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Diamond Light Source is the UK’s national synchrotron science facility. Located at Harwell Science and Innovation Campus in Oxfordshire, we enable world-leading research across a wide range of scientific disciplines and industrial applications.

Postdoctoral Research Assistant (BLI11)
Circa £33K Full time, Fixed Term- 3 years
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http://www.mis.strath.ac.uk/Personnel/open/42012.htm

Location: Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France; and University of Southampton, UK in collaboration with University of Bath, UK.

This project will apply the techniques of neutron single crystal and powder diffraction to the crystallography of agrochemicals (herbicides and fungicides) providing key results which will impact on the cost and efficacy of their commercial use in the EU. Polymorphism and the control of crystal habit and growth, through, for example, the formation of co-crystals, are important parameters that need to be controlled in any industrial crystallization processes.  An important feature in polymorph formation is the control of hydrogen bonding between molecules in the solid state hence the need for neutron diffraction to locate accurately hydrogen bonds, and the project will employ the superb facilities at ILL (e.g. the single-crystal diffractometers D19, VIVALDI, CYCLOPS and high-resolution powder diffractometers.)

The PhD student will undertake crystal growth and X-ray diffraction studies in the UK using state-of-the-art equipment (see http://www.ncs.ac.uk/) for studying crystal growth and the crystallography of agrochemicals. High throughput methods will be used to rapidly screen systems for new structures. This will lead to the production of crystals and co-crystals suitable for subsequent study at the ILL. The PhD student will then analyze both the X-ray and neutron diffraction data to produce detailed and systematic models of crystal packing of the functional agrochemical molecules. Training will be provided in a broad range of neutron techniques (ILL) and in advanced materials chemistry/crystallography (Southampton/UK).

The project offers the opportunity to develop a portfolio of skills using the best equipment and facilities in the world while making highly important contributions towards scientific knowledge of relevance to the agrochemical industry. On completion the Ph.D. the skills-base that will have been developed will offer excellent employment prospects in the EU.  The successful candidate will be employed for a period of up to three years, with a gross salary of around 2350 €/month, together with other benefits depending on the student’s social status (for more details see: http://www.ill.eu/science-technology/phd-students/phd-recruitment/phd-work-at-the-ill/

For more information please contact
Mark Weller, University of Southampton. mtw(at)soton.ac.uk
Sax Mason, ILL.  Mason(at)ill.eu
ressouche(at)ill.fr

Candidate: the PhD student should have an interest in, and ideally some academic knowledge of, crystallography. Start date in early 2012.

Deadline for application: 30th of October  2011. Please send a full CV and covering letter by email to Mark Weller  (mtw(at)soton.ac.uk ) who will forward it to the ILL, where interviews for the position will take place in the Autumn 2011 ( travel expenses will be paid).

Polymorphism and Reactivity in Agrochemicals

Location: Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France; and University of Southampton, UK in collaboration with University of Bath, UK.

This project will apply the techniques of neutron single crystal and powder diffraction to the crystallography of agrochemicals (herbicides and fungicides) providing key results which will impact on the cost and efficacy of their commercial use in the EU. Polymorphism and the control of crystal habit and growth, through, for example, the formation of co-crystals, are important parameters that need to be controlled in any industrial crystallization processes. An important feature in polymorph formation is the control of hydrogen bonding between molecules in the solid state hence the need for neutron diffraction to locate accurately hydrogen bonds, and the project will employ the superb facilities at ILL (e.g. the single-crystal diffractometers D19, VIVALDI, CYCLOPS and high-resolution powder diffractometers.)

The PhD student will undertake crystal growth and X-ray diffraction studies in the UK using state-of-the-art equipment (see http://www.ncs.ac.uk/) for studying crystal growth and the crystallography of agrochemicals. High throughput methods will be used to rapidly screen systems for new structures. This will lead to the production of crystals and co-crystals suitable for subsequent study at the ILL. The PhD student will then analyze both the X-ray and neutron diffraction data to produce detailed and systematic models of crystal packing of the functional agrochemical molecules. Training will be provided in a broad range of neutron techniques (ILL) and in advanced materials chemistry/crystallography (Southampton/UK).

The project offers the opportunity to develop a portfolio of skills using the best equipment and facilities in the world while making highly important contributions towards scientific knowledge of relevance to the agrochemical industry. On completion the Ph.D. the skills-base that will have been developed will offer excellent employment prospects in the EU. The successful candidate will be employed for a period of up to three years, with a gross salary of around 2350 €/month, together with other benefits depending on the student’s social status (for more details see: http://www.ill.eu/science-technology/phd-students/phd-recruitment/phd-work-at-the-ill/

For more information please contact

Mark Weller, University of Southampton. mtw(at)soton.ac.uk

Sax Mason, ILL. Mason(at)ill.eu

ressouche(at)ill.fr

Candidate: the PhD student should have an interest in, and ideally some academic knowledge of, crystallography. Start date in early 2012.

Deadline for application: 30th of October 2011. Please send a full CV and covering letter by email to Mark Weller (mtw(at)soton.ac.uk ) who will forward it to the ILL, where interviews for the position will take place in the Autumn 2011 ( travel expenses will be paid).