[Neutron] Postdoctoral position in automation for reflectometry at liquid surfaces

[Karen Edler]

Dear All

Please circulate the advertisement below to anyone who might be interested.

The Edler group is looking for a new postdoc (3 years) to join a collaboration between Lund University, ESS, DESY (Hamburg) and the University of Kiel, where we aim to develop automated sample changers for neutron and synchroton X-ray reflectivity experiments. We want to study the adsorption of surfactants to the interface in deep eutectic solvents in order to better understand emulsification and self-assembly in these novel green solvents, and neutron reflectivity will be a key technique for these studies. Deuterated solvent components for neutron studies are expensive, so we want to be able to reproducibly load and remove small volumes of these viscous fluids. We also expect that the new ESS neutron source will allow us to measure many more samples in a shorter time. We therefore want to build automated sample dispensers, and trough changers to improve our sample throughput (and let us get more sleep!). We will work with the technical team at the ESS, and our collaborators in Germany to design and build these new sample changers, and to explore amphiphiles at the interface in deep eutectic solvent solutions.

If these challenges appeal to you please apply for the Postdoctoral position in automation for reflectometry at liquid surfaces: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:700818/
Closing date 12th March 2024.

Thanks
Karen

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Department of Chemistry                                     karen.edler at chem.lu.se
Centre for Analysis and Synthesis (CAS)             +46(0)46-2228734
Lund University
Box 124, 221 00, Lund, Sweden


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