Postgraduate research opportunities Creating artificial active colloids for environmental & biomedical applications
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- Opens: Monday 1 August 2022
- Number of places: 2
- Duration: 3-3.5 years
- Funding: Home fee, Equipment costs, Travel costs, Stipend
Overview
Active matter has developed into one of the most exciting interdisciplinary research areas. Following the spirit of R. Feynman ‘what I cannot create I do not understand’ our goal is to create smart artificial active matter and to broaden the material range and achieve novel (biomimetic) functionalities that pave the way to applications in the biomedical or environmental field.
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Eligibility
- degree in chemistry, physics or materials science
- interest in interdisciplinary collaborations
- prior experience in optics or microscopy is advantageous
- synthetic skills are helpful
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Project Details
The thesis will include:
- colloidal synthesis
- surface modifications
- material characterization (spectroscopy, electron microscopy, chemical analysis)
- optical microscopy and microfluidic techniques to observe microscale motion
- data collection and data treatment
- writing scientific papers and reports and present results (in form of posters and conference talks)
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Funding details
Home (Scottish)/Rest of UK fees funded only. Bench fees for international students are not covered.
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Supervisors
Juliane Simmchen (Juliane.simmchen@strath.ac.uk). Find out more about the research on the Simmchen Group website.
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Apply
Please apply via email to Juliane Simmchen (Juliane.simmchen@strath.ac.uk) with a short description of your expertise, a statement why you are interested and contacts of two possible references.
Number of places: 2
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