{"id":268,"date":"2018-11-26T12:45:27","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T12:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.learning.northumbria.ac.uk\/dev\/home\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T11:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:24:01","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hosting.northumbria.ac.uk\/tf-fab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"268\" class=\"elementor elementor-268\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-138b17c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"138b17c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a18ecb8\" data-id=\"a18ecb8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-72897bd elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"72897bd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7199241\" data-id=\"7199241\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a8eb2a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a8eb2a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Welcome to TF-FAB<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d439b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d439b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>TF-FAB<\/strong> is the <strong>Advanced Thin Film Sputtering Fabrication Facility<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n<p>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 improve adhesion, hardness and biocompatibility to increase the lifetime of total joint arthroplasty implants.<\/p>\n<p>TF-FAB enables impact research in three distinctive areas: energy materials, biocompatible coatings and functional layers. This includes the following materials and applications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">Energy materials: chalcogenides PV, hole and electron transport layers, Na- and Mg-based storage, Solid state electrolyte, electrodes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Biocompatible coatings: Ti-based super alloys, diamond like coatings, antimicrobial films.<\/li>\n<li>Functional layers: current sensing, metamaterials, transparent conductors, biosensors, wear resistant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-58a1fa3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"58a1fa3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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