The PhD candidate will work and the design of novel materials belonging to the family of Hofmann-type clathrates that can efficiently separate CO2 from other gases using spin crossover transitions. The student will be located in Grenoble and will perform both experiments at the ILL (https://www.ill.eu/), such as neutron diffraction, neutron vibrational spectroscopy and QENS and ab initio calculations of the electronic structure of these compounds at SIMaP (http://simap.grenoble-inp.fr/).

Advisors: Roberta Poloni (SIMaP, Grenoble) for the calculations and Alberto Rodriguez Velamazan (ILL, Grenoble) for the experimental part

Starting date: October 2018

Funding: Institut Laue-Langevin

How to apply: send a cover letter and a detailed CV including undergraduate degrees and name and contact of at least two referees to the following addresses: [email protected] and [email protected]. Only applications received by the end of May will be considered.

Salary and benefits: please see here: https://www.ill.eu/careers/all-our-vacancies/phd-recruitment/phd-workat-the-ill/