MATERIAL PHYSICS CENTER (MPC-CFM)
Period of enjoyment: from January to December 2025, preferably within the months of April-November 2025.
Material Physics Center is a center created to foster international excellence in advanced materials nanoscience fundamental research. MPC-CFM research activity covers electronic, magnetic, optical and dielectric properties of condensed and soft matter systems, as well as surfaces and nanostructured architectures. Physical and chemical properties of materials and molecular assemblies are addressed by analysing their properties at the nanoscale. This is carried out by following a two-fold strategy, which consists of theoretical and experimental research methods that target the study of nanoscale properties of matter.
Research proposals sent to MPC-CFM should relate to its four main lines of research:
- Chemical Physics of Complex Materials
- Electronic Properties at the Nanoscale
- Photonics
- Polymers and Soft Matter.
This year’s researcher should work in the polymers and soft matter lines, and in particular in the quantum beams and sustainable materials group. This group makes extensive use of beams of quantum particles like neutrons or photons in tandem with computational materials modelling to interrogate, understand, and design novel functional materials for energy applications and sustainability.
This research program is underpinned by the development of new techniques and methodologies for materials discovery, in close collaboration with leading neutron and X-ray laboratories from around the globe. Current areas of focus include hybrid organic-inorganic materials for photovoltaics & photonics, or carbon-based nanostructured media for the storage of chemical and thermal energy.
To obtain the proposal’s approval, please email: projects.mpc@ehu.eus and mpc@ehu.eus
Location: Paseo de Manuel Lardizabal, 5, 20018 Donostia-San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain.
Webpage: https://cfm.ehu.es/es/
*The Material Physics Center provides support in finding accommodation, usually within a residential building, only for the selected candidate.