PHD POSITION

Master thesis: Stabilizing Gold Nanoparticles with Core-Shell Architectures

Deadline: 9 Dec 2026 · 27 days left

Institution: AMOLF
City: Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Field: Chemistry
Type: research
Deadline: 9 Dec 2026 · 27 days left

About this position

Work Activities Gold nanoparticles (GNPs) exhibit plasmonic properties that enable strong light-matter interactions, making them promising candidates for photothermal catalysis. However, their optical response is highly sensitive to particle shape and therein lies a key stability challenge: GNPs begin to reshape at temperatures around 200 °C, which progressively alters their plasmonic characteristics and degrades their performance over time. In this project, you will investigate how coating GNPs with a protective shell (e.g. titania, TiO2) can improve their thermal stability. These core-shell

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