Overview
Research Fellow in Sustainable Batteries for Seamless Textile Electronics for Healthcare. Flexible batteries with seamless integration in textiles will revolutionize the healthcare system. Such batteries could power sensors to continuously monitor vital signals and transmit information to a medical doctor when urgent action is required. The SUSTAIN programme grant will address this challenge using water, lithium and special polymer fabrics to build the batteries. Compared to traditional batteries that use toxic organic solvents and salts, the SUSTAIN batteries will operate using non-toxic lithium-conductive hydrated polymers that enable high deformability and stretchability.
Via collaborative work with leading textile designers, experts in printed electronics and wireless communications and sustainability analysts, the SUSTAIN program will build working demonstrations of textile electronics that can act as wearable doctors.
Responsibilities
* Work on the development of textile-integrated batteries and related technologies within the SUSTAIN programme.
* Collaborate with textile designers, printed electronics experts and sustainability analysts to create demonstrations of textile electronics.
* Contribute to research design, experimentation, data analysis and reporting related to safe, energy-dense, lightweight batteries for wearable healthcare applications.
* Engage with international collaborators and participate in program meetings and demonstrations.
Qualifications
* PhD (awarded or imminent) in chemistry, materials science or a closely related discipline or equivalent qualification and experience.
* Strong background in chemistry or materials science relevant to battery technology and polymer electrolytes.
Contract and Start Date
* Current funding for 2 years with potential extension; there is flexibility about the start date.
Enquiries
For informal enquiries about the project, please contact Prof. Nuria Garcia-Araez (N.Garcia-Araez@soton.ac.uk).
Contact Details and Application
Applications for Research Fellow positions will be considered from candidates who are working towards or nearing completion of a relevant PhD qualification. The title of Research Fellow will be applied upon successful completion of the PhD; prior to qualification, the title of Senior Research Assistant will be given. Apply by 11.59 pm GMT on the closing date. For assistance contact Recruitment on +44(0)2380 592750 or recruitment@soton.ac.uk quoting the job number.
Benefits and Environment
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