Fully funded PhD position available in MAS-DNP at CEA / Univ. Grenoble Alpes (France)
Gaël DE PAËPE
Interested in Dynamic Nuclear Polarization, method development, Helium MAS & instrumentation applied to challenging materials? Please contact me! gael.depaepe@cea.fr – Deadline for application June 5th.
More information about the lab and a list of recent publications can be found here: www.nmr-dnp-grenoble.net.
PhD topic: The PhD will focus on developing and applying ultra-low temperature fast MAS DNP in the 20 to 100 K range for the detection of low receptive nuclei. Our home-built setup (quasi-unique worldwide) is under continuous development and preliminary results show that it enables orders of magnitude of sensitivity gain compared to 100 K DNP measurements. During this PhD, we are planning to investigate new polarizing agents, Helium sample spinning beyond 20 kHz with a 3.2 mm rotor, and implement indirect detection approaches of low to ultra-low gamma nuclei (e.g. 17O, 43Ca). The methodology will be used to investigate the surface of ligand-capped ZnO nanocrystals and various calcium-phosphate biomaterials.
Location: Grenoble is one of the major cities in Europe for research with a large international scientific community. In addition, Grenoble has a large international student population, is a very pleasant city to live in, and is known as the “Capital of the Alps” with easy access to great skiing and hiking. It’s also only 2 hours’ drive to the Mediterranean Sea, Italy, or Switzerland. Grenoble, Lyon, and Geneva airports are nearby and permit straightforward international travel.
Benefits: Gross salary~ €2,500/month, health insurance, partial reimbursement of local transport expenses.
Applications: Candidates should hold a Master degree in physical chemistry, chemistry or physics. Interested candidates should send me a CV and a cover letter. Starting date around October 2024 – duration 3 years
Recent work for our group:
- N. Olejnik-Feher et al.(2024) On the Fate of Lithium Ions in Sol–Gel Derived Zinc Oxide Nanocrystals, SMALL, 2309984
- S. Paul et al. (2023). Sustainable and cost-effective MAS DNP-NMR at 30 K with cryogenic sample exchange, Journal of Magnetic Resonance, 356, 107561
- A. Kumar et al. (2023). Optimizing chemistry at the surface of prodrug-loaded cellulose nanofibrils with MAS-DNP. Communications Chemistry, 6(1), 58.
- Y. Fu, et al. (2023). Solvent-derived defects suppress adsorption in MOF-74. Nature Communications, 14(1), 2386.
- D. Lee, et al. (2023). Revealing Electrolytic Ion Sorption in Layered Graphene Galleries through Low-Temperature Solid-State NMR. Chemistry of Materials, 35(10), 3841–3848.
- T. Halbritter et al. (2023). PyrroTriPol: a semi-rigid trityl-nitroxide for high field dynamic nuclear polarization. Chemical Science, 14(14), 3852–3864.
- R. Harrabi et al. (2022). Highly Efficient Polarizing Agents for MAS‐DNP of Proton‐dense Molecular Solids. Angewandte Chemie International Edition. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202114103
- M. Terlecki, et al. (2021), ZnO Nanoplatelets with Controlled Thickness: Atomic Insight into Facet-Specific Bimodal Ligand Binding Using DNP NMR, Advanced Functional Materials https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202105318
Dr. Gaël De Paëpe
CEA Research Director
Deputy Head of Modeling and Exploration of Materials Research Unit (MEM)
Head of the Magnetic Resonance laboratory (RM)
Interdisciplinary Research Institute of Grenoble (IRIG)
CEA / Univ. Grenoble Alpes
IRIG/MEM/RM - gael.depaepe@cea.fr
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