During 2014 – 2018, the Nanometer Structure Consortium will host the EU project ”Nanoscale Materials for Energy: Fundamentals, Safety and Applications (PhD4Energy)”, a FP7 Marie Curie Innovative Doctoral Program that will train in total 12 PhD students. The scientific focus is the material science, growth and application of semiconductor nanowires for photovoltaics, light-emitting diodes and thermoelectrics, safety investigations of nanoparticles, and energy conversion at the molecular scale. The project requires advanced materials science, nanocharacterization, interdisciplinary methods, and close collaboration between theory and experiment. All PhD students within PhD4Energy will perform an internship at a Swedish or international company or at a major research facility as part of their training, and will participate in outreach activities.
Eligible candidates are within the first four years from their masters degree and have not spent more than 12 months in Sweden in the 36 months prior to the starting date (tentatively May 2014). For details, see the individual announcements below.
For full consideration, apply before 1 February 2014
Please apply to each position you are interested in.

Growth and processing of nanowires for energy-saving devices (growth of advanced semiconductor nanowires for photovoltaics and optoelectronics, device fabrication and characterization) (2 positions)
Contact: Magnus Borgström (magnus.borgstrom@ftf.lth.se)
Apply online: full announcement

Thermoelectricity in nanowires (experiment) (Experimental studies of thermoelectric effects in semiconductor nanowires and in nanowire-based hybrid systems).
Contact: Heiner Linke (heiner.linke@ftf.lth.se)
Apply online: full announcement

Optical properties of nanowire-based structures (experiment)
Contact: Lars Samuelson (lars.samuelson@ftf.lth.se)
Apply online: full announcement

Processing and electrooptical characterisation of energy harvesting nanostructures
Contact: Claes Thelander (claes.thelander@ftf.lth.se)
Apply online: full announcement

Surface and materials characterisation of NWs and molecular structures
Contact: Anders Mikkelsen (anders.mikkelsen@sljus.lu.se)
Apply online: full announcement

Synthesis of molecules for thermoelectric studies
Contact: Kenneth Wärnmark (kenneth.warnmark@chem.lu.se)
Apply online: full announcement

Experimental studies of artificial biomolecular motors
Contact: Heiner Linke (heiner.linke@ftf.lth.se)
Apply online: full announcement

Cell-nanoparticle interactions and exposure routes
Contact: Christelle Prinz
Apply online: full announcement

Protein-nanoparticle interactions
Contact: Sara Linse (sara.linse@biochemistry.lu.se)
Apply online: full announcement

Theory and modeling of heat and charge transport
Contact: Peter Samuelsson (peter.samuelsson@teorfys.lu.se)
Apply online: full announcement

Simulations and theory of photonics
Contact: Mats-Erik Pistol (mats-erik.pistol@ftf.lth.se)
Apply online: full announcement