Excellent candidates with background in MATERIAL SCIENCE (with special reference to nanowires fabrication and characterization), MEMS, or ELECTRONICS (with special reference to op amps, electronic interfaces,…) can apply for visiting or for PhD positions.
Successful candidates will join a large cross-disciplinary research effort for increasing the efficiency of piezoelectric nanogenerators [1-4] by improving modeling, nano-fabrication, devices, and electronics.
The research is in collaboration with Prof. Zhong Lin Wang [1-4]
(http://www.nanoscience.gatech.edu/zlwang/).
Salary for PhD students is about € 1.050,00 net/month. Besides, mobility costs (travel, food, and accommodation) for visits to the Georgia Institute of Technology will be fully supported.
Available facilities (within 2 minutes walking) include SEM, AFM, furnaces, standard instrumentation for electronics, workstations for electronic circuit design and FEM simulations, three deposition systems (conventional PLD and two Laser-MBE), X-ray diffraction, microprobe analysis; resistivity measurements in applied magnetic field, up to 1T, down to 15K; I-V and Hall effect measurements.
Available facilities at the Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie – CNR (about 15 minutes driving) include: sputtering, PECVD, ECR-PECVD, optical lithography, electron beam lithography, ion lithography, micromachining, I-V and C-V characterization of semiconductor devices, SEM, AFM, and laser annealing.
Please, send inquiries and CV to: falconi[ at ]eln.uniroma2.it
References:
[1] Z. L. Wang, J. Song, “Piezoelectric nanogenerators based on zinc oxide nanowire arrays”, Science, v. 312, 2006, 242?246.
[2] X. Wang, J. Song, J. Liu, Z. L. Wang, “Direct current nanogenerator driven by ultrasonic waves”, Science, v. 316, 2007, 102?105.
[3] Y. Qin, X.D. Wang and Z.L. Wang, “Microfiber?NanowireHybrid Structure for Energy Scavenging”, Nature, 451 (2008) 809?813.
[4] S. Xu, Y. Qin, C. Xu, Y. Wei, R. Yang, Z. L. Wang, “Self-powered nanowire devices”, Nature Nanotechnology (2010).
Successful candidates will join a large cross-disciplinary research effort for increasing the efficiency of piezoelectric nanogenerators [1-4] by improving modeling, nano-fabrication, devices, and electronics.
The research is in collaboration with Prof. Zhong Lin Wang [1-4]
(http://www.nanoscience.gatech.edu/zlwang/).
Salary for PhD students is about € 1.050,00 net/month. Besides, mobility costs (travel, food, and accommodation) for visits to the Georgia Institute of Technology will be fully supported.
Available facilities (within 2 minutes walking) include SEM, AFM, furnaces, standard instrumentation for electronics, workstations for electronic circuit design and FEM simulations, three deposition systems (conventional PLD and two Laser-MBE), X-ray diffraction, microprobe analysis; resistivity measurements in applied magnetic field, up to 1T, down to 15K; I-V and Hall effect measurements.
Available facilities at the Istituto di Fotonica e Nanotecnologie – CNR (about 15 minutes driving) include: sputtering, PECVD, ECR-PECVD, optical lithography, electron beam lithography, ion lithography, micromachining, I-V and C-V characterization of semiconductor devices, SEM, AFM, and laser annealing.
Please, send inquiries and CV to: falconi[ at ]eln.uniroma2.it
References:
[1] Z. L. Wang, J. Song, “Piezoelectric nanogenerators based on zinc oxide nanowire arrays”, Science, v. 312, 2006, 242?246.
[2] X. Wang, J. Song, J. Liu, Z. L. Wang, “Direct current nanogenerator driven by ultrasonic waves”, Science, v. 316, 2007, 102?105.
[3] Y. Qin, X.D. Wang and Z.L. Wang, “Microfiber?NanowireHybrid Structure for Energy Scavenging”, Nature, 451 (2008) 809?813.
[4] S. Xu, Y. Qin, C. Xu, Y. Wei, R. Yang, Z. L. Wang, “Self-powered nanowire devices”, Nature Nanotechnology (2010).