Prof Brian Derby
Professor of Material Science
Postgraduate Opportunities
My current and recent PhD students are studying the following projects:
Fundamental Aspects of inkjet printing; Inkjet Printing of mammalian Cells; Fabrication and Application of Ordered Aluminum Oxide Nanopores; Mechanical Properties of Gold Nanostructures; Fabrication and Properties of Silver Conductors by direct-Write methods; Biomedical Inkjet Printing.
There are apportunities for PhD projects in the following research areas: Drop interactions during inkjet printing, Inkjet printing ceramics, Biosensors and nanostructured sensors, Inkjet printing hybrid cell-containing materials and structures, Mechanical properties of nanostructured materials, Mechanical properties of brittle materials.