The interests of the Polymers, Composites and Spectroscopy Group (PCAS) encompass polymers, minerals and composites

The Materials and Engineering Research Institute within Sheffield Hallam is offering thermal analysis (TGA, TG-MS, ATD-GCMS) services to internal and external businesses.

Differential Scanning Calorimetry can be used to characterise and compare materials; identify and confirm purity, assess thermal stability and evaluate product-application conditions.

The ceramics theme, run by Drs Hywel Jones and Paul Bingham, aims to provide enhanced capability for the much needed delivery of ceramics and glass related consultancy, contract research and knowledge transfer projects (KTPs) by the University.

Our Senior Lecturer in Materials Engineering, Dr Paul Bingham, was recently made a Fellow of the Society of Glass Technology

A spin-out business called XeraCarb created by Sheffield Hallam University to commercialise novel high performance and low cost ceramic materials is benefiting from significant new investment to take its technology into production

We have a wide range of capabilities for testing concrete at the Materials and Engineering Research Institute

A novel wound dressings which is active against MRSA for four days has been developed in collaboration with colleagues from the Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre at Sheffield Hallam

Hydrogels are crosslinked polymers that contain large amounts of water. We have developed a novel hydrogel loaded with Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) which can be maintained as a liquid ex vivo and be injected into the affected tissue site where body temperature triggers in situ gelation.

We have developed a novel pNIPAM-DMAc-Laponite® hydrogel loaded with hydroxyapatite nanoparticles (HAPna), which can be maintained as a liquid ex vivo and be injected into the affected bone tissue site where body temperature triggers in situ gelation