Our Research NANOMATERIALS AND NANOCOMPOSITES
QUANTUM METAMATERIALS
▪ ▪ Nanometamaterials, nanorods, nanowires, nano-tubes of carbon or carbon based structures
▪ Exploitation of coherent quantum dynamics to control electromagnetic waves
▪ ▪ Carbon nanotubes and graphene for energy conversion and storage
▪ Magnetic field sensing with quantum metamaterials
▪ ▪Composites for control of electromagnetic radiation
ILYA STARSHINOV
PABLO: I applied for the XM2 studentship because I wanted to become an expert in physics and materials
4th Year Spontaneous generation of quantum correlations in natural media
engineering while being part of a cohort-based program. The combination of physicists, engineers and chemists collaborating together is far more productive than when they work alone. In the future I want to improve my technical skills to become a lead scientist either in industry or academia.
LAICONG DENG 4th year Nanoporous Graphene Materials for Electrochemical Energy Storage and Conversion Application
I chose to join XM2 because it is an avenue to conduct world recognized research within an outstanding team of academic researchers and peers. I get from my project everything that a PhD student could wish for: academic and non-academic support, training, effective supervision, and interesting problems to tackle.
ZAHID HUSSAIN 2nd year “Black” ZnO and TiO2 nanostructures for high efficient visible light photocatalysis
My project allows me to explore the limits of what is possible, and the ways we can reach them. Its aim is to answer how much information can be retrieved from an image of an object, and how quantum mechanics may help to improve this.
NED TAYLOR
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TANVEER AHMAD TABISH 4th year
PABLO MARTINEZ PANCORBO 2nd year
2nd Year Understanding the mechanism of colossal permittivity materials
Fabrication and Luminescence of Graphene-Like Carbide Quantum Dots
Functional, specially-doped Core-shell nanoparticles for biomedical imaging applications
A PhD gives you the chance to solve new problems on a daily basis. I constantly learn how to use new tools and new techniques in order to tackle various different and challenging problems that present themselves. Within XM2, I get to throw ideas back and forth with other students in order to help further my research.
Starting in 2017/18: Shane Davies
MY 6 MONTHS PROJECT IN A NUTSHELL:
ZAHID: My research project is about the synthesis of affordable and non-toxic nanomaterials for potential applications in cleaning industrial waste water, in hydrogen generation for fuel, and in solar cells. XM2 provides me with the opportunities and learning environment to equip myself with the skills I will need to contribute to the future of science and technology.
Using quantum mechanics, we can obtain the fundamental properties of a material by modelling its electronic charge density as a set of wave functions. Through use of density functional theory, we can obtain all of the electronic properties attributed directly to a perfect crystal. By also modelling imperfections within systems, we are able to determine which properties of a system are due to the perfect crystal and which are due to defects and interfaces. To be able to understand many of the characteristics of a material solely by understanding its electron distribution is quite an amazing prospect. In figure 1, we see an example of a charge density of the Fig 1: The unit cell of CaCu3Ti4O12, where the transparent yellow surface denotes the electron charge density. unit cell of CaCu3Ti4O12. As with all materials, we find here that the electrons Figure 1. The unit cell of CaCu3Ti4O12, aren’t localised to individual atoms, they are much more evenly distributed where the transparent yellow surface across a system. denotes the electron charge density.
SUPERVISORS
Nick Stone, Yongde Xia, Shaowei Zhang, Yanqiu Zhu
XM 2 6 month pr oject presentatio n prize winner 2017 !
SUPERVISORS
Janet Anders, Jacopo Bertolotti, Steve Hepplestone, Eros Mariani
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