Professor George Fern
Academic Director/Professor

1.                       

Nuffield Foundation High Pressure Mössbauer and Raman Spectroscopy of Materials using a Diamond Anvil Cell.  G Fern, (14/03/02) for £5,600.

2.                       

Investigation of phosphor production, EU Industry, Prof Silver (PI), Dr Withnall and Fern (Co-I) (1/10/03-30/06/04) £80,813.

3.                       

ACELOOPP, EPSRC/LINK ISD grant to improve the performance and understanding of the electroluminescent phosphors used in alternating current electroluminescent (ACEL) panels, Prof Silver (PI), Dr Withnall and Fern (Co-I), Kodak UK Ltd and Pelikon Ltd industry partners, 2004-2006, £291,708.

4.                       

LINK ISD grant FLCOLOUR to develop full colour ACEL panels, Prof Silver (PI), Dr Withnall and Fern (Co-I), with Kodak UK Ltd, 2004-2006,  ~£147,000.

5.                       

Develop applications of phosphors, Prof Silver (PI), Dr Withnall and Fern (Co-I), UK Security Industry, (1/06/2005-6) £65,000.

6.                       

MNT project with industry on nanophosphors for displays and lighting, Prof Silver (PI), Dr Withnall and Fern (Co-I), Forge Europa, Cambridge University, Semilab Ltd, £179,939, 1/03/05-28/02/08.

7.                       

Design and Devlopment of New Generation Subminiature fluorescence Lamps (MuLAMP), DTI funded project to improve CCFLs for backlighting application, Prof Silver (PI), Dr Withnall and Fern (Co-I), LG Philips, Masonlite Ltd., Queen Mary College and Teeside Univ., 1/05/06-31/04/08. £195,765

8.                       

Pliant Single Layer Structure For Acel Panels, DTI funded project to develop ACEL panel binder technology based on a patent held by the group in collaboration with industry, Prof Silver (PI), Dr Withnall and Fern (Co-I) with Elumin8 Ltd. 1/05/06-31/12/07. £189,026.

9.                       

NOVELELS, DTI funded project to develop phosphors for conversion LEDs, Prof Silver (PI), Dr Withnall and Fern (Co-I), Enfis Ltd, IQE Ltd, Exxelis Ltd, Smiths (now GE), Westland Helicopter, Airbus Ltd, Bath University, (09/2006-08/2009) £250,533

10.                   

Direct industrial sponsorship, Investigation of phosphors for security applications, Prof Silver (PI), Dr Withnall and Fern (Co-I), UK Security Industry, £150,000 (1/1/2008- 31/12/2009)

11.                   

NanoProbes; Development of novel probes for biological submicroscopic multicolour imaging, BBSRC TDRI, Prof Silver (PI), Dr Withnall, Dr Coppo and Dr Fern (Co-I), other project investigators are based in the Biology department at York University, MRC and JEOL UK and Gatan UK (1/04/08-31/03/10) £412,608

12.                   

University Brief Award for Investigation of photo-luminescent and infra-red emitting phosphors for solid state lighting and security applications, G Fern, £14,910. (1/11/07-31/10/08)

13.                   

ACTIVEL, DTI project with industry to develop low cost ACEL displays, £296,000 (01/01/08).

14.                   

Plastic UV Radiation Protection Operating by Stokes Emission (PURPOSE PROJECT), J Silver, R Withnall, P Allan, P Coppo, G Fern and K Tarverdi, EPSRC, (09/09-11/12) £461,183

15.                   

BESSYII Synchrotron application: Characterisation of Photonic Band Gap Phosphors joint with King’s College London, A Michette (PI), GR Fern, J Silver, S Pfauntsch, R Withnall. (06/2008)

16.                   

BESSYII Synchrotron application: Can we selectively probe the local structure of only luminescent Mn{2+} ions in Mn{2+}-doped host nanocrystals? EXAFS/Optical Luminescence EXAFS Synchrotron beam time, DD Sarma, P Santra, S Muikherjee, A Erko, GR Fern (PI), R Withnall, 18 shifts (08/2009) (Approximate value of £11,300)

17.                   

BESSYII Synchrotron application: Can we selectively probe the local structure of only luminescent Mn{2+} ions in Mn{2+}-doped host nanocrystals? DD Sarma, P Santra, S Muikherjee, A Erko, GR Fern (PI), R Withnall, 26 shifts (05/2010) (Approximate value of £13,905)

18.                   

BESSYII Synchrotron application: Characterisation of terbium doped photonic band gap phosphors and nano-crystalline scintillation phosphors, GR Fern (PI), A Michette, J Silver, R Withnall, TG Ireland, 18 shifts (09/2010) (Approximate value of £11,298)

19.                   

Describing at high resolution the stacking disorder in electroluminescent phosphors, GR Fern (PI), R Withnall, J Silver, TG Ireland and M Leoni. (Diamond Light Source, BL-I11) Grant number EE4732,  6 shifts (19-21/05/2010) (Equivalent Value £24,675)

20.                   

BESSYII Synchrotron application: Site preference and electronic structure of the S6 centro-symmetric site in rare earth element doped yttria. GR Fern (PI), R Withnall, J Silver, TG Ireland,  6-12/12/2010 Estimate £11,298

21.                   

Viral Surface Plasmon Resonance, A novel approach to biosensing, GR Fern (PI), I Alberts, A Ray, J Kerr, (9/11-08/12) (£14,900)) Funding from St George’s Hospital.

22.                   

InnovateUK, Biopolymer-based Electronic Circuits and Displays (BEDs), Prof. R. Withnall (PI) and Co-Is were Profs J. Silver and D. Harrison and Drs P. Allan, K. Tarverdi and Fern, partners included Johnson and Matthey Ltd, Hasbro, Intrinsiq Materials Ltd, (2011-2014) £253,129

23.                   

EPSRC/InnovateUK, CONVERTED - enhanced solar energy harvesting in dye sensitised solar cells using nanophosphors and nano-structured optics, (2011-2014) £390,996

24.                   

Won Dragon’s Den pitch to EPSRC sector rep, Chair of the IMechE and Head of Brunel University London Research office for Impact Accelerator Account, Laser Lighting, G Fern £15,000

25.                   

MicroDisplay development with Industry, J Silver (PI) and G Fern (2013-2015) £140,000

26.                   

High Temperature Radiation Hard Detectors, GR Fern (PI), P Hobson, D Smith, J Silver, R Withnall, EPSRC funded and InnovateUK funded Micron Semiconductor Ltd, other partner was Schlumberger in Paris (1/9/13- 31/08/16) , £637,000

27.                   

PRISM, J Silver (PI), GR Fern, K Tarverdi, EPSRC and industry funded by InnovateUK, partners Nextek, Johnson and Matthey,  (09/2015-04/2018), £166,565

28.                   

InnovateUK, LIGHTWAY, partners Johnson and Matthey, Ixscient, Industrial Phycology, Lux-TSI, Dr Fern (PI), Prof Silver and Tarverdi, (2017-2020),  £246,053

29.                   

InnovateUK, PURELIGHT, partners Arid AgriTech Ltd, Colloids Ltd, Lancaster University, Dr Fern (PI), Prof Silver and Tarverdi, (2017-2020), £246,293

30.                   

Qandela, Innovate UK, Sharp, Johnson Matthey, DST, PVI, Dr Fern (PI) (2019-2021), £440,000.

31.                   

Laeticia Petit, Tampere University and George Fern, Brunel University, Particles containing glasses: fabrication and macro/nano scale characterization, seed-corn research funding, £10,000.

32.                   

Enabling technologies for Cd-free Quantum Dot Light Emitting Diode Displays and Signage (QANDELA) , Dr Fern (PI) additional funds, £88,052.

33.                   

COVID-Secure High Street Work Stores, M Themis (PI), K Tarverdi, G Fern, £75,369

34.                   

FEUD - Field Emission Ultraviolet Device, G Fern (PI) and D Smith IUK, 2021-2022, £224,826.

35.                   

AgriFlex: Human-Centred Design for Sustainable Agricultural Plastics E. Pei (PI), G Fern, K Tarverdi, IUK, 2020, £39,636.

36.                   

Providing the 30% recycled content for food packing (PFP): An integrated stakeholder approach to solving 'hard to recycle' plastic packaging, G Fern (PI), L Henderson, K Tarverdi, D Smith, SSPP, NERC, 2020-2022, £458,436.

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Smart Plastics for Clever Horticulture, G Fern (PI) and K Tarverdi, Royal Society of Chemistry, 10/21-01/22, £9954.

Processing and testing Sustainable Agri films for the AgriTech Industry  (AgriTechSus), G Fern (PI) and K Tarverdi, EPSRC IAA, 08/21-11/21, £35,000.