Informations générales
Intitulé de l'offre : PhD position on Exploring the Properties of hybrid Interfaces of Chiral molecules on metals. (Physics and Chemistry) M/F (H/F)
Référence : UMR7162-NATMER0-029
Nombre de Postes : 1
Lieu de travail : PARIS 13
Date de publication : lundi 19 mai 2025
Type de contrat : CDD Doctorant
Durée du contrat : 36 mois
Date de début de la thèse : 1 octobre 2025
Quotité de travail : Complet
Rémunération : 2200 gross monthly
Section(s) CN : 01 - Interactions, particules, noyaux du laboratoire au cosmos
Description du sujet de thèse
Exploring the Properties of hybrid Interfaces of Chiral molecules on metals. (Physics and Chemistry).
Contexte de travail
The recruited person will be employed by the CNRS and regarding the doctorate will be attached to the doctoral school Physique en Ile-de-France (ED546). On a daily basis, the recruited person will be assigned to both Matériaux et Phénomènes Quantiques (MPQ, UMR7162) and Interface, Traitements Organisation et DYnamique des Systèmes (ITODYS, UMR7086) laboratories. These laboratories are joint research units dependent on both the CNRS and the University Paris Cité. The work carried out will be done within the framework of an interdisciplinary CNRS project which is a collaboration between Amandine Bellec (MPQ) and Pascal Martin (ITODYS).
Contraintes et risques
The successful candidate will be involved in the ED PIF doctoral program and will be required to complete various training courses in different fields over the 3 years of the thesis. The thesis work is experimental and will take place both in the MPQ and ITODYS laboratories. The specific safety rules of each laboratory will have to be followed. The candidate's participation in national and international conferences as well as in experimental campaigns on large instruments will lead to travel in France and abroad.
Informations complémentaires
Firstly, the selected person will have to create interfaces between chiral molecules and metals using the identified target molecules. The interfaces will be created both by electrochemical grafting [2] (at ITODYS) and by sublimation under ultra-high vacuum (at the MPQ laboratory). The different interfaces created will then be characterized in order to carry out transport measurements at room temperature. Transport measurements by AFM and C-AFM will be carried out (ITODYS platform) before the integration of the grafted chiral molecule / substrate interfaces into microelectronic devices (using the MPQ clean room). The properties of the interfaces will also be studied at the molecular scale with STM measurements on chiral molecule systems sublimated on various surfaces (Au, Cu and Co islands/Cu(111)) (MPQ). Magnetic measurements by magneto-optical Kerr effect and photoelectron emission microscopy will also be carried out.
[2] Pinson, J.; Podvorica, F. Attachment of Organic Layers to Conductive or Semiconductive Surfaces by Reduction of Diazonium Salts. Chemical Society Reviews 34 (5), 429–439 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1039/b406228k.