PhD in Organic and Coordination Chemistry and Porosity Measurements – MSCA COFUND

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REDI is a unique PhD training program offering industry-supported positions with excellent salaries, enviable international experiences across 12 countries including a residential year in Melbourne and annual workshops weeks in Barcelona, top-class research and skills training as well as networking with academic and industry leaders across 60+ supporting partners. Most candidates will also be awarded two doctorates.

REDI is looking for one Researcher (with less than 4 years of research experience and not yet in the possession of a Doctoral Degree), who will work closely with both The Artificial Intelligence Research Centre (IIIA) the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) (Spain) and RMIT University (Australia) on one of three research projects:

Project 1: Synthesis of new porous cages from MOFs/COFs. Reticular materials such as metal/covalent-organic frameworks (MOFs/COFs) are among the most promising materials today. This project will entail the development of a new chemistry, called Clip-off Chemistry, to generate new molecules and materials by the programmed disassembly of reticular materials. Specifically, this project will focus on the synthesis of new porous discrete cages from 3-D MOFs/COFs using methodologies that will include solid/gas and liquid/gas (phonon-mediated) reactions.

Project 2: Synthesis of 2-D nanomaterials from MOFs/COFs. Reticular materials such as metal/covalent-organic frameworks (MOFs/COFs) are among the most promising materials today. This project will entail the development of a new chemistry, called Clip-off Chemistry, to generate new molecules and materials by the programmed disassembly of reticular materials. Specifically, this project will focus on the synthesis of new 2-D nanomaterials from 3-D MOFs/COFs using methodologies that will include solid/gas and liquid/gas (phonon-mediated) reactions.

Project 3: Porosity modulation in MOF/COFs by linker cleavage/ Reticular materials such as metal/covalent-organic frameworks (MOFs/COFs) are among the most promising materials today. This project will entail the development of a new chemistry, called Clip-off Chemistry, to generate new molecules and materials by the programmed disassembly of reticular materials. Specifically, this project will focus on the modulation of the porosity in MOFs/COFs using methodologies that will include solid/gas and liquid/gas (phononmediated) reactions.

Research supervisors for these projects include Dr Daniel Maspoch (ICN2) and Prof. Leslie Yeo (RMIT).

For full remuneration and application details, visit the REDI website: Rediprogram.eu

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 101034328