Technology | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 71

PhD Nanowire Manipulation for Sensing and Spintronics, Netherlands: Applied Physics

/ January 13, 2011 Leave a Comment

This project is implemented in the program on Advanced NanoElectronic Devices within the national program High Tech Systems and Materials (HTSM). The program aims at exploring novel concepts for electronic nano-devices with alternative operating principles and enhanced or novel functionality, enabling new applications particularly in hybrid electronic or smart embedded systems. The network will provide the PhD student a stimulating consortium to work in, with regular progress meetings where academic and industrial partners meet. The present project will be performed in close collaboration with the Holst center.

Semiconductor nanowires provide a powerful platform for novel nano-electronic devices, because of their 1d character, their ability to be engineered, and the potential use of hybrid materials choices. This project aims at manipulating single nanowires and addressing single nanowires in large arrays (using dual-beam FIB/SEM technology and local nanoprobing) on MOVPE grown III/V nanowires. Furthermore, we intend to fabricate hybrid semiconductor-ferromagnet nanowire systems, by exploiting our recent expertise in growing ferromagnetic nanostructures by focussed electron-beam induced deposition (FEBID), and explore their functionality. Research will be motivated by applications in (a) inorganic gas-analysis using electrical conductance nanosensors (close collaboration with the Holst center, Eindhoven), and (b) and hybrid magnetic and spintronic devices.

Appointment and salary

We offer:

* A challenging job in a young, ambitious research team
* A highly dynamical, international, and multidisciplinary research environment
* A full-time appointment for four years (start date as soon as possible)
* Gross monthly salary from €2042 (first year) to €2612 (fourth year) in line with the Collective Agreement for Dutch Universities
* An attractive package of fringe benefits, including end-of-year allowance, a personal development program for Ph.D students (Proof program), and excellent sport facilities

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31/01/2011
Further Scholarship Information and Application

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PhD Engineering and Integration of Electrical Domain-Wall Memory Devices, Netherlands

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The Department of Applied Physics at the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) has a scientific and technical staff of about 90 and 60 people, respectively, as well as 110 graduate and 375 undergraduate students. The research in the group Mesoscopic Transport Phenomena focuses on fluid dynamics at length scales ranging from 10 nm to 1 mm. It comprises both fundamental and application-inspired topics ranging from fluid physics at nano-scales to manufacturing processes of optoelectronic devices. Current and commencing projects concern dip- and die-coating of chemically patterned substrates, flows driven by temperature and concentration gradients, flows dominated by van der Waals forces as well as flows involving phase changes.

Spin-torque based magnetic domain wall (DW) memories can offer large storage densities by storing multiple bits (domain walls) in a single magnetic nanowire. Stacking of the nanowires in a back-end-of-line (BEOL) process may even allow 3D integration. This project emphasizes the engineering and application aspects and focusses on key technological issues of magnetic domain walls such as thermal stability, stabilization of DWs at notches or other pinning centers, reproducibility of motion (influence of line-edge roughness, temperature dependence), critical current density, heating, high-frequency read and write elements, and how these evolve as dimensions are scaled towards sub-100 nm wires. TU/e will contribute by engineering novel materials, e.g. with perpendicular magnetization or low damping, allowing for a unique tunability of damping, spin polarization, and pinning potential, all crucial parameters for the efficiency of future DW memory devices.

Appointment and salary

We offer:

* A challenging job in a young, ambitious research team
* A highly dynamical, international, and multidisciplinary research environment
* A full-time appointment for four years (start date as soon as possible)
* Gross monthly salary from €2042 (first year) to €2612 (fourth year) in line with the Collective Agreement for Dutch Universities
* An attractive package of fringe benefits, including end-of-year allowance, a personal development program for Ph.D students (Proof program), and excellent sport facilities

Scholarship Application Deadline: 31/01/2011
Further Scholarship Information and Application

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Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Students, Switzerland: Life Sciences and Technology

/ January 12, 2011 5 Comments

The Summer Research Program in Life Sciences and Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), will offer an intensive research training opportunity to 25 undergraduate students interested in research careers in life sciences. This program will run from July 4th to August 26th 2011. (Earlier or later arrivals and departures can be arranged on a case-by-case basis between individual group leaders and participating students, however the student must be present for the core 8 weeks of the program. Any additional charges incurred by the change of dates must be covered by the student and/or lab.). Each participant will be required to submit a formal written report and present the results of their research at a student symposium held at the end of the program which provides an opportunity for participants to experience presenting their data to their peers and the scientific community at the EPFL.

Benefits to the Students
The participants will:

*Gain hands-on research experience and training with exposure to cutting-edge research.
*Experience what it is like to be a member of a research community working at the forefront of science, medicine and biotechnology.
*Have the opportunity to apply what was learned in the classroom to understanding and solving actual research problems in the laboratory.
*Acquire a better understanding of the scientific process and the application of the knowledge gained from basic science research and state-of-the-art techniques to solve complex problems in biology and medicine.

*Improve their critical thinking skills, including learning how to evaluate scientific information, design experiments, formulate ideas and test hypotheses.

*Explore career opportunities in academia by experiencing the excitement, frustration, and challenges of scientific research and gain an insight into what a career in the science entails.

*Prepare for future independent research projects and advanced research in graduate school.

Scholarship Application Deadline: February 15th 2011

Further Scholarship Information and Application

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