Thesis supervisor: Péter Nemes-Incze
belső konzulens: Szabolcs Csonka
Location of studies (in Hungarian): MTA Centre for Energy Research Abbreviation of location of studies: BME
Description of the research topic:
Layered materials can be exfoliated using the “scotch tape” method, down to the single unit cell, or even atomic, thickness. Such materials include: graphene, transition metal chalcogenides (ex. MoS2), etc. These materials host a whole spectrum of physical properties, we can find among them: metals, semimetals, semiconductors, superconductors, topological insulators. After exfoliation, these materials can be stacked on top of each other, forming atomically perfect interfaces and creating new, artificial 2D electron systems. This is achieved through understanding the interaction between the various materials and controlling the stacking order and crystallographic orientation between the individual layers.
The PhD student will use existing and new techniques to exfoliate layered materials showing topological properties. The student will engage in developing the techniques to work with such materials in a glovebox environment, under N2 gas, with O2 and H2O impurity levels below the 1 ppm level. The single layers and heterostructures will be investigated mainly using state of the art ultrahigh vacuum, low temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. Furthermore, using charge transport measurements and Raman spectroscopy.
The work will be conducted with the aid of partners from abroad and from Budapest (BME, ELTE, Wigner).
The PhD student will have the opportunity to work in a young and motivated research team, using the most modern experimental techniques available at the Nanostructures Department of the Centre for Energy Research of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA EK).
Applicants should contact Peter Nemes-Incze: nemes.incze.peter@energia.mta.hu, or visit the lab at the KFKI Campus (1121 Budapest, Konkoly-Thege way 29-33), building 26, room 21b.
Required language skills: english Further requirements: Requirements and expectations regarding the applicant: good knowledge of solid state physics and quantum mechanics. An inquisitive and motivated mind.
Number of students who can be accepted: 1
Deadline for application: 2018-05-31
2024. IV. 17. ODT ülés Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).
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