PhD Opportunities in Nanoscience in Ireland

This PhD project at EPFL focuses on the fabrication and experimental characterization of plasmonic crystals as part of the SNSF project “Coupled oscillations in plasmonic crystals” . The research investigates how plasmonic oscillations couple in metallic micro- and nanostructures, with the goal of achieving plasmonic crystals that show broad frequency bands of extraordinary optical transmission across the UV-VIS-NIR range. The work is embedded in the SCI-ENAC-AS: Nanotechnology for Solar Energy ...

Co-sponsored doctoral grants from the French Ministry of Defence support PhD research on topics relevant to French defence, through the Agence de l’innovation de défense (AID). The programme funds a wide range of projects each year and is designed for candidates whose research aligns with the agency’s priorities in the natural and engineering sciences, as well as defence-related social sciences. The grant is intended for doctoral research carried out in a French laboratory, with the funding paid...

The research group of Shourya Dutta Gupta in the Department of Materials Science and Metallurgical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad is seeking a Ph.D. candidate for research in advanced materials science and characterization. The project focuses on thin film science , particularly the design, synthesis, and fundamental understanding of functional metallic and alloy thin-film architectures. Students will investigate how materials behave at microstructural and atomic sca...

Aalborg University is offering a three-year PhD stipend in experimental quantum materials physics within the Physics Group at the Department of Materials and Production in Aalborg, Denmark. The project investigates how molecular complexes can be used to engineer quantum properties in materials. It addresses fundamental questions in quantum science while exploring knowledge relevant to future applications in electronics, sensing, and energy harvesting. The PhD researcher will prepare and investig...

This PhD position is part of the NTNU interdisciplinary research project “Preparedness and Response to AMR, the silent pandemic” , linking clinical and molecular medicine with social science perspectives across several closely coordinated doctoral projects. The successful candidate will work at the Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine (IKOM) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, within a broad, international research environment. The project focuses on rapi...

Aalto University in Espoo, Finland, is hiring 1–2 doctoral researchers for a PhD project combining gated two-dimensional device structures with low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). The research focuses on condensed matter physics, two-dimensional quantum devices, correlated quantum materials, atomic-scale phenomena, nanotechnology, and quantum technology. The project is particularly relevant to students interested in studying quantum materials and device behavior using advanced l...

The Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) is recruiting a full-time PhD Candidate in molecular medical microbiology at the Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine (IKOM) in Trondheim, Norway. The project, "Emerging technologies enabling rapid precision diagnostics of severe infection," is part of the interdisciplinary initiative Preparedness and Response to AMR, the silent pandemic . It addresses bloodstream infection and sepsis, where delayed diagnosis can lead to inadequa...

The University of Birmingham is offering a PhD studentship in polymer chemistry, supramolecular chemistry and dynamic materials. Based in the Fielden group, the project investigates how osmotic pressure can initiate polymer breakdown and enable the controlled exchange of monomers between polymers. The researcher will design reaction systems in which monomers diffuse away from parent polymers, study reversible depolymerisation under different conditions, and work with reaction media and catalysts...

Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Villigen, Switzerland, is offering a PhD position in Real-Space Quantum Geometry within the Laboratory for Multiscale Materials Experiments. The project focuses on magnetic thin films and their nanoscale behavior. The successful candidate will grow and pattern magnetic thin films using nanolithography, perform micromagnetic simulations, and investigate patterned films through electron and X-ray imaging techniques and electronic transport measurements. Responsibil...