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this a key problem both within the fundamental and applied sciences. For long-chain molecules – polymers – our present understanding of glass-formation is particularly poor due to the complexity provided
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characterisation (FIB-SIMS, XPS) at the Bragg Centre for Materials Research at Leeds University. The project will be carried out at Leeds University, with several secondments to the AWE site for X-ray tomography
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take place in the Soft Matter Physics group in the School of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leeds. Within the group, we have a variety of activities across soft matter. We work with world-leading
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on the material. These properties have been harnessed in materials applications such as thermochromic inks; stimuli-responsive polymers; and solid state refrigeration. Different materials can undergo spin-crossover
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selectivity. We have recently demonstrated that multivalent probes based on a flexible polymer scaffold can effectively discriminate surfaces based on the density of surface receptors (Dubacheva et al, Acc Chem
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polyhedral or prismatic chemical architectures can self-assemble from combinations of transition metal cations and multifunctional ligands. Likewise supramolecular materials such as coordination polymers
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constant, hardness and size. These properties have been harnessed in materials applications such as thermochromic inks; stimuli-responsive polymers; switchable microwave absorbers; and solid state