Postgraduate Scholarship in Chemistry Focusing on Smart Polymer Materials

肯特大学(坎特伯雷校区)超分子、界面和合成化学(SISC)小组的西蒙·霍尔德博士的实验室有一个受资助的聚合物化学博士职位。智能材料是一种性能和行为可以通过外部刺激(如温度、光、湿度和压力)改变的材料，具有许多潜在的应用，特别是在软机器人、药物输送和传感器方面。由于聚合物比单分子(通常长度为10到100纳米)大得多，例如，由于聚合物链沿线和链之间的协同效应，其性质在光照或温度变化时的变化往往比单分子大得多。因此，聚合物是未来智能材料应用技术的理想候选者。本项目将专注于新型聚合物和共聚物的设计和合成，包括合成、表征和研究它们的性能，包括它们的自组装(超分子)行为。将提供实验室合成、聚合物表征技术(如核磁共振和凝胶渗透色谱)以及物理性质测量(如DSC(差示扫描量热法)、TEM(透射电子显微镜)和DLS(动态光散射))的所有方面的培训。

A funded PhD position is available in the field of Polymer Chemistry in the laboratory of Dr Simon Holder in the Supramolecular, Interfacial and Synthetic Chemistry (SISC) Group at the University of Kent (Canterbury campus).Smart materials, materials whose properties and behaviour can be altered by external stimuli such as temperature, light, moisture and stress have many potential applications particularly in soft robotics, drug delivery and sensors. Since polymers are substantially larger than simple molecules (typically 10 to 100 nanometres in length) changes in their properties upon light irradiation or change in temperature for instance, are often considerably greater than for simple molecules as a consequence of cooperative effects along and between polymer chains. Thus polymers are ideal candidates for future technologies in smart material applications.This project will focus on the design and synthesis of novel polymers and copolymers and involve synthesis, characterisation and studies of their properties including their self-assembling (supramolecular) behaviour. Training will be provided in all aspects of laboratory synthesis, characterisation techniques for polymers such as NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance and GPC (gel permeation chromatography) and physical property measurements such as DSC (differential scanning calorimetry), TEM (transmission electron microscopy) and DLS (dynamic light scattering)