Postdoc Position in Polymer Brushes

Postdoc Position in Polymer Brushes

University of Twente

Enschede, Netherlands

€ 4,241 - € 5,538 per month gross

We invite applications for a 3-year postdoctoral position (preferably a physicist or physics-minded chemist) on stimuli-responsive adaptive polymer brush systems. This is a collaborative project between the University of Twente and partners at the Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research (IPF) in Dresden, Germany.

Polymer brushes - densely tethered polymer chains extending from surfaces - exhibit strong responsiveness to environmental stimuli such as solvent composition, temperature, light, or electric fields. In this project, we aim to exploit this responsiveness to design multi-layer polymer brush architectures with dynamically tunable wetting, solute transport, and trapping properties. The work connects fundamental polymer and soft-matter physics with concepts from intelligent materials and bio-inspired autonomous systems.

The research involves experimental studies of swelling, wetting, and transport phenomena, and the development of physical interpretations of responsive behavior in confined polymer systems. (Synthesis of complex polymer architectures will primarily be carried out by the partners in Dresden).

Your profile

• You are an ambitious candidate with a PhD Degree in Physics, Physical Chemistry, Polymer Science, or a related field;
• Have a strong interest in interfacial phenomena, soft matter, or polymer physics;
• Enjoy quantitative analysis and physical interpretation of experimental results;
• You are fluent in English and able to collaborate intensively with internal and external parties in regular meetings and work visits.