Nanomaterials sensors for biomedicine and/or the environment
Not stated
- Location
- Southampton, United Kingdom
- Funding
- Fully funded (UK and international); Stipend in line with UKRI standard levels, including the recent cost of living increase
- Application deadline
- See university guidance
About the project
The quality of treated wastewater for agriculture is under more and more stringent control - particularly heavy metal contamination. Heavy metal contamination, such as e.g. cadmium, copper, lead and nickel, is one of the more difficult problems of water contamination to analyse. Analysis of water for heavy metal contamination is a slow and expensive process and usually requires the shipping of samples to distant labs with a minimum turn around time of 24 hours though routinely 3-5 days. The standard method for heavy metal analysis of water uses the slow, expensive and cumbersome techniques of atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) or inductively-coupled plasma mass spectroscopy (ICP-MS). Electrochemical water analysis, such as anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV), is attractive because it is fast, portable and inexpensive. The aim of this PhD project is to develop a cheap electrode for the analysis of treated wastewater using functionalized nanoporous membranes. The need for such a sensor is clear and the low cost and ease of use of the proposed sensor will make protecting the quality of treated waste-water cheap and easy and therefore more common and accessible to more people.
For full project details visit the Inspire project page .
Supervisors
- Doctor Iris Nandhakumar (University of Southampton)
- Professor Antonios Kanaras (University of Southampton)
Professor Iris Nandhakumar
- Scanning Probe Microscopy
- Carbon nanotubes
- Nanoscale materials
Entry requirements
A 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent , in one of these subjects:
- chemistry
- physics
Fees and funding
INSPIRE studentships are funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC, part of UK Research and Innovation, UKRI). The stipend is in line with UKRI standard levels, including the recent cost of living increase.
All studentships are fully funded for 3.5 years.
How to apply
To make an application, visit the how to apply section of the INSPIRE website .
Contact us
For questions about the project, contact Professor Antonios Kanaras.
Email: a.kanaras@soton.ac.uk
For questions about the application process, contact the graduate school office.
Email: gsnocs@soton.ac.uk