FuMaSSEC
Crystal structure of a nano-porous solid, showing channels which may be used for fuel storage.

PhD research project areas:

New gas and fuel storage devices and portals.

New functional magnetic arrays that are responsive to guest inclusion acting as sensors for gaseous species.

Materials for electronic applications especially as Field Effect Transistors.

Functional materials for catalysis, including hydrogen activation and production.

Materials that will target pollutants such as CO2 and sulphur-based contaminants for environmental clean-up.

FuMaSSEC: Overview of Ph.D. Training Programme

The FUMASSEC consortium brings together the University of Nottingham, UK, the Université Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France, and the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (CSIC) in the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. The consortium aims to train PhD-level personnel to the highest possible levels in a range of high profile interdisciplinary projects using multifunctional nanomaterials for sustainable development.

Details

FuMaSSEC supports 12 Ph.D. degree projects in nanomaterials/inorganic chemistry and catalysts plus related training. Each early stage researcher will have two supervisors, one primary from the 'Home' host and a second from another discipline/centre, thus emphasizing the cross-disciplinarity, team working and culture of the EST. Some Fellows will work at all 3 centres depending upon how their individual projects develop.

Chemistry montage, c. University of Nottingham.