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Subject: Postdoctoral position in the CEA (France) on "Energetics of structural phase transitions with first principles calculations"

Category: Job

From: Bernard Amadon

Date: 20-Oct-2011 10:29

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A postdoctoral position is available in the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique (CEA, Bruyères le Châtel, south of Paris, France) in the condensed matter group. The postdoctoral position is available for one year, renewable upon mutual agreement. The start of the position should be between January and March 2012. The net salary will be around 2300 euros.

*Project:*
The first principle study of the microscopic mechanism of structural phase transitions is a challenge, especially in correlated systems. Your project will focus on a detailed study of the pathway of phase transitions in metals, its energetic, intermediate phases of transition and their elastic properties. This study will first require the use of standard Density Functional Theory (DFT) Methods and also of more advanced methods using the combination of DFT and Dynamical Mean Field Theory (DMFT).

Implementation of new functionalities could be necessary during the course of the project but it is not the main part of the project. So the main motivation to become involved in this project would be the interest to understand the basic underlying mechanisms of phase transitions in correlated systems with advanced electronic structure calculations methods.

Your work will be the ab-initio  part of a multiscale project dedicated to describe stress-induced phase transitions at macroscopic scale. This multidisciplinary project should foster fruitful discussions between members of different scientific background.

*Scientific environment:*
You will join a young group of research which studies various area of condensed matter physics (e.g. electronic correlation and phase transitions at different scales), using experimental and theoretical (ab-initio, molecular dynamics, phase field method,...) tools.

The CEA is the leading national center for numerical simulations and has also access to excellent computational resources in several high performance computing centers.

*Requisites:*
The successful applicant will have obtained his PhD for less than two years. He/she should have a solid background in solid state physics, a thorough knowledge of Density Functional Theory, an interest for phase transitions and for dynamical mean field theory.
Previous knowledge of DFT+DMFT or of phase transitions in solids would be an advantage but is not mandatory.


If your are interested and motivated by this project, please send a detailed CV including names and contacts of two reference persons, and a letter of application to  Bernard Amadon (bernard.amadon-at-cea.fr) and Christophe Denoual (christophe.denoual-at-cea.fr ).




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