ELFT HÍRADÓ

[Akos Kukovecz <kakos AT chem.u-szeged.hu>]

Tisztelt Kollégák!

Kaptam egy megkeresést Davide Riccitõl, aki 2 
doktoranduszt keres Genovaba szén nanocsöves 
bevonatok ill. szén nanocsöves kompozitok terén 
végzendõ kutatásokra. Nekünk momentán nincs 
alkalmas jelöltünk, ezért a megkeresést 
továbbítom a listára. Mivel csak postás vagyok, 
ezért kérem, hogy kérdéseket ill. jelentkezéseket 
közvetlenül Dr. Riccinek küldjenek.

Üdvözlettel,
Kukovecz Akos

*************************eredeti megkereses 
szovege******************************

Dear Dr Kukovecz Akos ,



I am a staff scientist of the Italian Institute 
of Technology and I am contacting you with 
reference to your involvement in carbon nanotube research and related topics.



I would like to bring to your attention that in 
my research group are available two Ph.D. 
fellowships for research on carbon nanotube 
composites and on carbon nanotube coatings.

The deadline for applications is October the 1st, 
2007. Please find more details at the end of the message.



I would be very grateful if you could inform of 
this opportunity M.Sc. students in your group 
(just graduated or graduating before the 9th of 
November 2007) or eventually contact colleagues that could be interested.



Please do not hesitate to ask if you need more information.

Best regards

Davide Ricci



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Davide Ricci, Ph.D.

Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Via Morego 30

I-16163 Genova - Italy

<http://www.iit.it/>www.iit.it



Tel: +39 01071781457

Fax: +39 010720321



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Fellowship themes:



Theme 5.6: Composite materials based on Carbon Nanotubes for robotics

Location: IIT’s Headquarters in Genova Morego 
(Italy) <http://www.iit.it/>www.iit.it

Tutor: Dr. Davide Ricci

N. of available positions: 1

Admission forms: 
<http://www.iit.it/scuola_di_dottorato_robotica_neuroscienze_nanotecnologie>http://www.iit.it/scuola_di_dottorato_robotica_neuroscienze_nanotecnologie



The evolution of humanoid platforms designed to 
collaborate with humans will be from rigid toward 
soft components specifically addressing 
technologies of skeletal, actuation and sensorial 
components in an integrated way. Within this 
framework, a fundamental technological issue is 
the development of elastic actuators composed of 
fibers with mechanical properties similar to 
those of biological muscles. While the ultimate 
goal could be considered the development of 
organic muscles, the intermediate approach this 
Ph.D. project will follow is the development of 
more traditional actuators that take advantage of 
the properties of hybrid nanocomposite materials. 
The main issues to be addressed are: power/weight 
and power/volume performance, compliance and 
stiffness regulation, robustness, control 
behaviour. To this end, the Ph.D. research work 
will be devoted to the development of “soft” 
materials based on an appropriate blending of 
polymers and carbon nanotubes capable of 
actuation. Incorporation of other functionalities 
such as power storage, electron transport and 
force transfer within a single engineered structure will be also pursued.

The ideal candidate would have a background in 
one or more of the following fields: material 
science,  sensor and actuators,  micromechanics, nanotechnology.

For further details concerning the research 
project, please contact: <mailto:davide.ricci AT iit.it>davide.ricci AT iit.it



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Theme 5.8 – The Neural Interface Problem: 
Enhanced in-vivo electrodes by nanomaterial coatings

Tutor: Dr. Davide Ricci.

Location: IIT’s Headquarters in Genova Morego 
(Italy) <http://www.iit.it/>www.iit.it

N. of available positions: 1

Admission forms: 
<http://www.iit.it/scuola_di_dottorato_robotica_neuroscienze_nanotecnologie>http://www.iit.it/scuola_di_dottorato_robotica_neuroscienze_nanotecnologie



Within the Brain Machine Interface research 
project of IIT, that has the ultimate goal of 
extracting and decoding brain signals to drive 
artificial actuators, a key issue is the 
investigation on how such brain signals can be 
extracted from electrical recordings with the 
necessary temporal and spatial resolutions. 
Nanomaterial coatings, such as carbon nanotubes, 
both unmodified or bio-functionalized, offer the 
possibility to improve the recording properties 
of traditional metal electrodes. Through direct 
integration of nanomaterials in the electrode 
fabrication process, this Ph.D. research project 
will deal with the following tasks: (1) designing 
efficient, long-term recording microelectrodes; 
(2) investigating the possibility to record 
signals from the surface of the cortex; (3) 
investigating the problem of input impedance and 
making attempts to reduce it without loss in 
signal-to-noise ratio; (4) studying how to 
minimize tissue reactions, such as glyosis.

The ideal candidate would have a background in 
one or more of the following fields: material 
science, electrochemistry, micromechanics, nanotechnology, physics.

For further details concerning the research 
project, please contact: <mailto:davide.ricci AT iit.it>davide.ricci AT iit.it

Dr. Akos Kukovecz
Dept. of Applied and Environmental Chemistry, University of Szeged
H-6720 Szeged, Hungary
Tel: +36-62-544-620, Fax: +36-62-544-619,   Email: kakos AT chem.u-szeged.hu