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We offer a diverse range of postgraduate research projects that come with living stipend scholarships.
Additive manufacturing of MAX Phase parts for applications in extreme environments
Develop novel in-situ synthesis techniques with laser AM to produce high performance MAX phase compounds (MPCs), and increase their 3D printability using feedstock powder granulation, and grain refinement.
- Supervisor
- Professor Mingxing Zhang
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Engineering
A long-lasting oral drug delivery system using spiky silica nanoparticles
Investigate the relationship between the physicochemical features of spiky silica nanoparticles and their gastric retention, producing guidelines for the design of novel oral drug delivery systems.
- Supervisor
- Dr Hao Song
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences
All-perovskite tandem solar cells for efficient green hydrogen production
Design novel functional materials to achieve high-voltage and durable all-perovskite tandem solar cells for efficient green hydrogen production.
- Supervisor
- Dr Peng Chen
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Environmental sciences, Physical sciences
Applying new methods to understand pelvic floor function in men and women
Apply new imaging methods and image analysis to better understand how continence is maintained in the body, and how it is impacted by surgery and ageing.
- Supervisor
- Professor Paul Hodges
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Biomedical and clinical sciences
Catalyst design for converting carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals
Explore the use of solar energy to convert carbon dioxide into ethylene via a catalytic reduction process using novel cocatalyst materials derived from metal-oxo cluster molecules.
- Supervisor
- Dr Haijiao Lu
- Location
- St Lucia
- Research areas
- Chemical sciences, Engineering, Physical sciences