Summary
Welcome to the Computational Chemical Physics group at Imperial College
Our research is concerned with the computational and theoretical investigation of the structure and dynamics of complex interfaces of chemical relevance; colloids, biopolymers, membranes and nanomaterials, which form the buiding blocks of soft materials. The interfacial physico-chemical behaviour often confers striking properties to these materials, by mediating and promoting a whole range of chemical processes.
One of our main areas of interest is the investigation of transport phenomena at nanoscale interfaces. Current efforts are directed towards the development of computational tools to quantify energy transport across these interfaces, and the application of these tools to design high performance materials for energy management problems (e.g., super-insulating and highly conductive media) and nanomaterials with chemical and medical applications (e.g. catalysis, medical therapies).
We are particularly interested in the investigation of novel physical concepts for energy conversion and energy recovery applications (e.g., recovery of waste heat).
In our group we combine non-equilibrium and equilibrium computer simulations, non-equilibrium thermodynamics theory and experiments to investigate the equilibrium and non-equilibrium response of soft matterials.
If you are interested in A PostDoc OR A PhD position in our group please contact me at: fbresme@imperial.ac.uk
OPEN POSITIONS IN THE CCP GROUP
- Each year, the Department of Chemistry awards 10 Chemistry Doctoral Scholarships to outstanding PhD applicants. Successful Scholars will receive full tuition fees and a stipend at advertised EPSRC rates for a PhD place in the Department of Chemistry at Imperial College London. We welcome applications from dedicated and talented students, with the drive to conduct PhD research. Eligibility: Applicants should be a U.K. citizen or an EU national who has been in the U.K. for at least 3 years.
RESEARCH AREAS
FUNCTIONALIZATION OF FLUID INTERFACES |
SIMULATION OF NANOSCALE INTERFACES |
BIOINTERFACES |
MOLECULAR MOTORS AND ENERGY CONVERSION |
SCHOOL
NON-EQUILIBRIUM SIMULATION SCHOOL, NESS
CONFERENCES
- Current Challenges in Materials for Thermal Energy Storage 2022
- SMTG Early Career Scientist Symposium, November 2021
- Non Equilibrium Thermodynamics, Boulder conference on thermo physical properties, June 2021
- Interfaces Dynamics and Dissipation Across the Time and length-scales, Tel Aviv, 2019
- Current Challenges in transport, growth and dissolution at mineral-fluid interfaces, Lyon 2019
- Solving the Electrolyte Problem, 2019
- 13th International Meeting on Thermodiffusion, 2018
- Non-Equilibrium Thermodynamics at the Thermophysics conference, Boulder CO, USA, 2018
- Advances in Theory and Simulation of non-equilibrium systems, July, 25th-27th 2016
- Chemical Energy at the nanoscale: simulation meets experiment, April 2016
- Advances in Theory and Simulation of Non-Equilibrium Systems, June 26-27 2013
- Heat transfer at small scales
COMPUTATIONAL CHEMICAL PHYSICS GROUP
Group picture
From right to left:
(Front) Silvia, Irene, Miguel Angel, Katherine
(Back) Juan, Anna-Sofia, Fernando, James, Kaspars, Bjorn, Goran and Niall.
Not in the picture: Stephen, Yash and Chris (Trondheim).
From right to left: Anders, Ryan, James, Wendy, Silvia, Anna Sofia, Irene, Jeff, Niall and Fernando.
Publications
Journals
Jiang M, Chapman A, Olarte-Plata JD, et al. , 2023, Controlling local thermal gradients at molecular scales with Janus nanoheaters, Nanoscale, Vol:15, ISSN:2040-3364, Pages:10264-10276
Kondrat S, Feng G, Bresme F, et al. , 2023, Theory and simulations of ionic liquids in nanoconfinement., Chemical Reviews, Vol:123, ISSN:0009-2665, Pages:6668-6715
Haimov E, Chapman A, Bresme F, et al. , 2023, Addendum: Theoretical demonstration of a capacitive rotor for generation of alternating current from mechanical motion., Nature Communications, Vol:14, ISSN:2041-1723, Pages:483-483
Gittus OR, Bresme F, 2022, On the microscopic origin of Soret coefficient minima in liquid mixtures, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol:25, ISSN:1463-9076, Pages:1606-1611
Li L, Kohler F, Dziadkowiec J, et al. , 2022, Limits to crystallization pressure, Langmuir: the Acs Journal of Surfaces and Colloids, Vol:38, ISSN:0743-7463, Pages:11265-11273