PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Nanoscience in United Kingdom

King’s College London is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate for the EPSRC-funded 3D-Metamaterial Hub for Sustainability. The position is based in the Photonics & Nanotechnology group in the Department of Physics at the Strand Campus, led by Professor Anatoly Zayats. The research will investigate the fabrication and experimental validation of the linear and nonlinear optical properties of three-dimensional metamaterials and two-dimensional metasurfaces. The work will focus on plasmonic ...

The University of Birmingham is offering a PhD studentship in polymer chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and dynamic materials. Based in the Fielden group, the project investigates how osmotic pressure can initiate polymer breakdown and enable the controlled exchange of monomers between polymers. The researcher will design reaction systems in which monomers diffuse away from parent polymers, study reversible depolymerisation under different conditions, and work with reaction media and catalysts...

Postdoctoral Research Scientists in Materials & Devices for Life Sciences at the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT), Oxford, United Kingdom. This postdoctoral opportunity sits within the Institute of Materials & Devices for Life Sciences (MDLS) , led by Professor Hagan Bayley . The programme aims to advance human health by scaling interdisciplinary science at the interface of chemistry, biology, and engineering . Research themes include nanopore technologies for small-molecule diagnostics, si...

PhD opportunity at the University of Sheffield in topological quantum photonics and 2D materials . The project explores how topologically protected light states can be created through strong light-matter interaction with chip-integrated monolayer semiconductors (van der Waals semiconductors). The goal is to develop efficient and robust quantum optical processing and compact quantum photonic devices. The student will work across the research groups of Prof. Dmitriy Krizhanovskii and Prof. Alexand...

PhD opportunity at The University of Manchester for Chinese students through the CSC–University of Manchester Scholarship 2027 . The project is in condensed-matter physics and focuses on graphene , 2D materials , spintronics , quantum transport , magnetic van der Waals heterostructures , and nanodevices . The research combines fundamental physics with the development of novel quantum and spintronic devices. The opening is in the research group of Ivan J. Vera Marun , Senior Lecturer in Condensed...

[Funded through the supervisor’s Royal Society grant; covers tuition fees and provides a standard stipend.] PhD Studentship in 2D Material Spintronics Logic and Memory Device at the University of Oxford, within the MIND Research Group in the Department of Physics. This Royal Society-funded project is supervised by Dr Safeer Chenattukuzhiyil and focuses on next-generation computing hardware based on two-dimensional van der Waals materials. The research aims to move beyond the limits of convention...

PhD positions are available in the Hannon research group at the University of Birmingham for UK and international students. The project themes include bioinorganic chemistry, supramolecular chemistry, DNA/RNA recognition, metallo-drugs, nanoscience, and applications in antiviral and anticancer research. This is a strong fit for students interested in chemistry with biological and medicinal interfaces. The post directs applicants to the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP...

PhD opportunity at the University of Southampton in Spatiotemporal Control of Ultrafast Multimode Fibre Amplifiers . This project sits in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences and is supervised by Dr Lin Xu and Dr Duanyang Xu . The research focuses on ultrafast fibre lasers , multimode fibre amplifiers , spatiotemporal control , nonlinear optics , and optical physics . The aim is to develop innovative multimode fibre amplifiers that can generate high-energy, ultrashort pulses with tai...

PhD opportunity in nanophotonics at the University of Southampton This project, titled Controlling Light at the Nanoscale with Optical Nanoantennas , is hosted by the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences at the University of Southampton and linked to the Multimode Photonics Group at the Optoelectronics Research Centre (ORC). The research focuses on optical nanoantennas, light scattering, electromagnetism, optical physics, computational physics, experimental physics, and nanotechnology. T...