong> infrastructure, facilities or services<br />

• Collaborative R&D projects.<br />

• Participation in commercialisation research projects.<br />

• Student projects.<br />

• Training opportunities.<br />

• Panel membership (by invitation).<br />

• <strong>CIKC</strong> Outreach Events – roadmapping workshops, etc.<br />

Partner Organisations<br />

<strong>CIKC</strong> has received strong industrial support<br />

from partners with complementary expertise<br />

and has a close relationship with the<br />

knowledge transfer network in Photonics and<br />

Plastic Electronics and other UK Centres <strong>of</strong><br />

Excellence in plastic electronics: The Welsh<br />

Centre for Printing and Coating (Swansea),<br />

The Organic Materials<br />

For more information please contact Mark Leadbeater or Maggie Tanner in the <strong>CIKC</strong> Office<br />

<strong>CIKC</strong><br />

Electrical Engineering Division<br />

<strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Cambridge</strong><br />

9 JJ Thomson Avenue<br />

<strong>Cambridge</strong><br />

Innovation Centre (Manchester) and the<br />

Printable Electronics Technology Centre<br />

(PETEC) (Sedgefield).<br />

Currently 25 companies are involved in <strong>CIKC</strong><br />

producing £4.4m <strong>of</strong> matching funding,<br />

surpassing our 5-year target.<br />

Telephone +44 (0)1223 748370<br />

Fax: +44 (0)1223 748342<br />

email: mll35@cam.ac.uk<br />

Web site www.cikc.org.uk<br />

Intranet: camtools.caret.cam.ac.uk<br />

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