A list of projects available at Imperial College London and University College London for 2021 recruitment are below.
Biomaterials & Regenerative Medicine |
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| 1 | Immunological Airways Bio-barriers Molecular Sensing and Remodelling during Nanoparticle Inhalation |
| 2 | In situ characterisation of the bio-nano interface of hybrid fluorescent semiconducting nanoparticles for in vitro bioimaging |
| 3 | Micromechanical mapping of lung tissue: characterising the mechanical basis of disease |
| 4 | 4D imaging of Additive Manufacturing of Bioglass by Lithographic |
| 5 | ATR-FTIR imaging of nanoparticle-cell interactions |
| 6 | Development Photothermal Nanoparticles for Sensitive Lateral Flow Assay based on for Bacteria Detection |
| 7 | Development of adhesive hydrogels to modulate epigenetics in Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
| 8 | Alzheimer’s disease and the biochemical role of calcification in the brain |
| 9 | Nanoscale characterisation of immune proteins on target membranes |
Electronic & Magnetic Materials |
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| 10 | Developing ultra-flexible molecular framework thin films for sensing devices. |
| 11 | Modelling adsorbate core-electron binding energies to understand operando near- ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron spectra of gas sensing materials |
| 12 | Novel scanning probe methods to manipulate and characterise molecular semiconductors for advanced applications |
| 13 | Imaging Majorana Fermions in Hybrid Superconductor-Semiconductor Materials and Devices |
| 14 | Probing the Dynamics of Ferroelectric Polar Vortices and Charged Domain Walls |
| 15 | Tailoring organic semiconductors for photonics: photophysics and device exploitation from bio-theranostics to visible light communications (VLCs) and photovoltaics |
| 16 | Controlling spins in two-dimentional magnets probed by GHz spectroscopy techniques |
| 17 | Non-equilibrium self-assembly of magnetic colloidal materials for photonics |
| 18 | Scanning Probe Fabrication and Readout of Atomically Precise Silicon Quantum Technologies |
| 19 | Unravelling Electronic, Structural and Functional Phenomena in Complex Materials |
Energy Materials |
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| 20 | Novel photocathodes for hydrogen production |
| 21 | Lead-free vacancy-ordered double and triple perovskites for indoor light harvesting |
| 22 | From Microscopy to 3D Models: Machine Learning Defect Structures |
| 23 | Defect Engineering for Future Energy Technologies |
| 24 | Characterisation and Optimisation of High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells |
| 25 | Understanding sintering for energy materials applications |
Engineering Materials |
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| 26 | Self-assembled time-dependent metasurfaces |
| 27 | Airborne nanoplastics: surface chemistry and cloud-crystallisation properties |
| 28 | Predicting formulations performance via molecularly-enhanced machine learning |
Instrumentation & Technique Development |
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| 29 | Next generation EPR techniques based on microresonators |
| 30 | Novel Chiroptical Imaging of Optoelectronic Materials |
| 31 | A New Technique for Characterising Engineering Polymers and Nanocomposites: Experimental Development and Molecular Dynamic Modelling |
| 32 | Electrospinning for novel Lithium-Sulfur battery cathodes |
| 33 | Continuous flow synthesis of nanomaterials for energy and healthcare: Development of in-situ techniques for the characterisation and control of nanoparticle properties |
Projects with Multiple Themes
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| 34 | Fibre-based photodetectors: a new venture for wearable electronics |
| 35 | Magnetic sensors based on chiral graphene systems |
| 36 | Targeted iron oxide nanogels for ovarian cancer hyperthermia therapy |
| 37 | Unveiling the electronic transport and optical properties of networks of two-dimensional materials: from transition metal dichalchogenides to MXenes. |