About the project
This project focuses on the production and characterisation of a new group of nanomaterials.
High entropy alloys are solid solutions of several metals and hold tremendous potential for catalysis, energy storage, and biomedical applications. The size scale will be useful for medical imaging technologies. Read more about synthesis and properties from a catalysis perspective in the article High-Entropy Alloys as a Platform for Catalysis: Progress, Challenges, and Opportunities.
As a researcher on this project you will have the opportunity to develop a broad range of experimental and data analysis skills. You will use a range of typical inorganic materials synthesis methods to produce nanoparticles of these materials. You will combines synthesis with detailed in-house characterisation using the excellent diffraction and microscopy facilities available in the School of Chemistry. You will also work at our industrial partner, Platina Biomed's, nearby facilities and in a national central facilities laboratory. There will also be the opportunity to undertake magnetic measurements on the materials at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Oxfordshire.
