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Department of Chemistry
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Nanotechnology and Materials
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This theme links established Hull research in liquid crystals, surfactants,
colloids and organophotonics which all involve materials which structure or self-assemble over nanometre lengths. |
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| Key facts | About me | About my group |
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Key Groups
Inorganic and Magnetic Materials
Inorganic materiais are built from elements across the whole of the periodic table and range from short-lived highly reactive
molecules to solid-state compouunds
which may display novel properties, such as pores on a nanometre scale, quantum confinement or
exceptional magnetoelastic and magnetoresitive behaviour. Using advanced spectroscopic, computational and synthetic techniques, we seek to control and understand behaviour at the nano-level
to develop new materials, such as mesoporous ceramics, with desirable, designed properties.
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Liquid Crystals and Advanced Organic Materials
Research in advanced organic materials has been continuing at Hull for the past 50 years, well before many types of commercial applications evolved. indeed, we are often described as
'The Home of Liquid Crystal' because of our work on the first commercially viable liquid crystal materials for use in LCDs. We continue to be at the forefront in self-organizing systems including
electroluminescent, optoelectronic and conducting polymers and have an enviable international reputation for our on-going interdisciplinary design, synthetic and characterization
research in liquid crystal technology.
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Organophotonics
By combining liquid crystal synthesis, semi-conductor know-how and theory, our exceptionally multi-faceted and interdisciplinary
research concentrates on new materials and electro-optical
devices such as flat-panel displays, solar cells and sensors. Our research also encompasses semi-conductor
nanocrystals and nanorods and hybrid organic/inorganic photoelectric cells in which controllable quantum effects are harnessed to
generate materials with novel organophotonic properties.
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Surfactants & Colloids
Colloidal nanoparticles and surfactants which self-assemble on nanometre length scales are incorporated in many everyday products
such as foods, cosmetics, paints and household products. The Surfactant & Colloid Group attracts funding from the Research Councils
and industry for projects covering the behaviour of surfactants and colloidal particles in bulk and at fluid and solid interfaces and
their ability to stabilise emulsions and foams. Our aim is to understand the fundamental science behind the modes of action of these
systems for both new and current applications.
Good links with industry keep this nanotechnology research well grounded in the real world.
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Modelling and Theory
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