Imperial College London

Professor Fernando Bresme

Faculty of Natural SciencesDepartment of Chemistry

Professor of Chemical Physics
 
 
 
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Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 5886f.bresme Website

 
 
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Assistant

 

Miss Ravinder Dhaliwal +44 (0)20 7594 5717

 
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Location

 

207CMolecular Sciences Research HubWhite City Campus

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Summary

 

Summary

Welcome to the Computational Chemical Physics group at Imperial College

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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

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NON-EQUILIBRIUM SIMULATION SCHOOL, NESS

CONFERENCES


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).

Group Picture : November 2015

 

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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

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