Dr. Nigel Leyland
Research Scientist
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Nigel joined
CREST in October 2011, in the post of Surface Technologist,
working on the
Medicoat project. He graduated from the University of Oxford with a BA in Metallurgy and Science of Materials, specialising in his final year research project in the field of biomaterials. After a PhD at the University of Birmingham, again in biomaterials, on the microstructural refinement of Hydroxyapatite-Zirconia ceramic composites for hard tissue replacement, he worked firstly at the University of Ulster, on the deposition and characterisation of thin film bioceramic coatings by magnetron sputtering. This was followed by a position at Queen Mary, University of London, developing metal and ceramic loaded inks for printing multilayer electronic devices. Nigel joined NTERA in Dublin in
2001, working on the development of ink systems and
device architectures for several generations of
electrochromic displays and windows, taking a leading role in the design and characterisation of complete
material systems from raw material specification to
lifetime and environmental durability testing of
finished displays. He also managed the scale-up of
NTERA’s ink manufacturing process from laboratory to
commercial scale.
Nigel has
two granted patents (US 7,403,319, US 7,270,880), five
applications in process and a number of journal and
conference articles. Specialities: Printed Electronics, Ink Formulation, Colloid Processing, Surface Engineering, Hard Tissue Biomaterials. |
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