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Nanosurf Lab at the Institute of Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague invites applications for the PhD positions.
The successful PhD candidates (m/f/d) with high motivation and an interest in emerging quantum technologies and nanoscience will join a research team led by Pavel Jelínek.
The Nanosurf Lab aims to understand emerging quantum phenomena in low-dimensional molecular systems. The research group is a highly international team that possesses the unique synergy between the state-of-the-art experimental and theoretical which enables us a detailed understanding of the studied phenomena.
More details about the team, current research activities, and results can be found here nanosurf.fzu.cz.
What you will do:
The main objective of the experimental PhD study will be
- Explore new routes of on-surface synthesis to search for novel molecular magnetic structures and their characterization with high-resolution scanning probe microscopy
- Further development of state-of-the-art scanning probe microscopy
- Atomic manipulation of chemical structures and charge/spin transfer in molecular structures
The PhD project will benefit from a close collaboration with synthetic chemists and in-house theory.
The main objective of the theoretical PhD study will be
- The modeling of quantum properties of magnetic molecular nanostructures
- Development of theoretical methods for the description of strongly correlated molecular structures
- Understanding of quantum properties of novel molecular structures and the underlying chemical/physical processes
The PhD project will be executed in close collaboration with experimental activities conducted in Nanosurf Lab.
Required qualifications:
- MSc. degree in physics, chemistry, material science, or related fields
- fluent in English
Terms of employment:
- Start of employment as soon as possible, depending on the availability of the applicant
- Full-time/ part-time job with flexible hours, extended vacations, work from home, and a wide range of other benefits
- 1-year contract with possible extension for the period of the PhD study
Application procedure:
- Interested candidates are invited to apply by sending a CV and a motivation letter to Monika Svobodová at monika [dot] svobodova [at] fzu [dot] cz (monika[dot]svobodova[at]fzu[dot]cz).
- For further information, please get in touch with Dr. Pavel Jelinek: pavel [dot] jelinek [at] fzu [dot] cz (pavel[dot]jelinek[at]fzu[dot]cz) Head of Department and Working Group.
References of interest:
- P. Jelinek Nature Chem. 15, 12 (2022).
- B. Mallada et al 374, 863 Science (2021).
- H. Gonzalez et al, Adv. Mat. 33, 2104495 (2021).
- A. Cahlik et al, ACS-Nano 15, 10357 (2021).
- B. Cirera et al, Nature Nano 15, 437 (2020).