Dr Peter Hatto is Head of R&D for Ionbond UK Ltd, a leading producer of advanced thin film coatings, based in Consett, UK. In this role he is responsible for securing and directing the company’s participation in national and international collaborative projects aimed at developing and securing new applications and markets for its coatings and technologies. Peter joined Ionbond’s predecessor in 1983 following post-doctoral work on sputter deposition at Salford University, UK. He has a BSc Hons degree in applied physics from City University, London, and a PhD awarded by the then CNAA for work on the liquid phase epitaxial growth of IV-VI semiconductor materials. Peter is a past chairman of several standardization committees, including UK, CEN and ISO committees on nanotechnologies and the UK committee on advanced technical ceramics, and is a past convenor of working groups on ceramic coatings in both CEN and ISO committees on technical ceramics.