Vacancy No. IMT 13-2024
IMT 13-2024 Bachelor- / Master Thesis: Modelling of photothermally excited micro cantilevers for quantitative off-resonance tapping AFM
Job description
Photothermal off-resonance tapping got introduced recently as a fast and gentle atomic force microscopy (AFM) imaging mode for soft samples (e.g proteins) [https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-018-0149-4]. Now this imaging mode is extended for the acquisition of correlated topography and nanomechanical sample properties. Experiments revealed effects of the excitation laser spot position and excitation frequency on the obtained sample stiffness. The main goal of this project will be to create, implement and analyse thermo-mechanical models using finite-element or analytical methods to understand and compensate these effects.
Personal qualification
- Field of study: mechanical engineering, physics, mechatronics
- First experience with FEM (Comsol, Ansys) and scripting for simulations (Python, Matlab, C++)
Organizational unit
Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT)
Starting date
zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt / immediately
Contract duration
3 – 6 months
Application up to
18.10.2024
Contact person in line-management
For further information, please contact Cornelia Pichler or Hans Gunstheimer, phone +49 721 608-23128.
Application
Please apply online using the button below for this vacancy number IMT 13-2024 .
Personnel Support is provided by
Ms Carrasco Sanchez
phone: +49 721 608-42016,
Hermann-von-Helmholtz-Platz 1, 76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany
We prefer to balance the number of employees (f/m/d). Therefore we kindly ask female applicants to apply for this job.
Recognized severely disabled persons will be preferred if they are equally qualified.