This is an exciting opportunity to join the Superconductivity and Magnetism Group within the Department of Physics at the University of Warwick.
We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to work on a range of projects on the single crystal growth of materials in a new EPSRC Funded project on “Single Crystal Growth at Warwick”. The work focus on the production of high-quality crystals of a wide range of oxides, borides, chalcogenides and intermetallic materials. These include superconductors, various low dimensional materials, frustrated magnets, skyrmion and topological materials. The crystals will be grown using various techniques such as the floating zone method using optical mirror furnaces, the Czochralski method using a tetra-arc furnace, the Bridgman, flux growth and the chemical vapour transport techniques. Other techniques will also be used as required.
In addition to crystal growth, the work will also involve the characterisation of the crystals produced through measurements of their structural, magnetic, transport, and superconducting properties. Extensive laboratory-based powder and single crystal x-ray diffraction work will be required. There will be scope for taking part in experiments at international facilities using neutron and x-ray scattering, as well as muon techniques.