Minority Women Scholarships Experience in the synthesis of solid would be preferred. and good written command of English is spoken is mandatory. Computer programming skills, eg in Matlab or Mathematica is a benefit.
Open Scholarship for International Students: Yes
Description of Scholarship: PhD Position in Chemistry (36 months, salary scale E13 / 2) is available at the Institute of Physical Chemistry I (AK-Weber), University of Freiburg,
DFG Minority Women Scholarships project: Investigating the central flaw in the novel zinc oxide (ZnO) nano-particles by electron paramagnetic resonance in-situ (EPR) and optical spectroscopy. ZnO nano-materials have unique properties to the printing technology, performance materials and solar cell applications. Doping ZnO with transition metal elements such as Fe, Co, Mn or Cr causes the material with a completely different behavior of magnetic and optical excitation. This Minority Women Scholarships new research direction known as diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS). http://www.callforpapersinfo.com
http://thescholarshipprogramme.com DMS materials based on ZnO can not only show ferromagnetism at room temperature on doping with transition metal ions such as Fe, Cr, Co, and Mn but also at the same show ferromagnetic and semiconductor properties that are essential for new spintronic devices (LEDs spin, spin transistors valve) and magneto-optical components. The main objective of this project are to: i) develop new methodologies for the synthesis of undoped and transition metal ions doped ZnO nano-particles, ii) identify the nature or origin of the intrinsic defect centers with spectroscopic methods, mainly by EPR, iii) to understand the mechanisms underlying the effect size for ZnO particles, iv) introducing transition metal ions (Fe3 Mn2 +, Cr3 +, Co2 +, +) and ZnO materials and to investigate the interaction of native and extrinsic defects and properties of ferromagnetic and anti-ferromagnetic.
How to Apply: sent via email in one single PDF for emre.erdem-at-physchem.uni-freiburg.de
Scholarship Application Deadline: August 14, 2011
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