Employment

The salary, benefits, welfare and support systems are provided in accordance with the regulation of the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS).

For information on employment position in departments other than MANA and the permanent positions, please see the NIMS official website.

Quantum Solid State Materials Group

We are seeking a postdoctoral researcher to conduct experimental studies in solid state chemistry, focusing on the development of novel magnetic materials that exhibit exchange bias effects without relying on artificial interfaces. The successful candidate will be engaged in high-pressure synthesis and crystal growth of complex oxides, as well as structural and magnetic characterization using techniques such as XRD, SQUID magnetometry, PPMS, and neutron diffraction. The work also includes participation in collaborative experiments at international synchrotron and neutron facilities, with the goal of optimizing material properties for potential spintronics applications.

Frontier Molecules Group

Research on miscibility control and high functionality of π-molecular liquid materials

Supermolecules Group

Preparation and property investigations of supramolecular nanofilms of functional materials and biomaterials

Qubit Materials Group

Research on low-dimensional materials and superconducting heterointerfaces using microfabrication technology and electrical measurements

Thin Film Electronics Group

The postdoctoral researcher is expected to mainly contribute to design and development of functional oxide thin film transistor. The vacuum film fabrication and characterizations, as well as transistor fabrication and characterizations in this research will be needed. Particularly, thin film will be fabricated by ALD system. Furthermore, nano-scale transistor fabrication using electron beam lithography will be used.

Thermal Energy Materials Group

Development of thermal conductivity measurements and analysis

Functional Chromophores Group

Synthesis and characterization of N-heteroacenes, pyrazinacenes

Functional Chromophores Group

The Yamauchi Materials Space Tectonics JST-ERATO project invite applications for one postdoctoral researcher in the fields of Additive Manufacturing, Supramolecular Chemistry, and/or Electrochemistry.

The successful candidate will join a multidisciplinary and multinational team of organic/physical chemists and material scientists with full access to advanced research facilities at NIMS (Japan) and JST-ERATO-based tools at The University of Queensland (Australia), Waseda and Nagoya University (Japan). The project involves leveraging self-assembly at all length scales to create a new class of conductive porous materials for applications in energy generation/storage and as structural materials.

Neuromorphic Devices Group

Fabrication and evaluation of spintronics-based neuromorphic devices

Quantum Materials Simulation Group

The candidate is expected to work on either of the following research themes:

1. Research using large-scale first-principles calculations and machine learning methods for atomic and electronic structures of metal nanoparticle catalysts.
2. Research using large-scale first-principles calculations and machine learning methods for next-generation semiconductors and quantum materials.
3. Development of large-scale DFT (density functional theory) calculation methods and theoretical study of nano-scale materials using the methods.