Myles Worsley

            After my first BSc degree in Chemistry at the University of Surrey (2007) I undertook an MRes (Chemical Sciences; 2010) also at Surrey with particular attention to materials research for a variety of applications, notably the development and synthesis of novel nanomaterials with a view to their potential use in various areas of green chemistry. This was extended with a 6 month period as a KTP researcher working at both Brunel University and the University of Surrey. The position involved the further enhancement of the automotive catalyst technology I developed as part of my MRes degree.

            Currently I am studying towards a PhD in nanomaterials at Brunel University. Some of the work extrapolates from my MRes and BSc research, but in addition, I have expanded into several other areas which include; intricate metal oxidestructures (see Figure 1) based on biotemplates for avariety of applications.

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Research Interests

Nanomaterials

Inorganic Chemistry

Physical Chemistry

Green chemistry

Catalysis

Enviromental

Fuels

Energy

Research Activity

            My research interests broadly include the development and understanding of inorganic nanoscale materials for the purpose replacing existing technologies with more efficient, greener alternatives. Specifically, I have worked on the development of greener alternatives to current commercial three-way catalysts for automotive pollution control. The need for these new technologies is driven by rising costs of materials and energy.

            Other examples include understanding the photovoltaic properties of some molecular dyes for their application in dye-sensitised solarcells (DSSCs) and the investigation of intricate metal oxide structures based on biotemplates for a variety of applications, such as nanotagging. The latter is the focus of present work, where we have used such templates as pollen and even insects to produce intriguing metal oxide structures(see Figure 1) with enhanced photocatalytic properties.