Chemistry internship: light matter interaction

Introduction

In Materials and Chemistry Group within ASML Research, we are looking at how light interacts with surfaces in presence of water. The light can split water to radicals which subsequently impact the surface properties.

Your Assignment

This internship will be an experimental assignment. The goal of this internship is to study how light interacts with different materials and how that changes the properties of the materials surfaces. During this internship, you will:

• Learn what mechanisms and solution directions are on the topic: photodegradation of surfaces/coatings;

• Study the impact of light and water on compositional similar coatings, but with a variation in the outer surface composition;

• Measure and analyze: UV Vis absorption, Adv/Rec contact angle ( before/after exposure with/without water), Surface free energy of coating, to establish the impact on dispersive/polar component of, Surface composition by XPS/ToF-SIMS;

• Work in research labs and collaborate with experts;

• Write a report and present your conclusions and recommendations.

This is a Master internship for 6 months, working 5 days per week. The project is also suitable for a thesis, but with an extended duration of 9 months. The start date is as soon as possible.

Your Profile

To be a fit for this assignment, you:

• Are busy with your master's in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering;

• Are proactive and have a hands-on mentality;

• Have experience with some experimental work;

• Have good communication skills in English (verbal and written).

Other requirements you need to meet:

• You are enrolled at an educational institute for the entire duration of the internship;

• You are located in the Netherlands to perform your internship. In case you are currently living/studying outside of the Netherlands, your CV/motivation letter includes the willingness to relocate;

• If you are a non-EU citizen, studying in the Netherlands, your university is willing to sign the documents relevant for doing an internship (i.e., Nuffic agreement).

This position requires access to controlled technology, as defined in the United States Export Administration Regulations (15 C.F.R. § 730, et seq.). Qualified candidates must be legally authorized to access such controlled technology prior to beginning work. Business demands may require ASML to proceed with candidates who are immediately eligible to access controlled technology.

Inclusion and diversity

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