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How lightning-fast simulations are helping medium-sized companies with million-euro investments Electricity instead of natural gas, sustainable raw materials instead of…

Welcome to the newest FAU EAM member Prof. Dr. Henry Dube! Henry Dube studied chemistry at the Philipps-University Marburg and…

Nanocrystals Shaping the Future Nanomaterials represent a class of materials with enhanced and new functionalities. Among these, nanocrystals stand out…

Unlocking the Future of Catalysis with SCALMS (Supported Catalytically Active Liquid Metal Solutions): A Dynamic Approach to Heterogeneous Catalysis While…

Solar cells typically base on a comparatively brittle, half-millimeter thick slice of silicon as the semiconductor. Exploiting alternative materials can…

Host-guest recognition is an essential part of supramolecular chemistry which is concerned with the interactions and optimal design of host…

September brought some changes within FAU EAM: We welcome Bastian Etzold (Chemical and Biological Engineering, Faculty of Engineering) and Jörg…

Most of the colors we encounter in daily life are produced by pigments, i.e., produce by the absorption of specific…

Acoustic levitation makes it possible to immobilize small objects without physical contact. Instead, a standing sound wave is used to…

Das Bild zeigt eine Mikroskopieaufnahme von Tellarium Atomen, welche als leuchtende grün-gelbe Punkte in kleinen Gruppen zusammenhängen. Sie befinden sich auf einer Gold-Unterlage, welche dunkelblau und türkies durch die Atomgruppen hindurch schimmert.
Transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) triggered large interest in condensed matter research since these twodimensional materials exhibit electronic states ascribed to ‘topological…

Decomposition of zwischgold coating on medieval altar figure (Image and research: Andreas Späth, Rainer Fink, Physical Chemistry II; Qing Wu, Haute École Arc, Neuchâtel)
Zwischgold is an ultra-thin bilayer metal leaf that has been developed in medieval times as an alternative to gold leaves.…

12-fold quasicrystal of patchy colloids (Image and calculation: Robert F.B. Weigel & Prof. Michael Schmiedeberg, Soft Matter Theory)
Patchy colloids are particles that interact with preferred binding angles. We have developed a new Phase Field Crystal Model that…

A nanophotonic chip with several accelerating structures on a 1ct coin. (image and research: Stefanie Kraus und Julian Litzel, Laser Physics)
Our research covers electron acceleration with nanophotonic structures powered by laser light. We just demonstrated a scalable nanophotonic electron accelerator…

Illustration of crack pattern emerging as a suspension dries. DEM9 art contest. (image and research: Meysam Bagheri, Multiscale Simulation)
This image illustrates the crack pattern that emerges as a suspension dries. The system consists of interconnected particles held together…

Gelände des zukünftigen Wasserstoff Technologie-Anwenderzentrums WTAZ in Pfeffenhausen mit Anschluss an den Elektrolyseur für grünen Wasserstoff (Bild: Hynergy)
FAU beteiligt sich an Wasserstoff-Technologie-Projekt zu emissionsfreien Antriebstechnologien in Deutschland Die FAU ist am Wasserstoff-Technologie-Anwenderzentrum (WTAZ) beteiligt, das in Pfeffenhausen…

Xantphos based hydroformylation catalyst solvated in a Bis-polytethylene glycol-functionalized (mPEG) imidazolium based Ionic liquid. (image and research: Dr. Christian Wick, Physics Underlying Life Sciences PULS)
One of the central goals in the PULS group is the knowledge-based design of new selective and highly-active catalytic systems.…

Welcome to the newses FAU EAM member Dr-Ing. Pablo Jiménez-Calvo Dr. Pablo Jiménez-Calvo (MRSC) is an independent Marie Skłodowska-Curie Post-doctoral…