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Materials Chemistry

Course details

University Name
The Open University
Department
Department of Chemistry and Analytical Science
Course Title
Materials Chemistry
Qualification, duration, mode
PhD 36FT 72PT variableDL*MPhil 15FT 24PT variableDL
Months of entry
October
Entry requirements
PhD: The normal minimum entrance requirement is an upper second class honours degree or master's degree, relevant to the proposed area of study, from a recognised higher education institution in the UK. You should also have experience of academic research in the previous four years, normally in the form of either a master's degree in research methods, an undergraduate degree with a research element in the final year, or work-related experience with evidence through research reports. If you're not sure if you meet the entry requirements, please contact us (research-degrees-team@open.ac.uk).
MPhil: see http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ for more information.
Funding
Please see The Open University website http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/ for more information.
Course description
Professor Peter Taylor is internationally known for his work on substitution pathways at silicon centres. This has resulted in the development of novel silsesquioxane cage materials and caged fluoride ion compounds. The work on enzymic methods of organosilicon polymer synthesis has led to groundbreaking work on the use of phage display methodologies in the formation of nanoparticulate metals. Eleanor Crabb and Elaine Moore investigate, experimentally and computationally, the fuel-cell catalytic potential of metal deposition on secondary metal surfaces. Ellen Heeley investigates the development of polymer morphology using thermal, light, neutron and X-ray scattering techniques.

Potential research projects
- Novel materials from silsesquioxane cages.
- Pentacoordinate silicon compounds and the mechanism of substitution at silicon.
- Phage display methodologies for the production of inorganic nanoparticles.
- Modelling nanoparticle catalysts.
- Manipulation of metal surfaces for the development of materials with catalytic potential.
- Structure morphology development of polymer materials during processing.

Potential supervisors
- Dr Eleanor Crabb
- Dr Ellen Heeley
- Dr Elaine Moore
- Professor Peter Taylor
Contact name
Astrid Peterkin
Telephone
+44 (0)1908 659845
Email
science-phd-enquiries@open.ac.uk
Web
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/research-degrees/

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