PhD position in experimental soft matter physics

The available position is for a PhD student to work in The Laboratory for Soft and Complex Matter Studies (http://folk.ntnu.no/fossumj/lab). The PhD candidate’s activities will be jointly with one postdoc and another PhD student that are working within associated projects, and the work will be in soft matter science/microfluidics at the interface between experimental physics, chemical engineering, materials science and nano-micro-technology.

The project funded by the Research Council of Norway is a collaboration between the NTNU group, and research groups at The Institute for Energy Technology (IFE) at Kjeller Norway, the International Research Institute of Stavanger (IRIS) Norway, the Pierre Gilles de Gennes Institute (IPGG) in Paris France, the University of Rennes1France, the Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) Brazil and the University of Sap Paulo (USP) Brazil.

The PhD project will develop and investigate experimental model systems made from oil, water drops/emulsions, with nanoparticles. The activities will focus on developing, characterizing, and understanding how nanofluids from nanoparticles influence oil drops, emulsion stability, and flow in micro- and/or nano-fluidic environments. The purpose of the project is to develop new understanding of fundamental processes specifically relevant for Improved Oil Recovery or Tracer Technology and for emulsion technologies generally (i.e. food, cosmetics, coatings, materials processing technologies etc.).

The work will involve designing and using targeted experimental model systems and sample environments. The experimental methods include the use of standard soft matter tools such as microfluidics, rheometry, small-angle X-ray-scattering (SAXS either at the NTNU group’s home X-ray laboratory, or at international synchrotron facilities such as ESRF, MaxIVLab, or LNLS-Brazil), or small-angle-neutron-scattering (SANS at IFE in Norway, or at international neutron facilities). The PhD candidate will be based at and work mainly at NTNU, however including several extended research missions (approximately 2-3 months each) to Paris, and to Rio de Janeiro.

Detailed information on the NTNU Physics PhD programs is found at: https://www.ntnu.edu/nv/phd

For more information, contact Professor Jon Otto Fossum (email: jon.fossum@ntnu.no), who will be the main PhD supervisor of the PhD cadidate.

Full application at: https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/152871/phd-position-in-experimental-soft-matter-physics-microfluidic-studies-of-nanoparticle-dynamics-in

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