PhD Scholarship – DNA-Directed Nanofabrication – Melbourne – Australia (Clayton (Melbourne) Australia): Our team at Monash University is developing new nanofabrication concepts in collaboration with the Molecular Foundry based at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories.

Current micro and nanofabrication methods (e.g. silicon chip production) are based on top-down approaches using photolithographic methods. Alternatively devices can be assembled through bottom-up approaches using nanoscale building blocks of metals, semiconductors and insulators. Our group aims to develop methods that rely on molecular self-recognition to direct the assembly of nanoparticle building blocks into desired nanostructures.

Short synthetic strands of DNA selectively bind to their complementary counterparts through Watson-Crick base-pairing. We will use this highly selective recognition behaviour to direct the assembly of particles to larger functional structures with unique optical, electrical and mechanical properties (plasmonics, solar cells).

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We are currently looking for students who want to pursue a PhD in Materials Chemistry or Nanotechnology in 2008/2009.

Applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

• Master or Bachelor (Honours) or equivalent in Chemistry, Materials Science, or Chemical Engineering.
• Fluency in English.

Moreover, experience in some of the following areas is desirable: Polymers, Nanomaterials, Surface Analysis, Sol-gel Process.

Qualified candidates are encouraged to submit their application (including CV and copies of transcripts) via e-mail to Dr. Walid Daoud. Consideration of applications will begin in 2008 and will continue until the positions are filled.

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