Research Group: Chemistry Number of Students: 1 Length of Study in Years: 4 Years Full-time Project: yes
This studentship is funded via a studentship from the China Scholarship Council. CSC is offering a monthly stipend to cover living expenses and QMUL is waving fees and hosting the student. These scholarships are available only for Chinese candidates.
Soft robots are designed to mimic living organisms to adapt their surroundings, where hydrogel actuating materials are generally used in soft robotics for their high flexibility, adaptability, and responsivity to multiple stimuli e.g. heat and moisture. The major hinderance of hydrogels as actuating materials is their low mechanical stability and slow responses to stimuli.
This project aims to establish a library of composite hydrogel actuators and fundamentally understand their relationship between the composition, morphology, mechanical performance, and actuating behaviour to design programmable actuating materials for soft robotics.
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 Yao Lu on yao.lu@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 Yao Lu