Dr. Cristina Afonso
Physical sciences
Physical sciences
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Materials Modelling
Development of theoretical and computational methods for prediction of materials properties, Computational modelling of the behaviour, properties and manipulation of nanomaterials, Electrostatic interactions and self-assembly, Gas storage and interactions in porous solids
Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship, 2020 – 2024
University of Nottingham Research Leaders Programme, 2017
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry, FRSC, 2017
New Directions for EPSRC Research Leaders Award, 2012 – 2014
Russian President Boris Yeltsin's Research Scholarship for International Training, 3 Scholarships were awarded in Russia in 1997
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Anniversary Award "for distinguished success in study and scientific activities", 1997
English, Russian
Nanostructuring of the fast ion conductor, lithium nitride. Nature Communications (2020).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17951-6
Atomic mechanism of metal crystal nucleus formation in a single-walled carbon nanotube. Nature Chemistry (2020).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0538-9
Ordering, flexibility and frustration in arrays of porphyrin nanorings. Nature Communications 10, 2932 (2019).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11009-y
Comparison of atomic scale dynamics for the middle and late transition metal nanocatalysts. Nature Communications 9, 3382 (2018).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05831-z
Supramolecular heterostructures formed by sequential epitaxial deposition of two-dimensional hydrogen-bonded arrays. Nature Chemistry 9, 1191-1197 (2017).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2824
A partially-interpenetrated metal-organic framework for selective hysteretic sorption of carbon dioxide. Nature Materials 11, 710-716 (2012).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat3343
Self-assembly of a sulphur-terminated graphene nanoribbon within a single-walled carbon nanotube. Nature Materials 10, 687-692 (2011).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat3082
Reactions of the inner surface of carbon nanotubes and nanoprotrusion processes imaged at the atomic scale. Nature Chemistry 3, 732-737 (2011).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.1115
Direct transformation of graphene to fullerene. Nature Chemistry 2(6), 450-453 (2010).
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nchem.644
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Hydrogen (SusHy)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Gavin Walker (Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham)
Co-Directors: Prof. Elena Besley and others
Duration: April 1st 2019 – September 30th 2027
Scheme: EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training
Multi-Functional Nano-Carbon Composite Materials Network (MultiComp)
The Proposer: Dr. Sharali Malik, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
UK representative on the Management Committee and Working Group leader: Prof. Elena Besley
Duration: April 7th 2016 – September 30th 2020
Scheme: COST: European Cooperation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research
Coordination Chemistry for Energy and Our Sustainable Futures (ChemEnSus)
Principal Investigator: Prof. Martin Schröder, School of Chemistry, University of Nottingham
Co-Investigators: Dr. Elena Bichoutskaia and others
Duration: June 9th 2011 – June 8th 2016
Scheme: EPSRC Programme Grant
External referee for the Research Committee of the City University of Hong Kong
Member of the UK EPSRC College
PGCHE, Postgraduate Certificate in Higher Education, University of Nottingham, UK, 2013
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Physical sciences, Chemistry coordination, Chemistry, Molecular magnetism, Molecular electronics, Bioinorganics
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