博士题目：
Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering and Renewable Energy in Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom
(Subject Area – Autonomous Material Robotics – growing active structures bottom-up)
(对新兴微纳智能材料机器人的探索-通过自下而上的方式制备形貌可控的活性微纳材料)

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导师信息：
Supervisor: Dr Stoyan Smoukov
Position: Reader in Chemical Engineering, Deputy Chair (Research) of Division of Chemical Engineering & Renewable Energy
Institution: School of Engineering and Materials Science, Queen Mary University of London
Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 5305
*Email: s.smoukov@qmul.ac.uk

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奖学金情况：
需要CSC奖学金申请（生活费），QMUL可以免除成功入选者的学费，Smoukov老师将提供耗材和其他科研相关的资助（经费充裕）。

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*重要申请信息
由于Smoukov老师需要在2019年1月31日前做决定，有意者请与2019年1月30日前与Smoukov老师 (s.smoukov@qmul.ac.uk) (https://www.sems.qmul.ac.uk/staff/s.smoukov) 取得联系，请附上英文简历和Cover Letter (表明相关兴趣和相关研究经验（如果有的话）)。

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博士题目大致介绍：
The PhD position is in the area of Autonomous Material Robotics. We have pioneered many techniques for multi-functionality in materials, including a combinatorial method for incorporation of actuating, sensing, energy storage, and many other functions in the same material. As we miniaturize, we won’t be able to scale down current robotics components, so the materials themselves will be able to perceive their environment, act accordingly, sometimes in a pre-programmed fashion, sometimes autonomously.
We have recently also learned to harness oil phase transitions in confined geometries to generate regular anisotropic micro- and nanoparticles, such as hexagonal, triangular, rhomboid plates, as well as octahedra, icosahedra, rods, and fibers. This has allowed us to grow static and sometimes dynamic particles from the bottom-up. These are the future of the autonomous micro- and nano-robotics, capable of being grown from the bottom-up. There are many fundamental mechanisms to be discovered in this seemingly simple system, from 2D melting and 2D crystallization, to elasto-capillary interactions, role of curvature in crystallization, and others. Both the top-down and bottom-up approaches would benefit from the student having skills in the area of polymer synthesis, and materials synthesis in general.

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科研条件：
科研经费充裕（刚获得英国EPSRC一百万英镑支持），相关制备、表征设备比较齐全。
The work is supported by an over ￡1M grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is the UK. We have extensive facilities, including frequent access to beamlines at national and international facilities. The facilities in the department include fully functioning fume hoods, various tools for droplet/emulsion preparation, spin coater, UV cross-linker, electrochemical workstations, as well as an array of analytical instruments – including rheometers, particle sizers, zeta potential, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)s, confocal microscopes and electron microscopes:
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