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Details for Professor Charl FJ Faul
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| Name | Professor Charl FJ Faul | ||||
| Job title | Professor of Materials Chemistry |
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| Department | School of Chemistry University of Bristol |
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| Personal web page | http://www.bris.ac.uk/chemistry/people/charl-fj-f-faul/index.html | ||||
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| Qualifications | B.Sc., B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.(Stellenbosch) | ||||
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| Keywords | electroactive nanostructures conducting organics molecular electronics oligo(aniline)s liquid crystals functional nanomaterials |
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| Areas of expertise | Efforts are focussed on exploring the design principles and applications of functional hierarchical soft materials utilising ionic self-assembly (ISA): Investigations into the design, synthesis and applications of electroactive oligoaniline-based (semi)conducting materials [J. Mater. Chem. 2012, Soft Matter 2012, Chem. Eur. J. 2011, J. Mater. Chem. 2011, Macrom. Rapid Commun. 2008, Angew. Chem. 2005] Design, preparation and characterisation of hierarchical functional soft materials based on ionic interactions between oppositely charged building blocks [Adv. Mater. 2012, Soft Matter 2011, Macromolecules 2011, J. Mater. Chem. 2009] Exploitation of biomotifs for the construction of complex and hierarchical functional nanomaterials [Angew. Chem. 2011, Chem. Mater. 2009, Adv. Funct. Mater. 2008, Soft Matter 2006] New activities were recently launched into the biofunctionalisation of Ti surfaces for implant devices (in collaboration with the Avon Orthopeadic Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol). |
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| Media experience | Science cafe / Teacher's TV |
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