<p>Req Id: 35922</p> <p>Job Title: Post Doc Research Associate</p> <p>City: West Lafayette</p> <p>Job Description:</p> <p>Job Summary</p> <p>The continued march of Moore's Law, explosion of artificial intelligence, and the</p> <p>prevalence of ubiquitous connectivity demands ever more capable electronic devices and</p> <p>circuits. Additional capability is increasingly found with "new" materials having differentiating</p> <p>properties. Logic roadmaps, for example, now include two-dimensional transition metal</p> <p>dichalcogenides. Power devices are being pursued with materials like gallium oxide and</p> <p>aluminum nitride having ever expanding bandgaps. Memory, meanwhile, uses too much</p> <p>energy for AI workflows motivating use of new materials like ferroelectric hafnia (FE-HfO2).</p> <p>With new materials, comes new problems, however. Science based solutions must be</p> <p>developed to make the transition from "lab to fab." This, in turn, requires developing the defect</p> <p>science and characterization methods that will guide the processing and development of these</p> <p>next-generation devices for the decade(s) to come. Recognizing this need, your position will</p> <p>be focused on developing these techniques. Specifically, you will develop electro-optical</p> <p>methods capable of imaging defects, strain, phase, and temperature in oxides used as both</p> <p>next generation memory elements and dielectrics in logic. By combining electrical and optical</p> <p>stimulus with near-field probes, your job will center on creating techniques capable of "seeing"</p> <p>in both real and energy space at the spatial scale of the devices themselves (<50 nm). This will<br> be accomplished by employing Purdue's newly acquired multi-modal near-field optical</p> <p>scanning system located in the Birck Nanotechnology Center. In creating the methods that will</p> <p>assess next generation semiconductors, the position will culminate in career opportunities</p> <p>spanning from academic to entrepreneurial.</p> <p>Experience</p> <ul> <li>A Ph.D. in engineering, physics, or related discipline </li><li>Experience in one, or more, of the following areas: (1) multi-modal scanning probe </li></ul> <p>characterization (SNOM, nanoFTIR, PFM, KPFM, etc.) (2) defect science, (3) optical</p> <p>spectroscopy, (4) advanced electrical characterization (DLTS, DLOS, IPE, scanning</p> <p>photocapacitive, etc.).</p> <ul> <li>The ability to communicate expertly within and between disciplines both via the written </li></ul> <p>and spoken word as evidenced via a strong scholarly record.</p> <ul> <li>A demonstrated ability to work independently within an interdisciplinary team while </li></ul> <p>being both mentored and taking on a mentoring role.</p> <p>Job Family</p> <p>Research</p> <p>FLSA Status</p> <p>Exempt</p> <p>Apply now</p> <p>Posting Start Date: 2/3/25</p>