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Posted: 14 February 2025
Quasicrystalline metamaterials (the aperiodic monotile): The project involves studying the behaviour of inhomogeneous wave systems (electromagnetic or acoustics) geometrically organised in a quasicrystalline manner. Quasicrystalline arrangement of matter shows exotic and different properties compared to ordered and disordered arrangements. The idea behind this project is to explore the properties of a metamaterial organised following the rules of the so-called “Einstein hat”, the first aperiodic monotile.
Skills and experience: Background in PDEs and computational skills using Python/Matlab or any other high-level programming language.
A bursary would need to obtained from a third party source for the Dept of Mathematics to approve and subsequently register as a UROP.
Contact details: Dr Marc Martí Sabaté, Huxley Building, 6m10, Dept of Mathematics, Faculty of Natural Sciences, South Kensington Campus. E: m.marti-sabate23@imperial.ac.uk