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
Materials
Current activities
Dr Paul Jones' current research is based on the study of photo-electrochemical processes taking place on thin film ferroelectric surfaces such as lead-zirconate-titanate, PZT. 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.
Paul is currently Manager of Cranfield Nano - a Bridging the Gaps initiative.
Clients
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
- National Physical Laboratory
- Queen Mary, University of London.
Background
Dr Paul Jones concluded a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Portsmouth University in 1994, specialising in robotics and control systems. He then undertook a Masters in Advanced Automation and Design at Cranfield University. After this he worked in the electronics industry for 12 years in the areas of robotics, secondary radar and telecommunications.
He returned to Cranfield to complete a Masters in Microsystems and Nanotechnology before undertaking a PhD into the photo-electrochemical processes taking place on thin film PZT surfaces.
Paul has continued on at Cranfield as a Research Fellow in Nanomaterials.
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.
