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Announcement EAM Starting Grant 2023/2024

Call for proposals (deadline June 30, 2023)

Dear FAU researchers,

To support the most talented young scientists working in the field of new materials and processes, the FAU Competence Center Engineering of Advanced Materials (FAU EAM) is launching a...

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Förderung für die Sicherstellung der Fügbarkeit in wandlungsfähigen Prozessketten
Die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) verlängert ihre Förderung für einen Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) bzw. Transregio (TRR), für den die FAU mitantragstellende Hochschule ist. Damit bekommen die Forschenden in d...

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FAU an Forschungsprogramm zu erneuerbaren Energien beteiligt
Weitere 1,7 Millionen Euro für interdisziplinäre Spitzenforschung für die Energiewende: Das vom Wissenschaftsministerium eingerichtete Forschungsprogramm „Solar Technologies Go Hybrid“ (SolTech) entwickelt innovative Konzepte zur Umwandlu...

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Also after the transition from EAM to the FAU Competence Unit EAM, we continou the support for excellent young FAU researcher in form of the EAM Starting Grants. The EAM starting grant should give the recipient the chance to pursue their own research projects and thus gaining a boost for a successfu...

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Interview with FAU expert in materials science and engineering, Prof. Dr. Christoph Brabec
What sounds like science fiction could soon become a reality: Photovoltaic systems that are so thin and light that they can float and fly. In an interview, Prof. Dr. Christoph Brabec explains what these “emer...

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Die programmierte Unsterblichkeit der Lithium-Ionen-Batterie
Forschungsteams der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) sowie des Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien (INM) in Saarbrücken und des Fraunhofer-Instituts für Silicatforschung (ISC) in Würzburg starteten am 1. Februar 2...

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The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved one new Collaborative Research Center at FAU and extended a transregio (CRC/TRR). The DFG is funding six transfer projects for a CRC set up in 2011.

CRC 1540 uses approaches based in mechanics in order to improve our understanding of the function ...

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Das neue Graduiertenkolleg (GRK) 2861 „Planare Kohlenstoffgitter“ der TU Dresden und der FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg verbindet Innovation und Interdisziplinarität in Forschung und Ausbildung auf dem Gebiet der Planaren Kohlenstoffgitter. Es ist eines von bundesweit elf Graduiertenkollegs, die aktuell von ...

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Zwei Wissenschaftler der Technischen Fakultät in der Highly Cited Researcher List 2022 vertreten
Die „Highly Cited Researchers List“ führt auch 2022 die insgesamt 6938 einflussreichsten Forscherinnen und Forscher weltweit auf. Mit 396 Forschenden auf der Liste liegt Deutschland auf Platz 4.

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Newly discovered effect boosts productivity of green hydrogen transport processes
Catalysts are of utmost relevance for the production of chemicals and energy storage with hydrogen. Researchers at the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) and Friedrich-Alexander-Univer...

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Die Körber-Stiftung hat Prof. Dr. Karl Mandel, Professur für Anorganische Chemie an der FAU, in ihr Kuratorium berufen. Die Körber-Stiftung vergibt jährlich den Deutschen Studienpreis, der mit insgesamt 100.000 Euro einer der höchst dotierten Promotionspreise für den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs ist...

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Disorganization solves problems with limescale
From cloudy glasses to deposits in dishwashers – limescale is a ubiquitous problem. An international research collaboration led by two researchers at FAU has now investigated which substances could be added to dishwasher detergent to prevent the build-...

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Wir stellen Ihnen neue Professorinnen und Professoren unserer Fakultät vor. Diesmal: Prof. Dr. Philipp Pelz, seit 01.08.2022 W2-Professor für Computational Materials Microscopy.
Was war Ihre letzte Station vor der FAU?
Ich war 3 Jahre Postdoktorand an der University of California und am Nation...

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First cleaning prototype for electrochemical water purification in use in the Upper Palatinate region of Germany
Clean water using electricity instead of chlorine: In the future, water systems such as fountains and cisterns, but also sewage treatment plants could be cleaned without using chemical s...

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FAU-Forschende nutzen erstmals ganzes Lichtspektrum für gezielte Reaktionen
Chemische Reaktionen ganz präzise steuern und zwar mit farbigem Licht: Das funktioniert mit einem intelligenten Photokatalysator, der von Forschenden der Universität Gent und des Max-Planck-Instituts für Kolloid- und Grenzf...

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Forschungsteam untersucht Gleichrichtung in Schottky-Dioden im Infrarotbereich
Wie schnell funktioniert eigentlich eine Diode? Wird sie unter idealen Bedingungen betrieben, kann sie bis zu 2 Billionen Mal pro Sekunde umgeladen werden – schneller ist es bislang in konventionellen Hochfrequenz-Schalt...

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DFG fördert Materialwissenschaftler
Dr. Stephan E. Wolf, Privatdozent am Lehrstuhl für Glas und Keramik des Departments Werkstoffwissenschaften, ist in das prestigeträchtige Heisenberg-Programm der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) aufgenommen worden.

In seinem Heisenberg-Projekt widmet sic...

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FAU researchers develop method that promotes uniform drying of particle-containing liquids
What do coffee, red wine and ink have in common? The stubborn stains they leave behind. Anyone who has ever knocked over a cup of coffee will know that coffee dries in an unusual pattern, the stain is lighter...

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‘German Nobel Prize’ to be awarded in Bonn on May 12
On Thursday May 12, 2022, the physicist Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhoff from FAU is to receive the most prestigious research prize in Germany, also known as the German Nobel Prize: the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize. The prize is worth 2.5 million eu...

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2.5 million euros of funding for five years
The Faculty of Engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has once again been recognized for outstanding achievements: Prof. Dr. Paul Steinmann, Chair of Applied Mechanics, has been awarded an Advanced Grant from the European R...

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Researchers at the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy and the Chair of Thermal Process Technology at FAU have succeeded in making invisible hydrogen gas visible to the naked eye in order to prevent the risk of fires and explosions. The key to their research is what is known as supraparticles, tiny...

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FAU researcher receives ERC Proof of Concept Grant
Manufacturing extremely thin solar cells using sustainable materials and a 3D printer accurate down to the nanometre: that is the focus of research currently being carried out by Prof. Dr. Julien Bachmann, Chair ‘Chemistry of Thin Film Materials’ a...

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FAU researcher receives ERC Proof of Concept Grant
Manufacturing extremely thin solar cells using sustainable materials and a 3D printer accurate down to the nanometre: that is the focus of research currently being carried out by Prof. Dr. Julien Bachmann, Chair ‘Chemistry of Thin Film Materials’ a...

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Der Chemiker folgt auf Friedrich Paulsen als VP People
Zum 1. Februar übernimmt Prof. Dr. Andreas Hirsch das Amt des Vizepräsidenten People an der FAU. Der Universitätsrat der FAU hat dem 61-jährigen Chemiker per Briefwahl mit großer Mehrheit sein Vertrauen ausgesprochen. Hirsch folgt damit auf den...

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Protective packaging for charge carriers
A research group at FAU and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy (HI ERN) have come up with a design aimed at significantly increasing the operational stability and life span of perovskite solar cells. Their design centres around a ...

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Prof. Nicolas Vogel wurde am Tag der Technischen Fakultät von Studiendekan Prof. Rolf Wanka mit dem Lehrpreis der Technischen Fakultät 2021 ausgezeichnet. Den Lehrpreis erhalten Lehrende der Fakultät, die kontinuierlich über einen längeren Zeitraum besondere Leistungen im Bereich Lehre erbracht habe...

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Funding of new research projects – three EAM Starting Grants awarded
As in 2020, the EAM awarded the EAM Starting Grant to excellent young FAU researchers. The EAM starting grant should give the recipients the chance to pursue their own research projects and thus gaining a boost for a successful ac...

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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 ...

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FAU physicists discover simple propulsion mechanism for bodies in dense fluids.
A team of researchers from Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), the University of Liège and the Helmholtz Institute Erlangen-Nürnberg for Renewable Energy have developed a microswimmer that appears t...

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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,...

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Magnets could be used to remove plastic particles
Environmental pollution caused by microplastics and nanoplastics is a ubiquitous problem which cannot be tackled using currently available cleaning concepts. Researchers at FAU have now demonstrated how magnets could be used to remove plastic partic...

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Rotating microrobots behave like water, oil and soap
You need soap to remove dirt from your skin. The surfactant molecules it contains squeeze their way into the surface area between the dirt and the skin and help to dissolve the dirt in water. Researchers at FAU and Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düss...

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The 1st FRASCAL Virtual Colloquium is organized by the DFG-funded, interdisciplinary research training group GRK 2423 FRASCAL - Fracture across Scales.

The colloquium aims to provide a platform to discuss recent advances in computational modelling of fracture at various length and time scales.

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