Chemistry: Fully Funded Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol PhD Scholarship:
- Phd
- Funding covers UK tuition fees plus stipend
- 17 July 2020
As a condition of the Scholarship the doctoral dissertation is expected to beĀ researched and written in Welsh. The Scholarship holder will be expected to undertake some Welsh medium teaching within the Chemistry Department.
In this project, the photo- and spin physics of polarised light emission in radical materials will be investigated for organic electronics. Unlike most organic materials which contain all-paired electronics, the radicalsā unpaired electron has a quantum mechanical property called spin which gives rise to magnetism and ādoubletā character. We have shown that their spin properties can be combined with strong luminescence to make highly efficient organic light-emitting diodes for converting electricity to light [1,2]: more efficient than non-radical counterparts that have been used to date. The student will explore novel functionality to advance the state of the art in organic optoelectronics.
[1] Ai, X, Evans, E. W., Dong, S., Gillett, A. J., Guo, H., Chen, Y., Hele, T. J. H., Friend, R. H., Li, F.,Ā Nature, 2018,Ā 563, 536-540.
[2] Abdurahman, A., Hele, T. J. H., Gu, Q., Zhang, J., Peng, Q., Zhang, M., Friend, R. H., Li, F., Evans, E. W.Ā Nature Materials, 2020.
Swansea University
Swansea, is a coastal city and county, officially known as the City and County of Swansea in Wales.
Eligibility
Candidates should hold a minimum of an upper second class (2:1) honours degree: Chemistry, Physics, Materials Science, Engineering or related subjects.
Benefits
This scholarship covers the full cost of UK tuition fees and an annual stipend of £15,285.
Application
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