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.

Neuromorphic Devices Group

Research on exploration of physics and device application of thermoelectric response using dielectric materials, ionic conductors, and magnetic materials. The theme will be decided based on the preferences and expertise of successful candidate, focusing on transport phenomenon measurements. The successful candidate will be responsible for the entire process, from sample preparation and evaluation to analysis.

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

Frontier Molecules Group

• Creation of advanced π-liquid molecular materials.
• Research into improving the functionality of π-liquid materials, including the development of liquid electrets and the creation of functional π-gels.

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.

2D Quantum Materials Group

Theoretical and numerical studies on electronic structures in material systems, mainly artificially stacked 2D material systems.

2D Quantum Materials Group

Exploring quantum properties of two-dimensional materials through 1. Preparation of two-dimensional materials and heterostructures / 2. Optical properties characterization / 3. device fabrications

Duties are subject to change within the scope of the Employee’s position.