Professor Paul May
B.Sc., Ph.D.(Bristol), C.Chem., M.R.S.C.
Current positions
Professor of Physical Chemistry
School of Chemistry
Contact
Press and media
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Research interests
Research
CVD Diamond Films
The WWW and its Use in Teaching
Animated molecular vibrations
The Molecule of the Month webpage
Previous research interests:
Dry Etching of Semiconductors
Sputtering of Interstellar Grains
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
NOVEL MICROSTRUCTURED DIAMOND ELECTRODES
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
22/02/2015 to 21/02/2017
CVD DIAMOND AS A SUBSTRATE FOR BIOLOGICAL CELL GROWTH - TOWARDS DIRECT BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
18/02/2013 to 18/06/2016
Fabrication of high efficiency diamond lenses for X-rays.
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/04/2012 to 01/04/2014
Experiment and modelling of the growth of CVD diamond: towards a detailed understanding of growth chemistry and mechanisms
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/10/2010 to 01/04/2014
Smart and Effective Engineering Manufacturing (SEEM)
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of ChemistryDates
01/11/2009 to 01/02/2013
Thesis supervisions
Renewable Energy – Low Temperature Thermionic Emission from Modified Diamond Surfaces
Supervisors
Aluminium and Oxygen Termination of Diamond for Thermionic Applications
Supervisors
Theoretical and experimental investigation of n-type doped diamond
Supervisors
Growing diamond on unusual substrates
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
01/01/2023Unconventional Giant “Magnetoresistance” in Bosonic Semiconducting Diamond Nanorings
Advanced Materials
Ab initio study of negative electron affinity on the scandium-terminated diamond (100) surface for electron emission devices
Carbon
Curcumin - Molecule of the Month
Experimental Studies of Electron Affinity and Work Function from Aluminium on Oxidized Diamond (100) and (111) Surfaces
physica status solidi (b)
Hunting the elusive shallow n-type donor – An ab initio study of Li and N co-doped diamond
Carbon
Teaching
Year 2: Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics (http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/~paulmay/misc/Thermodynamics/)
Year 4: Surface Chemistry (http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/~paulmay/misc/molesurf/molesurf.htm)
