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PhD position in Computational studies of conducting organic materials and functional biopolymers from the forest
A PhD position in Computational studies of conducting organic materials and functional biopolymers from the forest is available at Linköping University, Sweden. The position is based at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE), http://www.liu.se/loe, belonging to the Department of Science and Technology, at the university’s Norrköping Campus. The LOE is renowned for its world-leading research on electronic devices based on organic electroactive materials. Currently, the research staff of the Laboratory includes about 100 researchers (senior and junior scientists and PhD students). The PhD position is associated with the Wallenberg Wood Science Center (WWSC), which is a joint research center including groups from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Chalmers University of Technology, and Linköping University, funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Duties
During recent decades the ever-increasing efforts have been made to functionalize biopolymers from the forest such as cellulose and merge them with organic conducting polymers to develop novel material and devices for various high-tech products and applications, including super-strong materials, printing and flexible paper electronics, supercapacitors, transparent cellulose and even lasers and other photonic devices. The PhD student will perform computational simulation and modeling of novel composite cellulose/polymer-based material and devices. The modeling will be ranging from ab initio and Molecular Dynamics simulations on the atomistic level to simulations of the electromagnetic waves propagation on the device level to answer the fundamental questions concerning material and device morphology, structure, electronic, photonic and transport properties, and many others. The simulation and modeling activity will be carried out in a tight collaboration with the experimental teams at LOE, as well as with teams at Chalmers University of Technology and Royal Institute of Technology where the obtained theoretical results will help to understand and guide the material and device design for better and enhanced performance, and, vice versa, the input from the experiment will provide an essential motivation for the theory.
Qualifications
Applications are welcomed from candidates with M.Sc. degree (or equivalent) in physics/chemistry/material science with a strong background in computational quantum physics/chemistry, solid state physics, quantum mechanics, statistical physics. Computer and programing/scripting skills are highly desirable. The interested candidate should be strongly self-motivated, to show a keen interest in science and fundamental research and be willing to work in a team.
Appointment time: 4 years
Starting date: winter/spring 2019
Salary
The salary for PhD students is based on the department’s salary scale.
Application procedure
The application should include a CV (max 2 pages), a motivation letter (max 1 page), copies of Master and Bachelor diploma with all transcripts, and copies of published papers (if available). Applications should be submitted via Linköping University website, https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies (position Ref LiU-2018-03334)
Contact person:
Prof. Igor Zozoulenko,
Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linköping University
60174 Norrköping, Sweden
e-mail: [email protected]