MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships hosting offer – Energy Saving Project: Utilize Sunlight for Sustainable Temperature Control

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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships hosting offer – Energy Saving Project: Utilize Sunlight for Sustainable Temperature Control

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is seeking a postdoctoral researcher interested in developing a collaborative project to apply to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship (PF) Call 2024 (call deadline September 2024). The Switchable NanoMaterials group (SNM) research has been at the forefront of coordination chemistry, inorganic and organic chemistry, crystallography and size reduction processes (nanostructuration). Mainly, we have focused on the development of switchable coordination complexes for advanced applications such as:

• High performance sensors: Reversible molecular sensing using non-porous switchable materials acting as porous (Chemical Science, 2019, 6612; Advanced Science, 2021, 2102619; Dalton Transactions, 2020, 7315; Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers, 2020, 2426), and 3D Lanthanide MOFs (J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 2020, 3362).
• Energy (Thermal regulation and energy storage): Hydrogen storage in fullerene-based materials (ACIE, 2019, 20, 2332; Chemical Science, 2021, 8682 and Chemistry -A Journal, 2023, 10.1002/chem.202302964), and temperature regulation (Advanced Science, 2022, 9, 2202253).
• Spintronic. This line is based on the development of nanocomposites (Nature Communications 2021, 12, 1), and integrating switchable spin crossover on conducting MOFs (Chemistry of Materials, 2023, 35, 6012).

Research theme(s) proposedJoin our Energy Saving Project: Utilize Sunlight for Sustainable Temperature Control. We invite you to actively participate in our research project focused on utilizing solar energy for a novel energy-saving technology. Our recent publication in Advanced Science (2022, 9, doi.org/10.1002/advs.202270150) demonstrated a significant breakthrough: the ability of sunlight to initiate the Spin Crossover (SCO) process in our specially designed materials. This discovery unveils a unique mechanism where external light exposure triggers a reversible color change in these SCO materials, accompanied by a phase transition. Notably, this light-induced transition leads to an unprecedented thermal regulation effect, enabling both heating and cooling under ambient conditions. This opens exciting possibilities for the development of tailored, climate-specific materials for passive building temperature control. Further supporting is the development of a specialized in-house setup at IMDEA. This setup facilitates precise and reliable data acquisition, allowing us tothoroughly characterize and optimize the light-induced SCO process. Our research represents a substantial advancement in the field of energy-saving materials, offering a promising and sustainable approach to building temperature control.

Get in touchInterested and eligible researchers (see Eligibility Criteria – should get in touch by sending the following documents to Jose Sanchez Costa, (please include in cc):– An updated CV (full list of publications)– A Research Proposal summary (max. 2 pages)Please send the above documents as early as possible – IMDEA Nanociencia will provide outstanding candidates with academic and administrative support for their proposal development.Share this page

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Madrid

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Thu, 06 Jun 2024 23:57:48 GMT

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