Dr Paul Jones
Manager of Cranfield Nano and Research Fellow in Nanomaterials
Location: Building 70, Cranfield campus
E: p.m.jones@cranfield.ac.uk
T: +44 (0)1234 750111 x2722
Manufacturing and Materials
Current activities
Dr Paul Jones is manager of Cranfield Nano, an initiative that brings together applied nanotechnologists from across Cranfield’s research sectors to develop collaborations and explore the potential of nano and related technologies across a range of industrial sectors.
Cranfield Nano was born out of the Bridging ANT’s (Bridging Applied Nanotechnologists) project an initiative funded by the EPSRC’s Bridging the Gaps programme, which aims to stimulate creative thinking across research disciplines by bringing academics together.
Clients
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- National Physical Laboratory
- Queen Mary, University of London.
Background
Dr Paul Jones’ previous research involved studying the photo-electrochemical processes taking place on thin film ferroelectric surfaces. These materials, which can be thought of as wide bandgap semiconductors, have the potential to be used in areas as diverse as nanoparticle synthesis, the breakdown of organic contaminants and the generation of hydrogen from water using sun light.Dr Jones has a BEng(Hons) degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Portsmouth University, specialising in robotics and control systems, an MSc in Microsystems and Nanotechnology and a PhD in Nanotechnology, both from Cranfield University.
Before entering academia, Dr Jones worked for 11 years in industry as an electronic engineer in the areas of robotics, secondary radar and telecommunications.
Selected publications
- “Photo-reduction of silver salts on highly heterogeneous lead-zirconate-titanate” – Nanotechnology, vol. 18, pg. 185702, 2007.
- “Photochemical growth of silver nanoparticles on c- and c+ domains on PZT thin films” – Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 129 (28), Pg. 8724 -8728, 2007.
- “Insights into the relationship between inherent materials properties of PZT and photochemistry for the development of nanostructured silver” – Journal of Materials Chemistry, Vol. 17 (42), pg. 4460-4463, 2007.
- “Photochemical investigation of a polarizable semiconductor, lead-zirconate-titanate” –Chemistry of Materials, Vol. 20, pg. 5901–5906, 2008.
