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An unsolved grand challenge has been to develop design rules for the long-range transport of excitons. Our goal is to solve this grand challenge.
Job Reference Number: UOS038258
Job title: Research Associate in Tracking energy transfer in (bio)molecular photonic breadboards in the strong coupling regime
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
Grade 7 £37,099 - £45,585 per annum (Fixed term for two years)
Closing Date: 19th September 2023
To apply, visit: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs or use the link above.
Do you enjoy exciting, cross-disciplinary and cutting-edge research? We invite applications for a postdoctoral position, tenable for up to two years in the first instance, as part of a £7.25 M collaborative project funded by EPSRC and led by Prof G. J. Leggett. You will join a team of nine other postdoctoral researchers and five PhD students across the Universities of Sheffield, Bristol and Exeter with lead investigators in Chemistry (Prof S. P. Armes FRS, Prof J. Weinstein and Prof N. H. Williams (Sheffield)), Biology (Prof C. N. Hunter FRS (Sheffield) and Prof D. N. Woolfson (Bristol)), Physics (Dr J. Clark, (Sheffield) and Prof W. L. Barnes (Exeter)) and the Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Prof D. W. Lambert).
The aim of our five-year programme is to develop a new, modular approach for the creation of photonic materials, inspired by biological photosynthetic membranes. We call this approach 'molecular photonic breadboards': minimal units - synthetic antenna complexes - are designed from scratch to organise molecular components precisely in space. These building blocks are assembled to form nanostructured films. We will exploit the exciting new physics of strong light-matter coupling, and seek to control energy transfer pathways from the nm to the cm scale. Our goal is to lay the foundations for a revolution in the design of molecular photonic materials.
Your role will be to delve into the detailed photophysics of strong-coupled molecular photonic breadboard materials. Working with the entire team, your role will be to characterise energy flow within the manifold of excitonic, polaritonic and plexcitonic states in the weak and strong coupling regimes using a range of time-resolved spectroscopic techniques. In addition, you will map spatial energy transfer in films of plexcitonic materials. You can view more details about the post and our project by visiting: http://www.breadboards.org
The University of Sheffield is one of the best not-for-profit organisations to work for in the UK. The University’s Total Reward Package includes a competitive salary, a generous Pension Scheme and annual leave entitlement, as well as access to a range of learning and development courses to support your personal and professional development.
The Faculty of Science is committed to building outstanding teams of people from different heritages and lifestyles whose talent and contributions complement each other. We believe diversity in all its forms delivers greater impact through research, teaching and student experience. We are open to exploring flexible delivery of the role, subject to business needs. There is scope to discuss this prior to formal interview along with any other accommodation you may need to fulfil your full potential and drive excellence in the role. We particularly welcome applications from currently underrepresented groups including women, people with disabilities and those from minority ethnic backgrounds.
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