The Chemical Physics Of Nucleation

Applications are invited for a 3 to 4 year PhD studentship under the supervision of Prof Klaas Wynne possibly associated with the Doctoral Training Centre for Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation. The chemical physics of crystal nucleation is of great fundamental and practical importance but is yet poorly understood. It is therefore one of the grand challenges on the border between physics, chemistry, and chemical engineering. We will apply a number of experimental techniques to elucidate early nucleation phenomena. These include femtosecond optical Kerr effect (OKE) spectroscopy, femtosecond IR pump-probe and 2D-IR spectroscopy, light scattering, Raman microscopy, and confocal fluorescence microscopy (including fluorescence lifetime imaging). We are now looking for a PhD student to complement this work focussing either on the ultrafast or the microscopy experiments depending on preference and experience.

Informal enquiries can be made to: Prof Klaas Wynne, School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ, t: (0141) 330-8522, e: [Email Address Removed], u: http://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/staff/wynne/