--------------------------------------------------------------------------- RTN NEWS --------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Announcements: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Publications: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Job Announcements: Two postdoctoral positions: Superconductivity-Ferromagnetism Interplay in Nanostructured Hybrid Systems We advertise two postdoc positions (I and II) for two years each in the Theory Section of the Department of NanoScience that are funded by the EU Specific Targeted Research Project SFINX (Superconductivity-Ferromagnetism Interplay in Nanostructured Hybrid Systems). Research Spintronics is the science and technology that utilizes the spin degrees of freedom in electronic circuits and devices. The SFINX project targets the physics and technology associated with the competition of the ferromagnetic and superconducting order parameter in nanoscale hybrid structures. The project is a research collaboration between 7 theoretical and experimental groups: Lancaster University (UK), University of Leeds (UK) CNRS - Grenoble (F), University of Lyon (F), Juvaskula University (FIN), Delft University of Lyon (F), Juvaskula University (FIN), Delft University of Technology in collaboration with the University of Twente (NL), and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (N). The successful candidate for position I will study theoretically the dynamics of magnetic nanoclusters in a normal metal matrix that turns superconducting beneath a certain temperature. He/she will also contribute to theoretical research revealing mesoscale properties of Andreev scattering at ferromagnetic interfaces. The successful candidate for position II is expected to focus on theoretical investigations of transport in disordered S/F/N nanostructures. The topics to concentrate on include triplet pairing, density of states, spin injection, and spin-polarized Andreev states. Job description Theoretical research should be carried out by a combination of analytical methods and numerical calculations. The successful candidate is expected to interact actively with experimentalists and theoreticians in the consortium. Location The new postdocs will become members of the Theoretical Physics Section, Department of NanoScience at Delft University of Technology (see www.tn.tudelft.nl/tn). Requirements A Ph.D. in physics, working experience on a relevant topic of theoretical physics and several influential publications in prestigious scientific journals are expected. Skills in analytical calculations are most important, but some programming experience is highly desirable. The candidate should be willing and able to communicate with experimental, theoretical and computational physicists. The positions do not have to be filled simultaneously, but some overlap and collaboration is desirable. In contrast to the Human Training and Resource programs of the EU, there are no restrictions on the nationality of candidates for the STRP projects. Conditions of employment The postdocs will be employed by the TU Delft for fixed period of 2 years. Your salary conform to the EU guidelines for junior postdoctoral fellowships. The postdocs will be employed for a period of 2 years. The salary is, depending on experience, scale 10 (indication: 2700 euro per month). Other employment conditions are according to the Collective Labour Agreement of the Dutch Universities. Information For more specific information about these positions please contact for position I: Gerrit Bauer (G.E.W.Bauer@TNW.TUDelft.NL) and for position II: Yaroslav Blanter (blanter@tnntw14.tn.tudelft.nl) or Yuli Nazarov (Y.V.Nazarov@TNW.TUDelft.NL) Applications Please send your formal application to Gerrit E.W. Bauer Theoretical Physics Group Department of NanoScience Delft University of Technology Lorentzweg 1 2628 CJ Delft The Netherlands Tel. +31 15 2784719 FAX +31 15 2781203 E-mail: G.E.W.Bauer@TNW.TUDelft.NL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Announcements: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scientific News: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Famous Visitors: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% --------------------------------------------------------------------------- END NEWS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------