Depending on how you meet the EPSRC’s eligibility criteria, a full award covers tuition fees at the UK/EU rate for the three-year duration of your PhD and an annual stipend of £13,863 (2014/15 rate). A partial award covers fees at the UK/EU rate only.

Project Start Date: September 2015

Sponsor

Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council EPSRC (DTA)

Project Description

Interested in an exciting opportunity to exploit recent advances in solid state and point defects chemistry?

This work is motivated by the need for a deep understanding of the structure of materials from the atomic to the micron level and its correlation to their properties. In this project, we investigate the catalytic properties of a new class of perovskite surfaces decorated with a wide variety of catalytically active nanoparticles.

Preliminary experiments in our group have shown that these materials present colossal catalytic activity in a series of environmentally important reactions.

The main aim of this project is to study these novel materials to better understand the effect of these nano-features on various chemical processes.

Name of the Supervisor

Professor IS Metcalfe, School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials

Person Specification and Eligibility Criteria

You should have an upper-second-class Honours degree or higher or international equivalent, in chemical engineering, chemistry, materials science or a related subject.

The award is available to UK/EU applicants.  In the case of outstanding International candidates it may be possible that the University will make an award to cover the difference in tuition fees. 

If English is not your first language, you should have IELTS 6.5 or equivalent
You must also have the potential for performing original research.

How to Apply

If you are interested in the above project and meet the criteria you should send a C.V, covering letter plus two references toi.metcalfe<στο>ncl.ac.uk.

The successful applicant will then be asked to apply for University admission using the University’s online postgraduate application form. Unsuccessful applications will not receive an acknowledgement.

• Insert the program code 8030F in the program of study section.
• Select ‘PhD School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials - Chemical Engineering' as the programme of study.
• Insert the studentship code CE044 in the studentship/partnership reference. 
• Attach a covering letter and C.V. The covering letter must state the title of the studentship, quote reference code CE044 and state how your interests and experience relate to the project.
• Attach degree transcripts and certificates and, if English is not your first language, a copy of your English language qualifications

Closing Date for Applications

Prompt application is advised as this position is only available until a suitable candidate is found.

Further Information

For further details, please contact: 
Professor IS Metcalfe 
School of Chemical Engineering and Advanced Materials
E-mail i.metcalfe<στο>ncl.ac.uk