Interfacial Materials Employment Opportunities

If you wish to be considered for any of the positions listed below, please mail or e-mail a resume, list of publications and the names of three references to the contact person.

POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS: MD SIMULATION OF IONIC SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS

The Interfacial Materials group in the Materials Science Division at Argonne National Laboratory has post-doctoral openings in the following two areas, to be filled as soon as suitable candidates can be identified.

1. ATOMIC-LEVEL SIMULATION OF COMPLEX OXIDES

Complex oxides play an important role in many technologies, for example, as fuel-cell electrodes, fast-ion conductors and ferroelectric memories. We are looking for a post-doctoral associate who will perform massively-parallel molecular-dynamics simulations on our large in-house Beowulf parallel cluster computers and extensively use graphics visualization tools to elucidate size and interfacial effects on the structure and properties of complex-oxide thin films, nanoparticles and surfaces. Properties of interest include phase behavior, structure of free surfaces, point defects and mass transport, solid-solution behavior and dielectric and ferroelectric properties. A Ph.D. obtained within the last 3 years in condensed-matter physics, physical chemistry, chemical engineering or a related theoretical discipline with experience in atomistic modeling is required. US citizenship is not required. Please send resume and names of at least three references to

Dr. Dieter Wolf, Materials Science Division, Bldg. 212, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439; e-mail: wolf@anl.gov.

2. ATOMIC-LEVEL SIMULATION OF OXIDE NANOPARTICLES IN AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENTS

The assembly of nanostructures by controlled deposition of nanometer-sized oxide particles in aqueous, ionic solutions represents an important synthesis route for the design of nanostructures with novel funtionality. The main goal of this project is to elucidate the fundamental physical and chemical interfacial processes governing this novel synthesis route, with particular emphasis on complex oxide/water interfaces. We are looking for a post-doctoral associate who will perform massively-parallel molecular-dynamics simulations on our large in-house Beowulf parallel cluster computers (www.msd.anl.gov/groups/im/cluster/odin.html) and extensively use graphics visualization tools to elucidate the nature of the interactions among nanoparticles in solution, including charge ordering at the interfaces and space-charge effects. A Ph.D. obtained within the last 3 years in a theoretical discipline, such as condensed-matter physics, physical chemistry or chemical engineering and experience in atomistic modeling of ionic systems are required. US citizenship is not required. Please send resume and names of at least three references to

Dr. Dieter Wolf, Materials Science Division, Bldg. 212, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439; e-mail: wolf@anl.gov.