Photophysical Processes in Nanoscale Materials
This project studies light-driven processes in nanoscale materials like DNA structures, aiming to create new materials for photonics, light harvesting, and biosensing.
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Funder: NRC Research Associateship Programs
Due Dates: May 1, 2025 (Application Deadline)
Funding Amounts: $99,200 stipend plus $3,000 travel allowance; relocation assistance and health insurance available. Typical award duration 2-3 years.
Summary: Postdoctoral fellowship supporting research on light-induced photophysical processes in nanoscale materials, including DNA nanostructures and organic-inorganic hybrids, for photonics and biosensing applications.
Key Information: Open to U.S. citizens and permanent residents; requires Ph.D. earned within 5 years; research conducted onsite at Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC.
Description
This fellowship opportunity supports research focused on fundamental light-driven phenomena in nanoscale materials such as DNA nanostructures, organic macromolecules, and organic-inorganic hybrid materials. The research aims to design and characterize new materials with tailored photophysical responses for applications in photonics, artificial light harvesting, biosensing, and nanophotonics.
The research group applies structural DNA nanotechnology to organize chromophore networks on DNA scaffolds, creating supramolecular antennae that funnel photoexcitations to specific sites to trigger processes like electron transfer. Investigations employ a range of static and time-resolved spectroscopic techniques, including single molecule spectroscopy.
State-of-the-art laser facilities are available, including a regeneratively amplified titanium sapphire laser system, optical parametric amplifiers, picosecond dye lasers, time-correlated photon counting, fluorescence and broadband transient pump-probe spectrometers, and confocal microscopy for single molecule detection.
This program is hosted at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) in Washington, DC, within the Electronics Science & Technology Division.
