Thursday 19 May 2011

NANOKTN ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF ITS 2011 EPSRC COLLABORATIVE STUDENTSHIPS

Research Proposals from University of Bath and Manchester’s Metropolitan University Confirmed as Winners

The Nanotechnology Knowledge Transfer Network (NanoKTN), one of the UK’s primary knowledge-based networks for Micro and Nanotechnologies, is pleased to announce that its allocation of this year’s EPSRC CASE Awards has been awarded to the University of Bath, collaborating with Pilkington Group Ltd, and Manchester’s Metropolitan University, collaborating with United Utilities, which encourages and enables collaboration of Universities with UK based companies. These projects will look at the development of photocatalytic coatings for self-cleaning and architectural glazing applications, and smart nanomaterials for the detection of natural (and) synthetic pollutants.

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