PhD student in 2D quantum materials (MSCA COFUND project PRISMAS)

Organisation/Firm

Uppsala universitet

Division

Division of Physics and Astronomy

Analysis Discipline

Engineering
Physics

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Nation

Sweden

Utility Deadline

31 Oct 2023 – 22:59 (UTC)

Sort of Contract

Momentary

Job Standing

Full-time

Is the job funded by way of the EU Analysis Framework Programme?

H2020 / Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND

Is the Job associated to employees place inside a Analysis Infrastructure?

No

Provide Description

PhD pupil in two-dimensional quantum supplies (MSCA COFUND undertaking PRISMAS)

PRISMAS – PhD Analysis and Innovation in Synchrotron Strategies and Functions in Sweden – is a brand new doctoral community coaching the subsequent technology of 40 main synchrotron consultants and is co-funded by the Horizon Europe MSCA COFUND Programme. As a PRISMAS PhD pupil, you should have the possibility to conduct cutting-edge analysis in your discipline, profiting from state-of-the-art instruments that can result in engaging future job alternatives in academia or business. Furthermore, you’re a part of designing the way forward for synchrotron expertise and instrumentation and utilizing these to sort out a few of the most vital world challenges the world faces at the moment whereas buying interdisciplinary and intersectoral information. Being a part of the PRISMAS programme provides you a one-of-a-kind expertise within the type of a secondment on the world´s first 4th technology synchrotron, MAX IV in Lund, Sweden. With a tailor-made coaching programme, together with programs to construct scientific and technical competence in addition to strengthen transferrable abilities, PRISMAS supplies you with the abilities, information and competence wanted to efficiently obtain your doctoral diploma.

The MSCA COFUND undertaking PRISMAS gives you excellent alternatives in addition to a stimulating and provoking surrounding for performing cutting-edge analysis. By supporting your mobility, it creates excellent situations for strengthening your worldwide community.

The analysis carried out on the Division of Physics and Astronomy encompasses a variety of physics subjects, distributed over 9 divisions. The division is situated within the Ångström laboratory and employs almost 400 folks, 100 of whom are doctoral college students. It gives a broad physics curriculum to undergraduate and graduate college students, participation in nationally and internationally main tasks for researchers, and alternatives for partnership with business and numerous outreach actions. Right here, this system Condensed Matter Physics of Vitality Supplies analysis goals to develop an understanding of digital properties on the atomic degree and new practical supplies for vitality and environmental functions. Learn extra on www.physics.uu.se

The Quantum Materials Machine group at Uppsala College is funded by the European Analysis Council (ERC) and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg (KAW) Basis to push the boundaries of quantum supplies analysis. The group’s overarching analysis focuses on creating modern quantum materials gadgets, investigating cost, spin, and orbital quantum phenomena, and exploring their potential for numerous functions corresponding to energy-efficient reminiscence and logic gadgets, versatile spintronic gadgets, novel quantum sensors, and clever spin-integrated and neuromorphic circuits. The group employs two-dimensional (2D) crystals corresponding to graphene, 2D semiconductors corresponding to dichalcogenides MoS2 and MoSe2, 2D insulators like hexagonal boron nitride, and particular laminates and exactly angle-oriented 2D van der Waal heterostructures. Experiments contain complete low-temperature (right down to 10 millikelvins) cost, spin (orbital) transport, and magneto-optics to uncover novel ordering, unique cost and spin phenomena, and emergent physics. These experiments are enabled by creating custom-built in-house instrumentation and precision measurement strategies. As well as, the novel supplies are additionally explored by superior X-ray spectroscopic strategies.

The PI Assoc. Prof. Venkata Kamalakar Mutta (hyperlink to his interview in European Bodily Society) from the X-ray Photon Science division of the Division of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala College. He’s an knowledgeable in quantum materials system physics of nanoelectronics and spintronic gadgets, modern system fabrication, synthesis of 2D supplies, and instrumentation and precision cost, spin, and orbital measurements. He was awarded an ERC-consolidator grant in 2020 and leads the Quantum materials system group (host group) with 4 Ph.D. college students and 4 Postdocs.

Co-PI Dr. Zhaojun Li is thought for her internationally acknowledged work on functionalized 2D materials for optoelectronics. Co-PI Assoc. Prof. Andreas Lindblad is an knowledgeable on cost dynamics research with digital constructions probed by X-rays. He makes a speciality of nanometric profiling of the basic and chemical specificity of the novel hetero-layers we are going to produce on this undertaking. Co-PI Dr. Anirudha Ghosh is an knowledgeable within the discipline of sentimental x-ray spectroscopy. He’s at present stationed at Veritas beamline in MAX IV Laboratory, and makes a speciality of understanding the cost and spin dynamics of correlated electron techniques, 2D van der Waal supplies, superconductors, and many others. The secondments at MAX IV Laboratory can be below his supervision.

Learn extra about our advantages and what it’s wish to work at Uppsala College.

Duties
Two-dimensional (2D) materials van der Waals (vdW) heterostructures exhibit extraordinary quantum traits for next-generation nanoelectronics, spintronics, and optoelectronic functions. The undertaking goals to analyze the quantum (digital, phononic, and magnonic) properties and phenomena in novel directly-chemical vapor deposited 2D materials heterostructures and their functionalized defect-passivated techniques, and develop modern gadgets. Right here we are going to discover a brand new direct progress of 2D materials heterostructures, for instance, semiconducting MoS2 on graphene. Lately, we have now innovated the expansion of composite 2D heterostructures by nucleation-defined chemical vapor deposition. On this undertaking, we particularly intention to probe the digital construction of those new quantum supplies by way of superior x-rays spectroscopic instruments, corresponding to angle-resolved photoemission (ARPES), resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS), ambient strain x-ray photoemission spectroscopy (APXPS), nano and micro-(ARPES), to uncover the band construction and floor cost switch in immediately CVD-grown 2D heterostructures of MoS2 over graphene and 2D magnets (Chromium Telluride) over graphene. This may assist in understanding spin-orbit coupling and its affect on the digital and magnonic (involving magnetic 2D supplies) band construction in 2D heterostructures. As well as, the undertaking will contain the investigation of defect passivation by chemical remedies on CVD-grown 2D supplies. These targets will impression the understanding of the properties of the immediately grown 2D heterostructures and engineering their properties for environment friendly next-generation optoelectronic and spintronics gadgets, which can be innovated with these quantum supplies. This undertaking is predicted to considerably contribute to pushing the boundaries of 2D quantum supplies.

The main focus of the undertaking can be to synthesize modern two-dimensional (2D) materials heterostructures and characterize them utilizing superior transport, magneto-optic, and x-ray spectroscopic strategies. The coed can be a part of thrilling developments at Uppsala College in 2D materials analysis and get an thrilling alternative to be taught, make use of, and innovate the expansion of 2D supplies by chemical vapor deposition strategies, and numerous in-house measurement and characterization strategies on the Quantum Materials Machine laboratory. Along with progress, this undertaking would contain vital utilization of X-ray spectroscopic strategies to uncover the band construction of the novel 2D heterostructures, 2D passivated supplies, discovering intricate particulars utilizing superior spectroscopic strategies in reaching the undertaking targets.

The coaching implies a secondment of 3-12 months at MAX IV laboratory in Lund, Sweden. Extra secondments and/or brief stays could also be organized in settlement with the supervisor of the analysis undertaking. Furthermore, you’ll attend worldwide conferences, take part in periodical undertaking conferences and coaching faculties in addition to in specialised programs at completely different universities to enrich your information.  A certain quantity of travelling is foreseen in relation to those actions.

Necessities
To satisfy the entry necessities for doctoral research, you could

• To adjust to the mobility rule of the MSCA COFUND programme, you’re eligible when you have not resided in Sweden for greater than 12 months throughout the interval 2020-10-30 to 2023-10-31 for work or research as fundamental occupation.
• By the employment date (earlier than 2024-03-01) you could have accomplished programs of at the least 240 credit, of which at the least 60 credit are from second-cycle programs, have been awarded a Grasp´s diploma in Physics or have acquired largely equal information in another manner, in Sweden or overseas.
• Throughout the required training, you want specialization in one of many topics corresponding to solid-state physics, condensed matter physics, supplies science, or different applicable self-discipline.

Extra {qualifications}

• Expertise and publicity to X-ray spectroscopic method are useful.
• Expertise in graphene and 2D supplies, nanodevices, versatile electronics, and cleanroom expertise can be thought-about a benefit.

Guidelines governing PhD college students are set out within the Larger Schooling Ordinance chapter 5, §§ 1-7 and in Uppsala College’s guidelines and pointers.

In regards to the employment
The employment is a short lived place in accordance with the Larger Schooling Ordinance chapter 5 § 7. The place is a full-time, fastened time period employment for 4 years, forseen to begin on 1 March 2023. Admission to the doctoral research takes place at Uppsala College.

The holders of those positions have a major obligation to efficiently fulfil their postgraduate (third cycle) training ending with a doctoral diploma (PhD). A place as doctoral pupil can include some restricted instructing or different departmental work on the Division of Physics and Astronomy. The utmost quantity of such work is 20%.

How you can apply
Functions are to be submitted by way of the VARBI and should embody the next paperwork:

• CV in Europass format
• A two-page cowl letter, justifying your curiosity within the place and the way it matches your {qualifications} in addition to the prioritization in case of making use of to a number of PRISMAS positions.
• at the least one reference letter
• an proof of English 3 proficiency (minimal B2 degree)
• Copy of educational data, together with marks for all coursework with a transcript of diploma in English,
• and some other doc to which you wish to draw consideration (particulars of referees, letters of advice, and many others.)

All paperwork must be uploaded (pdf) within the job software portal. Examination certificates and different paperwork on paper must be scanned or photographed earlier than being uploaded.

In regard to incomplete functions (particularly if missing the abovementioned paperwork), the PRISMAS Administration reserves the correct to exclude them within the choice course of, with none further notification to the applicant. 

The applying can be evaluated primarily based on scientific excellence, the adequacy of your profession plan and your thesis undertaking in addition to your analysis expertise.

Particulars on the novel, distinctive and customary choice course of for all of the PRISMAS positions could be discovered right here: How you can apply – MAX IV (lu.se)

Contact
For additional details about the place, please contact: Venkata Kamalakar Mutta, [email protected]

In case you have questions on the choice course of, please contact:[email protected]

For questions on the employment situations and the college, please contact: [email protected]

Please submit your software by 31 October 2023, UFV-PA 2023/3221

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Necessities

Analysis Discipline

Engineering

Schooling Degree

Grasp Diploma or equal

Analysis Discipline

Physics

Schooling Degree

Grasp Diploma or equal

Analysis Discipline

Engineering

Years of Analysis Expertise

None

Analysis Discipline

Physics

Years of Analysis Expertise

None

Extra Info
Work Location(s)

Variety of gives accessible

1

Firm/Institute

Uppsala universitet

Nation

Sweden

Metropolis

Uppsala

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