Research Associate in Dielectrics Development

Job description:

An exciting opportunity exists within the functional materials research group at the University of Sheffield. The post holder will work on understanding and developing a new range of dielectric ceramics which exhibit a quasi linear response at high field for high energy density applications in power electronics. The project is in collaboration with the Universities of Manchester, Warwick and Pennsylvania State University. Collaborating companies include KAVX Ltd, a European subsidiary of Kyocera AVX Components and Knowles Capacitors, both of whom are leading manufacturers of passive components for the electronics market.

You will be responsible for the day-to-day running of the project to ensure its goals are achieved and will report to Profs Ian M. Reaney and Derek C. Sinclair, Functional Materials & Devices. You will be responsible for the collation of data and producing the first draft of papers for high impact factor journals. Experimental methods will include the fabrication of dielectric ceramics using conventional solid state synthesis, electrical characterisation using impedance spectroscopy and P-E loops, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction, fabrication and characterisation of prototype multilayers.

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