APPLICATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE FOLLOWING 4-YEAR PHD (OR 2.5-YEAR
POST-DOCTORAL) RESEARCH PROJECT AT THE DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY,
DELFT, THE NETHERLANDS.

See also: http://iriaxp.iri.tudelft.nl/~scwww

Title: "Theory of charge transport in DNA and model pi-stacked systems"

The aim is to provide theoretical insight into the factors that govern
charge transport in the base-stacked core of DNA and in (liquid)
crystalline materials consisting of columnar stacks of aromatic disk-like
molecules. Computer simulations combining a quantum mechanical description
of the charge carrier with a classical description of the molecular motions
in the column will be carried out. Charge transfer integrals, ionisation
energies, electron affinities, polaronic effects and intermolecular
potentials will be computed using ab initio electronic structure
calculations (Hartree Fock/MP2, DFT) and force field methods. The results
will be usefull for the understanding of radiation-induced damage in DNA
and for the development of (bio)molecular electronic devices. For this
project we seek a chemist or physicist with interest in theoretical
research.

Inquiries and applications (including a CV) can be sent via e-mail, fax or
conventional mail.

Kind regards, Laurens Siebbeles.

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Prof. dr. Laurens D.A. Siebbeles
Radiation Chemistry Department
Interfaculty Reactor Institute
Delft University of Technology
Mekelweg 15
2629 JB Delft
The Netherlands

<Siebbel_at_iri.tudelft.nl>
http://iriaxp.iri.tudelft.nl/~scwww
Tel: ++31 15 278 1800
Fax: ++31 15 278 7421
Received on 2001-12-10 15:29:29