New labs at King’s Buildings

In the autumn, the Small Projects and Minor Works Team created new Centre for Electronics Frontiers (CEF) labs in Murchison House.

The CEF labs will be at the forefront of emerging nanotechnology research. They offer state-of-the-art semiconductor characterisation facilities that complement the fabrication facilities of the Scottish Microelectronics Centre (SMC).

The facilities will enable a range of emerging nanoelectronics device and systems testing, novel semiconductor films characterisation and bioelectronic interface measurements. The quality of the labs and equipment will allow the users to focus on the creation of high-impact research.

The news facilities allow expert users across academia and industry to conduct research into a range of disruptive technologies. They will enable the development of electronic systems with embedded artificial intelligence that underpin memristive technologies that merge memory with computing power – supporting a new era for advanced computing solutions that are more capable whilst also more energy-efficient and friendly to the environment.

The new CEF labs will also support research in ultra-low power sensors that unlock new possibilities to monitor the world around us, ranging from smart implants and disease detection/monitoring to advanced image and sound processing capabilities that find a wide range of applications across healthcare, mobile assistance, IoT and defence.

George Muir, Design Manager led this project.