Doctor of Philosophy (Applied Physics)

Our wide-ranging applied physics expertise gives you opportunities to develop specialist knowledge and honed research skills in your chosen area.Under expert supervision, you join researchers already active in:advanced imaging and nanoscale characterisation confocal and atomic force microscopyfibre optics and optical spectroscopygeneral relativity ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents materials physics medical physics, medical imaging and bioimagingmembranes and ion channels molecular dynamics, statistical mechanics and non-equilibrium modellingneutron and X-ray imaging and scatteringphase transitions, rheology and nanofluidicsphotophysicsquantum computing and quantum informationquantum materials, optics and sensing quantum physics and technology radiation physics, dosimetry, protection and transportrelativistic quantum information theory semiconductors and superconductorssoft matter physics, biophysics and biological physicsspace physics, planetary science, microgravity, human spaceflight and extreme environmentssurface science, thin films and devices.This PhD may be undertaken in a project, thesis with publication or thesis mode. Prospective candidates should discuss these modes of submission with their potential supervisors.Many of our research activities are conducted within our ARC Centres of Excellence, RMIT research centres and research groups, including:Applied Electromagnetics and Radiation Physics Research GroupTheoretical Chemical and Quantum Physics Research GroupSoft Matter Research Group [079680G]