News: Honours projects - Chemistry
Release of PFAS from selected consumer products and building materials waste
Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are manmade chemicals with unique properties.
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Cost-effective remediation strategies to reduce release of PFAS from contaminated soil
Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS are synthetic organofluorine compounds with unique properties and widespread applications in different industries.
Improving plant process in a key Jurlique ingredient
Honours project: Work with international cosmetic company Jurlique to investigate one of their key root crop lines, by undertaking a complete extraction and analysis of the root.
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Can graphene and cement stop PFAS from contaminating our environment?
Honours project: Evaluate the leaching behaviour of PFAS from contaminated soil stabilised and solidified with cement and graphene.
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Where does the acid in wine come from?
Honours project: Can you help find the missing link in grape berry biochemistry?
Fighting fire-fighting foams: carbon materials for mitigating PFAS contamination
Honours project: Help reduce the environmental contamination caused by fire-fighting foams.
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Plasma coating of fertilisers
Honours project: Study advanced plasma polymer coatings for slow nutrient release fertilisers.
Investigating & exploiting triplex DNA structures in gene regulation
Honours project: Explore new leads for disruption of DNA triplex structures for treatment of related human diseases.
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Reduced dimensionality representations of soft matter
Honours project: Use methods from statistical mechanics, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to develop algorithms to automate the dimensionality reduction process.
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Designing organic semiconductor interfaces for advanced flexible electronics
Honours project: Develop a more predictive approach to controlling organic electronic device performance, in particular by exploiting molecular anisotropy to manipulate the structure of organic semiconductor interfaces.
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