[Spm] SPM related postdoc positions available

[Yang Gan]

Dear colleagues and friends,

 

Please forward the following recruitment message to anyone who might be of interested.

 

Two postdoc positions are available immediately in School of Science at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) of China. The first position will be involved with the surface chemistry and structure relationship of inorganic oxides using SPM and other techniques like contact angle measurements, IR, LEED and plasma surface treatment. Below are our recent publications on this area:

1) Charging behavior at the alumina water interface and implications for ceramic Processing, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 90 (2007) 3373-3388. (Feature article).

2) Lattice resolution images of sapphire (0001) surface in air by AFM, Surface Science, 601 (2007) 1064-1071.

3) Charging behavior of gibbsite basal (001) surface in NaCl Solution investigated by AFM colloidal probe technique, Langmuir, 22 (2006) 6087-6092.

4) High resolution AFM images of the single-crystal ¦Á-Al2O3 (0001) surface in Water, J. Phys. Chem. B 109 (2005) 12474-12479.

 

The second position will be involved with the study of structure and properties of layered materials ¨C especially graphene (single layer of graphite) and layered double hydroxides (LDH) using SPM and other surface analytical techniques. Below are our recent publications on this area: 

1) A Review of Techniques for Attaching Micro- and Nanoparticle to a Probe¡¯s Tip for Surface Force and Near-field Optical Measurements, Review of Scientific Instruments, 78 (2007) 081101. (Invited review article).

2) Structure of graphene: the ¡°visible¡± is not ¡°intrinsic¡±, to be submitted.

3) Comment on ¡®Delayed fracture in porous media¡¯, Physical Review Letters, 96 (2006) 259601. 

4) STM investigation on interaction between superstructure and grain boundary in graphite, Surface Science, 539 (2003) 120-128. 

5) Imaging atomically sharp crack tip by contact mode AFM under ambient conditions, European Physical Journal - Applied Physics, 31 (2005) 37-44. 

 

Skills and knowledge required - we are looking for independent, self-motivated young scientists with good communication skills. You must have a Ph.D degree in materials, chemistry or physics. Strong practical skills with AFM and/or STM are necessary. You will be trained to use other instruments. You might need to travel overseas shortly to carry out some experiments. At HIT, several AFM and STM systems can be accessed in the main campus.

 

Please send via email your queries, a copy of CV, the abstract of Ph.D thesis, and reprints of two publications to:

 

Prof. Yang Gan

School of Science
Harbin Institute of Technology
No.92, West Da-Zhi Street, Harbin
Heilongjiang 150001
P. R. China
Tel: +86-451-86403239
Email: ygan at hit.edu.cn

 



Profile of Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) of China

 

Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT) was founded in 1920. After 87 years, HIT has developed into a large multi-disciplinary nationally renowned university with science, engineering and research as its core. We have established our own unique programs related to the field of astronautics that are unparalled anywhere in China.

In 1999, HIT was listed as one of the top nine key universities in China. HIT now has 21 schools (departments), including 73 undergraduate programs, 147 masters' programs, 81 doctoral programs, 18 national key disciplines, and 32 national & provincial key labs. The university employs 2,948 full-time teachers, among which 809 are professors, including 22 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. At present, there are 42,695 full-time students including 25,035 undergraduates, 11,794 master degree candidates and 4,387 doctorial degree candidates. 

    HIT is consistently on the forefront in making innovations in the field of scientific research. For years, HIT has continued to undertake large-scale and highly sophisticated national projects. HIT's ability for scientific research has always been among the strongest in all universities in China. In 2007, HIT funds for scientific research reached 1.1billion RMB. HIT scientific research programs ranked number two among all universities in China. The famous 'Shenzhou Series Spaceship Project' was greatly aided by the assistance of HIT in the field of large scale ground space simulation equipment, returning cabin deformation and orthopraxy welding technology, 3-axel simulation experimental platform and fault diagnosis.