Uppsala University hereby declares the following position to be open for application: Ph.D. position i Materials Physics - Combinatorial materials science for new thin film materials at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Today, thin films of functional materials are important in many industrial applications. To obtain rapid and cost-effective methods to identify new materials and determine their structure and properties is challenging. One possibility to obtain this goal is to work with a combinatorial approach, where one obtains a range of compositions or thicknesses in a single film. By means of a series of automatic analysis steps it is then possible to rapidly and cost-efficiently screen a large number of potential materials systems and thereby identifying new materials for applications. This Ph. D. project is a part of Innoenergy, which is a large European project financed by EIT (European Institute of Technology) together with a number of European companies and universities. The main objective of the Ph.D. project is to identify new magnetic materials exhibiting extremely low coercivity and a high magnetization using combinatorial materials research. Development of processes and methods of the combinatorial material science approach is an important part of the Ph.D. program.
Our research group is a part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Angstrom Laboratory at University of Uppsala, Sweden. We are working with thin film materials mainly deposited with magnetron sputtering and Molecular Beam Techniques. The Ph. D. project will be a part of the Innoenergy and involve participants from Department of Materials Chemistry, Department of Engineering and the company ABB. As a Ph. D. student within Innoenergy you will spend at least 6 months at another European university and participate in the research schools and courses at different locations in Europe.
If you are interested, you are welcome to submit an application including a letter describing yourself, your merits and research interests. A CV must also be submitted as well as copies of your academic grades and exams. Contact addresses to reference persons are requested. You may also submit other relevant material such as copies of master thesis.
A suitable background for applicants is a Master degree in, for example, physics, chemistry or engineering. The applicant should have some courses in relevant fields such as solid state physics or solid state chemistry, materials physics, thin film technology etc.
The Ph. D. projects at Uppsala University take usually 4 years with full-time work. More information regarding Ph. D. studies can be found at www.teknat.uu.se
More information on this project can be obtained from Prof. Björgvin Hjörvarsson (Physics), ph. +46-18-471 3837 (bjorgvin.hjorvarsson@physics.uu.se), Prof. Ulf Jansson (Materials Chemistry) ph. +46-18-471 3727 (ulf.jansson@mkem.uu.se) and from , Prof. Håkan Engqvist (Engineering), ph. +46-18-471 7130 (hakan.engqvist@angstrom.uu.se) and Anna Andersson (ABB Corporate Research), ph. +46-21-323110 (anna.m.andersson@se.abb.com). The union representatives are: Anders Grundström, Saco-rådet (Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations) ph +4618-471 5380; Carin Söderhäll, TCO/ST (Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees), ph +4618-471 1996; and Stefan Djurström, Seko (the Union of Service and Communication Employees, ph. +4618-471 3315.
You are welcome to submit your application no later than 2 May, 2011, UFV-PA 2011/898. Use the link below to access the application form.
Source : www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/898PhD.html
Today, thin films of functional materials are important in many industrial applications. To obtain rapid and cost-effective methods to identify new materials and determine their structure and properties is challenging. One possibility to obtain this goal is to work with a combinatorial approach, where one obtains a range of compositions or thicknesses in a single film. By means of a series of automatic analysis steps it is then possible to rapidly and cost-efficiently screen a large number of potential materials systems and thereby identifying new materials for applications. This Ph. D. project is a part of Innoenergy, which is a large European project financed by EIT (European Institute of Technology) together with a number of European companies and universities. The main objective of the Ph.D. project is to identify new magnetic materials exhibiting extremely low coercivity and a high magnetization using combinatorial materials research. Development of processes and methods of the combinatorial material science approach is an important part of the Ph.D. program.
Our research group is a part of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Angstrom Laboratory at University of Uppsala, Sweden. We are working with thin film materials mainly deposited with magnetron sputtering and Molecular Beam Techniques. The Ph. D. project will be a part of the Innoenergy and involve participants from Department of Materials Chemistry, Department of Engineering and the company ABB. As a Ph. D. student within Innoenergy you will spend at least 6 months at another European university and participate in the research schools and courses at different locations in Europe.
If you are interested, you are welcome to submit an application including a letter describing yourself, your merits and research interests. A CV must also be submitted as well as copies of your academic grades and exams. Contact addresses to reference persons are requested. You may also submit other relevant material such as copies of master thesis.
A suitable background for applicants is a Master degree in, for example, physics, chemistry or engineering. The applicant should have some courses in relevant fields such as solid state physics or solid state chemistry, materials physics, thin film technology etc.
The Ph. D. projects at Uppsala University take usually 4 years with full-time work. More information regarding Ph. D. studies can be found at www.teknat.uu.se
More information on this project can be obtained from Prof. Björgvin Hjörvarsson (Physics), ph. +46-18-471 3837 (bjorgvin.hjorvarsson@physics.uu.se), Prof. Ulf Jansson (Materials Chemistry) ph. +46-18-471 3727 (ulf.jansson@mkem.uu.se) and from , Prof. Håkan Engqvist (Engineering), ph. +46-18-471 7130 (hakan.engqvist@angstrom.uu.se) and Anna Andersson (ABB Corporate Research), ph. +46-21-323110 (anna.m.andersson@se.abb.com). The union representatives are: Anders Grundström, Saco-rådet (Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations) ph +4618-471 5380; Carin Söderhäll, TCO/ST (Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees), ph +4618-471 1996; and Stefan Djurström, Seko (the Union of Service and Communication Employees, ph. +4618-471 3315.
You are welcome to submit your application no later than 2 May, 2011, UFV-PA 2011/898. Use the link below to access the application form.
Source : www.personalavd.uu.se/ledigaplatser/898PhD.html
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