PhD position: A/Prof Agustin Schiffrin

The goal of my research is to synthesize and characterize low-dimensional nanomaterials with atomic-scale precision and tailored electronic, optoelectronic, magnetic and chemical properties. In my group, we synthesise these functional nanomaterials from the bottom-up, using protocols of molecular beam epitaxy and on-surface supramolecular chemistry. We study these systems by means of low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy and spectroscopy, non-contact atomic force microscopy, photoelectron and x-ray absorption spectroscopies, and time-resolved pump-probe techniques. Our experiments are supported by quantum mechanical theoretical formalisms. Our fundamental findings yield promise for future applications in electronics, optoelectronics, spintronics, information processing and storage, sensing and catalysis, with enhanced efficiencies and functionalities. This research is performed within the ARC Centre of Excellence for Future Low-Energy Electronics Technologies. As a member of my team, you will interact with Australian and international researchers in the fields of solid-state physics, materials science and nanotechnology, gaining state-of-the-art expertise in these areas of research.

• "2D organic nanomaterials for future electronics, optoelectronics and spintronics"
• "Light-transformed materials"
• "Theoretical and numerical modelling of the electronic structure of functional low-dimensional nanomaterials" (with Prof Nikhil Medhekar)
• "Ultrafast charge dynamics in photoactive materials"
• "Artificial-intelligence-controlled atom-by-atom synthesis of functional organic nanomaterials"

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