INL is seeking strongly motivated engineers to join its new cleanroom team. Selected candidates will have the lifetime opportunity to participate in the setting up phase and all development phases of INL cleanroom facility as well as to work at the frontiers of Nanotechnology in an innovative, multicultural and multidisciplinary research organization of about 400 people. The selected Maintenance Engineer will be responsible for multiple activities in supporting troubleshooting repairs and installations related to INL cleanroom and semiconductor equipment. His/her specific tasks will be related with the performing machine maintenance (scheduled and unscheduled) in cleanroom equipment and support tools as well as other activities related with the equipment improvements identification for safety, quality and output. SEE MORE

INL is seeking strongly motivated engineers to join its new cleanroom team. Selected candidates will have the lifetime opportunity to participate in the setting up phase and all development phases of INL cleanroom facility as well as to work at the frontiers of Nanotechnology in an innovative, multicultural and multidisciplinary research organization of about 400 people. The Facility Maintenance Technician will be responsible for planning, scheduling, record-keeping and executing maintenance tasks for cleanroom support tools and equipment, and also the general laboratory support equipment. His/her specific tasks will include: • Planning and performing day-to-day maintenance activities for cleanroom facilities and related support tools and equipment (eg., chiller maintenance, compressors, air-handling units, DI-water filter replacements, particle monitoring, cleanroom-environment optimization, etc) • Reporting issues and maintenance updates to cleanroom manager with prompt and effective communication • Participation in the start-up of new cleanroom facilities • Anticipate problems and take proactive measures to ensure cleanroom facilities continue running smoothly and effectively SEE MORE

The International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory (INL) is an international Research Organization located in Braga (Portugal) to foster interdisciplinary research in Nanotechnology and Nanoscience. INL is currently building its future Campus in Braga. The “Comiss?Instaladora do Laboratorio Iberico de Nanotecnologia”, an NPO in charge of INL setting-up, is looking for innovative and flexible persons to cover assitants and junior officer positions in its Finance & Accounting, Human Resources, International Relations and Legal departments. The INL will welcome candidates with international experience in highly competitive and challenging scientific and innovation environments. It will be especially appreciated candidates with experience and responsibilities in other IGOs, or top International Research Centres. SEE MORE

This project will be carried out in collaboration with Brain Korgel University of Texas at Austin (US). For hyperthermia therapy, nanotechnology offers a powerful tool to design nanometric heat-generating sources, which can be activated remotely by the application of an external alternating magnetic field. In this regard, adequately coated iron oxide-based nanoparticles have been the most extensively studied material in hyperthermia experiments. The project includes the synthesis of biocompatible and nontoxic nanoparticles of magnetite (or other related materials with higher magnetic moment: Fe@Fe3O4, Fe70Co30…) and different controlled shapes (spherical, cubic, needles…) and coating them with different silica shell thickness. The selected postdoc will also study the effect of the heat diffusion through the non magnetic shell and the influence of the coating agent in the hyperthermia properties of the core-shell magnetic nanoparticles. SEE MORE

Nano-scale materials are known to offer significant advantages in energy storage and sensing, especially when integrated within multifunctional systems. INL and MIT have identified research on synthesis /and assembly/ of nanomaterials for these and other functions as an area of interest. Project will be developed between MIT (Massachusetts, Cambridge, US) and INL (Braga, Portugal). SEE MORE

Nanoscale lithography is currently approaching the domain of biomolecular systems such as proteins. INL and MIT are interested in templating the adhesion of biomolecular systems on surfaces to enable information input into and further nanoscale engineering of biological systems for applications in medicine, biology, and nanostructure fabrication. Project will be developed between MIT (Massachusetts, Cambridge, US) and INL (Braga, Portugal). SEE MORE

The extraordinary electronic and mechanical properties of graphene make it an ideal material platform for nanoscale devices and systems. Nano-sensors, ultra-fast electronics and ultra-low-power electronics are some of the target applications for the MIT-INL collaboration on advanced graphene devices. Project will be developed between MIT (Massachusetts, Cambridge, US) and INL (Braga, Portugal). SEE MORE

Integrating PZT MEMS devices with ultra- low power integrated circuits will enable a wide range of intelligent self-powered microsystems. INL and MIT will develop intelligent energy harvesting MEMS devices for medical and environmental sensors. Project will be developed between MIT (Massachusetts, Cambridge, US) and INL (Braga, Portugal) SEE MORE

This project looks at the structural analysis of nanopillar, point contact, memory, and nanosensor spintronic devices. The information required includes (but is not restricted to): the level of element diffusion near device active layers; identification and quantification of lithography defects on nanodevices; quantification of lateral damage produced during processing. The appointed candidate is expected to master sample preparation for HRTEM analysis, and to gain expertise in the application and use of HRTEM analytical techniques. SEE MORE

P. Freitas-INL/INESC-MN, in collaboration with S. Cardoso - INESC-MN, Portugal. This project will incorporate submicron size linear MTJ sensors inside nanofluidic channels fabricated on glass stripes. Biomolecular probes (antibodies) will be immobilized over the sensors. The fluidic system will use capillarity forces do drive targets through the channels and will accommodate active and control probes. The sensors will detect the presence of labelled biomolecular targets to which secondary antibodies have been attached. An external readout platform will detect signal from active and referenced sites. SEE MORE

J. Rivas-INL/Univ. Santiago de Compostela, in collaboration with M.A. L? Quintela – Univ. Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The aim of the proposed work will be the synthesis and characterization of different types of magnetic core-shell nanoparticles in the size range of 5-50nm. Special care will be given in developing methods to produce particles of different shapes with a high degree of monodispersity and easy scalability. The last part of the work will involve the functionalization of particles and testing applications, including sensoring and extraction properties. The optimization of these properties will be made mainly in collaboration with industrial partners for applications in some particular fields in Nanomedicine and Environmental & Food Control. SEE MORE

This project will be carried out in collaboration with Daisuke Fujita and Jian Hua Gao - National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan. The aim of the proposed project is to clarify the geometrical and electronic structural properties of different sizes Au and Ag clusters by STM/AFM techniques and correlate such characteristics with their fluorescent and catalytic properties. In a second part of the project, selected candidate will study the structural properties of clusters deposited on magnetic nanoparticles and films. Experimental work will involve characterization of Au and Ag clusters by STM and AFM in ultrahigh vacuum, scanning probe microscopy (SPM), high resolution scanning electron microscope (SEM) and scanning Auger electron microscopy (SAM). SEE MORE

This project will be carried out in collaboration with J. Kirschner and D. Sander, Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany. Selected candidate will work on the characterization of nanoscale magnetic objects by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and spectroscopy (STS). The project will include in situ preparation of magnetic objects where at least one dimension is of the order of nanometer or below. The experimental work relies on ultra high vacuum (UHV) based surface sensitive preparation and analysis techniques. Special emphasis will be devoted to STM investigations, where various spectroscopic modes of this technique are exploited. This includes spin-polarized STS at low temperature and in magnetic fields. The work aims at an understanding of the correlation between electronic and magnetic properties of well characterized nanostructures with atomic precision. SEE MORE

This project will be carried out in collaboration with M. Antonietti and M Titirici, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany. In the following, we propose to use hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) of biomass towards carbon rich, coal-like nanostructured materials. HTC inherently requires wet carbohydrates or biomass starting products, as effective structural transcription only occurs in the presence of water. Thus, the transformation of various types of only weakly conditioned agricultural waste biomass into carbonaceous materials will be investigated under various experimental set-ups (temperature, pressure, concentration). The outcome and differences on the final carbon structure will be studied (morphology, conversion) and thus, the optimal conditions for each biomass and product will be elaborated. After, an upscale of this process will be prepared for potential local economic partners to join. The potential applications of the resulting carbon materials for various relevant applications (soil, energy, adsorption, catalysis) will be analyzed and optimized. Thus waste biomass could be used to produce materials with practical importance for industry, being favorable for the CO2 – balance at the same time SEE MORE

INL is recruiting Research Group Leaders at Junior level (Tenured track, assistant professor level) in the following research areas: - Nanomedicine: drug delivery systems, molecular diagnosis systems, cell therapy and tissue engineering. - Nanotechnology applied to food industry, food safety and environment control. - Nanomanipulation: molecular devices, using biomolecules as building blocks for nanodevices. - Nanoelectronics: Nanofluidics, CNTs, molecular electronics, spintronics, nanophotonics, NEMS, and other nanotechnologies used to build nanodevices and system platforms to support the previous research topics. SEE MORE

INL is recruiting Research Group Leaders at Senior level (Principal Investigator, Associate or Full professor level) in the following research areas: - Nanomedicine: drug delivery systems, molecular diagnosis systems, cell therapy and tissue engineering. - Nanotechnology applied to food industry, food safety and environment control. - Nanomanipulation: molecular devices, using biomolecules as building blocks for nanodevices. - Nanoelectronics: Nanofluidics, CNTs, molecular electronics, spintronics, nanophotonics, NEMS, and other nanotechnologies used to build nanodevices and system platforms to support the previous research topics. SEE MORE

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