Funded PhD studentship in Experimental Investigation of Nanoparticle Synthesis

Applications are invited for a funded 3.5 year PhD studentship under the supervision of Prof. Markus Kraft. The successful applicant will be based in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology in Cambridge, UK for the first year of the project. The next two years will be spent at Cambridge CARES in Singapore. The remainder of the project will be spent in Cambridge, UK.

We are looking for an outstanding student who is interested in working on an experimental project to investigate the laminar flame synthesis of titanium dioxide nanoparticles. The project will investigate the factors controlling the particle size distribution, particle morphology, and crystal phase composition. The project will require the student to apply various experimental techniques to provide real-time spatially resolved measurements of temperature and particle size and number distribution in the flame. The particles will be collected and characterised to measure physicochemical properties such as the crystal structure, primary and aggregate particle size and optical bandgap. Experiments in the recently-commissioned laser laboratory at Cambridge CARES are envisaged during years 2 and 3 of the studentship. The project will run alongside a computational studentship that will use insights from the experimental investigation to inform a detailed model of the particle formation process.