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Polaritonic Chemistry# PhD Position at Internati ... (No replies)
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Abstract:
Based on seminal experimental results, which highlight that coupling molecules strongly to the photon field of an optical cavity can lead to dramatic changes of, e.g., chemical reactions, the new interdisciplinary field of polaritonic chemistry has emerged. This field inherits its name from the appearance of light-matter hybrid states, which are termed polaritons.
Our group together with international collaborators has developed the first ab-initio methods, which are based on non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics, for polaritonic chemistry, These methods (e.g. quantum-electrodynamical densityfunctional theory) have by now provided novel and critical insight into the basic principles of how the quantized electromagnetic field can change chemistry.
In this project these numerical methods are to be further developed and used to gain deeper understanding of cavity-modified chemistry and to predict novel effects due to strong light-matter coupling. A focus is on the connection between collective and single-molecule strong coupling as well as on the impact of realistic (lossy multimode) cavities and the construction of phenomenological models based on ab-initio results to rationalize these findings.
Contact person for scientific questions about the project:
Michael Ruggenthaler: [email protected]
Dominik Sidler: [email protected]
Franco Paul Bonafe: [email protected]
Heiko Appel: [email protected]
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Requirements
We seek applicants with an excellent academic background. You hold (or are about to complete) an MSc degree or equivalent in physics, chemistry or related areas. You need to be passionate about research in ultrafast phenomena and motivated to conduct rigorous scientific work over the full degree period.
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The application deadline is 15th November 2022. PhD projects start in summer/autumn 2023. In exceptional cases, it may be possible to start on the research project earlier. For any further questions or problems regarding the application process or the online system, please contact the IMPRS UFAST coordinator on IMPRS[email protected].
Applications must be submitted via the > online application portal.
The International Max Planck Research School for Ultrafast Imaging & Structural Dynamics (IMPRS UFAST) is a joint venture of the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, University of Hamburg and European XFEL GmbH.