Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) is delighted to announce a new partnership with the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) which will co-fund fifty PhD students over the next five years.  (http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding_phd/international-scholarships/islamic-development-bank/index.html)

The scholarships, part of the IDB's Merit Scholarship Scheme for High Technology, will offer 10 PhD students per year the opportunity to conduct their doctoral studies in QMUL's Faculty of Science and Engineering.  

Project: Modelling of hybrid nanostructures for nanoelectronics and renewable energy applications

Supervisors: Dr Rachel Crespo-Otero and Dr Matteo Palma

Applications are invited for a Queen Mary PhD scholarship to work in the groups of Dr Rachel Crespo-Otero and Dr Matteo Palma in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at Queen Mary University of London.

The controlled self-assembly of functional nanostructures is of great interest in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology. In particular there is a need for simple strategies for the production of single-molecule optoelectronic devices. In this context, self-assembly strategies can allow us to control the organization of nanostructures of interest for nanoelectronics and renewable energy applications. A theoretical understanding of self-assembly mechanisms at atomic level is very important in the design and rationalization of these processes.

We are looking for outstanding  students to support their application for an “Islamic Development Bank - QMUL Joint Scholarship Programme”  fellowship at Queen Mary University of London, under the supervision of Dr Rachel Crespo-Otero and Dr Matteo Palma. The PhD project will focus on the modelling of nanostructures self-assembly, electron transport and excited states. This theoretical approach will be corroborated by experimental investigations separately conducted in the Palma laboratory in the context of a different but complementary studentship.

A background in computational chemistry, physics and/or materials science is desirable. If you want to know more about the project, please contact Dr Rachel Crespo-Otero ([email protected]).  

Requirements:

http://www.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/funding_phd/international-scholarships/islamic-development-bank/index.html

Member countries: http://www.isdb.org/irj/portal/anonymous/idb_membercountries_en

Deadline: 20 January 2017

References

1) Zhu, J.; McMorrow, J.; Crespo-Otero, R.; Ao, G.; Zheng, M.; Gillin, W. P.; Palma, M.. Solution-processable carbon nanoelectrodes for single-molecule investigations. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 2905.
2) Rotkin, S. V.; Snyder, S. E., Theory of Electronic and Optical Properties of DNA–SWNT Hybrids. In Carbon Nanotubes and Related Structures, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co.: 2010; pp 23-51.