PhD (Applied Physics)

Our wide-ranging applied physics expertise gives you opportunities to develop specialist knowledge and honed research skills in your chosen area.

 

Under expert supervision, you join researchers already active in:

  • advanced imaging and nanoscale characterisation 
  • confocal and atomic force microscopy
  • fibre optics and optical spectroscopy
  • general relativity 
  • ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents 
  • materials physics 
  • medical physics, medical imaging and bioimaging
  • membranes and ion channels 
  • molecular dynamics, statistical mechanics and non-equilibrium modelling
  • neutron and X-ray imaging and scattering
  • phase transitions, rheology and nanofluidics
  • photophysics
  • quantum computing and quantum information
  • quantum materials, optics and sensing 
  • quantum physics and technology 
  • radiation physics, dosimetry, protection and transport
  • relativistic quantum information theory 
  • semiconductors and superconductors
  • soft matter physics, biophysics and biological physics
  • space physics, planetary science, microgravity, human spaceflight and extreme environments
  • surface science, thin films and devices.