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Prof Conny Rodenburg, Dr C Holland
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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
A fully funded studentship including fees and stipend of £14,553 p.a. for three years is available to work on “Unspinning Spider Silk’s Strength via nanoscale experimental reconstruction of a silk fibres processing history”
This project forms an integral part of a larger EPSRC funded project: SEE MORE: SECONDARY ELECTRON EMISSION - MICROSCOPY FOR ORGANICS WITH RELIABLE ENGINEERING-PROPERTIES
You will be embedded in a group of researchers, working with different industrial partners, as well as benefiting from additional personal development (e.g. for media training, international & inter-disciplinary collaborations).
Your specific research contribution will be in implementing and applying machine learning to Imaging and Spectral Data Analysis to novel scanning electron based characterisation techniques, pioneered in Sheffield as well to advanced mechanical test data. This will enable you to link extracted structural and chemical information to mechanical behavior on multiple length scales with the aim of establishing a mechanical model of spider silk fibers, and ultimately, design rules for men-made complex hierarchical materials. You will have access to state-of the-art equipment, unique to Sheffield and a wide network of international collaborators.
This project forms an integral part of a larger EPSRC funded project: SEE MORE: SECONDARY ELECTRON EMISSION - MICROSCOPY FOR ORGANICS WITH RELIABLE ENGINEERING-PROPERTIES
You will be embedded in a group of researchers, working with different industrial partners, as well as benefiting from additional personal development (e.g. for media training, international & inter-disciplinary collaborations).
Your specific research contribution will be in implementing and applying machine learning to Imaging and Spectral Data Analysis to novel scanning electron based characterisation techniques, pioneered in Sheffield as well to advanced mechanical test data. This will enable you to link extracted structural and chemical information to mechanical behavior on multiple length scales with the aim of establishing a mechanical model of spider silk fibers, and ultimately, design rules for men-made complex hierarchical materials. You will have access to state-of the-art equipment, unique to Sheffield and a wide network of international collaborators.
Funding Notes
This project would suit a candidate with a 1st or 2:1 Bachelor or Masters degree in any of the following: materials science, physics or chemistry, engineering or related subjects. To be eligible for the studentship, you must either be a U.K. citizen or a European Union national who has been resident in the UK for at least 3 years prior to starting the degree.
References
Masters et al, “Sub-nanometre resolution imaging of polymer-fullerene photovoltaic blends using energy-filtered scanning electron microscopy”, Nature communications (2015)
Kumar et al. “Nanoscale Mapping of Bromide Segregation on the Cross Sections of Complex Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaic Films Using Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging in a Scanning Electron Microscope”, ACS Omega (2017)
Wan et al, “ Mapping Nanostructural Variations in Silk by Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging”, Advanced Materials (2017)
Koeppel, A. and Holland, C. “Progress and Trends in Artificial Silk Spinning: A Systematic Review”, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering (2017)
Guan, J. et al, “Glass transitions in native silk fibres studied by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis”, Soft Matter (2016)
Kumar et al. “Nanoscale Mapping of Bromide Segregation on the Cross Sections of Complex Hybrid Perovskite Photovoltaic Films Using Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging in a Scanning Electron Microscope”, ACS Omega (2017)
Wan et al, “ Mapping Nanostructural Variations in Silk by Secondary Electron Hyperspectral Imaging”, Advanced Materials (2017)
Koeppel, A. and Holland, C. “Progress and Trends in Artificial Silk Spinning: A Systematic Review”, ACS Biomaterials Science and Engineering (2017)
Guan, J. et al, “Glass transitions in native silk fibres studied by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis”, Soft Matter (2016)
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