Theoretical Physics (storage) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Discovery of new sustainable permanent magnets for electric motors and generators

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Condensed matter and materials physics

High-performance permanent magnets are needed for electric motors and generators which are essential for the decarbonisation of transport (land, sea and air) and energy generation (>25% of UK electricity comes from wind-turbines). Read more

Supervisors: Prof K McKenna, Dr S Cavill, Dr X Zhao

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

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Metamaterials PhD Studentship - 2024/25 entry

University of Exeter College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences

Exeter's Centre for Metamaterials Research and Innovation (CMRI) is a community of academic, industrial, and governmental partners that harnesses world-leading research excellence from theory to application, and enables simulation, measurement, and fabrication of metamaterials and metamaterial-based devices. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A P Hibbins

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

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Design and control of nanoparticle structuring and self-organisation

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Nature forms many materials which possess intricate structures on length scales from nanometres to many microns, which are important in applications ranging from biological systems to porous materials for energy storage. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Lue

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Intracellular Capillarity of Biomolecular Condensates

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

The emerging role of biomolecular condensates formed through a liquid-liquid phase separation process inside biological cells is driving a paradigm change in our understanding of cellular organisation. Read more

Supervisors: Prof HK Kusumaatmaja, Dr R Ledesma Aguilar

16 January 2025 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Metamaterials and Nano-Machines Driven with Light

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Eric Plum, Nikolay Zheludev. Project description. The balance among elastic, electromagnetic and quantum forces changes dramatically at the nanometre scale. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Plum

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

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New Optics Beyond Hertzian Waves: Anapoles and Flying Donuts

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Nikitas Papasimakis, Nikolay Zheludev. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Papasimakis

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

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Photonic time crystals

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Kevin MacDonald, Nikolay Zheludev. Project description. Time crystals are an eagerly sought phase of matter in which time-translation symmetry is broken. Read more

Supervisor: Prof K MacDonald

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

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Picophotonics: The Science of Light-Matter Interactions at Sub-atomic Scale

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Kevin MacDonald, Nikolay Zheludev. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Prof K MacDonald

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

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Antimatter Chemistry: computational studies of matter-antimatter interactions

Aberdeen University School of Natural and Computing Sciences

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Law, Dr W T A Harrison

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Foam Hadron Collider

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Microfluidic devices involving small droplets or bubbles flowing along narrow channels are becoming increasingly important, not least in the context Covid-19 testing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Grassia

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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We have 10 Theoretical Physics (storage) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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