Research community

Our supervisors have internationally-recognised expertise in materials chemistry. They will partner with experts in digital methods.

Our research community

The EPSRC CDT in Digital & Automated Materials Chemistry (DAMC) brings together internationally recognised supervisors and a cross-disciplinary student body spanning Chemistry, Physics, Materials Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics.. We pair expertise in digital methodologies with knowledge in materials chemistry, in partnership with industry, to tackle ambitious research problems.

Digital methods we use

Our academics cover the full breadth of digital approaches relevant to materials chemistry, including:

Algorithms & optimisation
Reinforcement and active learning
Robotics & automation
Data science and machine learning
Physics-based models
Natural language processing
Knowledge representation

Materials domains we work in

We address challenges across chemistry, engineering and physics, including:

Polymers and soft matter
Functional organic solids
Functional inorganic solids
Materials for energy generation, storage and advanced devices
Nanomedicine and biointerfaces
Nanomaterials for manufacturing
Advanced materials characterisation techniques