Inorganic Materials Chemistry

无机材料化学

• 批准号: 2455782
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University of Kent
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2020 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2455782
• 关键词: Inorganic; Materials; Chemistry

A funded PhD position is available in the field of inorganic material chemistry exploring the development of new ferroelectric materials based on molecular building blocks. Such hybrid materials, including metal-organic frameworks, combine inorganic and organic building blocks into extended solids and have been recently shown to exhibit functional electronic properties comparable to the best functional solids promising future uses in sensing, data storage and energy harvesting applications. This is facilitated by their tremendous compositional flexibility, leading to unique architectures that enable new routes to optimised functional properties. This project will explore the smart design of optimised ferroelectric hybrids with potential uses in sensing, data storage and energy harvesting. This will be achieved by establishing rules for optimising both their supramolecular host-guest interactions and structural distortions, key to their functional properties. This project will involve the synthesis of hybrid inorganic-organic materials, their structural characterisation using powder and single crystal X-ray and neutron diffraction and electronic and magnetic property measurements. Full training will be provided in all aspects to enable you to build a deep knowledge of both ferroelectric hybrid materials and the use of synthetic and analytical techniques used to make and characterise them. The project will also involve collaboration with other UK research groups with expertise in these areas and research at central facilities, such as the ISIS Neutron and Muon Source. This will enable you to experience working within a network of world-leading scientists.

一个资助的博士学位是在无机材料化学领域，探索基于分子构建块的新铁电材料的发展。这种杂化材料，包括金属-有机骨架，将联合收割机无机和有机结构单元结合成扩展固体，并且最近已经显示出与最佳功能固体相当的功能电子性质，其在传感、数据存储和能量收集应用中有前途的未来用途。这得益于其巨大的组成灵活性，从而形成独特的结构，使新的路线能够优化功能特性。该项目将探索优化的铁电混合物的智能设计，在传感，数据存储和能量收集方面具有潜在的用途。这将通过建立优化其超分子主客体相互作用和结构扭曲的规则来实现，这是其功能特性的关键。该项目将涉及无机-有机混合材料的合成，利用粉末和单晶X射线和中子衍射以及电子和磁性测量对其结构进行表征。将在各个方面提供全面的培训，使您能够深入了解铁电混合材料以及用于制造和制造它们的合成和分析技术的使用。该项目还将涉及与其他英国研究小组的合作，这些研究小组在这些领域具有专业知识，并在中央设施进行研究，如ISIS中子和μ子源。这将使您能够体验在世界领先的科学家网络中工作。