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NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS

SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering

Research positions availablein the context of the EU FP7 ICT project

Computational Lithography

for Directed Self-Assembly:

Materials, Models, and Processes

(CoLiSA-MMP)

Directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers (BCPs) is one of the most promising techniques to

enable the continued miniaturization of Integrated Circuits. It combines top-down photolithography for

creation of guiding patterns with engineered new materials and processesto facilitate cost-effective bottom-

up techniques for pattern density multiplication and defect rectification. The CoLiSA.MMP project

combines European expertise in soft matter physics, block copolymer chemistry, lithographic process andcomputational lithography to develop new material and process models and a computational lithography

framework for DSA. Existing and new, specially designed atomistic and coarse-grained models will be

combined with experimental data to develop and calibrate efficient predictive reduced models, seamlesslyintegrated in lithographic process simulation. The new modelling capabilities will be used to establish new

design flows, including the lithographic generation of guiding patterns and the resulting patterns after DSA.

One post-doctoral associate and one Ph.D. student are sought to work together at the National

Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in the context of the CoLiSA-MMP project. Bothpositions are for3 years starting on November 1, 2013.

1 Post-doctoral position:Objectives will include contributing to the formulation of a strategy for

modelling BCP materials and substrates at atomistic, coarse-grained, and reduced levels;

conducting atomistic simulations to derive parameters needed for modelling at the coarse-grained

and reduced levels; applying the computational strategy to predict DSA and propose ways to

prevent or rectify defect formation for specific BCP materials and processing conditions;

identifying BCP chemical constitutions that would be most promising for synthesis and DSA

applications; and optimizing these constitutions based on insight gained from multiscalemolecular simulations and from experiment. Compensation will be around 50 k/year, depending

on experience and qualifications.

1 Ph.D. position:Objectives will include conducting atomistic simulations of BCP materials and

substrates to estimate structural, energetic, thermodynamic, and dynamical properties important

for the DSA process; coupling atomistic simulations to mesoscopic and reduced models; reverse-

mapping structures obtained via mesoscopic models back to the atomistic level to estimate local

properties; and contributing to the development of optimised BCP materials for DSA applications

through modelling. Compensation will be approximately 23 k/year, depending on experience

and qualifications.

Applications, including a detailed curriculum vitae with list of publications and contact

information of two references familiar with the candidates work, should be sent by e-mail to

ProfessorDoros N. Theodorou, doros@chemeng.ntua.gr, +30 210 772 3157.