Immediate opening for a PhD position in computer simulation of thin polymer film
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Department of Applied Physics Eindhoven, (Noord-Brabant) , 40 hours per week
Job description
Friction and adhesion between surfaces play an increasingly important role in a wide range of technological applications, including gears, packaging, barriers, membranes, sensors, and medical implants. Despite intensive research spanning many decades, the molecular origins of friction remain unclear. Often polymers are employed for minimising wear and friction between solid surfaces, simply by grafting the right type of polymers to them. The PhD candidate will perform molecular-dynamics computer simulations of thin polymer layers made of three generic model polymers: linear and cross-linked polyethylene and amorphous atactic polystyrene, in a melt and glassy (or semicrystalline) state. The supporting substrates will be
structureless or will be represented by crystalline lattices. The aim of this project is to address this problem by a combination of cyclic shear experiments in the plastic regime and direct atomistic computer simulations of sheared polymer films on the nanoscale. Requirements Required education/skills: University Graduate
Candidates should have an interest in statistical physics or thermodynamics and hold a Master's degree in Physics, Chemistry, Materials Science, or equivalent, and have a strong affinity towards collaboration with experimentalists and engineers from industry.
Job type: Research / Advising
Workfield(s) :
- Teaching & Research
Organization Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Department of Applied Physics
The Department of Applied Physics at the Eindhoven University of Technology has 25 professorial chairs with about 65 academic and 60 technical specialists, as well as 110 graduate and 375 undergraduate students. The leading research themes cover functional materials, gas and fluid dynamics, and plasma and radiation physics. The department has extensive national and international partnerships, including
industrial partners. It participates in several national (top) research schools, and in the national top technology institute for polymers, the Dutch Polymer Institute.The Eindhoven University of Technology is one of the three participants in the Dutch 3TU Federation of Universities of Technology.
Conditions of employment Estimated maximum salary per month: eur 2000 - 2500
Employment basis: Temporary for specified period
Duration of the contract: 4 years
Maximum hours per week: 40
Additional Information Additional information about the vacancy can be obtained from:
Dr. Alexey V. Lyulin
Telephone number: 31(0)402474253
E-mail address: a.v.lyulin@tue. nl
Or additional information can be obtained through one of the following links:
* About the organization (http://www.tue. nl)
Application You can apply for this job before 01-11-2007 (dd-mm-yyyy)
by sending your application to:
Technische Universiteit Eindhoven
Dr. Alexey V. Lyulin
Postbus 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
Nederland
E-mail: a.v.lyulin@tue. nl
When applying for this job always mention the vacancynumber V34.293.
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