Postdoctoral position in Nano-Particle Self-Assembly : Gothenburg, Sweden 

Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of two years (1+1).

Description

Project Description It is hard to imagine superfast and omnipresent electronic devices, information technology, the Internet and mobile communication technologies without access to continuously cheaper and miniaturized microprocessors. The giant leaps in performance of microprocessors from the first personal computing machines to todays mobile devices are to a large extent realized via miniaturization of the active components. The ultimate limit of miniaturization of electronic components is the realization of single molecule electronics. Due to fundamental physical limitations, single molecule resolution cannot be achieved using classical top-down lithographic techniques. At the same time, existing surface functionalization schemes do not provide any means of placing a single molecule with high precision at a specific location on a nanostructure. This project has the ambitious goal of establishing the first method ever allowing for self-assembly of multiple single molecule devices in a parallel way. Major responsibilities The goal of the ERC Starting grant project (SIMONE) is to assemble functionalized nanoparticles at surfaces for single molecule electronics applications. Key parts of this post doc project will be • Synthesis and characterisation of nanoparticles • Development of methods for single molecule functionalisation of nanoparticles • Development of methods for directed, template assisted self-assembly of particles at surfaces The post-doctoral associate will join a team of ambitious scientists working on the common goal of developing a parallel fabrication method for single molecule electronics applications.