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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">READVERTISMENT - PhD -
Nanotemplated Surfaces:
Model Interstellar Dust Systems<br>
</span></b><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
Important dates: <span style="mso-tab-count:1"> </span>start
of review
of applications Sept 1st 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">closing date Sept
7th 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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line-height:normal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times
New Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Interview date Sept
17th 2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
A 3-year full-time PhD position is available starting 1st
October 2012 in the
Astrochemistry group of Dr Helen J Fraser working on
“Nanotemplated Surfaces:
Model Interstellar Dust Systems”, in the Department of Physical
Sciences, Open
University, United Kingdom (</span><a
href="http://www8.open.ac.uk/cepsar/"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">http://www8.open.ac.uk/cepsar/</span></a><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">). The aim of the PhD is to study
the effects of
particle size, shape, material and porosity on the physical and
chemical
processes occurring on icy interstellar dust grains - utilising
a combination
of nanotechnology and surface science techniques.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt
229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt
595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Applicants must have graduated with
a Master's
level undergraduate degree in Physics, Chemistry, or Materials
Science, or a
very closely related discipline. Furthermore, the student should
have strong
practical skills and enthusiasm for experimental work. A solid
undergraduate-level knowledge of physical chemistry or
solid-state physics is
preferable. A clear demonstration of enthusiasm or understanding
of astronomy
is also desirable. <br>
<br>
The PhD will be conducted in collaboration with Prof D Chakarov
at Chalmers
University, Sweden. The successful candidate will be employed at
Chalmers from
Nov 1<sup>st</sup> 2012 - Jan 30<sup>th</sup> 2014, under the
auspices of the
EU LASSIE ITN network (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lassie.u-cergy.fr/">http://lassie.u-cergy.fr/</a>). For this
reason candidates
MUST meet the eligibility criteria of the Marie Curie Action;
therefore Swedish
Nationals or those having resided permanently in Sweden for the
last 3 years
are ineligible to apply. Applicants must not yet have a PhD from
elsewhere, or
more than 4 years research experience since graduating their
Masters level
undergraduate course.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:
justify;line-height:normal;tab-stops:45.8pt 91.6pt 137.4pt 183.2pt
229.0pt 274.8pt 320.6pt 366.4pt 412.2pt 458.0pt 503.8pt 549.6pt
595.4pt 641.2pt 687.0pt 732.8pt"><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
New Roman";
mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><br>
For the remainder of the period (i.e. Oct 2012 & Feb 2014 -
Aug 2015) the
successful candidate will receive a tax-exempt stipend of
£13,590 per year, and
tuition fees will be covered by the Open University. The
required start date is
1<sup>st</sup> October 2012. The PhD will be overseen entirely
by the OU and
some travel between Sweden and the UK will be required for
training and
scientific purposes. Potential candidates are requested to send
(by email as
PDF attachment) a 2-page CV, list of publications (if any), a
cover letter
describing their suitability and enthusiasm for the post, as
well as any
questions to Dr Helen Fraser 5pm (UT) Sept 7<sup>th</sup> 2012.
As this is a re-advertisement,
existing applicants need not re-apply; review of all
applications will begin
from Sept 1<sup>st</sup> 2012. Candidates should also arrange
for two letters
of recommendation to be emailed directly to Dr Fraser, under
separate cover, by
the same date. The name, occupation, address, email and phone
contact of each
referee, including their relationship to the candidate should be
attached as a
separate sheet to the back of the CV. Candidates short-listed
for interview
will be contacted by Sept 8<sup>th</sup> 2012, noting that
interviews will be
held on Sept 13<sup>th</sup> 2012 at the OU, Milton Keynes UK
from 10am - 4pm.
A final decision will be made shortly thereafter.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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2012<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times
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mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Further details are available, or
questions and
queries can be answered, by emailing </span><a
href="mailto:helen.fraser@open.ac.uk"><span
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Description:<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Interstellar
dust consists of small nano- to micron-sized grains of
silicaceous or<br>
carbonaceous material with complex morphology. From their
formation is known
that the<br>
material is dominated by either graphene or 'PAH' type carbon
material and
Fe-Mg-Al<br>
silicates, sometimes with metal inclusions. From a plethora of
nanoscience
studies it <br>
is clear that the surfaces of nanosized materials have two key
properties that
differ from bulk materials when contemplating their catalytic
properties;<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
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Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">a) The
electronic structure of a nanoparticle is neither molecular nor
solid-state
(with<br>
valence and conduction bands) and is strongly size dependent.
This explains the<br>
variety of particle excitations (plasmons, excitons etc.)
promoting interesting
photon induced<br>
chemical and desorption processes that might not otherwise occur
at a surface
or<br>
interface.<br>
b) As a consequence of the huge surface/volume ratio, reaction
kinetics
(reaction rates)<br>
can vary widely between reactions involving nanoparticles and
those conducted
on 'single<br>
crystal' or 'flat' surfaces. An additional complexity arises
when the
nanoparticle is porous.<br>
For these two reasons it is likely that interstellar dust grains
promote an
even richer<br>
chemistry than so far envisaged. Furthermore, when covered by
icy (condensed)
material, it<br>
is likely that the 'bare' and 'icy' grain surfaces could
co-exist, and equally
provide sites for<br>
chemical reactions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Roman";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">The aim
of this project is to study the effects of nanoparticle size,
morphology and<br>
porosity (as well as the material) on interstellar surface
chemistry. In a
unique<br>
collaboration between Chalmers and the OU, the student will
first work at the
OU to<br>
understand the fundamentals of ice desorption and reaction from
surfaces,
studying some<br>
key chemical systems of interest, driven by our recent
observations. During a 15
month<br>
secondment in Chalmers the student will work to design,
fabricate and
characterize<br>
number of nanotemplated dust model systems. The samples will be
used in
Chalmers to<br>
study photo-induced chemistry at the nanoparticle surface, and
compare it with
control<br>
experiments on 'untemplated' surfaces, focusing on the
morphology of ices
formed reactively on the nanotemplated surfaces.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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system samples will then be returned to the OU and experiments
undertaken there
to study thermal and electron induced chemistry under the same
conditions,
along with reaction chemistry, attempting to differentiate
diffusion desorption
and reaction processes of the same chemical processes with
different underlying
surfaces.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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