Abstract

The novel emerging field of flexible and printed electronics has attracted increased attention because of its potential to enable low-cost and high-throughput manufacturing of electronics on cheap plastic substrates for various applications including photovoltaics. However, this segment is still far away from commercialization because the cutting edge materials and manufacturing steps are not compatible with thermally sensitive flexible materials.

The PhD. work will focus on low-temperature plasma engineering of novel nanostructured nanomaterials as molybdenum disulfide, tungsten oxide, iron oxides and their application in various energy-harvesting, -storage systems and sensing devices. The topic and tasks in the laboratory are strongly oriented towards the industrial segment.

Possibility to spend 6 months on an internship in a high-tech company in Singapore working on PhD. topic.

The exact title of topic and tasks will be defined later according to applicant preference.

Keywords

State-of-the-art plasma generators, coating deposition methods (i.e. ink-jet printing), plasma treatment, advanced surfaces, nano-coatings, roll-to-roll manufacturing, flexible and printed electronics, surface characterization (AFM, XPS, SEM, etc.).