TF-FAB is the Avanced Thin FIlm Sputtering Fabrication Facility and is funded by EPSRC. TF-FAB provides a state-of-the-art facility for the fabrication of functional nano and micro-coatings for energy conversion and storage, sensing and biomedical devices.

TF-FAB provides a platform to develop films with fewer impurities and defects, higher density, reduced thickness to increase the efficiency of solar cells or improved adhesion, hardness and biocompatibility to increase the lifetime of a total joint arthroplasty implants.

TF-FAB enables impact research in three distinctive areas: energy materials, biocompatible coatings and functional layers. This includes the following materials and applications:

• Energy materials: Chalcogenides PV, hole and electron transport layers, Na- and Mg-based storage, Solid state electrolyte, electrodes.
• Biocompatible coatings: Ti-based super alloys, diamond like coatings, antimicrobial films.
• Functional layers: current sensing, metamaterials, transparent conductors, biosensors, wear resistant.