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PhD Project List

A list of our available PhD Projects sorted by research group is shown below.

Centre for Nuclear and Radiation Physics (CNRP)

Title Supervisor
Angular momentum population in fragmentation reactions Zsolt Podolyak
Biophysics of the bone-cartilage interface David Bradley
Development of a diffraction microCT system for breast tissue characterisation Silvia Pani
Development of high speed combined X-ray imaging and spectroscopy Annika Lohstroh
Doped SiO2 fibres, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) and thermoluminescence (TL) David Bradley
Extreme Structures in Light and Medium Mass Nuclei Wilton Catford
Monte Carlo modelling for X-ray diffraction imaging Silvia Pani
Nuclear Reaction Theory with light exotic nuclei Jim Al-Khalili
Phase Contrast Enhancement in Biomedical Imaging David Bradley
Pixel Detector Development for Synchroton Imaging Applications Paul Sellin
Scintillation Detector Technology for Cargo Screening Paul Sellin
Single crystal diamond detectors for medical X-ray imaging Paul Sellin
Structure and Reactions with Exotic Isotopes Phil WalkerCarlo Barbieri
Structure of exotic neutron-rich nuclei studied in radioactive beam experiments Zsolt Podolyak
Studies of N=Z Nuclei William Gelletly
Synthetic diamond for radiation detection applications Annika Lohstroh
The Internal Structure of Exotic Nuclei Using Fragmentation and Fusion Evaporation Patrick Regan
The Structure of Nuclear Spin Traps Phil Walker

Photonics

Title Supervisor
A radical approach to temperature insensitive photonic materials and devices Stephen Sweeney
Broad Band Light Sources for Optical Coherence Tomography Stephen Sweeney
Carbon Nanotube Photonics Jeremy Allam
Compound semiconductors for next generation electronic and photonic devices Stephen Sweeney
Femtosecond Studies of Photonic Devices Jeremy Allam
Metal Enhanced Intramolecular Charge-transfer: Fundamental Investigation of a New Structural and Electronic Motif in Non-linear Optics Peter Jarowski
Probing the Effect of Non-planarity on the Absorptivity and Fluorescence of Aggregation Induced Emitters Peter Jarowski
Quantum Cascades based on silicon Ben Murdin
Self-Induced Transparency and Solitons in Semiconductor Microcavities Jeremy Allam
Semiconductor Spintronics: Realisation of spin ‘refraction’ devices Steven Clowes
Semiconductor Spintronics: Spin transport in quantum well nanowires Steven Clowes
Silicon compatible III-V lasers for optical computing and optical interconnects Stephen Sweeney
Spintronic devices with narrow gap semiconductors Ben Murdin
T-ray spectroscopy of handed molecules Ben Murdin

Soft Condensed Matter (SCM)

Title Supervisor
Computer simulation of freezing on nanoparticles and rough surfaces Richard Sear
Drying of Waterborne Polymer Coatings Studied by NMR Techniques Joseph Keddie
GARField MRI of Human Skin in-vivo Peter McDonald
Magnetic Nanoparticles in Adhesive Polymer Films Joseph Keddie
Modelling Liquid Crystalline Elastomers (Physics) James Adams
Modelling Liquid Crystalline Rubbers James Adams
Modelling nanoscale forces in living cells Richard Sear
MRI of Porous Media with Hyperpolarised Xenon Peter McDonald
Nanoscale Engineering of Photovoltaic Materials Based on Carbon and Dichalcogenide Nanotubes Alan Dalton
Nanostructured Interfaces and Self Assembly: Mimicking Nature Alan Dalton
New Polymers to Make Switchable Adhesives Joseph Keddie
Periodic structures in polymer/inorganic composites through evaporative lithography Joseph Keddie
Phase transitions and computation in living cells Richard Sear
Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy of Polymer Nanomaterials Joseph Keddie
Super-Strong Carbon Nanotube Composites Alan Dalton
Water transport in cements: Modelling Peter McDonald
Water transport in cements: NMR/MRI Experiment Peter McDonald