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The PhD degree will be obtained either in the physics or chemistry department, depending on the can- didate’s background. The successful applicant will join the group of Prof. Bester and work on a research project concerned with excitonic eects in 2D materials. The candidate will use our ab-initio approach [1] which combines DFT and configuration interaction to calculate the exciton (X), charged excitons (X, X+), biexciton (XX) properties and their mutual interaction. The candidate will make use of our latest 2D-atomic eective pseudopotentials [2] and our recent force-field [3] (see Figure) to address moiré structures with up to 20,000 atoms. The position is within the vibrant SPP 2244 consortium.
We expect a Master’s degree or equivalent in physics, chemistry or related disciplines, preferably in the fields of theoretical condensed matter research or quantum chemistry. A candidate experienced with one or more of the following topics will be given priority:
• DFT • Theoretical Quantum Chemistry • Optical Properties, spectroscopy, semiconductors.
[1] First-principles many-body theory for charged and neutral excitations: Trion fine structure splitting in transition metal dichalcogenides, A. Torche and G. Bester, Phys. Rev. B 100, 201403(R) (2019).
[2] P. Han and G. Bester, manuscript in preparation. [3] Accurate force-field methodology capturing atomic reconstructions in transition metal dichalcogenide moiré system, C. E. M. Nielsen, M. da Cruz, A. Torche and G. Bester Phys. Rev. B 108, 045402 (2023).
The University of Hamburg seeks to increase the number of women in those areas, where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.
Applications including a CV, a documentation of academic record, a brief description of the Master thesis project, a motivation letter should be sent in a single pdf file to: e-mail: [email protected] with subject: SPP 2244 application
The position is available now.