PHD scholarships Available in the area of Organic Chemistry/ Polymer Chemistry/ Chemical Engineering in the School of Chemical and
Biomedical Engineering @ Nanyang Technological University (Singapore)

Research Topic:
Carbon nanotubes are ideal materials for field effect transistors.
However, its applications are plagued by the problem of
as-synthesized nanotubes comprising both metallic and semiconducting
nanotubes. Metallic nanotubes cause low on/off ratio. Separation of
metallic from semiconducting nanotubes, based on electronic property,
is a key worldwide challenge. The student shall be able to work in
the forefront of nanotechnology, and be trained in various
ophisticated techniques and do indepth scientific studies. He shall
work alongside a large group of scientists and students working in
this related area.

Job description: the Ph.D student shall work on separation of metallic and semiconducting carbon nanotubes. He/she shall develop small compounds or polymers to separate metallic and semiconducting carbon
nanotubes.

Requirements: Good GPA for Bachelors Degree from a good university
in either Chemical Engineering, Chemistry or Polymer Science. It is
preferable to have good GRE/TOEFL.

Professor Mary Chan-Park
Dr Chan-Park did her PhD in polymers in MIT in 1993. She then did her
postdoctoral fellow under the sponsorship of Dow Corning (USA). She
worked for 10 years in industries in various technical management
positions in USA and Singapore. She was a senior technical manager in
Sipix Imaging (CA, USA) from 1999-2001. She then joined the Nanyang
Technological University (NTU) as Associate Professor in 2001. She is
currently also Associate Chair of the School of Chemical and
Biomedical Engineering in NTU.
Dr Chan-Park has a vibrant research group with 6 postdoctoral fellows
and 9 PhD/Masters. She has recently won the highly competitive grant
for 5-year research in carbon nanotubes. Her current interests are in
Printed Carbon Nanotubes Electronics. She has published about 100
peered review papers (in Advanced Functional Materials, Small, Chem
Mat, Langmuir, Macromolecules, Applied Physics Letters, Nanotechnology,
etc). She has also got 15 patents and several patent applications.

Procedure
Please contact Professor Mary Chan-Park directly:
Email: mbechan@ntu.edu.sg Website:
http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/mbechan/
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