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[交流] 【全奖！】英国圣安德鲁斯大学Renald Schaub导师招收博士生

英国圣安德鲁斯大学（University of St Andrews）化学院 Dr Renald Schaub组拟招收一名2025博士研究生。
申请人可获得本组提供的全额奖学金（学费+生活费），或可申请CSC奖学金如有偏好。
【物理化学，表面科学，光电】相关

本组目前主要应用低温（4K）真空扫描隧道显微镜(LT-UHV-STM) 进行有关内嵌C60方面的研究，相关成果详见https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-10300-2/

本组信息可见网页 https://schaubgroup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/

有意者请尽快联系Dr Renald Schaub, 并附上本人英文简历，学位证明以及语言成绩等材料（相关要求见下文英文详情）
联系方式：rs51@st-andrews.ac.uk

课题内容如下：
Endohedral Fullerene Molecular Switches

Applications are invited for a talented and motivated PhD candidate to join our team at the University of St Andrews (Scotland, UK) working towards the understanding and development of multi-position molecular switches based on individual endohedral fullerene molecules and building on recent results with Li@C60 [1,2]. The project will involve a combination of experimental work (80%) and theoretical calculations (20%) to determine the conductance and switching mechanism within the endohedral molecules. The theoretical component of the project will be carried out under the supervision of collaborators outwith the UK. The research is motivated by recent experimental studies in Edinburgh and St Andrews that have demonstrated a multi-way switch using Li@C60 deposited on a metal substrate. The position of the Li inside the fullerene cage can be manipulated by applying a voltage from an STM tip in a novel mechanism that is thought to be connected to the excitation of diffuse Rydberg-like molecular orbitals [1]. As many as 14 different switch positions have been identified within a single molecule [2], far more than for conventional molecular switches. An increased understanding of the mechanism and further studies on the optimisation and control of the switching phenomenon in endohedral fullerenes could lead to the development of a highly promising nanoelectronic component.

A suitable candidate will possess a first class or upper-second class undergraduate degree (or equivalent) in chemical physics, chemistry, physics or materials science. A strong interest in advanced experimental techniques involving low temperature STM (at St Andrews) is essential, as is a desire to work with computation methods (DFT), and fs laser photoelectron spectroscopy. Other essential attributes are good presentation and communication skills, both written and oral.

The PhD studentship is fully funded.

Supervisor: Dr Renald Schaub, School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews

Contact: rs51@st-andrews ac.uk

Web: https://schaubgroup.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/

[1] M. Stefanou, H. J. Chandler, B. Mignolet, E. Williams, S. A. Nanoh, J. O. F. Thompson, F. Remacle, R. Schaub, E. E. B. Campbell, “Angle-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy and scanning tunnelling spectroscopy studies of the endohedral fullerene Li@C60”, Nanoscale 11 (2019) 2668-2678

[2] H.J. Chandler, M. Stefanou, E.E.B. Campbell, R. Schaub, ”Li@C60 as a multi-state molecular switch”, Nature Comm. 10 (2019) 2283.

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