PhD (M/F) in the framework of the Nextstep-Programme

The induced structuration by electrospinning and the effect of added nanoparticles aim at promoting cell adhesion and tissue regeneration. The Scientific Goal is to gain a deeper understanding of the physical mechanisms responsible for reinforcement/orientations induced by extensional forces in the bulk of these nanocomposites. The technical approach involves processing of these nanocomposites composed of polycarprolactone reinforced by α-lactalbumin self-assembled amyloid fibers or cellulose nanocrystals by electrospinning. The nanocomposites will be investigated upon subjecting to tensile tests that allow relating strain/stress characteristics to their transient structural changes probed by in situ time resolved USAXS/SAXS/WAXS at TRUSAXS Beamline. 

You will join ID02 team composed of 7 people and study multiscale structural organization in biobased nanocomposites subjected to extension using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and related methods. The work will be carried out in close collaboration with Laboratoire Rhéologie et Procédés (LRP), Université Grenoble Alpes. 

The beamline ID02 is a high-resolution time-resolved SAXS/WAXS/USAXS instrument featuring a 34m long detector tube combined with state-of-the-art detectors. The beamline is primarily dedicated to research on soft materials and biological specimens. Current inhouse research topics include dynamics of driven colloids, spontaneous self-assembly processes in amphiphilic systems, and relationship between microstructure and rheology in complex fluids.