Formation, Organisation & Response of Materials
The group has been joined by two new MSci students for their fourth-year research projects! Byron Read will be investigating the formation of hybrid perovskites, with a nod towards ionic conductivity, and Will Norman will be investigating the formation of metal-organic frameworks, comparing the effects of different components in the reactions. Welcome to the group, Byron (r) and Will (l)!
Today Sophie and Hannah submitted their MSci project reports, and we celebrated with a meal at Kimchi in Selly Oak. Well done both of you!
Earlier this week had a hugely enjoyable Christmas lunch at the Canal House, complete with crackers, secret Santa gifts and a speech given to the tune of Shakin’ Stevens’ Merry Christmas Everyone. It was great to have Harry and Aaron back from Harwell and Berlin, respectively, to join us as we celebrated the end of term, MSci and PhD report submissions and all the highs and lows 2022.
Merry Christmas everyone… and bring on 2023!
Big thanks to Sophie and Hannah for organising!
This year we are lucky enough to be joined by Hannah Blakiston and Sophie Ray to do their MSci research projects with the group.
Sophie will be working on isolation and characterisation of intermediate clusters in MOF synthesis, while Hannah will be investigating phase behaviour and compositional trends in hybrid perovskites.
Sam and Harry’s paper on MDABCO-based ABX3 perovskites is now out in CrystEngComm!
These materials are very promising candidates for ferroelectric applications, owing to their ease of synthesis, flexibility and properties that rival existing materials, such as BaTiO3. Sam and Harry discovered the single crystal structures of three new compositions, which help to define the design limits within which the ferroelectric pseudo-cubic perovskite phases form.
Congratulations Sam and Harry and thanks to all contributing authors!
Read the paper, which features in the 2022 New Talent Special Issue (Open Access) here.
Update: new cover art available too!
Yeung Research Group at UoB 