Available Positions

Development of novel electromechanically active materials for bio-compatible MEMS. Solid State Chemotronic devices operating at room temperature (devices changing a certain property due to change in composition induced by electric field)

Area: 
Chemistry
Sunday, September 19, 2021
  1. Novel materials and methods for electromechanical coupling in solids. Piezoelectric thin films. Development of non-classical electrostrictors as ceramics and thin films. Electro-Chemo-X effects (X=mechanical, electrical, magnetic i.e. Solid State Chempotronics) and micro-devices based on these effects. Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) based on non-classical electrostrictors: actuators, switches, memory devices, micro-pumps, tunable capacitors and inductors.

  2. Pre-requisites: common sense (if available) basics knowledge in either of these fields: materials science/chemical engineering/inorganic chemistry/applied physics. One the fields is enough. The rest can be learnt on the fly

  3. Skills to master: microfabrication and MEMS, materials engineering design, basic of electrical characterization (low fields and high fields), structural characterization techniques, basics of device reliability assessment.

  4. Type of work for a M.Sc. project: answering a specific question about the novel material/actuation mechanism. Includes: preparation (usually known) and characterization of a specific property correlating it with the composition and preparation method

Studies of polarity (piezoelectricity and pyroelectricity + mechanical properties) of doped molecular crystals.

Area: 
Chemistry
Sunday, September 19, 2021
  1. Topic: Understanding polarity of crystals obtained by symmetry reduction (molecular crystals doped stereo specifically reduces symmetry and develops a set of a very unusual properties).

  2. Pre-requisites: common sense (if available) basics knowledge in chemistry or materials science or engineering. Chemical engineering background is also good.

  3. Skills to master: growth of organic crystals and their structural characterization. Measurements of pyroelectric, piezoelectric, and elastic properties.

  4. Type of work for a M.Sc. project: answering a specific question about the novel the structure-property relations. Trying to make some sense of how they are related and why they do not follow the theory that worked well for 140 years.