Research Assistant II - Cotts Lab (Summer 2025 004005)

The person will prepare and characterize samples of nanocrystals of varying composition and ligand chemistry. They will prepare large area think films of these materials for grazing incidence time-resolved X-ray diffraction.

Core Responsibilities:

• ​Characterize nanocrystals with UV-Vis, Tr-PL, and QY spectroscopy 
• ​Prepare samples of nanocrystals of varying composition and ligand chemistry 
• ​Prepare large area thin films of these materials for grazing incidence time-resolved X-ray diffraction. 

This work will take place on the fifth floor of Bicentennial Hall in chemistry labs or on computers.

• ​Basic experience with X-ray Diffraction data analysis  
• ​Basic experience with optical spectroscopy  
• ​Academic coursework in undergraduate inorganic physical chemistry, and chemical data analysis

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