The Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Crete announces a limited number of postgraduate student positions for enrollment in the spring semester of the academic year 2026-2027.
Deadline for submission of the application and supporting documents is set for . The interviews will take place on between 10:00-13:00. There is the possibility of a video conference for candidates living outside Crete.
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The University of Crete will grant two (or three) scholarships for the academic year 2025-26, each of 2900€, to postgraduate students of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering for their research on issues related to Energy and the Environment. The scholarships are sponsored by the INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION OPERATOR OF ELECTRICITY S.A. (ΑΔΜΗΕ).
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Polarization-resolved Optical Harmonic Generation in 2D MX2 and 2D MX: Theoretical Studies
Friday, April 24, 2026, 10:00
Room A3, CSD
The discovery of graphene in 2004 marked the emergence of a new class of materials known as two-dimensional (2D) materials. Due to their remarkable physical properties and wide range of applications in optoelectronics and photonics, 2D materials, and in particular the transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs-with the formula MX2, M standing for metal and X for chalcogenide) and the 2D monochalcogenides (MX), have become the subject of extensive research. This includes the development of optical characterization techniques, capable of providing 2D crystal structural information, at the atomic level.
In this study, we use the ability of 2D MX2 and 2D MX to produce optical second harmonic generation (SHG) and we present a formalism based on nonlinear optics in crystals to extract the armchair direction, the twist-angle in MX2 bilayers and probe the in-plane anisotropy in MX monolayers, by performing polarization-resolved SHG (P-SHG) measurements. Finally, we show that by tuning the twist angle in a MX2/MX heterobilayer, the in-plane anisotropy of the material can be controlled.
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering of the University of Crete announces a limited number of postgraduate student positions for enrollment in the spring semester of the academic year 2025-2026.
Deadline for submission of the application and supporting documents is set for . The interviews will take place on between 10:00–12:00. There is the possibility of a video conference for candidates living outside Crete.