Materials Engineering: Fully Funded Swansea University and CISM PhD Scholarship: Advanced Dielectrics for Next Generation Electronics and Optoelectronics

17 May 2023
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Swansea University

Department

Central

Research Field

Engineering
Engineering » Materials engineering
Physics

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

United Kingdom

Application Deadline

12 Jul 2023 - 23:59 (Europe/London)

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Full-time

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Funding providers: Swansea University’s Faculty of Science and Engineering and Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials

Subject areas: Materials Science, Dielectrics, Semiconductors, Electronics, Optoelectronics

Project start date: 

• 1 October 2023 (Enrolment open from mid-September)

Project supervisors:

• Professor Paul Meredith ([email protected] ) (Physics)
• Dr Ardalan Armin (Physics)
• Dr Greg Burwell (Physics)
• Professor Mike Jennings (Electrical Engineering)
• Matt Elwin (CNH)

Aligned programme of study: PhD in Materials Engineering (Integrative Semiconductor Materials)

Mode of study: Full-time

Project description:

Dielectrics are important elements of all electronic and optoelectronic components irrespective of the constituent semiconductor platform be it silicon, compound, oxide or solution processable. In this exciting project, we will investigate the use of a novel new deposition technique called Molecular Vapour Deposition (MVD) to create advanced, high performance dielectric and other functional coatings for challenging applications such as vertical transistors, wide gap electronics and large area organic and perovskite optoelectronics. MVD is capable of producing very high quality, highly conformal and dense layers with a range of dielectric constants – and crucially does so at low temperature < 200C. The project will be prosecuted as part of the Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials portfolio and benefit from the £50M facility to come on-line in mid-2022 including state-of-the-art clean room and processing tools. The project will be closely connected with industry and the successful candidate will have a fantastic opportunity to be trained in all aspects of semiconductor and dielectric device processing.

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering

Education Level

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Physics

Education Level

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Candidates must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level or preferably a Master's degree in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Chemistry or similar relevant science discipline. 

English Language requirements: If applicable – IELTS 6.5 overall (with at least 5.5 in each individual component) or Swansea recognised equivalent. 

Specific Requirements

Due to funding restrictions, this scholarship is open to applicants eligible to pay tuition fees at the UK rate only, as defined by UKCISA regulations . 

Additional Information
Benefits

This scholarship covers the full cost of UK tuition fees and an annual stipend at UKRI rate (currently £17,668 for 2022/23).

Additional research expenses will also be available. 

Eligibility criteria

Candidates must normally hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level or preferably a Master's degree in Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, Chemistry or similar relevant science discipline. 

English Language requirements: If applicable – IELTS 6.5 overall (with at least 5.5 in each individual component) or Swansea recognised equivalent. 

Due to funding restrictions, this scholarship is open to applicants eligible to pay tuition fees at the UK rate only, as defined by UKCISA regulations . 

Selection process

Please visit our website for more information.

Website for additional job details

https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships/research/materials-engineer…

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Swansea University

Country

United Kingdom

State/Province

Swansea

City

Swansea

Postal Code

SA2 8PP

Street

Singleton Park

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships/research/materials-engineer…

Contact

City

Swansea

Website

http://www.swansea.ac.uk

Street

Singleton Park

Postal Code

SA28PP

STATUS: EXPIRED