Polymer Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students

Environmentally friendly antibiofouling coatings for marine applications

University of Liverpool School of Engineering

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Net Zero Maritime Energy solutions (N0MES) has a 4-year funded PhD place available for an exceptional researcher. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R D'Sa, Dr J Hanson

20 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Antifouling membranes for sustainable water purification and desalination

University of Liverpool School of Engineering

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Net Zero Maritime Energy solutions (N0MES) has a 4-year funded PhD place available for an exceptional researcher. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R D'Sa, Dr HN Ng

20 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Accelerated Inorganic Materials Discovery Driven by Magnetic Resonance

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

This studentship will explore experimental and computational Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectroscopy approaches to probe the fast oxide ion transport (e.g., self-diffusion coefficients, diffusion pathways, dimensionality of motion) of oxide in inorganic materials aimed at establishing design rules for the discovery of next generation fast conductors. Read more

Supervisors: Prof F Blanc, Dr M Dyer

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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ZENITH PhD Project: Development of polymeric composites for enhanced porosity and scalability of hydrogen storage

University of Bath Department of Chemistry

The Department of Chemistry at the University of Bath is inviting applications for this funded PhD project expected to commence in September 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Kopeć, Prof A D Burrows, Prof T J Mays, Prof C R Bowen

30 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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High-Throughput Soft Matter Characterisation for Formulation Discovery

University of Liverpool School of Engineering

Direct Ink Writing (DIW), extrusion-based 3D printing, is a rapidly developing processing technique for additive manufacturing of advanced, functional materials into complex designs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr WS Sharratt, Dr E García-Tuñón, Dr V Kurlin

12 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in Exploiting Coccolith Scaffolds for Engineered Micro-devices

University of Galway College of Science and Engineering

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time funded PhD scholarship starting in September 2024 affiliated to the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences, College of Science and Engineering at the University of Galway. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Lomora

23 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD in Sustainable Rubber Chemistry and Technology

University of Warwick WMG

Rubbers are ubiquitous materials in modern society and have played important roles across industries. As the key component to connecting the vehicle to the road, the performance of the tyre directly determines the fuel efficiency, wear emission, and safety. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Wan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of polymerisation-induced self-assembly (PISA) systems for mechanochemical transformations

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

Block copolymers (BCPs) have potential in applications ranging from drug delivery to sensing or functional coatings due to their ability to form a wide range of controlled self-assembled nanostructures in solution. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L A Fielding, Dr N Fox

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Digital Exploration of Novel Polymeric Materials for Structural Composites

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

Structural composites materials are used in a vast number of applications from aerospace to sport and recreation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Berry, Dr T Hasell

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Enabling blue osmotic–green hydrogen energy coupling

University of Adelaide School of Chemical Engineering

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Supervisor: Assoc Prof AS Santos

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Intelligent Lab-on-a-Chip Biodevices with Integrated Bioelectronics and Robotic Control for Automated Multiplexed Testing

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Rujie Sun; Professor Morgan Hywel. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Sun

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Accelerating energy landscape exploration through optimisation, approximation and parallelisation

University of Liverpool School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science

Many heuristic methods (random walks, probabilistic selection, genetic algorithms) for energy landscape exploration in Crystal Structure Prediction (CSP) [1] are very important material discovery tools [2]. Read more

Supervisor: Prof I Potapov

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Deploying safer robot chemists in real laboratory environments

University of Liverpool School of Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Science

Robotic chemists [1] are a totally new and disruptive development in human-centric labs, and these systems are already beginning to carry out complex experiments that require skills beyond sample transportation (e.g., sample weighing [2] and scraping samples from vials [3]. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Pizzuto

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Predictive molecular models of high-performance elastomers in demanding environments

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

High-performance elastomers enable some of the most sophisticated modern technology. They are designed to operate in the often-punishing environments such as those encountered in aerospace industries. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Boulatov

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of bespoke algorithms for autonomous optimisation in flow

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

A key challenge in materials science is how to efficiently and sustainably arrive at the optimal conditions for material production. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Slater

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Computationally driving automated functional materials discovery for net zero technologies with machine reasoning and decision-making

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

This project, suited to a student with a Computer Science or Mathematics background, will formally define the nature and consequences of the decisions that need to be made in the automated workflow and identify both the optimal combination of existing methods and tools to accelerate discovery and the gaps in capability that currently exist. Read more

Supervisors: Prof RIJ Ibsen-Jensen, Prof M J Rosseinsky

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Automated experimental functional materials discovery for net zero technologies

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

The discovery of materials that will drive technologies for the net zero transition, such as batteries, solar absorbers, rare-earth-free magnets for wind power and myriad other unmet needs, is a scientific and societal grand challenge that requires experimental realisation of materials in the laboratory. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M J Rosseinsky

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Non-Metal Organic Frameworks for proton and ion conduction

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

We have recently developed a novel class of porous materials, non-metal organic frameworks [1], that display remarkable proton and ion conduction properties. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A I Cooper, Dr LJ Hardwick

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Explaining structure-property relations in the materials space

University of Liverpool Department of Chemistry

This project aims to explain important materials properties from geometric invariants of crystal structures. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Kurlin, Prof A I Cooper

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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High-throughput first-principle simulations of charge transport in organic semiconductors

University of Liverpool Department of Mathematical Sciences

This project focuses on application of first-principle, fully quantum simulation methods such as Hybrid Monte-Carlo to study charge transport in a vast class of quasi-2D molecular organic semiconductors (rubrene, pentacene, and >4000 other materials). Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Buividovich, Prof A Troisi

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Targeting glycans on the outside of cells, as new therapeutics

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Most drugs have intracellular targets (proteins etc). This creates a barrier to how to target a cell, and then get the drug inside the cell. Read more

Supervisor: Prof m Gibson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Fully-funded PhD Studentship in Controlling Transport of Colloidal Particles in Complex Fluids in Microfluidic Devices

Lancaster University School of Engineering

Supervisors. Primary supervisor. Dr Naval Singh, School of Engineering (Chemical Engineering). Secondary supervisor. Dr John Hardy, Department of Chemistry. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Singh, Dr J Hardy

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Investigating Nanoscale Network Polymer Degradation

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

Research Group: Polymers and Composites

Network polymers are widely deployed as the matrix in structural composites and high-performance pigmented protective coatings. Surprisingly however, many fundamental aspects of how the properties and structure of these materials degrade upon exposure to the environment remains unknown. Read more

Supervisor: Miss SM Morsch

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of formaldehyde-free biobased adhesives based on by-product proteins

Université Laval Sciences du bois et de la foret

The wood-based composite panel industry is an evolving sector that is constantly seeking to adapt to consumer needs and regulations on volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions. Read more

Supervisor: Prof VL Landry

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Fouling Control of Water Treatment Membranes through Optimal and Sustainable Cleaning Strategies

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Membrane fouling – the deposition of organic and inorganic matter on the membrane surface – is a major technical obstacle affecting membrane-based water treatment processes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Romero-Vargas Castrillon, Prof A Lips

19 June 2024 PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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Organic coatings microstructure: insights from molecular simulations

The University of Manchester Department of Chemical Engineering

Watching paint dry can be fascinating. Painting a room can make it aesthetically pleasing, but paints can do much more than just please the eyes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Siperstein

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Nanomedicines Prepared using Polymerization Induced Self-Assembly (PISA)

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Background. Recent advances in polymer particle design have largely relied on developments in controlled/living or reversible deactivation radical polymerization (RDRP). Read more

Supervisor: Prof F Aldabbagh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD Position in Fundamental and Applied Chemistry of PN Cages

Dalhousie University Chemistry

Background. Our group explores geometrically interesting molecules for fundamental and functional chemistry. One area of focus is the development of scaffolds from which substituents can be reliably extended with well-defined bond angles and lengths. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Chitnis

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Visualising Molecular Doping in Conjugated Polymers

University of Birmingham School of Chemistry

Visualising Molecular Doping in Conjugated Polymers. A fully funded 3.5 years PhD position in the field of experimental nanoscience at surfaces and molecular imaging of conjugated polymers is available in the group of Prof. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Costantini

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD position in Organometallic Catalysis: New Catalytic Methods for Green Organic Synthesis / CO2 utilisation / Plastic Recycling

University of St Andrews School of Chemistry

About the Project. Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position to work in the lab of Dr. Amit Kumar at the School of Chemistry, University of St. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Kumar

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 35 Polymer Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students

Polymer Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students

We have 35 Polymer Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students

Environmentally friendly antibiofouling coatings for marine applications

Antifouling membranes for sustainable water purification and desalination

Accelerated Inorganic Materials Discovery Driven by Magnetic Resonance

ZENITH PhD Project: Development of polymeric composites for enhanced porosity and scalability of hydrogen storage

High-Throughput Soft Matter Characterisation for Formulation Discovery

Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in Exploiting Coccolith Scaffolds for Engineered Micro-devices

PhD in Sustainable Rubber Chemistry and Technology

Development of polymerisation-induced self-assembly (PISA) systems for mechanochemical transformations

Digital Exploration of Novel Polymeric Materials for Structural Composites

Enabling blue osmotic–green hydrogen energy coupling

Intelligent Lab-on-a-Chip Biodevices with Integrated Bioelectronics and Robotic Control for Automated Multiplexed Testing

Accelerating energy landscape exploration through optimisation, approximation and parallelisation

Deploying safer robot chemists in real laboratory environments

Predictive molecular models of high-performance elastomers in demanding environments

Development of bespoke algorithms for autonomous optimisation in flow

Computationally driving automated functional materials discovery for net zero technologies with machine reasoning and decision-making

Automated experimental functional materials discovery for net zero technologies

Non-Metal Organic Frameworks for proton and ion conduction

Explaining structure-property relations in the materials space

High-throughput first-principle simulations of charge transport in organic semiconductors

Targeting glycans on the outside of cells, as new therapeutics

Fully-funded PhD Studentship in Controlling Transport of Colloidal Particles in Complex Fluids in Microfluidic Devices

Investigating Nanoscale Network Polymer Degradation

Development of formaldehyde-free biobased adhesives based on by-product proteins

Fouling Control of Water Treatment Membranes through Optimal and Sustainable Cleaning Strategies

Organic coatings microstructure: insights from molecular simulations

Nanomedicines Prepared using Polymerization Induced Self-Assembly (PISA)

PhD Position in Fundamental and Applied Chemistry of PN Cages

Visualising Molecular Doping in Conjugated Polymers

PhD position in Organometallic Catalysis: New Catalytic Methods for Green Organic Synthesis / CO2 utilisation / Plastic Recycling

We have 35 Polymer Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students

Polymer Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students

We have 35 Polymer Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students

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