Further Information:

PhD Applicants

We are currently looking to recruit able and enthusiastic PhD students to work in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance, in particular on Proton Tunnelling in the Hydrogen Bond and on the use of hyperpolarised species for use in medical and material sciences.

Proton Tunnelling in the Hydrogen Bond

Prof A J Horsewill

The specialised techniques of field-cycling nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy will be applied to the study of proton tunnelling in a variety of molecular structures in the solid state at low temperature. This will include proton transfer in the hydrogen bond, a process important to the Life Sciences. The relationship between quantum and classical dynamics will be investigated. The postgraduate student will be actively involved in the development of a new fast field-cycling NMR spectrometer together with possibilities for neutron scattering in Grenoble, France.

Hyperpolarised Xenon

Dr John Owers-Bradley and Prof A J Horsewill

Laser polarised Xe-129 is being used to study solid surfaces and liquids by nuclear magnetic resonance.

Further information is available on our admissions pages. Contact the postgraduate admissions secretary Helen Smith for more details.