Nanovip All things Nanotechnology – Nano Is The Futiure
- Employer: Argonne National Laboratory
- Location: Argonne, IL, United States
- Posted: Jun 08, 2011 Expires: Sep 08, 2011
- Description:
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Job DescriptionBasic PurposeConduct innovative research in developing chemical synthesis of nanoparticles for permanent magnet applications. Study magnetic properties of nanocomposites. Develop synthetic approaches that enable scale-up chemistry that will leads to production of permanent magnets.
This is a collaborative research effort between the Center for Nanoscale Materials, Materials Science Division, and the Energy Systems Division. Work is expected to include interaction and coordination of this research with other Argonne divisions to develop synthetic strategies that may scale to industrial processes.Knowledge, Skills and ExperienceConsiderable
Considerable knowledg of colloidal chemistry synthesis of nanoparticles; experimental techniques in characterization of nanoparticles morphology, structure and chemical composition, including TEM, SEM, XRD, EDAX, EELS and other routine spectroscopy analysis instruments.
Considerable knowledge of permanent magnetism and experimental techniques in characterization of permanent magnet materials.
Considerable skill in working interactively and productively in a multidisciplinary environment.
Considerable knowledge and skill in evaluating, selecting, and applying standard scientific/ engineering techniques, processes, and criteria and using judgment in making minor adaptations and modifications.Good
Good skill in devising, performing, and evaluating innovative research.
Good skill in working independently on a day-to-day basis.
Good skill in working effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary research group.
Good skill in exercising independent judgment and defining project objectives and scientific/technical approach.
Good skill in oral and written communication, including contributions for the preparation of proposals, presentations, publications, and reports.Minimum Education/Experience Requirements
Years Since Ph.D. — 0-1, 1-2, 2-3 - To apply:
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- Employer:
- Argonne National Laboratory is one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest research centers. It is also the nation’s first national laboratory, chartered in 1946.
Argonne is a direct descendant of the University of Chicago’s Metallurgical Laboratory, part of the World War Two Manhattan Project. It was at the Met Lab where, on Dec. 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi and his band of about 50 colleagues created the world’s first controlled nuclear chain reaction in a racquets court at the University of Chicago. After the war, Argonne was given the mission of developing nuclear reactors for peaceful purposes. Over the years, Argonne’s research expanded to include many other areas of science, engineering and technology. Argonne is not and never has been a weapons laboratory.
Today, the laboratory has about 2,900 employees, including about 1,000 scientists and engineers, of whom about 750 hold doctorate degrees. Argonne’s annual operating budget of about $475 million supports upwards of 200 research projects, ranging from studies of the atomic nucleus to global climate change research. Since 1990, Argonne has worked with more than 600 companies and numerous federal agencies and other organizations.
Argonne occupies 1,500 wooded acres in DuPage County, Ill. The site is surrounded by forest preserve about 25 miles southwest of Chicago’s Loop. The site also houses the U.S. Department of Energy’s Chicago Operations Office.
- Ref Code: 317537 ES
- Job Type: Postdoctoral researcher
- Sector: National lab / Government
- Website: http://www.anl.gov/
- Salary: $55032-$91728
- Hours: Full time