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PhD Studentship@University of Southampton, UK - Wet Adhesive Poro-Viscoelastic Contact Along Human Skin Surface

Skin, the largest organ of the human body, acts as a
multi-functional biophysical interface to the external environment. The serial
interfacial phenomena along the skin/environment conjunction, particularly when
interacting with cosmetic and consumer goods (e.g. razor and shave preparation)
is determined by the interplay between the chemical structure and arrangement
of stratum corneum lipids,
environmental factors (e.g. hydration level) and also the physical
characteristics of skin surface relief. Therefore, the chemical and biophysical
properties of the stratum corneum
need to be considered jointly to approach the complexity of skin tribo-physics.
These technical challenges present outstanding opportunities for high quality
and high impact research, which have already attracted the attention of
world-leading companies such as Procter & Gamble and L'Oréal to invest at
the University of Southampton, UK.

The project aims to develop a finite deformation wet adhesion
poro-viscoelastic contact model for soft materials that will account for the
skin's environment-dependent structural and material properties (e.g. the
hydration level or the degree of absorption of lipids from moisturizers into the
stratum corneum). The multi-physics modelling-based
framework can be applied to understand skin tribology together with certain
mechanisms of the skin barrier function and are highly relevant for
pharmaceutical, cosmetic and personal skin care products.

The
candidate must be an enthusiastic and self-motivated person who holds or
expects to obtain an upper second or first class degree in Biomedical,
Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Physics or a related field. The
successful candidate has the option to be based in the national Centre of
Advanced Tribology (nCATS) at University of Southampton, UK for ONE year before
moving to University of Southampton Malaysia Campus (USMC) or vice versa.
Throughout the PhD duration, the candidate will also have the opportunity to
collaborate with nCATS' industrial partners.

If you wish to discuss
any details of the project informally, please contact Dr
William W.F. Chong, national Centre of Advanced Tribology at Southampton
(nCATS), University of Southampton, UK (Based in University of Southampton
Malaysia Campus, Johor, Malaysia) Email: w.chong@soton.ac.uk,
Tel: +6075602465.

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