About this role
Leidos seeks an exceptional and motivated Research Chemist for a research appointment at DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL). You will work side-by-side with world experts on cutting-edge research for carbon nanomaterials in electronic devices. Develop novel methods to synthesize and functionalize graphene quantum dots for transistors and memristors.
Synthesize graphene, graphene oxide, quantum dots using wet chemistry methods including air-free techniques like glove box work. Functionalize materials to tune properties for dispersibility in organic solvents and thin film fabrication. Employ spin-coating, Langmuir-Blodgett, or self-assembly for carbon thin films.
Collaborate with NETL’s carbon materials manufacturing team, electronic memory device engineers, and leading DOE scientists. Engage external partners to tackle internet of things and big data challenges. Present in team meetings and contribute to reports, proposals, and peer-reviewed publications.
Gain mentorship from nation’s leading energy scientists while working on applied projects with global impact. Access world-class facilities for high-impact energy research and patent development. Participate in fundamental and applied technology development for carbon management.
Requirements
- Master’s degree with 3+ years experience in Chemistry or relevant discipline (Chemical Engineering, Material Science, or related engineering discipline)
- Considerable knowledge and experimental expertise in synthesis and functionalization of carbon nanomaterials such as graphenes, graphene oxides, graphene quantum dots, carbon quantum dots demonstrated through publication record
- Experience with carbon materials characterization techniques such as AFM, SEM, XPS, Raman, FTIR, UV-Vis and photoluminescence spectroscopy, and XRD
- Demonstrated ability to publish high impact research
- Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in research teams
Responsibilities
- Synthesize graphene, graphene oxide, graphene quantum dots, and carbon quantum dots with tunable sizes/thicknesses using wet chemistry methods including air-free techniques such as glove box
- Develop chemical synthesis strategies to functionalize graphene, graphene oxide, graphene quantum dots, and carbon quantum dots to tune physical and chemical properties for dispersibility and thin film fabrication
- Synthesize and characterize carbon thin films from graphene materials using spin-coating, Langmuir-Blodgett, and self-assembly methods
- Characterize chemical, structural, optical, and electronic properties of carbon materials and thin films using electron microscopy, AFM, FTIR, Raman, UV-Vis, DLS, XPS, and XRD
- Participate in team meetings, present results, contribute to progress reports and research proposals, and support scientific manuscript development for peer-reviewed journals
Benefits
- Work on applied, cutting-edge projects with global impact mentored by nation’s leading energy scientists and engineers
- Real-world experience with technical development providing insight into NETL’s engineering and scientific disciplines for national energy research
- Unique access to world-class, customized facilities for high impact energy research, technology generation, and patent development
- Participation in novel fundamental and applied energy technology development with direct economic impact on global carbon management
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