De:	MENELLE Alain
Envoyé:	mercredi 9 novembre 2011 14:22
À:	LLB - Groupes
Objet:	TR: post doc position available à paris

Pour info.
 
Alain
 
 
Dear Collegue,
one postdoctoral positions is available in the "Physique des 
milieux denses"
Group, at the UMR7590 Université Pierre et Marie Curie and CNRS, 
Paris. 
The position is funded by the ANR project HP-QENS (ANR-09-JCJC-
0135) P.I.
Dr L.E. Bove, focusing on the experimental study of diffusion 
behaviour in
hydrogen based systems under extreme conditions of pressure.
 
The candidate will work under the supervision of Dr. L. E. Bove 
and Dr. S.
Klotz. Information on our research can
be found at:
 
http://www.impmc.upmc.fr/fr/recherche.html
 
A more thorough description of the candidate profile and of the
project's aims can be found below.
 
The position is for 1 year, possibly refundable by the Labex-
Matisse,
starting not later than January 2012. Salary will be 47000 
euro/year. 
Applicants should send CV, publications list, research interests, 
and at least two
recommendation letters to:
 
Dr Livia E. Bove (subject: postdoc ANR-HPQENS)
bove@impmc.jussieu.fr
 
In order to receive full consideration applications should arrive
within 10th December, 2011.
 
 
With best regards,
 
Livia E. Bove
 
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The postdoc will be part of an experimental team of 4 people. Work 
will
include: setting up of the in-situ measurement system of a new
experimental apparatus allowing quasi elastic neutron scattering 
studies
under high pressures; calibration and testing; QENS data-taking; 
data
analysis.
 
* Prerequisites: background in experimental physics, or chemical-
physics, or
material science; background in neutron scattering technique 
and/or high
pressures technique, good computer skills.
 
 
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Project ANR-HPQENS
Diffusion under high pressure
 
The HPQENS project aims at investigating the microscopic diffusive
dynamics of water molecules in pure water and water-salt 
solutions, with
future extensions to other hydrogenous liquids, under extreme 
conditions
of pressure and temperature by Quasielastic Neutron Scattering 
(QENS) and
Molecular Dynamics techniques. From the experimental side, we 
propose to
develop new methods in the field of extreme conditions physics, 
i.e. the
development of a large-volume high-pressure device with particular
gasketting techniques adapted to QENS measurements up to 5 GPa. 
This
pressure is one order of magnitude larger that what has been 
possible so
far in such investigations. The method we propose is new and 
ground
breaking; its feasibility has been established and documented very
recently by our team. By this technique we will have direct access 
to
diffusive, rotational, tunneling and cage motions of protons in
hydrogenous liquids under extreme conditions. This unique coupling 
between
the QENS technique and a new large volume PE press will provide a 
powerful
tool to unravel the diffusive behavior and the role of the 
hydrogen-bond
network in liquid water and doped water solutions  under extreme
conditions; it will open new directions in geophysical, 
biophysical and
environment studies as well as in industrial applications.
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Livia E. Bove
IMPMC-CNRS Researcher, Department of Physics, Université Pierre et 
Marie
Curie, Place Jussieu, 75005 Paris, France
 
tel:  0033-01-44274227 (IMPMC)
bove@impmc.jussieu.fr