About the Project
Applications are invited for an industrially funded PhD Studentship to be filled as soon as possible. This scholarship will fund students for their tuition fees, a bursary to cover living expenses and a Research Training Support Grant for research consumables and conference attendance. This role will be based at the Optoelectronics Research Centre within the Zepler Institute and will use state-of-the-art facilities at the Southampton Nanofabrication Centre.
Interviews will be held on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
PhD Description:
Two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), such as MoS2, WS2, MoSe2 and WSe2, have become promising complementary materials to graphene sharing many of its attributes. They may however offer properties that are unattainable in graphene, in particular TMDCs offer a bandgap tunable through both composition and number of layers. This has led to use of TMDCs in applications such as transistors, photodetectors, electroluminescent and bio-sensing devices. The current challenge in this emerging research field is to provide a reliable process to fabricate large area of atomically thin 2D TMDCs on the desired substrate.
Vapour phase deposition, such as chemical vapour deposition (CVD)1, Van der Waals Epitaxy (VdWE)2 and atomic layer deposition (ALD)3, has the advantages of offering conformal, scalable, and controllable thin film growth on a variety of different substrates. In this PhD project, we will work closely with Industrial partner to develop these emerging 2D TMDCs materials through novel vapour phase deposition processes with metal organic precursors provided by the Industrial partner. The Company will also provide mentoring, time in their laboratory facilities and team building activities with other PhD students they support.
This project will require a highly interdisciplinary approach, using a wide range of techniques including, thin film deposition processes, materials characterization and device fabrication. Enthusiastic candidates with practical experience in one or more of these disciplines are encouraged to apply and for the successful candidate, tuition in new techniques will be provided.
The project is funded for 3.5 years and welcomes applicants from the UK and EU who have or expect to obtain at least an upper second class degree in Chemistry, Materials or related disciplines. Funding will cover fees and a stipend at current research council rates (2018-19) of £18,000 per annum.
Due to funding restrictions this position is only open to UK/EU applicants who meet RCUK eligibility criteria
Prospective candidates are encouraged to contact Dr Kevin Huang ([Email Address Removed]) directly for further details.
To apply please send a CV, relevant publications, the names of two referees and a covering letter explaining your current interests and relevant background. Please note that the successful candidate will be asked to submit a PhD research application to Registry to ensure they have met all necessary admissions criteria. Information on how to apply can be found here:
www.southampton.ac.uk/postgraduate/pgstudy/howdoiapplypg.html
Please ensure you select the academic session 2018-2019 in the academic year field and click on the Research radio button. Enter ORC in the search text field.
Please place Dr Kevin C.C. Huang in the field for proposed supervisor/project
More information on the Optoelectronics Research Centre and the Zepler Institute can be accessed at:
http://www.orc.soton.ac.uk
http://www.zeplerinstitute.ac.uk
Any queries on the application process should be made to [Email Address Removed].
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