[Wien] Fellowship at Isfahan

[Dr. Akbarzadeh]

Fellowship available at Isfahan University of Technology
The computational condensed matter group in physics department of Isfahan
University of Technology (IUT) is going to expand its regional scientific
activity by acting as an ICTP Affiliated Centre. Following such a mission,
the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and IUT
have agreed to support the below mentioned fellowships for the year 2004:

   One)    2 Fellowship for young researchers ( possessing a PhD degree or
at the final stages of getting it) from the regional countries (Western
South Asia, Central Asia, and Middle East ) to come and work in the center
as long term visitors (3-6 months).

  Two)     2  Fellowship for senior researchers from the regional countries
to come and work in the center as short term visitors (6-12 weeks).

The applicants are expected to have a keen interest in computational
condensed matter physics, with some hands on experience on first principle
methods.

The fellowships are available from 1st of January 2004.

Interested applicants are requested to send a full CV, a list of
publications, a proposal of about 500 words explaining the details of the
research project that he/she  is going to perform during the stay in the
center, the period that he/she wishes to visit the center, and names and
addresses (email) of two referees to the following address:



Professor Hadi Akbarzadeh

 Department of Physics , Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran

 email: akbarzad at cc.iut.ac.ir, Tel: +98-311-3912375 (or 3913700),  fax:
+98-311-3912376.



Accepted candidates are entitled for the following supports:

1.     Travel expenses by economy round trip air ticket.

2.     Accommodation in IUT Guest House.

3.     400 Euro per month for living expenses ( For senior researchers it
can be increased to 500 Euro).

4.     One full meal per day.



Current research interests of the center
Electronic structure calculations, as a valuable tool for understanding the
properties of condensed matter, are the main current activity in the
computational condensed matter group in physics department of Isfahan
University of Technology.

Our calculations are within the density functional theory using FP-LAPW
method. We have access and hands on experience to work with WIEN2k code
(www.wien2k.at). This general purpose electronic structure code is a very
appropriate tool to calculate many properties of a solid: band structure,
density of states, equilibrium geometry, magnetic structure, electric-field
gradients,  hyperfine fields, and X-ray spectra, etc. The code contains
LDA+U to study highly correlated systems.

The ongoing research projects in the group are as follow:

1.     The effect of pressure and  impurity on spin density wave of Cr.

2.     First principle study of hyperfine interaction in Cr15X alloys ( X=
Rh, Cd. Sn, Fe ).

3.     Ab-initio investigations of magnetic thin films.

4.    Structural and electronic properties of matlokite MFX ( M=Sr, Ba, Pb;
X=Cl, Br, I ) compounds.

5.    First principles investigation of the bowing parameters in the
Mg3xBe3-3xN2  ternary alloy.