Materials science and technology are our passion. With our cutting-edge research, Empa's around 1,100 employees make essential contributions to the well-being of society for a future worth living. Empa is a research institution of the ETH Domain.

The Coating Technologies Group in Empa's performs physical vapor deposition (PVD) of innovative thin films for emerging technologies. By combining state of the art physical vapor deposition, high throughput experimentation and data science, we develop thin films with enhanced performance and discover entirely new functional materials. ().

PhD position on the Data-Driven Development of Novel Piezoelectric Thin Films for Electronic, Photonic and Quantum Technologies

The project
Piezoelectric materials are essential building blocks of many technologies we use every day. They power the frequency filters for 5G and WiFi communication and provide accurate motion and sensing at the smallest length scales. The growing n...