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The latest round of Scottish Executive SMART:SCOTLAND funding awards involves 19 research and development projects which will receive a share of £950,000. The awards are designed to help new and existing businesses with less than 50 employees improve their competitiveness by developing leading-edge products or processes that have real commercial value.

Deputy Enterprise Minister Allan Wilson said: “Innovation is critical to Scotland’s ability to compete in an increasingly global market and it is vital that our small companies have access to meaningful research and development resources to bring innovative products and services to the marketplace.

“We are glad to support the diverse projects included in this round with grants totalling £950,000.

One of the 19 awards goes to Mather Technology Solutions, Selkirk for developing a FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELL INTEGRATED ON A CONVENTIONAL TEXTILE FABRIC.

The SMART Award will be used to establish a company to develop a flexible
solar cell for generating electricity directly from sunlight that will be integrated on a conventional textile fabric. If successful, the technology promises to have  a number of applications including electrical supply in remote areas and disaster relief.
Website: www.mathertechnologysolutions.com

about  Robert mather
Robert Mather is a Cambridge graduate in Chemistry, with a Ph.D. from  Birmingham University in polymer chemistry. He is a Chartered Chemist and  a Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry. He is also a Member of the  Textile Institute and a Corporate Member of the Society of Dyers and Colourists. Current research interests include the incorporation of solar cells into textiles, the application of polypropylene nonwovens for oil spill recovery and gas plasma treatments for textiles, particularly for biomedical textiles. He has also worked on 3D woven engineering products.

source: publictechnology.net
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