EC MARIE CURIE TRAINING SITIES

Structure and Properties of
Advanced Materials for Environmental Applications
Supported by the European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) Committee for Central Europe

Two Marie Curie Training Sites, sponsored by the European Community Fifth Framework Programme, give young researchers, pursuing doctoral studies, an opportunity to receive training in high-level groups in their specialised research area. The Krakow sites are organized by the Foundation for Materials Science Development (FM). The Foundation has agreements with three Universities and two Institutes which offers the opportunity to undertake research in the two broad areas shown below:

Applicants for Marie Curie Fellowships must be PhD. students, aged 35 or less, from EU countries who have started their research and wish to undertake further studies or to complete their agreed study programme. The Marie Curie Fellowship may be for a period from three months to one academic year. Marie Curie Fellows receive a grant of 1200 Euros per month and a contribution towards the return travel costs between the Fellow's last country of activity and the host institution.

top of page

Physical and Technological Backround of Advanced Materials for Photovoltaics, Energetics, Functional Applications

Study and perform experiments involving the technology of crystalline silicon solar cells as well as amorphous and crystalline thin film of silicon structure. Equipment is available to define the structure, composition and morphology of the materials studied. Electron analytical scanning and transmission microscopes; x-ray with low and high temp. and low angle scattering attachments; microcalorymetry, thermal analysis, mechanical testing, monochromator Jobin-Yvon H20IR, etc.) are available. The quantitative analysis of crystallographic textures and microstructures of polycrystalline materials (metals, ceramics and polymers) also in outside layers can be also performed. The investigation of materials properties at high temperatures and aggressive atmosphere may be undertaken.

For more information contact:
Prof. Ryszard Ciach
The Foundation for Materials Science Development
ul.Warszawska 24
31-155 Krakow, Poland
Tel:. +48-12-628-25-20; Fax: 6282542
e-mail: rciach@pk.edu.pl

top of page

Conducting and Photosensitive Polymers

The "Materials Science Center" at the Cracow University of Technology (CUT), Krakow, Poland, offers an excellent opportunity to perform doctoral work in the area of polymer science. Synthetic chemistry research of, for example, carbazole-based class of monomers and their further polymerisation to novel macromolecular materials for electronic and photovoltaic applications may be undertaken to include full spectrochemical, thermal and mechanical analysis to find structure-property relationships. An extensive research programme will be proposed in the area of conducting polymers; particularly important being polyaniline (PANI) - conjugated polymer of current interest as an electronic, electrochemical and nonlinear optical material. PANI has attracted considerable attention because of its relatively good environmental stability and the control of the electronic and optical properties by the level of oxidation and protonation.

For more information contact:
Prof. Jan Pielichowski
Dept. of Chemistry and Technology of Polymers
Cracow University of Technology
ul. Warszawska 24
31-155 Krakow, Poland
Tel:. +48-12-6282119 or 6282727; Fax: 6282038
e-mail pielich@usk.pk.edu.pl or kpielich@usk.pk.edu.pl

See also the European Community web page: http://www.cordis.lu/improving

top of page