Research Project Topics

Advanced Research in Applied Physics (PHY6528)

The 9-credit elective course "Advanced Research in Applied Physics" enables motivated students to acquire necessary skills for carrying out cutting edge research in condensed matters physics, quantum information as well as applied physics in the specialized field of medical physics or energy materials physics. This gives the students valuable research experience and opportunities to publish research papers.
 

Some of the research project topics for 2023/24 are listed below for your reference:

Topic Supervisor
  • Manipulating liquids through self-assembly of nanomaterials
Prof CHAI Yu
  • Neutron Scattering instrumentations for soft matter and biological physics
Prof CHU Xiangqiang
  • Quantum Information Compression
Prof Oscar DAHLSTEN
  • Effects of ions on DNA structures
Prof DAI Liang
  • AIstain: Virtual Immunohistochemistry for Diagnostic Pathology
Prof LAU Condon
  • Unusual complex oxides by soft-chemistry approach
Prof LI Danfeng Denver
  • Synthesis and characterizations of oxide materials
Prof LI Danfeng Denver
  • Single molecule conductance measurements with Ag electrodes
Prof LI Haixing
  • Understanding charge transport in molecules by programming with python
Prof LI Haixing
  • Exploration of High-energy electrode materials for Li-ion or Sodium-ion batteries
Prof LIU Qi
  • Electronic structure of quantum materials
Prof MA Junzhang
  • Theoretical study of quantum-dot spin qubits
Prof WANG Xin
  • Transport properties in single crystal high entropy alloys
Prof WANG Xun-Li & Prof LI Danfeng Denver
  • Quantum phase transitions in interacting many-body system
Prof YU Wing Chi
  • Predicting local yield stresses in granular materials with machine learning
Prof ZHANG Ge
  • Quantum ultrafast spectroscopy for nanomaterials
Prof ZHANG Zhedong
  • Mesoscopic thermodynamics for new quantum phases of matter
Prof ZHANG Zhedong
* The list of research project topics is subject to change.