Estudiante de Doctorado. Tem y Superconductividad

**PhD Call offer entitled: “Ultrafast growth of ultrahigh performance superconducting tapes: Correlation between microstructure and properties”**

The project aims to engage talent young students for a Materials Science doctorate in the field of High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) Materials by investigating the novel high-throughput growth process (Transient Liquid Assisted Growth, TLAG) [1,2] able to grow epitaxial superconducting films at even 1000 nm/s.

She/he will be integrated in a large group with different background expertise in the field of HTS materials developing cutting-edge research in the synthesis, microstructural and physical understanding of these materials. The goal is to unravel the growth mechanisms of TLAG and boost the superconducting properties at high magnetic fields by designing the material microstructure landscape. The research group is very international and interdisciplinary, with more than 25 years experience in superconductivity.

The PhD project is addressed towards the microstructural analysis of the material with special emphasis in Transmission Electron Microscopy (HRTEM, STEM), energy dispersive mode (EDX) and electron energy loss spectroscopy mode (EELS). Last generation aberration corrected microscopes will be used for that purpose.

**REQUIREMENTS and VALUABLE MERITS** PhD Student (4 years contract):

- Degree in Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry or Nanoscience
- High motivation to experimental research
- Working aptitudes in a collaborative group
- High level in written/spoken English
- Academic grades and research experience will be considered in the evaluation
- Experience and knowledge on superconductivity, superconducting materials and electron microscopy characterization techniques will be valuable

Work Location: One location