Research Group: Chemistry Number of Students: 1 Length of Study in Years: 3 Years Full-time Project: yes
This studentship is open to Mexican students applying for CONACyT funding. CONACyT will provide a contribution towards your tuition fees each year and Queen Mary will waive the remaining fee. CONACyT will pay a stipend towards living costs to its scholars.
Reticular chemistry has advanced significantly over recent years. Within this field, the covalent organic frameworks (COFs) are emerging as an important class of porous organic materials with interesting and tuneable properties for a variety of applications. The overarching aim of this proposal is to utilise these new framework architectures and develop semiconducting COFs for organic electronic applications with a focus on thermoelectric energy harvesting to introduce a paradigm shift in organic electronics. Here, we will first study monolayer COF-based electronic devices to investigate structure-symmetry-property relations in chemically engineered 2D materials in order to understand fundamental electronic properties, which in turn will guide the rational molecular design of new 3D materials for thermoelectric applications. This is a multidisciplinary PhD project suitable for a highly motivated student with a background in synthetic organic chemistry and a keen interest in characterisation and testing of organic electronic devices. PhD Supervisor: Dr Christian Nielsen, email: c.b.nielsen@qmul.ac.uk website: https://nielsen-lab.com/
Applications are invited from outstanding candidates with or expecting to receive a first or upper-second class master's degree in Chemistry or an area relevant to the project. A standalone master's degree, or undergraduate integrated master's degree are required for this position.
Applicants are encouraged to contact Dr Christian Nielsen on c.b.nielsen@qmul.ac.uk prior to their submission by sending a CV and a description of their interests and expertise relevant to the project.
Please use the link below to apply for this project:
https://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/subjects/chemistry.html
SPCS Academics: Dr Christian Nielsen