Post Doctoral Research Associate for Defective Graphene

About the Role

We are seeking a suitable candidate for a post-doctoral research associate role at Beamline I09 for a 2-year fixed term contract. The successful candidate will primarily study the growth of graphene with deliberately included defects and, using the state-of-the-art facilities at Diamond Light Source and other facilities, fundamentally characterise the physical and chemical properties of these defect sites, with a specific focus on surface structure determination using synchrotron techniques such as X-ray standing waves (XSW), near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). An associated offline lab will also be available for sample preparation and for performing lab-based XPS, scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) and temperature programmed desorption (TPD). This research is built upon an ongoing collaboration with the University of Nottingham, in particular the group of Dr. David A. Duncan, the Univers...