Nano-crystalline graphite for reliability improvement in MEM relay contacts
- Submitting institution
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University of Bristol
- Unit of assessment
- 11 - Computer Science and Informatics
- Output identifier
- 147836023
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1016/j.carbon.2018.03.011
- Title of journal
- Carbon
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- First page
- 193
- Volume
- 133
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0008-6223
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- March
- Year of publication
- 2018
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
- No
- Criminology
- No
- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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6
- Research group(s)
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D - Fundamentals of Computing
- Citation count
- 15
- Proposed double-weighted
- No
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
- This article describes a breakthrough innovation to improve reliability of nanoelectromechanical relays using nanocrystalline graphite coatings. It is protected by UK (1604254.1) and US (16/083,583) patents, and underpins a commercialisation effort with a global semiconductor vendor, Microchip [contact: piers.tremlett@microchip.com]. It is a key invention that contributed to Microchip providing continued support for Pamunuwa’s work on NEM relay-based computing, including £250k matched funding for a 5-year Royal Academy of Engineering Senior Research Fellowship (RCSRF1920\9\53, £486k, 2019) awarded to Pamunuwa. This work was also instrumental in securing a 4-year EU project ZeroAMP (No. 871740, 2019) worth £2.8M with six international partners.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- No
- English abstract
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