Amorphous Carbon Coatings for Healthcare and NetZero Applications
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Amorphous Carbon Coatings for Healthcare and NetZero Applications
Wed, 18/06/2025 - 13:00 to 13:30
Location:
Speaker:
Dr Abdul Wasy Zia
Affiliation:
HWU
Synopsis:
The amorphous carbon coatings are made with a range of physical and chemical vapor deposition methods. The manufacturing process defines their diamond-like or graphite-like characteristics and therefore regulates their physical, mechanical, electrical, tribological, and biological properties. These coatings are helping to improve the mechanical, tribological and anticorrosion performance of broad mechanical, automotive and aerospace systems, permeability in plastics and membranes, biocompatibility of artificial implants, antimicrobial features in textiles, electrochemical performance of energy storage batteries, antireflection in optical products and so on. The lecture will highlight our data-driven and experimental developments in nano-structured design of amorphous carbon for biomedical implants and energy storage batteries. My latest book, Applications of Diamond‐like Carbon Coatings, aligns with the lecture topic and was published by WILEY on invitation. It is available at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781394189144.
Biography:
Dr Zia is an academic at Institute of Mechanical Process and Energy Engineering (IMPEE) School of Engineering and Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh campus and leads Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Laboratory. He is a Fellow of Higher Education Academy (FHEA), and endorsed as a Global Talent in Materials Performance by the Royal Academy of Engineering, United Kingdom. His teaching interests are Materials & Manufacturing, particularly surface engineering, and his research integrates these areas to deliver sustainable and high-performing products. More details are available at: https://researchportal.hw.ac.uk/en/persons/abdul-wasy-zia