In line with the overall mission of the Directorate-General Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission (EC), the Institute for Energy and Transport (IET) provides scientific and technological
contributions to different stages of European

The research is focused on the understanding of the basic processes involved in the heterogeneous nucleation of bubbles. During the three years, the project is aimed at modeling the nucleation process on both kind of natural and synthetic surfaces at

DTU Nanotech, Department of Micro- and Nanotechnology, invites applications for a 2-year postdoctoral position in New Nano-Based Sensors for Water Quality Monitoring. The position is available from June 1st 2014.

The department of Micro- and Nanotech

A PhD position funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation is available at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) in Switzerland.

The research focus of the project is on the chemical bonding of small heteronuclear molecules and clusters containing tra

Profile of a Post-doctorate for 24 months to work on an  INCA (Institut National contre le cancère)  funded project entitled

“Controlled Release of Antineoplastic Drug from Low and Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Polymerized Biodegradable Coatings for On

The aim of the project is to use optogenetic techniques to treat epilepsy; a device permanently implanted in the brain will detect the onset of seizures and illuminate inhibitory cells that have been made light-sensitive by transfection.

Our task at

The nanoparticle size distribution can be determined using numerous commercially available instruments. However, such techniques make very convenient but too simplistic assumption that every particle is a sphere. The following tutorial shows how to d

We are seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join Professor Kim’s research group at the Department of Engineering Science in central Oxford. The post is funded by the ERC Advanced Grant funded project “Universal Framework for Charge

MAX IV Laboratory, a part of Lund University, has operated successfully for more than 25 years and is currently building the new MAX IV synchrotron facility in Lund.
More than 900 scientists from Sweden and the rest of the world are coming to the MAX

DTU Nanotech is a department at DTU, dedicated to conduct research, education and innovation within micro- and nanotechnology at the highest international level. This PhD project will be associated with the Danish Strategic Research Center PolyNano ,

Dear Colleagues,

we would like to draw your attention to the summer school

"2nd International Summer School on Exact and Numerical Models of Low
 Dimensional Quantum Structures"

 that we are organizing, and which will take place at the Izmir Institut

A recently published study of the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) assesses the potential impacts which the introduction of a mandatory European nano-register would entail. The study is based on UBA’s “Concept for a European Register of Produ

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published generic and specific recommendations for the exposure assessment and risk characterisation of nanomaterials under REACH. Read more

Scientists at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have discovered a simple and inexpensive method to measure the effective density of engineered nanoparticles in physiological fluids. The method enables the accurate determination of the amount of

Position and Requirements
Preparation of well-defined nanowires of several metals (Ag, Cu, CuNi
alloys), where the size, aspect ratio, polydispersity and surface properties
will be adjusted and tested with respect to: fabrication of printable inks an

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