Openings for PhD and postdoctoral positions in computational material sciences at the University of Rennes

he theory group in materials science from the Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes
[iscr.univ-rennes.fr] (ISCR) at the University of Rennes invites applications for one PhD and one
postdoctoral position in computational material sciences. The successful candidates will benefit from the
expertise developed in Rennes on metal halide perovskites for more than a decade by physicists
and chemists from ISCR and Institut FOTON [www.institut-foton.eu]. Local, national as well as European
computing means will be made available for the purpose of the projects. These two offers and more can be
found on the job offer page [iscr.univ-rennes.fr] of the Theory team at ISCR.

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PhD on Chiral metal halides for photonics and spintronics (UMR6226-MIKKEP-003 [emploi.cnrs.fr])
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The project aims to develop approaches to model chiral halide perovskites and chiral metal halides. The
structural, electronic, magnetic, chiroptical and transport properties of these materials with potential
applications for photonics and spintronics will be described in close collaborations with experimental
teams.
Examples of previous work from the group on this topic include:
[1] Chirality vs. Symmetry: Electron's Spin Selectivity in Non-Polar Chiral Lead-Bromide
Perovskites, Adv. Mater. 2023, 35, 2305784 [onlinelibrary.wiley.com].
[2] Bright Room-Temperature Circularly-Polarized Photoluminescence in Layered Chiral Hybrid
Lead-Halide Perovskites, Sci. Adv. 2023, 9, eadh5083 [www.science.org].
3] Fine Structure of Excitons in Vacancy Ordered Halide Double Perovskites, ACS Mater. Lett. 2023, 5, 52
[pubs.acs.org].
[4] Rashba and Dresselhaus Couplings in Halide Perovskites: Accomplishments and Opportunities for
Spintronics and Spin-orbitronics, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2017, 8, 3362 [pubs.acs.org].
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Postdoc: Theory and simulation to advance the metal halide perovskite technology (UMR6226-CLAKAT-006
[emploi.cnrs.fr])
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The postdoctoral fellow will be involved in work dedicated to rationalize the physical properties of new
metal halide perovskites and related compounds that will foster optimization of perovskite materials and
devices not only for energy applications but also for transferring and processing information with the
lowest energy budget. This implies a close collaboration between CNRS and partners developing the
perovskite materials and device architecture. Examples of previous work from the group on this topic
include:
[1] Controlling the nucleation and growth kinetics of lead halide perovskite quantum dots, Science 2022,
377, 1406 [www.science.org].
[2] Quantum and Dielectric Confinement Effects in Lower-Dimensional Hybrid
Perovskite Semiconductors, Chem. Rev. 2019, 119, 3140 [pubs.acs.org].
[3] Exciton Ground State Fine Structure and Excited States Landscape in Layered Halide Perovskites
from Combined BSE Simulations and Symmetry Analysis, Adv. Optical Mater. 2024, 12, 2202801
[onlinelibrary.wiley.com].
[4] Deterministic fabrication of 3D/2D perovskite bilayer stacks for durable and efficient solar
cells, Science 2022, 377, 1425 [www.science.org].
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Applicants should apply via the CNRS plateforme references UMR6226-MIKKEP-003
[emploi.cnrs.fr] and UMR6226-CLAKAT-006 [emploi.cnrs.fr].