Applications are now sought for the following PhD research fellowships.
Fellowships are due to begin in September 2011.
Potential applicants are encouraged to make contact with the relevant person identified for each topic to obtain more information and details on how to apply.
Research topics
1. Investigating oriented attachment as a growth mechanism in nanocrystal formation. Contact: kevin.m.ryan@ul.ie
2. Assembly and characterisation of nanobioreactors. Contact edmond.magner@ul.ie
3. Nanostructures for enhanced chemical fingerpinting at high spatial resolution. Contact christophe.silien@ul.ie
4. Excitation, Ionization and Fragmentation of Noble Metallic Nanoparticles in Femtosecond Laser Fields. Contact liz.oconnor@dcu.ie
5. ZnO-based field emission light emitting diode. Contact liz.oconnor@dcu.ie
6. Development of nano-structured solar reactor materials for fuel production. Contact liz.oconnor@dcu.ie
7. Experimental & theoretical study of passively mode-locked lasers for arbitrary waveform generation. Contact liz.oconnor@dcu.ie
8. Interaction of nanoparticles with human cells – predictive models for toxicology and medical applications. Contact hugh.byrne@dit.ie
9. Novel micro- and nano-structures for the delivery of bioactive compounds. Contact hugh.byrne@dit.ie
10. Detecting and assessing the safety of nanoparticles in consumer food products. Contact gordon.chambers@dit.ie
11. Laser ablation of nano-scale coatings on dielectrics. Contact Gerard.oconnor@nuigalway.ie
12. Hybrid laser ablation of nano-scale components in different ambients. Contact Gerard.oconnor@nuigalway.ie
13. Investigations of quantum dots in bio-imaging and drug delivery. Contact yury.rochev@nuigalway.ie
14. Development of a microfluidic-based Surface Enhanced Raman-Scattering (SERS) sensor for early detection of cancer. Contact Malini.olivo@nuigalway.ie
15. Experimental and theoretical topics in nanoelectronics, including end-of-the-roadmap devices and molecular electronics. Contact: Jim.Greer@tyndall.ie
16. Photonic devices and nanophotonics. Contact: Jim.Greer@tyndall.ie
17. Bionanoscience with applications to lab-on-a-chip and medical diagnostics. Contact: Jim.Greer@tyndall.ie
18. Dynamics of novel semiconductor lasers. Contact guillaume.huyet@cit.ie
19. Ultrafast dynamics of nanostructure-based semiconductor amplifiers. Contact guillaume.huyet@cit.ie