PhD position on the TEM study of hybrid plasma-/bio-/chemo-catalysts
Offer DescriptionLet’s shape the future – University of AntwerpThe is a dynamic, forward-thinking, European university. We offer an innovative academic education to more than 20000 students, conduct pioneering scientific research and play an important service-providing role in society. We are one of the largest, most international and most innovative employers in the region. With more than 6000 employees from 100 different countries, we are helping to build tomorrow’s world every day. Through top scientific research, we push back boundaries and set a course for the future – a future that you can help to shape.The EMAT research group at the Faculty of Science (University of Antwerp) is seeking to fill a PhD position on the TEM study of hybrid plasma-/bio-/chemo-catalysts under the supervision of Professor Joke Hadermann.The PhD project is part of a broader research effort focused on developing innovative technologies for the sustainable conversion of CO₂ into renewable fuels. Central to this effort is the investigation of advanced catalytic systems that bring together multiple functionalities, including components responsive to plasma environments, as well as chemically and biologically active phases. The goal of the project is to gain fundamental insight into how the structure of these complex materials evolves under working conditions. To achieve this, the PhD candidate will employ advanced in situ and ex situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM) methods, alongside electron diffraction techniques, to investigate structural changes and spatial distributions of active phases across multiple length scales.The PhD student will collaborate with international partners to study the evolution of crystalline and amorphous domains in the hybrid catalysts. Particular attention will be given to investigating structure-function relationships during different stages of the CO₂-to-alcohol cascade process. TEM data will help clarify the spatial distribution of active sites and guide future catalyst design. Structural insights will be correlated with catalytic performance metrics, provided by project partners, to identify the role of material structure in activity, selectivity and stability.Research groupEMAT is one of the leading electron microscopy centers in the world and has a vast expertise in both fundamental and applied electron microscopy. EMAT has several state of the art electron microscopes including three aberration corrected, high end FEI-Titan instruments, a dual beam FIB, an environmental SEM,… EMAT is also a pioneer in in situ 3D ED studies, as will be important in this project. More about us at our .Position
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