Prof Haralampos Moiras he/him

My research interests are primarily focused on the development of metal oxide/chalcogenide molecule based materials for energy applications. The current research is focused on the discovery of simple preparation routes to chalcoxide-based composite functional materials as well as the understanding of fundamental processes in the self-assembly of supramolecular clusters and molecular nanomaterials with modular magnetic, redox, electronic, conductive and catalytic properties.

A synergistic research strand which is being developed in parallel, involves the fundamental understanding, control and design of self-assembled chemical systems. I am interested in exploiting novel methodologies for the discovery and design of functional molecular devices. Other recent research projects have investigated the discovery of intermediate reaction structures in an effort to understand the underlying chemistry in the self-assembly of nano-sized polyoxometalate systems and extraction of crucial mechanistic information utilizing high resolution ESI-MS techniques.

Regarding prospective new collaborations in CDT, we are keen on utilizing our functional molecules for additional device-oriented applications in sensing and catalysis. For these initiatives, we would like to partner with material scientists and engineers.

My group has a strong commitment to EDI. Around 40% of PhD/MSci graduates from the group have been female while the current group includes PhD students from countries around the world (currently 5 different nationalities).