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With our cutting-edge research, Empa's around 1,100 employees make essential contributions to the well-being of society for a future worth living. Empa is a research institution of the ETH Domain.\nPhD in electron-enhanced ALD\nOur Laboratory for Mechanics of Materials and Nanostructures is looking for a highly motivated candidate.\nYour tasks\nYou will work on a Swiss National Science Foundation funded project investigating electrons as a reaction partner in atomic layer deposition (ALD) to explore new thin film materials. You will run in situ mass measurements, ellipsometry, and mass spectrometry to investigate the e-ALD surface reactions with adsorbed metalorganic molecules. You will implement a dedicated electron gun, run the e-ALD experiments, collect in situ measurement data and interpret results in terms of reaction products as function of electron beam energy and dose. Ex situ characterization tasks comprise thin film morphology and composition analysis. 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