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Prof D Shchukin
Dr G Teobaldi
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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
Supervisors: Prof. Dmitry Shchukin and Dr. Gilberto Teobaldi
Applications are invited for a graduate to join the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, UK for a funded 42 month period of research leading to the award of PhD.
PhD project contributes to the development of a novel generation of heat storage materials by applying nanoencapsulation approach for control over the heat uptake and release on demand and to decrease the size of heat storage unit to nanometer range thus attaining it high energy capacity values due to high surface-to-volume ratio and structural homogeneity. Key to the functioning of nanocapsules is the structure and electronic properties of the encapsulated material-shell and shell-environment interfaces. Atomically resolved insight into such interfaces is effectively non-existing, which is the knowledge gap the theory part of this project aims to contribute to.
The project will involve:
- Investigation of physico-chemical properties and structure of nanoencapsulated energy materials. Here, diffraction based methods, electron microscopy with elemental mapping, FTIR and confocal Raman microscopy will be employed for characterisation of nanodispersed energy-enriched material.
- Development of Molecular Mechanics (MM) based description of the nanocapsule (inner, outer) interfaces. The MM parameterisations to be developed will be used to investigate dynamical structure of the nanocapsule-interfaces. Linear-scaling Density Functional Theory modeling will provide access to the effects of the interface dynamics on the interface electronic structure.
- Study of energy and mass transfer between encapsulated materials and environment. Here, differential scanning calorimetry, scanning thermal microscopy and special 3-layer-calorimetry will be applied for study of the heat storage and release
Creative and highly motivated applicants from UK/EU are encouraged to apply. A degree (First or Upper Second) in chemistry, chemical engineering or materials science is required. A background in nanotechnology, physical or polymer chemistry would be an advantage.
The initial studentship stipend is £13,590 per year.
To apply please send a copy of your curriculum vitae and contact details for two referees to:
Prof. Dmitry Shchukin ([Email Address Removed]) and Dr. Gilberto Teobaldi ([Email Address Removed]).
The closing date for receipt of applications is 1st August 2013.
The position is available from 1st October 2013.
Applications are invited for a graduate to join the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy, Department of Chemistry, University of Liverpool, UK for a funded 42 month period of research leading to the award of PhD.
PhD project contributes to the development of a novel generation of heat storage materials by applying nanoencapsulation approach for control over the heat uptake and release on demand and to decrease the size of heat storage unit to nanometer range thus attaining it high energy capacity values due to high surface-to-volume ratio and structural homogeneity. Key to the functioning of nanocapsules is the structure and electronic properties of the encapsulated material-shell and shell-environment interfaces. Atomically resolved insight into such interfaces is effectively non-existing, which is the knowledge gap the theory part of this project aims to contribute to.
The project will involve:
- Investigation of physico-chemical properties and structure of nanoencapsulated energy materials. Here, diffraction based methods, electron microscopy with elemental mapping, FTIR and confocal Raman microscopy will be employed for characterisation of nanodispersed energy-enriched material.
- Development of Molecular Mechanics (MM) based description of the nanocapsule (inner, outer) interfaces. The MM parameterisations to be developed will be used to investigate dynamical structure of the nanocapsule-interfaces. Linear-scaling Density Functional Theory modeling will provide access to the effects of the interface dynamics on the interface electronic structure.
- Study of energy and mass transfer between encapsulated materials and environment. Here, differential scanning calorimetry, scanning thermal microscopy and special 3-layer-calorimetry will be applied for study of the heat storage and release
Creative and highly motivated applicants from UK/EU are encouraged to apply. A degree (First or Upper Second) in chemistry, chemical engineering or materials science is required. A background in nanotechnology, physical or polymer chemistry would be an advantage.
The initial studentship stipend is £13,590 per year.
To apply please send a copy of your curriculum vitae and contact details for two referees to:
Prof. Dmitry Shchukin ([Email Address Removed]) and Dr. Gilberto Teobaldi ([Email Address Removed]).
The closing date for receipt of applications is 1st August 2013.
The position is available from 1st October 2013.
Project supervisors
Career overview
Professor Dmitry Shchukin received his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2002. He worked as an assistant researcher at Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France in 2001, followed by a position as an associate researcher at the Institute of Micromanufacturing at Louisiana Tech University in the USA from 2003 to 2004. He also served as an associate researcher at the Department of Interfaces at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Germany from 2002 and again from 2004 to 2005. Subsequently, he was appointed as a Group Leader at the same department at the Max Planck Institute from 2006 to 2012. Currently, he is a Professor of Chemistry at the Stephenson Institute for Renewable Energy within the Department of Chemistry at the University of Liverpool. His main scientific interests include hollow nanocontainers, active nanoenvironment, and interfacial sonochemistry. Professor Shchukin is the author of over 210 research papers, including 19 review articles and 13 book chapters, and holds 8 patents related to encapsulation technology. He has received the Brian Mercer Feasibility Award and the ERC Consolidator fellowship.
Research interests
Professor Shchukin''s research primarily focuses on hollow nanocontainers, active nanoenvironment, and interfacial sonochemistry. He has authored over 210 research papers, including 19 review articles and 13 book chapters, and holds 8 patents related to encapsulation technology. His recent accolades include the Brian Mercer Feasibility Award and the ERC Consolidator fellowship.
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