PhD Student in Ferroelectric Field Effect Transistors (Male/Female)

Your Tasks

As part of an international collaboration investigating ferroelectric field effect transistor technologies, you will:

• Perform epitaxy and characterization of functional perovskite oxide thin films and their heterostructures.
• Establish a composition-structure-function relationship for ferroelectric, semiconducting, and metallic materials, in conjunction with collaborators.
• Grow metal-ferroelectric-semiconductor multilayers, define and optimize lithographic workflows to process the multilayers into device architectures, and conduct electrical testing and benchmarking of both the individual layers and the multilayer structures as ferroelectric field effect transistors.
• Supplement this information with band structure computations to develop a high-performance ferroelectric field-effect transistor.
• Employ the collected data to publish peer-reviewed articles.

Your Profile

• Master's degree or equivalent in materials science, chemistry, physics, or a related discipline.
• Foundational knowledge in solid-state chemistry and/or physics; familiarity with semiconductors and ferroelectrics is considered advantageous.
• Understanding of physical vapor deposition and vacuum infrastructure, computational studies of the electronic structure of materials, and experience with cleanroom device fabrication; proficiency in Python is also advantageous.
• A communicative and team-oriented profile, who thrives in an interdisciplinary research environment.
• Professional proficiency in written and spoken English is required; knowledge of German is an asset.

We Offer

Our institution is grounded in interdisciplinary, innovative, and dynamic collaboration. You'll benefit from systematic on-the-job training, alongside personal development opportunities, and our strong vocational training culture. If you wish to balance work with family life or other personal interests, we offer modern employment conditions and excellent on-site infrastructure.

You will also be enrolled in the Doctoral program at ETH Zürich, from which you will receive the PhD title.

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