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 Ph.D. project. 


Version (1): Developing a material or a device capable of performing a specific task (materials science + engineering+ MEMS); Version (2): Basic material, thin film of ceramics, development and characterization of structure-composition-properties relations (solid state chemistry + materials engineering). Includes: preparation (usually known) and characterization of a specific property correlating it with the composition and preparation method.