The NFFA-DI research infrastructure upgrade (www.NFFA-DI.it) is a National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP – PNRR in Italian) project for supporting research in the nanosciences, with 11 access point located across the Italian territory, belonging to 4 actors (Unimi, Polimi, AREA Science Park, CNR).  NFFA-DI will upgrade the participating Italian laboratories to the standard of NFFA-Europe/NEP advanced instrumentation and organization model. (www.NFFA.eu)

2 PhD grants (3 years 2023-2026) are activated at the PhD School on Physics, Astrophysics and Applied Physics.

A) : nanomagnetic phenomena driven by optical field and by plasmonic structure below the optical diffraction limit. Optical excitation and spectroscopic analysis will complement the field-matter coupling processes investigation at the nanoscale. In particular, structural information will complement nanomagnetic phenomena driven by the optical field. Plasmonic structures will overcome the optical diffraction limits for down-scaling of optoelectronic devices. Studies on surface magneto-dynamics processes at nanoscale with the use of a pulsed source, extending the temporal resolution to the current spin-resolved spectral-microscopies.Acquisition of FAIR data and implementation of FAIR-by-design technology in the framework of NFFA-DI.

Contacts: Giorgio Rossi and Andrea Giugni

B) : ab initio molecular dynamics with electronic friction, and other non-adiabatic effects at metallic surfaces. This work will benefit from advanced codes and methods, such as machine learning (ML)-based approaches, and interfaces for the remote (interactive) access to theory/simulations. The work will be done establishing a synergetic collaboration with the National Center for HPC and its facilities. Expertise on FAIR data management and repositories in the framework of NFFA-DI.

Contacts: Giovanni Onida and Nicola Manini

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION 26 July 2023!

SELECTION AND PROJECT DEFENSE 5 September 2023