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Custom-made high-performance materials are revolutionizing the world of electronics, optics, catalysis and lightweight construction. In Erlangen, materials science innovation starts at the atomic level and influences the entire process chain to achieve macroscopically visible results.

The Cluster of Excellence Engineering of Advanced Materials – Hierarchical Structure Formation for Functional Devices (EAM) is situated at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and was part of the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments from 11/2007 – 10/2019. It is the only interdisciplinary research collaboration of its type in Germany to focus on the investigation of functional materials and their processing at all length scales. Its research centers on the fundamental and applied aspects of designing and creating novel high-performance materials. Supported by the 25 % allowance fund of the State Government of Bavaria, EAM continues to act as nucleus for new research initiatives and as hub for worldwide visible excellence as central institution of FAU Key Research Priority New Materials and Processes.

Inauguration of new main headquarters of Helmholtz Institute in Erlangen

Sustainable and inexpensive ways to convert and store energy Almost exactly four years lie between the ground-breaking ceremony and the official inauguration: the new research building of the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) is the latest address for cutting-edge ... Continue

3D printing using electron beams

Materials scientist at FAU receives ERC Advanced Grant worth three million euros Prof. Dr. Carolin Körner, Chair of Materials Science and Engineering for Metals at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), and member of the EAM Executive Board, has been awarded an ERC Advanced Grant,... Continue