Jianbo Xu
Jianbo owned his MSc degree in Polymer Materials Science and Engineering at the Univeristy of Manchester in 2023. He completed his bachelor of Engineering in Polymer Materials Science and Engineering in 2022. Jianbo's PhD project aims to biomimicry study on natural photonic crystals and structural colour on beetles and and other insects. This project will investigate how to explain the formation of the complicated photonic crystals formed in nature organisms from the perspective of materials science, by observing the colour development of living creatures and artificially fabrication in lab work. Ultimately, the project seeks to develop methods for manipulating and controlling the microstructure of self-assembled photonic crystals.
Contact: jianbo.xu@manchester.ac.uk