Semiconductors (work) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Vapour Deposited Perovskites for High Performance Multi-Junction Photovoltaic Devices

King’s College London Department of Physics

Metal-halide perovskite based solar cells have now achieved a light to electricity conversion efficiency of 26.1%, making them the leading emerging thin-film solar cell material. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Patel

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

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New, nanoscale insights into perovskite solar cells for clean energy solutions

University of Sheffield Department of Physics and Astronomy

To mitigate the worst impacts of climate change we need to switch to renewable, low-carbon electricity and we need to be able to store and transport this energy to ensure it can be accessed by all. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Ramadan

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Search for new physics with LHC data and developing ultra-fast silicon detectors

University of Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy

We have one fully-funded place for a new PhD student to join our LHCb team, working in the particle physics group at the University of Birmingham, exploring the latest LHC data collected with the LHCb experiment. Read more

Supervisors: Prof Nigel Watson, Dr D Johnson

28 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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On-Chip Quantum AI Hardware

University of Southampton Optoelectronics Research Centre

Our vision is to develop a new generation of AI and quantum hardware based on on-chip integrated photonic and nanoelectronic systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y.N Noori

22 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Physics and Applications of Semiconductor Quantum-Dot Spin Qubits

University of Sussex School of Mathematical & Physical Sciences

PhD studentship in the Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics Group. Type of award. Postgraduate Research. PhD project. The Project. Read more

Supervisor: Dr EC Chekhovich

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

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Levitating electron spin qubits on solid neon

UNSW Sydney School of Physics

Levitating electrons on noble gases are a promising system for scalable quantum information processing, where the exquisitely clean environment allows for… Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Cassidy

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

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Heterogeneously Integrated Smart Tag for Autonomous Nanomaterial Sensing and Drug Delivery Monitoring (HIS-SAND)

King’s College London School of Natural & Mathematical Sciences

The NHS's ambitious goal to reach net zero by 2040, with an 80% reduction target by 2028-2032, underscores the challenge of mitigating the carbon footprint in areas like patient monitoring and drug delivery. Read more

Supervisors: Dr CS Song, Prof M Thanou, Dr KX Xu

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Spin-sensitive diagnosis of next-generation organic photovoltaic materials

University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering

Organic semiconductors hold great promise for photovoltaics due to their ability to be processed cheaply at scale, and in lightweight and flexible modules. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Bayliss

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

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Reshaping our Modern Transistors with 2D Materials

University of Southampton Optoelectronics Research Centre

Our vision is to develop a new generation of transistors based on 2D materials for applications that underpin our societal telecommunications, computing and sensing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y.N Noori

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

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NEXT GENERATION MINIATURIZED OPTICAL SOURCES

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Massimiliano Guasoni (supervisor), Cosimo Lacava (co-supervisor). Project description. This PhD project aims to open new frontiers in nanophotonics by designing and fabricating a new class of miniaturized optical sources. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Guasoni

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

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Shaping light at the nanoscale with dielectric nanoantennas

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Massimiliano Guasoni (supervisor), Cosimo Lacava (co-supervisor). Project description. In the last decade, nanophotonics has emerged as one of the most important research fields in optics. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Guasoni

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

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Multimode fibre lasers

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Massimiliano Guasoni, Lin Xu, David Richardson. Project description. Multimode optical fibres have recently emerged as a promising breakthrough technology to boost the data transmission speed of the Internet network to unprecedented levels. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Guasoni

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

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