rof. Pascal Van Der Voort, Center for Ordered Materials, Organometallics and Catalysis, Ghent University,  is looking for a CSC funded PhD-student, in a larger research program on the SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, and CATALYTICAL APPLICATIONS of METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS.

Brief intro. Of COMOC group

Current research activities of COMOC include: synthesis of several types of PMO materials, as powders and as thin films, synthesis of mesoporous ordered polymers, spherical mesoporous silicas for HPLC, mesoporous oxide materials, adsorbents, solar cells, lab on a chip, …
COMOC has a fully equipped lab, including (in situ) FTIR, FT-Raman, TGA, DSC, XRD (low angle and wide angle), Elemental analysis (CHNS/O analyser), ultra-fast GC, and has free and unlimited access to SEM, TEM, AFM, XPS, EPR, etc… and all synthetic facilities including Schlenk lines and a clean room with dip-coater, spin-coater, and a room with several spray dryers.
You can find more detailed information in:
http://www.we06.ugent.be/index.php?content=comoc

Position description
A CSC funded PhD student for a 4 year period to perform a PhD project on the synthesis and catalytic applications of Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in one of the domains mentioned above.
Plus, if you got the CSC scholarship, you may get a chance to apply for a cofunding offered by UGent. The cofunding consists of financing for living and accommodation (about

rof. Pascal Van Der Voort, Center for Ordered Materials, Organometallics and Catalysis, Ghent University,  is looking for a CSC funded PhD-student, in a larger research program on the SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, and CATALYTICAL APPLICATIONS of METAL ORGANIC FRAMEWORKS.

Brief intro. Of COMOC group

Current research activities of COMOC include: synthesis of several types of PMO materials, as powders and as thin films, synthesis of mesoporous ordered polymers, spherical mesoporous silicas for HPLC, mesoporous oxide materials, adsorbents, solar cells, lab on a chip, …
COMOC has a fully equipped lab, including (in situ) FTIR, FT-Raman, TGA, DSC, XRD (low angle and wide angle), Elemental analysis (CHNS/O analyser), ultra-fast GC, and has free and unlimited access to SEM, TEM, AFM, XPS, EPR, etc… and all synthetic facilities including Schlenk lines and a clean room with dip-coater, spin-coater, and a room with several spray dryers.
You can find more detailed information in:
http://www.we06.ugent.be/index.php?content=comoc

Position description
A CSC funded PhD student for a 4 year period to perform a PhD project on the synthesis and catalytic applications of Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) in one of the domains mentioned above.
Plus, if you got the CSC scholarship, you may get a chance to apply for a cofunding offered by UGent. The cofunding consists of financing for living and accommodation (about