The Research Institute for Flexible Materials - or RIFLeX - is centred in the School of Textiles and Design. The Institute is at the centre of a diverse range of innovative research projects, for example, those involving 3D digital modelling and the study of the properties and aesthetics of materials.

see also: institute, riflex

Research in the Synthesis and Properties of New Materials research group is directed towards materials with technologically useful structural, mechanical, electronic, magnetic, electrochemical and thermal properties. Our research effort spans the two major themes of solid-state chemistry and polymer chemistry.

see also: chemistry, research, synthesis