[FSE Bicentenary PhD] Correlating adsorption dynamics with heterogeneous catalyst activity using variable temperature in situ high-resolution solid-state NMR
[FSE Bicentenary PhD] Correlating adsorption dynamics with heterogeneous catalyst activity using variable temperature in situ high-resolution solid-state NMR
About the Project More efficient catalytic processes, requiring less energy, and converting natural “waste” such as carbon dioxide and methanol as well as synthetic plastic waste to value-added products is … Read More Read More
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Coupling Carbon Capture to Anodic Electrochemical Synthesis
Coupling Carbon Capture to Anodic Electrochemical Synthesis
About the Project To limit the impact of humanity on the environment, the chemicals industry must transition to sustainable technologies. The chemicals industry is a “hard to decarbonise” sector as … Read More Read More
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Iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticle crystallisation and transformation during radioactive effluent treatment: Application to the Enhanced Actinide Removal Plant
Iron oxyhydroxide nanoparticle crystallisation and transformation during radioactive effluent treatment: Application to the Enhanced Actinide Removal Plant
About the Project Saturn_Nuclear_CDT The treatment of radioactive effluents is a key process in the decommissioning of nuclear sites in the UK and worldwide. Effluent treatment plants utilise a variety … Read More Read More
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Driving polymer mechanochemistry via processing techniques
Driving polymer mechanochemistry via processing techniques
About the Project Conventionally, chemical transformations are driven by inputs such as light, heat or electricity. However, the exciting field of polymer mechanochemistry is adding to these conventions by developing … Read More Read More
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PhD Studentship in Chemical Engineering: Understanding the impact of ordering and modulation in energy conversion oxide ceramics
PhD Studentship in Chemical Engineering: Understanding the impact of ordering and modulation in energy conversion oxide ceramics
About the Project With increasing cost of noble metals and metal oxides, such as Pt, Pd, Ru, Au and IrO 2 used as catalysts for accelerating oxygen reduction reaction in … Read More Read More
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PhD in Chemistry: Three-dimensional imaging of nanoparticles in liquid environments
PhD in Chemistry: Three-dimensional imaging of nanoparticles in liquid environments
About the Project This project aims to develop new techniques in electron microscopy to characterise the structure of nanoparticles in a variety of liquids. A new transmission electron microscope is … Read More Read More
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PhD in Chemistry - Microwave assisted synthesis of doped semiconductors for photocatalytic applications
PhD in Chemistry - Microwave assisted synthesis of doped semiconductors for photocatalytic applications
About the Project Microwave assisted synthesis of doped semiconductors for photocatalytic applications Dr Jennifer Edwards ( https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/38516-edwards-jennifer ) is looking for a PhD student to develop a synthetic strategy for … Read More Read More
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PhD in Chemistry: Enhancing organic room-temperature phosphorescence through supramolecular approaches
PhD in Chemistry: Enhancing organic room-temperature phosphorescence through supramolecular approaches
About the Project Dr Yi-Lin Wu - People - Cardiff University is looking for a PhD student to work on the research project “Enhancing organic room-temperature phosphorescence through supramolecular approaches.” … Read More Read More
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PhD in Chemistry: Computational design of new heterogeneous catalysts to support net zero: conversion of CO2 to methanol
PhD in Chemistry: Computational design of new heterogeneous catalysts to support net zero: conversion of CO2 to methanol
About the Project Computational design of new heterogeneous catalysts to support net zero: conversion of CO2 to methanol PhD Supervisor: Dr. Andrew J. Logsdail http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/481607-logsdail-andrew Background: Reducing CO2 emissions is … Read More Read More
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PhD in Chemistry: Microwave assisted heterogeneous catalysis
PhD in Chemistry: Microwave assisted heterogeneous catalysis
About the Project The PhD will be based within the Cardiff Catalysis Institute (CCI) (www.cf.ac.uk/cci) which is one of the leading centres for catalyst research focussed on improving the understanding … Read More Read More
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