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Before considering an application for a PhD studentship within the NANOCAGE network, please refer to Section 5 (and, in particular, Section 5.7) of the Marie Curie Early Stage Training handbook below for details of eligibility criteria.

Marie Curie Early Stage Training host fellowships handbook [pdf document, 518 kB]

The following studentships are currently available:

1. Two 36 month PhD studentships are currently available within the NANOCAGE Early Stage Training network. These studentships will be based in the Nanoscience Group, University of Nottingham, and Forschungszentrum Juelich (Germany). While the appointments will largely focus on ultra high vacuum, low temperature scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) imaging/spectroscopy (Juelich) and SPM imaging, synchrotron-based spectroscopy, and Langmuir-Blodgett techniques (Nottingham) for endofullerene and peapod systems, there is both considerable scope for travel between the four network institutions and particular potential for a great deal of flexibility in the experiment/theory balance of each studentship.

2. Applications are invited from PhD students who wish to undertake research for periods ranging from 3 months to 24 months within the NANOCAGE network. The focus of the research project is the interdisciplinary study of adsorbed endohedral fullerene molecules (or incar-fullerenes), i.e. atoms incarcerated within pure carbon cages, using a very wide variety of experimental and theoretical techniques. The project represents an ideal training ground for PhD students with a strong interest in the rapidly growing areas of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Placements are currently available in each of the groups comprising the EST network (University of Nottingham, UK; Forschungszentrum Juelich, Germany; National Microelectronics Research Centre (NMRC), Ireland; Queen Mary's, London, UK). There is both considerable scope for travel between the four network institutions and particular potential for a great deal of flexibility in the experiment/theory balance of each studentship.

For positions 1 and 2, interested candidates should apply directly to the network coordinator, Dr. Philip Moriarty, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham by e-mail (philip.moriarty@nottingham.ac.uk) including a CV and the names of two referees with their application.

 

CONTACTS

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[Network coordinator]. Philip Moriarty, School of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK. philip.moriarty@nottingham.ac.uk

www.nottingham.ac.uk/physics/research/nano

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Bert Voigtländer, Forschungszentrum Jülich / ISG 3, 52425 Jülich, Germany

e-mail: b.voigtlaender@fz-juelich.de
http://www.fz-juelich.de/zam/CompServ/software/video/voigtlaender/

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Jim Greer, NMRC, University College, Lee Maltings, Prospect Row, Cork, Ireland

e-mail:jgreer@nmrc.ucc.ie
http://www.nmrc.ie/research/computational-modelling-group/index.html

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Dr John Dennis, Department of Chemistry
Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road
London E1 4NS UK
Email: j.dennis@qmul.ac.uk

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