Material solutions company Lucideon is working at the forefront of science to help develop substances which will survive in extreme conditions.
The Stoke-on-Trent-based business has formed a partnership with the National Composites Centre (NCC) to discover new ceramic composites.
The drive to innovate focuses on the need for new materials to meet current challenges such as energy security and Net Zero.
There is a growing market demand for materials that survive in ever-harsher environment.
Both parties will collaborate to provide a comprehensive range of services in the use of oxide and non-oxide ceramic composites for a variety of applications.
Lucideon will focus on providing analysis and evaluation, and supporting the development of advanced materials and applications, with NCC concentrating on full system and product design, and industrial scale development.
Tim Abbott, Business Manager at Lucideon, said: “Due to global challenges such as energy security and Net Zero, there is an increasing need for new, affordable technologies that will endure longer durations in increasingly harsh environments.
“To enable this, novel materials and manufacturing processes are required to deliver a step-change in technology performance and survivability.
“Lucideon’s expertise in advanced ceramics and ceramic matrix composites is well aligned with NCC. The collaboration will provide the marketplace with end-to-end capability to address their challenges, from fundamental materials development, through to full system design and validation.”
Matt Hocking, Head of Energy at the National Composites Centre, said: “We are seeing demand for engineering solutions in high-temperature, extreme, and harsh environments emerge now, and this is expected to grow substantially.
“The current challenges around security or supply and cost effectiveness also needs to be addressed in order for the UK to become competitive across many industries.
“It is these challenges that the collaboration, in combination with wider industrial partners such as Lucideon, will address.”
