PhD Projects

This page lists PhD Projects* for which applications are invited.

* The projects listed under the Ion Beam Centre are some of their current PhD projects which should give you an idea as to the research currently being undertaken. Similar projects on these themes are available for students to apply for.

Ion Beam Centre

Title	Supervisor
Computer Simulation of Cluster/Molecule Surface Impacts	Roger Webb
Computer Simulation of keV Cluster Interaction with Molecular Solids	Roger Webb
Micro-nucleii as a biodosimetric marker for non-clonogenic cells	Karen Kirkby
The Interaction of MeV and keV Cluster Ions with Multilayer Molecular Materials
Trace element analysis in cells and tissues	Karen Kirkby

Nanoelectronics Centre

Title	Supervisor
Applications of high efficiency rare-earth doped phosphors	Richard J Curry
Carbon Based Electronics	Ravi Silva
Functionalised metal-oxide nanowires	Maxim Shkunov
Large Area Electronics	Ravi Silva
Magneto-optical studies of doped semiconductor nanocrystals for advanced optoelectronic and spintronic applications	Richard J Curry
Nanoelectronic Devices: High Power Electron Sources	David Carey
Nanostructured Materials by Laser processing	David Carey
Nanotechnology: Applications of Carbon Nanotube-Composites	Ravi Silva
Nanotechnology in Action: Carbon Nanotube Composites	David Carey
Non-Equilibrium Doping of Amorphous Chalcogendies	Richard J Curry
Studies of Graphene	David Carey
Towards rollable displays: printed electronics	Maxim Shkunov
Transport in Electron Systems	David Carey

Photonics

Title	Supervisor
A radical approach to temperature insensitive photonic materials and devices	Stephen Sweeney
Broad Band Light Sources for Optical Coherence Tomography	Stephen Sweeney
Carbon Nanotube Photonics	Jeremy Allam
Compound semiconductors for next generation electronic and photonic devices	Stephen Sweeney
Femtosecond Studies of Photonic Devices	Jeremy Allam
High field spectroscopy and uses of maximum entropy for spectral data processing	Ben Murdin
Measurement of spin polarised photocurrents in topological insulators	Steven Clowes
Metal Enhanced Intramolecular Charge-transfer: Fundamental Investigation of a New Structural and Electronic Motif in Non-linear Optics	Peter Jarowski
Probing the Effect of Non-planarity on the Absorptivity and Fluorescence of Aggregation Induced Emitters	Peter Jarowski
Quantum Cascades based on silicon	Ben Murdin
Self-Induced Transparency and Solitons in Semiconductor Microcavities	Jeremy Allam
Silicon compatible III-V lasers for optical computing and optical interconnects	Stephen Sweeney
Single cycle terahertz pulses for spectroscopy of single atoms in semiconductors	Ben Murdin
Surface gated InSb structures for spintronic applications	Steven Clowes
Towards optical readout of the spin and orbit state of a single atom in a silicon chip	Ben Murdin
T-ray spectroscopy of handed molecules	Ben Murdin

Theory and Advanced Computation (TAC)

Title	Supervisor
Collective dynamics and coherence in hybrid cavity-spins ensembles	Eran Ginossar
Nanomechanics of Graphene	David Faux
Optimal coherent control for quantum information processing	Eran Ginossar
Physics and applications of hyperuniform disordered photonic materials	Marian Florescu
Single-photon sources in photonic band gap materials	Marian Florescu
Squeezing and theoretical quantum optics in circuit quantum electrodynamics	Eran Ginossar
Thermal radiation control with microstructured photonic materials	Marian Florescu

PhD Projects

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Nanoelectronics Centre

Photonics

Theory and Advanced Computation (TAC)

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