Post-doctoral Research Associate ¿ MOVPE Growth of Nitride Materials for Power Electronics

A gifted and inventive postdoctoral researcher is looking for to work within the Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride, performing progress of nitride supplies and units for functions in energy electronics and characterising the ensuing supplies. The Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride is a part of the Division of Supplies Science and Metallurgy on the College of Cambridge and in addition leads the nitride exercise inside the EPSRC Nationwide Epitaxy Facility.

This publish is out there underneath the UltrAlGaN Programme Grant (EPSRC) in collaboration with the College of Bristol and different companions. The broad goal of the Programme is the event of high-performance AlGaN solid-state circuit breakers (SSCBs). On this context, the profitable candidate will contribute to analysis on the expansion of aluminium and nitrogen-polar AlGaN, the expansion of graded AlGaN layers, the regrowth of AlGaN, the expansion on bulk AlN substrates, and the realisation of latest doping ideas in AlGaN, specifically polarisation doping. The venture workforce additionally consists of the aptitude for progress by molecular beam epitaxy (MBE), and the profitable candidate will exhibit enthusiasm for collaboration throughout the 2 progress applied sciences to attain optimised supplies. The function may current the chance for primary system fabrication to facilitate epitaxy characterisation, and therefore expertise of system fabrication is fascinating.

Duties:
– Handle analysis actions, generate high-quality information, and develop scientific methods.
– Contribute intellectually to the course of the nitride analysis inside the Centre.
– Current information regionally at lab conferences and seminars, and extra extensively at worldwide scientific conferences.
– Draft scientific manuscripts with assist from Prof Oliver and contribute to the day-to-day supervision of Masters or PhD college students.

Necessities:
– Maintain a Ph.D. in Supplies Science, Physics, Electrical Engineering, or a associated space, or be nearing completion of 1.
– In depth expertise in crystal progress, ideally utilizing metal-organic vapour part epitaxy (MOVPE).
– A observe document of analysis on nitride semiconductors or carefully associated supplies.
– Properly-versed in a spread of methods for the characterisation of the construction and properties of supplies, with expertise in two or extra of the next methods: scanning probe microscopy, x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, cathodoluminescence spectroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, Corridor probe measurements, or C-V measurements. Candidates with in-depth experience in scanning probe microscopy are significantly inspired to use.
– Abilities in information presentation, each verbally and in writing.
– Dedicated to collaborative and interdisciplinary analysis and capable of work each independently and as a part of a workforce.

Extra Info:
– Functions are significantly welcome from girls, black, and minority ethnic candidates.
– Mounted-term: The funds for the function can be found for two years within the first occasion.

For extra details about the Cambridge Centre for Gallium Nitride, go to https://www.gan.msm.cam.ac.uk/ .

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