The post-doctoral positions are for 1 year, extendable to a 2nd year upon mutual satisfaction. The M. Sc.
Stipends are available .
It involves adopting and adapting recently developed techniques of synthesis of such particles and developing new ones. The emphasize is on the materials chemistry, on the one hand, and on studying the biochemical structure of the micro-organism, on the other hand. The goal is to develop these hybrid systems, to understand their physical chemistry, and to utilize their optical properties. We are mainly interested in studying the relationships between the morphology of the macroscopic structures that evolve and the microscopic mechanisms that bring about their growth and evolution. In the experimental projects physical characterization by UV-visible, Raman, IR , fluorescence, etc spectroscopy, TEM and chemical means is expected.