Admission to Doctoral (PhD) Studies in the subject Engineering Sciences with specialization in Nanotechnology and Functional materials
at the Division of Nanotechnology and Functional Materials, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Uppsala University
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering aims to be an environment for successful and valuable research and education with a focus on materials science solutions for important societal challenges. Our department is an exciting workplace with research in a broad technology-related area, from basic research to large-scale applied research, and close contacts with students through the department’s involvement in engineering and master’s programs. Our research and teaching is conducted within seven divisions with different research focus.
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The Division of Nanotechnology and Functional Materials is part of the Department of Materials Science, and engineering, Ångström Laboratory. At the division, we conduct research within functional porous materials for energy and environmental applications, nano biomaterials, sustainable electrical energy storage and energy transformations, functionalization of electrode surfaces for catalytic applications, additive manufacturing of pharmaceutical materials, microsensors for in vivo usage and sustainable materials from biomass. Researchers here thus have extensive experience in the functionalization of biomaterials, biocompatibility, diagnostics, additive manufacturing, organic energy storage, nanosafety and the development and characterization of functional porous materials. Read more about the division here.
This is a project in the field of functional porous materials for applications such as gas separation (greenhouse gases), water harvesting, water purification, catalysis and drug delivery. Within the project there is expertise in the synthesis and optimization of a wide range of porous materials, including porous oxides, zeolites and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), etc.
In this project, you are given the opportunity to focus on environmental applications of porous materials such as MOFs. Specific application areas include water harvesting by adsorption and catalytic hydrogen generation using MOFs. The project mainly involves the synthesis and characterization of existing and new MOFs, as well as the development of post-synthesis processing methods such as 3D printing and the construction of simple devices for water capture and hydrogen generation.
The main duty for a doctoral student is to devote themselves to their research studies which includes participating in the research project and PhD courses. The work duties can also include teaching and other departmental duties (no more than 20%)
When you are admitted to doctoral studies, you are offered employment as a doctoral student. A position as a doctoral student at Uppsala University corresponds to full-time PhD education for four years.
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Being a PhD student means independently running projects within a specific subject. You collaborate on an ongoing basis with other doctoral students and researchers to create results within various projects and have one or more supervisors for support during your doctoral studies. However, you work independently to a great amount, e.g. by working in a laboratory environment and writing articles for journals and for results for your doctoral thesis. Usually some form of half-time seminar is included after about half of the doctoral studies.
Typical work tasks may include:
- Synthesis and characterization (e.g., X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy, electron microscopy, gas adsorption) of porous materials
- Testing of materials for sorption-related applications that are within our current research areas, with a major focus on water adsorption under various application relevant conditions, as well as to design, optimize and perform (thermo and photo-) catalytic reactions for hydrogen generation.
- Working in a multidisciplinary team of national and international collaborators.
Master’s degree in chemistry, chemical engineering, materials science, mineralogy, or a similar field
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