Below you will find adverts for Postdoc and PhD positions funded by the AMMIST network. Note that you must meet the following eligibility critera to apply and useful information for those who are interested in joining a Research Training Network can be found here
Please, address enquiries directly to the concerned group.
Post-Doctoral Position (Paris)
Manipulation of functionalized molecules on semiconductor and insulator surfaces with the STM
A post-doctoral position is available to investigate the controlled manipulation of individual functionalized molecules on surfaces with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM) (room temperature, variable temperature and low temperature UHV STM are available). New concepts where the molecules are considered as real nano-machines will be explored. The STM tip will be used as an atomic scale source of electrons to activate the intramolecular motions of a single molecule. The successful applicant will investigate:
- The controlled connexion of functionalized organic molecules on semiconductor (silicon, germanium) and insulator (diamond) surfaces.
- The mechanical, chemical and electronic functions that can be activated at the molecular level.
- The quantum properties of the molecular nano-machines.
This post-doctoral position is funded within the "AMMIST" network of the EEC involving close collaborations with 6 other European groups. Therefore, only candidates from (non French) European countries and associated states can apply.
Starting date is January 2003. The position is for 1 year with a base salary of 31.700 Euros per annum and can be renewed.
Please send a detailed CV and 2 letters of reference to Dr. Gérald Dujardin.
PhD grant (Paris)
Atomic and Molecular Manipulation with the STM
A PhD grant is available to investigate the controlled manipulation of individual atoms and molecules on surfaces with the Scanning Tunneling Microscope (STM). Using a single atom or molecule as a functionalized nano-machine is expected to be a major scientific breakthrough with many potential applications in nano-electronics and nano-biology.
The successful applicant will explore how organic molecules adsorb and can be manipulated on semiconductor (silicon, germanium) and insulator (diamond) surfaces by using a room temperature and a variable temperature UHV STM. The STM tip will be used as an atomic scale source of electrons to study the electrical conductivity of a single molecule and to activate its intramolecular motions.
This PhD grant is funded within the "Atomic and Molecular Manipulation" network of the EEC involving close collaborations with 5 other European groups. Therefore, only candidates from (non French) European countries and associated states can apply.
Starting date is January 2002. The grant is for 3 years.
For further information, contact Dr. Gérald Dujardin.
Post-Doc fellowship in the NanoSciences group, CEMES (Toulouse)
Design of Molecular Machines
The NanoSciences group of the CEMES-CNRS in Toulouse (France) offers a postdoctoral research fellow. The group is a world wide leading team in nanoscale science and rallies the conception of molecular machines, molecular chemical synthesis, experiments with STM and noncontact AFM, and calculations of STM imaging and near field optics. It is involved in many european projects and national initiatives.
Specific areas of interest are the design of molecular machines with modern molecular mechanics and molecular dynamics tools. The successful applicant will be required to simulate behaviors of molecules on surface that are potential candidate for nanomachines together with the companion calculations of STM images of large molecules.
A good knowledge of basic surface science, physisorption and/or chemisorption of molecules, DFT and/or quantum chemistry methods, and MM and MD tools is required. An ability of Fortran/C and an experience in computer programming under Unix are essential.
The fellow will have links with experimental groups of the EU-project. An ability to work with others and interact creatively with specialists in several disciplines will be necessary. The fellow will benefit from professional training in skills necessary to work successfully within a modern team and project based research environment.
Applications including a CV and the names of two referees should be sent to Dr. Christian Joachim.
The position opens now for one year with possibility of extension.
Eligibility critera
(for more details see this page).
- Age - you must be aged 35 or less at the time of their appointment to the network
- Qualifications - you must be holders of a doctoral degree or of a degree that would qualify them to embark on a doctoral degree
- Nationality -you must be nationals of an EU Member State or Associated State (Bulgaria, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Israel) or have resided in an EU Member State for at least five years immediately prior to their appointment in a network.
- International Mobility - a national of a state other than the one in which they will be located in the network and must not have carried out their normal activities in that state for more than 12 of the 24 months prior to their appointment. For non-EU Member or Associated State nationals wishing to be appointed in a Research Training Network which started in 2002 only, you must not have resided in the country in which your potential host institute is situated for more than two years in the last five years immediately prior to appointment.