School of Chemistry - Monodisperse Star-Shaped Organic Molecules: How Big Can We Go?

A fully-funded PhD studentship in the field of organic electronics is available in the Skabara Research Group at the University of Glasgow (please see the group website: https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/chemistry/research/researchgroups/peteskabaragroup/). The Skabara Research group is broadly involved in all aspects of organic semiconductors, from design and synthesis, all the way through to device fabrication and testing. Our lab is well resourced with several fume cupboards for synthetic work, as well as in-house facilities for absorption spectroscopy, cyclic voltammetry, thermal analysis and device fabrication/characterisation.

Previously we have synthesised a series of star-shaped oligofluorene truxene materials that show excellent behaviour as emissive materials (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.accounts.9b00129). This project aims to look at the design and synthesis of such star-shaped materials featuring the beta-phase - a metastable state that has unique and beneficial charge transport properties.

The project is expected to start in October 2019 (or a mutually agreeable date). Candidates should be highly motivated and enthusiastic, and hold (or expect to hold at the start date) a 1st class or upper 2nd class MSc/MChem/BSc (or equivalent) in a related discipline (e.g., chemistry, materials science, etc.). This project would suit someone with experience in synthetic materials chemistry but candidates with alternative experience would be considered. Due to the nature of the funding, candidates with UK/EU status are eligible to apply.

The closing date for these positions is August 9th, 2019. Anyone who is interested should contact Pete by email ([Email Address Removed]) with a copy of your CV (2 pages max) and a cover letter stating why you want to join the Skabara group at the University of Glasgow.