Previous Group Members
Dr Han Wu
email : han.wu@ucl.ac.uk
Han did her PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Sheffield and then spent three months as a postdoc in Prof. West´s laboratory before moving to University College London as a postdoc with Profs Alan Jones (Chemical Engineering) and Sally Price (Chemistry).
Publications
- Polymorphism, Phase Transitions, and Thermal Stability of L-Pyroglutamic Acid, Han Wu, Nik Reeves-McLaren, Jan Pokorny, Jack Yarwood and Anthony R West, Crystal Growth and Design, 10, 3141-3148 (2010)
- Phase Transformations of Glutamic Acid and Its Decomposition Products, Han Wu, Nik Reeves-McLaren, Simon Jones, Radoljub I. Ristic, J. Patrick A. Fairclough, and A.R. West, Crystal Growth and Design, 10, 288-994 (2010)
- Thermally-Induced Homogeneous Racemization, Polymorphism, and Crystallization of Pyroglutamic Acid, Han Wu, and Anthony R West, Crystal Growth and Design, 11 (8), 3366–3374 (2011)
Jesus Gutierrez Lopez
email : jglopez@ing.uc3m.es
Jesus graduated from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in 2007 in Industrial Engineering. He's currently doing a PhD at the same university in the fabrication of Ni-Zn ferrite by different methods (powder injection moulding, cold isostatic pressing, solar sintering).
In 2010 he spent three months at the University of Sheffield characterising these materials by impedance spectroscopy.
Blanca Arias Serrano
email : barias@ing.uc3m.es
Blanca is currently doing a PhD at Carlos III University in Madrid Focussing on the processing by Powder Extrusion Moulding of SOFC anode component, Ni-YSZ cermet.
Last year she spent 3-months on placement at the University of Sheffield characterising the systems Pr-doped BaCeO3 and BaZrO3 because of the potential solid electrolyte and mixed conductor applications.
Dr Mohd Sobri Idris
email : sobri@unimap.edu.my
Sobri completed his PhD in May 2011 working on cathode materials with layered rock salt structures for lithium ion battery applications. He is now at the University Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP) as a lecturer in the School of Materials Engineering.
Dr Rozana Osman
Rozana completed her PhD in May 2011 working on a project entitled synthesis and characterisation of novel electronic ceramics. The highlight of her thesis was development of impedance methods to characterise relaxor materials in the bismuth zinc niobate family and in particular to develop an equivalent circuit representation of the variable frequency electrical properties. She is now a lecturer in the School of Materials Engineering at University Malaysia Perlis (UNIMAP).
Publications
- Electrical characterization and equivalent circuit analysis of (Bi1.5Zn0.5)(Nb0.5Ti1.5)O7 Pyrochlore, a relaxor ceramic, Rozana A M Osman, and Anthony R West, J Appl Phys, 109, 074106 (2011)
Dr Qi-Long Zhang
email : mse237@zju.edu.cn
Qilong is an associate professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering(MSE), Zhejiang University, China. He spent one year at the University of Sheffield 2010/2011 as a visiting scholar and obtained one publication so far on non-ohmic resistivity in acceptor-doped CaTiO3.
His current research topics focus on (1) Structures and properties of microwave and ferroelectric ceramics; (2) LTCC materials for RF/microwave applications; (3)Sol-gel synthesis of powders, nano particles and nanocrystalline materials.
Publications
- Voltage-dependent low-field resistivity of CaTiO3:Zn ceramics, Qi-Long Zhang, Nahum Masó, Yang Liu, Hui Yang and Anthony R. West, J. Mater Chem, 21, 12894-12900
(2011)