MSSI develops and characterise materials from the atomic to the macroscopic scale, providing new materials, processes and applications in four main research themes:
Health
Solid state pharmaceutical materials; Biomedical engineering; Biomaterials; Sensors and Biochemical materials
Energy
Nanomaterials; Ceramic and glass materials; Fuels and alloys
Transport
Composite Materials; Alloys
Clean Technology
Biocatalysis; Absorption and Catalysis
Characterisation
Underpins research across all areas in MSSI and relates to the development and exploitation of characterisation techniques to examine the behaviour of materials from the nano- to the macro-scale.
The Institute houses over 200 researchers drawn from a range of scientific (chemistry, biochemistry, physics, materials science) and engineering disciplines. MSSI houses the following centres and programmes:
