PostDoctoral Research Associate for Beamline I16 (Materials & Magnetism) at UK
Last Date : 27/07/2014
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Beamline I16
Job Title Postdoctoral Research Associate, Beamline I16
Job Reference DIA0944/TH
Post Type Full time, three year fixed term
Division Physical Science
Salary information Circa £33k
Application deadline 27/07/2014
Job Description
The UK’s national synchrotron science facility, Diamond Light Source, conducts world-class research in virtually all fields of science. Located 20 minutes from Oxford, it sits in a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and offers rewarding career opportunities.
Beamline I16 (Materials & Magnetism) has been operational for five years and provides a World-class single crystal diffraction facility that is optimised for resonant and magnetic x-ray scattering in the 3-15 keV energy range. It provides variable photon polarization, a six-circle kappa diffractometer and a range of sample environments and advanced detectors, to support a vibrant UK and international research community and in-house team, focusing on electronic ordering in materials that are of topical interest in condensed matter physics.
The postholder will be involved with carrying out experiments on I16 and other beamlines or neutron facilities, on novel materials exhibiting frustrated magnetic order and/or multiferroic behaviour. Frustrated magnets are the subject of many theoretical and experimental studies due to the variety of exotic quantum effects that arise in these systems.
In some instances magnetic frustration plays a crucial role in breaking inversion symmetry, generating an electric polarization in the sample. In such systems a strong coupling between the magnetic and electric properties occurs, hence a very precise knowledge of the magnetic and structural ground states in multiferroic and frustrated magnets is crucial to understand the mechanisms involved in the coupling of the magnetic and electrical properties. The small x-ray beam size, the sensitivity to chirality and non-collinearity, and chemical selectivity, have established magnetic x-ray scattering as a unique tool to study these fascinating materials.
The successful candidate will also be expected to spend some time on beamline development and also to undertake limited 'local contact' duties. A willingness to adapt to unsocial working hours and weekend during short period of time is essential for all experimental activities at large scale facilities.
* This information is sent by Khwairakpam Rakesh (PhD Scholar School of Social sciences, Tata Institute of Social Sciences) who can be contacted at khulakpakh(aT)gmail(dot)com
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