Postdoctoral position in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics

The Department of Physics in the School of Natural Sciences at Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, India, has a postdoctoral position in the field of Experimental Condensed Matter Physics. We are seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate to undertake unique research on the synthesis of two-dimensional (2D) materials and graphene composites on flexible electrodes for electrochemical sensors and supercapacitors.

We offer researchers an opportunity to work in a dynamic and highly interdisciplinary environment where physics meets chemistry, mathematics, and engineering. To explore the post further or for any queries you may have, please contact: Prof. Susanta Sinha Roy, Email: [email protected]

Nature of work: The post-doctoral fellow (PDF) will have the following roles and responsibilities:

1. PDF will develop 2D materials, such as van der Waal (vdW) materials, metal oxides, transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs), topological materials and other 3D electrodes fabrications.
2. Optimization of Laser-Induced Graphene and fabrication of composites with 2D materials.
3. Analyze the problems in real-time application and use deposition systems.

Essential Qualifications: Ph.D. in Physics or must have submitted their PhD thesis, with working experience in any two of the research areas mentioned above in (a), (b) and (c).

Desired expertise: Experience in following computational techniques is desired.

1. Thin film deposition
2. Experience in electrochemical methods and data analysis. 
3. High impact publications

Duration of the Project: Initially for 1 year which may be extended for another year upon satisfactory progress in research work.

Fellowship
? 65000- p.m. (Consolidated) 

Eligible and interested candidates should submit their application with a complete CV (having personal details, academic qualifications, research experience, publications, and also name, affiliation, and email address of two referees), the copies of mark sheets/testimonials/certificates, and other relevant documents as an attachment. The interested candidates may send these documents to Ms. Kishmish Gurbani (kishmish[email protected]) in a consolidated PDF.

Last date of Application: 26th November 2024.

About the Physics Department

The Department of Physics at SNIoE thrives to integrate teaching with research to bring the excitement of discoveries to the classroom and to involve undergraduate students in the research from an early stage of their academic journey. The research topics in the department of physics span from few atoms to the beginning of the universe to the whole saga of materials of technological and societal importance. In particular, the department is committed to equip all the students, scholars, and faculty members to meet and solve the challenges that contemporary society faces in the area of energy, electronics, environment and economic developments via theoretical or computational or experimental research or a combination of them. The department also encourages active collaborations to pursue interdisciplinary research across the university and the globe. Detailed descriptions of research interests of Physics faculty members and other relevant information can be found at https://physics.snu.edu.in/about/department. 

The Physics research laboratories are equipped with basic research facilities, which include clean room, thermal deposition, chemical vapor deposition, pulsed electron deposition, magnetron sputtering, spin coater, ball-milling, vacuum annealing, high temperature oven, high temperature split tube furnaces, hydraulic press, glove box, microwave furnace, fume hoods, bio-safety cabinets, cryostat, XRD, AFM, photoluminescence, Raman spectrometer, PPMS, ellipsometry, FE-SEM, UV-visible-IR spectrophotometers, I-V measurement system, polarization loop-tracer, polarization microscope, fluorescence microscope, surface profiler, viscometer, thermal conductivity, contact angle, and many other instruments within the school of natural sciences.

Computational facilities at SNS include a high performance AMD cluster consisting of 8064 cores (plus two nodes with GPU processors) delivering a theoretical peak performance of ~238 TF. Additionally, there are several stand-alone Linux workstations that are being used for teaching and research purpose. Several software for molecular modeling, molecular dynamics, quantum chemistry, statistic learning, bioinformatics and cheminformatics, are also available.

Our library, housed in a modern 5-storey building, provides online access from anywhere in the campus, to the e-books, electronic journals and databases from APS, AIP, ACS, RSC, AMS, SIAM, IOP, Springer, Elsevier, Wiley, Nature, and others.