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Project description: More and more technologies, implemented in nowadays devices or foreseen in next-generation ones, are or will be based on the intriguing properties of the quantum world. Applications include single-molecule and precise field sensing, quantum computing, single-particle emission/detection, twistronics and so on. They require the design and manipulation of materials at the nanometric scale, … Read more

A fully-funded 4-year PhD position is available within a collaboration between KU Leuven (prof. Joris Everaerts & prof. Claudia Fleischmann) and imec, which is a world-leading research & development organization active in the fields of nanoelectronics and digital technologies. The goal of this PhD is to understand the mechanisms that lead to failure of multilayered … Read more

A fully-funded 4-year PhD position is available within a collaboration between KU Leuven (prof. Joris Everaerts) and imec, which is a world-leading research & development organization active in the fields of nanoelectronics and digital technologies. The PhD aims at studying and improving the mechanical behavior of nano-interconnects. These interconnects handle power and signal distribution in … Read more

Applications will be accepted until the position is successfully filled. The project will start on 01.05.2025. More details here !

The Institute of Materials and Process Engineering (IMAP) of the Université catholique de Louvain (UCLouvain) is looking for a post-doctoral researcher to support transmission electron microscopy characterization of advanced aluminium alloys processed by additive manufacturing and also possibly involving multi-material (steel, Mg, oxides, …) interfaces. The candidate needs to be trained in high resolution (scanning-) … Read more

A PhD position is available in micro- and nanomechanical testing of cement lines in bone at FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. Nanoindentation, micropillar compression, and fracture mechanical experiments will be conducted on cement lines in human bone of different donor age, tissue age and health condition (healthy/osteoporotic). The aim of the project is to unravel the role the … Read more

Deadline: 17th April 2025 National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fellow/e-ippan/index.html https://rcsm.nims.go.jp/english/about/organization-members/materials-evaluation-field/page000215.html Dr. Thomas Edwards The Mechanical Properties group at NIMS enthusiastically welcomes applications for the JSPS postdoctoral fellowship program (2-year duration). We are a dynamic, international lab headed by experimental leads Prof. Takahito Ohmura and Assoc Prof. Thomas Edwards, and simulation (MD, … Read more

Topic: “_NANOengineering INTerfaces and adhesion in INTerface-dominated materials_” (Nano-INT²) Supervision: Dr. Matteo Ghidelli, Dr. Martin Robin Ideal starting date: October 2025 (negotiable). More details here !

This PhD project on high-throughput development of multifunctional thin film alloys for water electrolysis is in the framework of a collaboration between the University of Leoben (Department of Materials Science) and the Technical University of Vienna (Applied Interface Physics). Application deadline: 04.03.2025 The intended starting date is April 2025 More information: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/315710, or contact Ass.-Prof. … Read more