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Researcher (organic electronics)
Department of Electronics is
a scientific teaching and research unit of electrical engineering
field, which aims for high quality research and academic education in
close interaction with society. The department is one of the
University’s strong educators of Masters of Science in Technology. The
department has research groups, which produce significant results of
research, and train Doctors of Technology for high level research and
development tasks.
Organic electronics group focuses currently on fabricating and
studying the behavior of printed and flexible electronic devices (e.g.
transistors, diodes, sensors and supercaps) and circuits. Printing
methods such as ink-jet, gravure, flexo and screen printing are used in
our cleanroom facilities. We use various solution processable
materials, e.g. nanoparticle inks, conducting polymers, high
surface-area nanocarbon.
| Job description: |
This work is related to printed supercapacitors and is done in a
collaborative project. Work contains for example printing of multilayer
structures, material development and analysis, electrical
measurements, cyclic voltammetry, data analysis and component
integration. Experience in the following areas is considered
beneficial: printing techniques, chemistry laboratory practice,
electrical measurement, device fabrication techniques, electrochemistry,
understanding of surface phenomena and material interfaces.
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| Requirements: |
Suitable major subjects are for example electronics, electronic
engineering, material science, physics and chemistry. Topic may also be
suitable for a master’s thesis.
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| Salary: |
The salary will be based both on the job demands and the employee's
personal performance in accordance with the University Salary System.
According to the criteria applied to teaching and research staff, the
position of a researcher is placed on the job demands levels 1-4. In
addition employees receive performance-based salary.
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| Trial period: |
The trial period is four months.
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| Other: |
The position will be filled for a fixed-term period of two years starting from March 12th 2012.
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| For more information, please contact: |
For more information, please contact Academy Postdoctoral Researcher
Sampo Tuukkanen, tel. 040 541 5276, email: firstname.lastname@tut.fi.
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| How to apply: |
The application has be submitted electronically by March 4th 2012.
Please attach your CV and transcript of records in pdf-format to your
application.
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