A CNRS post-doc position at the Institut Charles Sadron () and at the Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (Bordeaux) for a physical or material

Because of a defection at the last minute, a CNRS post-doc position is open at the Institut Charles Sadron (Strasbourg) and at the Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal (Bordeaux) starting October 1, 2006 or later.

This is a 2x1 year post-doc on selective sorting of carbon nanotubes. It is a joint project between Pierre Petit (ICS, Strasbourg, ) and Alain Pénicaud (CRPP, Bordeaux, France). This project aims to sort single walled carbon nanotubes according to their electronic properties (metallic or semiconducting). The first part will be carried out in the team of Pierre Petit in Strasbourg. It deals with the synthesis of isolated SWNTs at low temperature by the CVD process. We will study its feasibility by the use of a new simple route to structure surfaces with hexagonal lattices of metallic nanoparticles of homogeneous and controlable size (from 1 to 3 nm). The second part deals with sorting of SWNTs and will take place in the team of Alain Pénicaud in Bordeaux and will use the expertise acquired on solubilisation of SWNTs salts. Exploitation of theses purified nanotubes will concern, in particular, processing of metallic or semiconducting fibers of SWNTs, using the expertise acquired at CRPP in NT fibers. This should lead to an important step in the elaboration of conductive fibers. It should be emphasized that this postdoctoral contract may last two years, first in Strasbourg, then in Bordeaux with visits between the two laboratories during the whole duration.

We are looking for a physical chemist or material chemist experienced in growth by CVD.

The selected candidate will get salary from CNRS (around 1700 Euros net salary) with full social benefits including vacation, medical insurance, etc... (see http://www.sg.cnrs.fr/drhchercheurs/Post_doc_2006/default.htm)

CV and letters of recommendation should be sent to:

Pierre Petit, +33 (0)3 88 41 41 53 [email protected] and Alain Pénicaud, +33 (0)5 56 84 30 28 [email protected]