Academic employee for the Institute Inorganic Chemistry

For the Institute Inorganic Chemistry I we are looking for an

Academic employee

In the collaborative project “Long-lived MLCT excited states of manganese (I) complexes in supercritical CO2 and other matrices” we are searching for PhD candidate: The project will develop long-lived excited states of earth abundant Mn(I) complexes for luminescence applications and future engagement in light-driven photochemical redox reactions such as H2 evolution and CO2 reduction. A stable coordination of the complexes will be developed through design of the ligands and the solvent/matrix environment. Your profile: The successful applicant will have strong interest in inorganic chemistry and spectroscopy, and will have some previous knowledge in optical spectroscopy, chemical synthesis of coordination compounds and light and air-sensitive sample handling. He/she should be highly motivated to work and learn in an interdisciplinary, international team and should have excellent written and oral communications skills in English. Good command of German is desirable. Your responsibilities: In close collaboration with another synthetic inorganic chemistry group, light-induced excited-state processes in molecular coordination compounds are studied by optical spectroscopy, e. g. steady-state and time-resolved transient absorption and luminescence spectroscopy in the UV-visible and NIR range. In addition to classical measurement conditions in organic solvents, the spectroscopy setups are adjusted for measurements in supercritical CO2.