Huge congratulations to PhD researcher Zhongnan Duan who has published her first research article this week in the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Materials Advances.
Zhongnan has been exploring the synthesis and applications of PEDOT:carrageenan, with the latter being a more sustainable replacement for the traditional PSS counterion. This work was carried out under the supervision of Prof David Amabilino who has since moved to the Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (CSIC).
I came late to the party to help with Zhongnan’s supervision but have been really impressed with her work and particularly her efforts in driving forward thin film thermoelectric characterisation methods at Nottingham. She has been a tireless user of the Interdisciplinary Transport Lab facility in Physics and Astronomy, impressively completing the full cycle of synthesis, characterisation, and electronic measurements. It is incredibly exciting as a physicist to have talented chemists willing to work with you! Credit to the full list of co-authors: Zhongnan Duan, Joseph Phillips, Letizia Liirò-Peluso, Simon Woodward, Oleg Makarovsky, H. Jessica Pereira and David B. Amabilino.
Dr. Michael P. Weir 