University of Oslo Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Semiconductor Physics, Norway

Position as postdoctoral research fellow is available at Center for Material Sciences and Nanotechnology (SMN) and the Department of Physics, University of Oslo. The fellowship is for a period of 2 years, starting date no later than 1st of March 2017. Within the framework of the position duties may be assigned. No one can be appointed for more than one specified period at the same institution.

The postdoctoral position is in semiconductor physics, with a particular emphasis on characterization of semiconducting oxides and novel alloys thereof. The position is associated the project "Novel semiconducting alloys in energy technology (Salient)" funded by The Research Council of Norway within the FriPro program.

The primary objective of Salient is to develop and explore the functionality of unconventional semiconducting alloys based on oxide semiconductors. For example, combining zinc oxide (ZnO) with a more mature technology, like gallium nitride (GaN), may overcome several of the present challenges with oxide semiconductors. In fact, the tuning possibility of functional properties may exceed that of the parent semiconductors by unconventional alloying, like anion incorporation. Hence, the postdoc project aims at investigating the physics of unconventional alloying of oxides (with emphasis on ZnO), and is an application motivated basic research project within semiconductor and solid state physics. The candidate will work together with a PhD student in the project and focus on electrical and optical characterization. Additional theoretical modeling using first principle calculations may be included (depends on the candidate).