MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes

Was bedeutet dies für unseren Alltag? Prof. Dr.-Ing. Armin Dekorsy war am 17. Oktober im Gastfeld zu Besuch.

Die Uni Bremen hat im Rahmen der Exzellenzstrategie von Bund und Ländern einen Vollantrag sowie einen Fortsetzungsantrag gestellt. Ins Rennen geht die Uni mit dem Wissenschaftsschwerpunkt Materialwissenschaften und ihre Technologien und dem MARUM- gemeinsam mit der Uni Oldenburg.

Forschung schneller zur Marktreife zu führen – das ist das Ziel des bundesweit ersten „innovate! Zentrums“. In drei Pilotprojekten werden ab 2025 nachhaltige Lösungen für technologische Herausforderungen entwickelt. Die Joachim Herz Stiftung fördert das Unterfangen mit bis zu 30 Millionen Euro.

Mit einem Senatsempfang haben Bürgermeister Dr. Andreas Bovenschulte und Kathrin Moosdorf, Senatorin für Umwelt, Klima und Wissenschaft, die Arbeit der Exzellenzcluster-Teams der Universität Bremen gewürdigt. Die Bewerbungen zeigten, wie stark die Wissenschaftslandschaft in Bremen aufgestellt sei.

Am 7. Mai 2024 fand im Kulturzentrum Schlachthof der Bremer Science Slam statt. Die Chemikerin Sara Sfiligoi von der Uni Bremen begeisterte mit ihrer Performance das Publikum. Sie erklärte, wie Zink-Ionen Batterien den Ausbau von Wind- und Solarenergie unterstützen.

Die Wissenschaftler Dr. Cyprien Verseux und Professor Sven Kerzenmacher von der Universität Bremen arbeiten an Lösungen zur Selbstversorgung auf dem Mars – und wie diese ein nachhaltiges Leben auf der Erde inspirieren könnten.

Ein Beitrag von ZDF heute (19.05.2021) über Lebenserhaltende Systeme auf dem Mars auf Basis von Cyanobakterien - Cyprien Verseux et al.

„Digital Materialities. Virtual and Analogue Forms of Exhibition“ (DigiMat) sucht nach neuen Ausstellungs- und Vermittlungsformaten für digitale Exponate.

Pressemitteilung ZARM / 16.02.2021: Der „rote Planet“ am Abendhimmel scheint immer mehr zum Greifen nah, denn führende Raumfahrtbehörden streben zukünftig astronautische Missionen zum Mars an.

(A) Light microscopy image of magnetic chitosan helices. (B) and (C): Scanning electron microscopy images of helical chitosan fibers with embedded iron oxide nanoparticles.

Color-coded photoluminescence mappings of exfoliated MoS2 mono- and multilayers at different wavelengths. High/mean/low intensity is displayed in red/green/blue color. Figure dimension ~ 100 x 70 µm².

Experimental and simulated position averaged convergent beam electron diffraction patterns of a silicon sample.

From immobile to massless: How the correct stacking of two atomically thin TaS2 layers releases electrons from an insulator.

In process engineering fluids are exposed to shear, rotation and temperature differences leading to complex flow patterns.

Artikel zum MAPEX Röntgenmikroskop im Magazin update. 04 der Universität Bremen von Kai Uwe Bohn.

Dissolution kinetics of copper-based nanoparticles (diameter 10 nm) adapted to the environment for targeting of tumour cells (red) without affecting healthy body cells (green). Diameter of cells about 20 µm.

Ein Team um den theoretischen Physiker Professor Thomas Frauenheim (Universität Bremen) und Dr. Antonietta De Sio (Uni Oldenburg) hat erstmals einen gerichteten Energietransport zwischen Molekülen eines Nanomaterials beobachtet. Die Resultate wurden jetzt in Nature Nanotechnology veröffentlicht.

Das von Lutz Mädler und Udo Fritsching aus der Verfahrenstechnik des Leibniz-IWT und der Universität Bremen beantragte Schwerpunktprogramm „Gestaltung von Synergien in maßgeschneiderten Mischungen heterogener Pulver“ wurde kürzlich als eines von 14 Projekten von der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft…

In den menschlichen Blutbahnen geht es oft turbulenter zu, als es für den menschlichen Körper gut ist. Das hat jetzt ein internationales Forschungsteam um Dr. Duo Xu vom Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation (ZARM) an der Universität Bremen herausgefunden.

Die Arbeitsgruppe von Professor Peter Maaß vom Zentrum für Technomathematik erhält zwei Millionen Euro, um als wissenschaftlicher Partner neue Anwendungen mit Hilfe Künstlicher Intelligenz (KI) zu realisieren – denn ohne eine korrekte und leistungsfähige mathematische Basis ist KI nicht denkbar.

Electron backscatter diffraction inverse pole figure map of a nanoporous high-entropy alloy showing the crystallographic orientation of grains. Hight of image about 4.5 µm.

Dr.-Ing. Jérémy Epp ist als Mitglied des Project Review Panel (PRP) „Materials Science“ des Deutschen Elektronen-Synchrotons (DESY) nominiert worden (direkt zu den IWT News).

Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler des Zentrums für Windenergieforschung (ForWind) entwickeln ein neues Messsystem für das Strömungsverhalten der Rotorblätter. Das Forschungsprojekt PreciWind wird vom Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie mit 3 Millionen Euro über drei Jahre gefördert.

Hohe Anerkennung für Dr. Ilya Okulov: er wurde jetzt zum Associate Professor (in Teilzeit) an der Uralischen Föderalen Universität (UrFU) Russland berufen (direkt zu den IWT News).

Drei MAPEX Mitglieder an neuer DFG Forschungsgruppe beteiligt.

Im Bereich Künstliche Intelligenz (KI) gehören vier Bremer Uni-Wissenschaftler weltweit zu den führenden Experten. Das ist das Ergebnis eines Rankings der renommierten Tsinghua University in China.

Mit dem MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes an der Universität Bremen hat sich ein starkes Netzwerk der Materialforschung etabliert. Es hat nun 2,2 Millionen Euro bei der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) eingeworben, um eine Anlage zum dreidimensionalen Laser-Auftragschweißen aufzubauen.

„Ultrasonic Monitoring of Fibre Metal Laminates Using Integrated Sensors“

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen/ 12.12.2019 Kai Uwe Bohn

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen/ 27.11.2019 Meike Mossig

Nanofibrous fibrinogen scaffolds prepared with the novel process of salt-induced self-assembly. Width of image 11 μm.

High precision in-process monitoring with structured light of 3D laser-printed high-strength nickel chromium material. Figure dimension 20 x 20 mm, height range 0.25 mm coded from blue to red.

The formation of light-emitting quantum dots with 30 nm diameter has been studied for new ultrathin semiconductors constructed from a monolayer of MoS2 atoms.

MAPEX 8th Newsletter is available now.

Conductivity map of metallic surface regions on a functional material which were created by applying electric pulses to a microscopic tip. Diameter ~ 350 nm.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen/ 04.06.2019 Kai Uwe Bohn

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen/ 18.04.2019 Karla Götz

Universität Bremen Pressestelle / 27.03.2019 Kai Uwe Bohn

Gastprofessor für MAPEX 2019 - 2022

Universität Bremen Pressestelle / 18.02.2019 Sarah Batelka

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen/ 11.02.2019 Stefanie Möller

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen/ 31.01.2019 Stefanie Möller

Thermally stable, aluminium based Lewis super acid while reacting with a fluoride ion to give a weakly coordinating anion.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen/ 08.01.2019 Kai Uwe Bohn

Dielectrophoretic filtration in a pillar array selectively separates fluorescently labeled target particles from a mixture. Pillar diameter is 262 μm.

MAPEX 7th Newsletter is available now.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen/ 19.10.2018 Stefanie Möller

Turbulence causes high energy losses in pipelines. A method to destabilize turbulence was developed and implemented in experiments, leading to energy savings of up to 90%.

Pressemitteilung des Leibniz-IWT

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 29. August 2018 Karla Götz

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 16. August 2018 Stefanie Möller

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen/ 24. Juli 2018 Karla Götz

Image: Bacterial suspension which was successfully developed to lubricate metalworking processes. Size of bacteria: 2 - 7 μm.

The MAPEX 6th Newsletter is available now.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 31. Mai 2018 Meike Mossig

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 6. April 2018 Kai Uwe Bohn

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 22. Februar 2018 Kai Uwe Bohn

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 15.Februar 2018 Stefanie Möller

Tomography image and Ag atom distribution maps of a catalytically active nanoporous gold structure. Magnification 150 000 x.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 13. Februar 2018 Stefanie Möller

Dissolution rate map of a ZnO crystal surface acquired with vertical scanning interferometry. Size of the blue dots: about 5 μm.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 01. Februar 2018 MM

Grain structure of a titanium alloy obtained in a 3D finite-difference cellular-automata simulation of selective laser melting.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 22. Dezember 2017 KL

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 20. Dezember 2017 KUB

The fifth MAPEX NEWSletter is available online.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 18. Dezember 2017 KUB

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 19. Dezember 2017 KUB

This atomic force microscopy image shows the topography of a periodical nanostructure with sinusoidal height distribution. Width of each yellow column about 100 nm.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 8. Dezember 2017 ML

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 27. November 2017 KUB

Große Freude bei MAPEX Mitglied Fabio La Mantia. Er gehört zu den 329 europaweit aus 2.538 Bewerbern ausgewählten Spitenforscher/innen, die vom European Research Council (ERC) mit einem Consolidator Grant gefördert werden. Die ERC Consolidator Grants fördern vielversprechende Wissenschaftler/innen…

Crystal structure and surface plane analysis of Bi2WO6 nano-crystals and quantum-dots using pair distribution function refinements and high resolution transmission electron microscopy investigations. Width of crystal: 2nm.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 20. November 2017 MM

Weser-Kurier / 16 November 2017 Maren Brandstätter

“Sustainable Energy: The Contribution of Photocatalysis and Photonics. Principles, Properties and Applications“ - Prof. Dr. Cecilia B. Mendive -Visiting professor at the University of Bremen-

Impressionen der Universität Bremen / 2. August 2017 KG

Colloidal capsules are hollow spheres assembled from nanoparticles. By choosing building blocks with specific function, sophisticated multifunctional capsules can be designed with diameters as low as 100 nm.

Das Coaching Programm navigare – Career Coaching for Women in Science richtet sich an Nachwuchswissenschaftlerinnen (Promovendinnen und Post-Doktorandinnen), die eine Professur oder eine Führungsposition in der Wissenschaft anstreben.

Im September 2017 werden zwei Programme als gemeinsame…

BUS aktuell, das Online-Magazin der Universität Bremen / 10. Mai 2017 AL

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 087 / 27. April 2017 KL

Guest lecture Prof. Dr. Rainer Adelung Institut für Materialwissenschaft der Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel 23 June 2017 13:00 Uhr Location: NW2 C0290 The demands on material characteristics is challenging and partially contradictory. Materials should be strong  like metals but chemically…

Impressionen der Universität Bremen / 10. April 2017 KG

Part of a mold for replicating micro-retroreflectors. The mold has been machined by Diamond Micro Chiseling, a dedicated micro-structuring process developed at the LFM in Bremen. Size of structures: 250 µm. IWT Bremen, Ulrich Reiß.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 066 / 31. März 2017 KL

The fourth MAPEX NEWSletter is available online.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 057 / 17. März 2017 MM

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 058 / 17. März 2017 MM

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 056 / 16. März 2017 MM

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen / 16. März 2017 KG

On 1st December 2016 the time had finally come, the long expected X-ray microscope (XRM), ZEISS Versa 520, arrived and was set-up in the LION building.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 040 / 22. Februar 2017 RO

Lithium ion batteries on flexible polyimide substrates are a smart energy storage solution for consumer electronics or applications related to the Internet-of-Things. Size of substrate: 2 x 2 cm.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 034 / 14. Februar 2017 RO

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 011 / 13. Januar 2017 MM

Ästhetik in Präzision: Sonderforschungsbereich der Uni Bremen zeigt Mikrobauteile in Bilderausstellung

Mit dem Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis 2017 erhält MAPEX Mitglied Lutz Mädler den wichtigsten deutschen Forschungsförderpreis.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 341 / 06. Dezember 2016 SC

For a delegation of elderly students from Bielefeld the visit of the Laboratory for Precision Machining (Labor für Mikrozerspanung, LFM) was one of the highlights during their meeting with the representatives of the elderly students from the University of Bremen.

Direct link to the impressions here…

The crystalline orientation and morphology of sub-micrometer cerium dioxide islands grown on a copper surface can be controlled by adjusting the cerium-to-oxygen ratio during deposition.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 315 / 17. November 2016 SC

Following up the presentation of Markus Rullich during the last Young Scientist Workshop, we have the chance to visit the OHB System AG, one of the three leading space companies in Europe and our neighbor in the "area of innovation". Please register no later than 2 December 2016. The number of…

The third MAPEX NEWSletter is available online.

Exploration Project via the Excellence Initiative for MAPEX members Anne Staubitz and Thorsten Gesing.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 238 / 6. September 2016 RO

Ausstellungseröffnung: 07. September 2016 um 18 Uhr im Haus der Wissenschaft!

Fracture surface within a titanium-CFRP hybrid laminate used for joining aluminum and CFRP via a laser fusion process. Scale 300:1.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 173 / 9. Juni 2016 KG

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 151 / 31. Mai 2016 MM

The second MAPEX NEWSletter is available online.

A Cu dendrite (red, length ~ 150 µm) and thin Ag dendrites (grey, length ~ 40 µm) grown over the junction termination of a high voltage diode during a humidity-bias testing.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 149 / 30. Mai 2016 RO

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 147 / 27. Mai 2016 MM

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 138 / 24. Mai 2016 MM

Anmeldung und Programm zum VDI Leichtbaukongress 2016 in Bremen.

Der Leichtbaukongress in Bremen steht dieses Mal für einen branchenübergreifenden Technologiedialog zwischen Automobilindustrie und ziviler Luftfahrt. Die Regionen Bremen und Niedersachen bieten hierfür einen exzellenten Rahmen, um…

The high quenching rates during single-step flame spray pyrolysis allowed the synthesis of δ-Bi2O3 with extraordinarily small dopant concentrations.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 110 / 27. April 2016 RO

Molecular surfaces of molecules in a crystal lattice. The contact patches to their neighbor molecules are given in red. Diameter: 1-2 mm.

How to build an airplane out of plastic? - International pupils get to know materials science at the University of Bremen

The first MAPEX NEWSletter is available online.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 078 / 23. März 2016 SC

Constitutive equations for the average dislocation velocity ν in a theory of crystal plasticity based on continuum dislocation dynamics.

Internationale Gruppe aus dem Erasmus-plus-Programm „Matters of Matter“ besucht am 9. März 2016 sechs Institute und Einrichtungen der Universität

Atomic structures of Fe nad Fe-hydrogen complexes adsorbed on a Pt(111) surface (heights of Fe, FeH and FeH2: 110, 190, and 200 pm).

Als Teilnehmerin des mehrtägigen Wissenschaftscampus erhalten Sie tiefe Einblicke in die Forschungsarbeit sowie wertvolle Angebote zur Stärkung Ihrer persönlichen und fachlichen Kompetenzen. Veranstaltungshinweis: Veranstalter ist die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft vertreten durch ihre Institute an den…

Das Institut für Mikrosensoren, -aktoren und -systeme (IMSAS) der Uni Bremen entwickelt Labore im Mikroformat.

Microstructure of bimodal porous ceramics for sound absorption applications at high temperatures.

Pressemitteilung der Universität Bremen Nr. 004 / 08. Januar 2016 JS

Agglomeration of lysozyme in solution with dipole moments shown as red arrows, diameter of lysozyme ~ 5 nm.

Co-Spray Forming of a steel sheet product.

The MAPEX Instrument Database is online now!

You can browse the database using different categories or perform a keyword search.

The database lists analytic infrastructure available in the groups of MAPEX members. The database is growing every day, if you want your equipement in there, just return…

Ekkard Brinksmeier auf der CIRP-Hauptversammlung zum Präsidenten des Collège International pour la Recherche en Productique (CIRP) ernannt / Universität Bremen stellt 2016 erstmals CIRP-Präsidenten

Noch bis zum 12. September 2015 ist im Haus der Wissenschaft die Ausstellung „KRIMI – Faszination Kristallographie“. Die von der Universität Bremen und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Kristallographie (DGK) organisierte Ausstellung lädt in die faszinierende Welt der Kristalle, Minerale und…

The MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes invites internatioal PhD students and PhD students of MAPEX members to apply for short-term research grants. The PhD students can spend a limited period of time (one week to one month) at the University of Bremen within the group of a MAPEX member or at…

Materialforscher der Universität Bremen wollen Edelmetall zur Herstellung unterschiedlicher Stoffe nutzen. Jürgen Wendler vom Weser Kurier sprach mit MAPEX PI Prof. Marcus Bäumer.

Pressemitteilung der Uni Bremen Nr. 121 / 4. Mai 2015 KG

Henrique Frulani de Paula Barbosa, Andreas Schander, Andika Asyuda, Luka Bislich, Sarah Bornemann, Björn Lüssem

Advanced Electronic Materials (2024): 2400481

https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202400481

Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) require a better platform to reduce their energy consumption and…

Sarah Wittmann, M. Mangir Murshed, Kowsik Ghosh, Aylin Koldemir, Rainer Pöttgen, Cecilia B. Mendive, Thorsten M. Gesing

Journal of the American Ceramic Society (2024): e20170

https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.20170

We report on temperature-dependent structural and spectroscopic properties of two new…

Adrian Wolf, Lea Pursche, Laura Boskamp, Katharina Koschek

Macromolecular Rapid Communications (2024): 2400557

https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202400557

Bisfunctional benzoxazine and polyether diamine-based polymers show Arrhenius-like stress-relaxation varying with stoichiometry and polymerization…

Johannes BirkenstockSuman Pokhrel; Jakob Stahl; Lizhuo Wang; Rui Tang; Haoyue Sun; Malte Schalk; Marco Schowalter; Andreas Rosenauer; Jun Huang; Johannes Kiefer; Johannes Birkenstock; Lutz Mädler

Advanced Functional Materials 35 (2024)

doi: 10.1002/adfm.202411521

The innovative development of…

Ana Luiza Silveira Fiates, Renato S. M. Almeida, Michaela Wilhelm, Kurosch Rezwan, Michael J. Vellekoop

ACS Omega 9 (2024): 41480-41490

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.4c05019

Silica aerogels are highly porous materials with unique properties such as high specific surface area, high thermal…

Simone Colantoni; Óscar Santiago; Janek R. Weiler; Melanie T. Knoll; Christian J. Lapp; Johannes Gescher; Sven Kerzenmacher

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering  12  (2024) : 113071

doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2024.113071

Integrating microbial electrolysis cells (MEC) with…

Marvin Janssen; Thomas Frederichs; Marian Olaru; Enno Lork; Emanuel Hupf; Jens Beckmann

Science 385 (2024): 318-321

doi:  10.1126/science.adp4963

Nitrenes are a highly reactive, yet fundamental, compound class. They possess a monovalent nitrogen atom and usually a short life span, typically in…

Jasper Giesler; Laura Weirauch; Jorg Thoming; Michael Baune

Scientific Reports 35 (2024): 16491

doi:  10.1038/s41598-024-67030-9

Separation and classification are important operations in particle technology, but they are still limited in terms of suspended particles in the micrometer and…

Christian Tessarek; Tim Grieb; Christian Petersen; Alexander Karg; Niels Osterloh; Christian Habben; Stephan Figge; Jon-Olaf Krisponeit ; Thomas Schmidt; FaltaJens; AndreasRosenauer; Martin Eickhoff

2D Materials  11 (2024): 025031

doi:  https://doi.org/ 10.1088/2053-1583/ad3134

MoS2  and…

Felix Zeller; Chieh-Min Hsieh; Wilke Dononelli; Tim Neudecker

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Computational Molecular Science 14  (2024): e1708

doi:  https://doi.org/10.1002/wcms.1708

The field of liquid-phase and solid-state high-pressure chemistry has exploded since the advent of the diamond…

Yu-Xi Tsai; Ning-En Chang; Thomas Edison; Hao-Ting Chang; Tzu-Jing Yang; John F. Kennedy; Vidhi Sehrawat; Noémie Zerrouki; Matthieu Tuffery; Michael Gecht; Isabell Louise Grothaus; Yong-Sheng Wang; Min-Feng Hsu; Kay Hooi Khoo; Gerhard Hummer; Shang-Te Danny Hsu; Cyril Hanus; Stefano Sicilia

Cell   …

Marcel Hesselmann; Rainer Fechte-Heinen; Lutz Mädler; Matthias Steinbacher;  Anastasiya Toenjes

Additive Manufacturing  80  (2024): 103988

doi: https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.addma.2024.103988

Smart alloying enables local modification of the chemical composition of metallic components within…

Michael Skowrons; Drona Dahal; Pushpa Raj Paudel; Björn Lüssem

Advanced Functional Materials   34  (2023): 2303324

doi:  https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202303324

The gradual channel approximation forms the foundation for the analysis of field-effect transistors. It has been used to discuss…

Bayerlein Bernd; Schilling Markus; Birkholz Henk; Jung Matthias; Waitelonis Jörg; Mädler Lutz; Sack Harald

Materials and Design  237 (2024): 112603

doi:  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.112603

Knowledge representation in the Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) domain is a vast and…

John Mugisa; Richard Chukwu; Doriano Brogioli; Fabio La Mantia

Electrochemical Acta 473  (2024): 143473

doi: https://doi.org/ 10.1016/j.electacta.2023.143473

The electron-transfer reaction is of pivotal importance not only in electrochemistry, but also in other scientific disciplines, such as…

Ella Mara Schmidt; Paul Benjamin Klar; Yasar Krysiak; Petr Svora; Andrew L. Goodwin; Luke Palatinus

Nature Communications 14 (2023)

doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-41934-y

Structure-property relationships in ordered materials have long been a core principle in materials design. However, the introduction…

Jan Berges

Physics 16(2023)

doi: https://physics.aps.org/articles/v16/151

A new set of equations captures the dynamical interplay of electrons and vibrations in crystals and forms a basis for computational studies.

Although a crystal is a highly ordered structure, it is never at rest: its atoms…

Monika Michaelis, Lorenzo Cupellini, Carl Mensch, Carole C. Perry, Massimo Delle Piane, Lucio Colombi Ciacchia

Chemical Science 14(2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SC02202A

The most advanced structure prediction methods are powerless in exploring the conformational ensemble of disordered…

Magnus Kløve; Sanna Sommer; Bo B. Iversen; Bjørk Hammer; Wilke Dononelli.

Advanced Materials 35 (2023), 2208220

doi: 10.1002/adma.202208220

Determination of crystal structures of nanocrystalline or amorphous compounds is a great challenge in solid-state chemistry and physics. Pair distribution…

Paul B Klar; Yaşar Krysiak; Hongyi Xu; Gwladys Steciuk; Jung Cho; Xiaodong Zou; Lukas Palatinus.

Nature Chemistry 15 (2023), 848 - 855

doi: 10.1038/s41557-023-01186-1

Continuous-rotation 3D electron diffraction methods are increasingly popular for the structure analysis of very small organic…

Tongwei Guo; M. Mangir Murshed; Kurosch Rezwan; Michael Maas.

Advanced Materials Interfaces 10 (2023)

doi: 10.1002/admi.202300207

This work presents porous zirconia-toughened alumina ceramics functionalized with Au@Pd/Au@Pt core–shell nanoparticle (NP) for in situ monitoring of catalytic…

Shahrooz Sadeghi Borujeni;  Gursimran Singh Saluja; Vasily Ploshikhin

Rapid Prototyping Journal 29 (2023)

doi: 10.1108/RPJ-06-2022-0181

Purpose: This study aims at compensating for sintering deformation of components manufactured by metal binder jetting (MBJ) technology.…

Suman Pokhrel; Jakob Stahl; Jan Derk Groeneveld; Marco Schowalter; Andreas Rosenauer; Johannes Birkenstock and Lutz Mädler.

Advanced Materials  35 (2023), 2211104 

doi: 10.1002/adma.202211104

The development of a novel reactive spray technology based on the well-known gas-phase metal oxide…

Renato S.M. Almeida;  Marcelo D. Magalhães;  Md Nurul Karim; Kamen Tushtev; Kurosch Rezwan.

Materials and Design, 227 (2023), 111745

doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2023.111745

Acoustic emission (AE) is a well-established technique for in-situ damage analysis of composite materials. The main challenge,…

Beeke Gerken; Christoph Mahr;  Jakob Stahl; Tim Grieb; Marco Schowalte; Florian F. Krause; Thorsten Mehrtens; Lutz Mädler and Andreas Rosenauer

Particle and Particle Systems Characterization 40 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.202300048

Hetero-contacts are interfaces between different…

Alberto Vela-Martin  AND Marc Avila

Science Advances 8 (2022)

doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abp9561

The breakup of drops and bubbles in turbulent fluids is a key mechanism in many environmental and engineering processes. Even in the well-studied dilute case, quantitative descriptions of drop fragmentation…

Gunther Wittstock, Marcus Bäumer, Wilke Dononelli, Thorsten Klüner, Lukas Lührs, Christoph Mahr, Lyudmila V. Moskaleva, Mehtap Oezaslan, Thomas Risse, Andreas Rosenauer, Anne Staubitz, Jörg Weissmüller, and Arne Wittstock.

Chemical Reviews 123 (2023), 6716 - 6792 

doi: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.2c0…

Melanie Walther, Waldemar Kipke, Raul Renkena and Anne Staubitz

RSC Advances, 13 (2023), 15805 - 15809

doi: 10.1039/d3ra02988c

Diazocines are azobenzene derived macrocyclic photoswitches with well resolved photostationary states for the (E)- and (Z)-isomers, which improves their addressability by…

Vera Hagemann, Lara Watermann, Florian Klonek, Christiane Heinicke 

Acta Astronautica Article 210 (2023) ,162-175

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2023.05.021, preprint available open access https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.15415

Astronaut crews and ground control support teams are highly…

Nicole Mensching, Mirja Louisa Krüger,  Askar Kvaratskheliya, Daniel Meyer, Kirsten Tracht, Ilya Okulov and Lutz Mädler

Materials 16 (2023), 4170

doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16114170, preprint available open access: doi:https://www.preprints.org/manuscript/202304.1169/v1

Once on Mars,…

Emily G. Meekel; Ella M. Schmidt ; Lisa J Cameron; A. David Dharma; Hunter J. Windsor; Samuel G. Duyker; Arianna Minelli; Tom Pope; Giovanni Orazio Lepore; Ben Slater; Cameron J. Kepert Andrew L. Goodwin, 

Science, 379  (2023), 6630

doi:  10.1126/science.ade5239

When tiles decorated to lower…

C. Heinicke and B. Foing

Philosophical Transactions A  379 (2021) , 2188

doi: 10.1098/rsta.2019.0568

There is strong interest in lunar exploration from governmental space agencies, private companies and the public. NASA is about to send humans to the lunar surface again within the next few years,…

Tiago P. Ramalho, Guillaume Chopin, Lina Salman, Vincent Baumgartner, Christiane Heinicke, and Cyprien Verseux

npj Microgravity 8 (2022), 43

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41526-022-00240-5

The sustainability of crewed infrastructures on Mars will depend on their abilities to produce consumables on…

Christoph Mahr, Jorge Adrian Tapia Burgos, Marco Schowalter, Arne Wittstock and Andreas Rosenauer.

Material Research Letters 10 (2022),12, 824 

https://doi.org/10.1080/21663831.2022.2109941

Nanoporous gold as obtained by corrosion of alloys of gold and a less noble metal is a system with manifold…

Amineh Baniani, Stefan Wild, Evan M.Forman, Thomas Risse, Sergey Vasenkov, Marcus Bäumer

Journal of Catalyst 413 (2022), 1123

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2022.08.020

Since the first studies reporting on its surprising catalytic properties, nanoporous gold (npAu) has emerged as a novel and ever…

S. M. Ayala Mariscal, M. L. Pigazzini, Y. Richter, M. Özel, I. L. Grothaus, J. Protze, K. Ziege, M. Kulke, M. Elbediwi, J.V. Vermaas, L. Colombi Ciacchi, S. Köppen, F. Liu, J. Kirstein.

Nature Communications 13 (2022) , 4692.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32370-5

Huntington’s disease is a…

M. Avila, C. Heinicke, L. Colombi Ciacchi , A. Dekosy, S. Fehrler, K. Rezwan , N. Sieroka, K. Tracht, C. Verseux

44th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Athens, Greece, 2022: abstract PEX.2-0002-22.

Leading space agencies have the intention to bring humans to Mars in the next decades, and some private…

Zhen Tong, Alessandro Pecchia, ChiYung Yam, Traian Dumitrică, Thomas Frauenheim

Advanced Energy Materials12 (2022), 28

https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202200657

Although isolated nonhexagonal carbon rings in graphene are associated with strain relaxation and curvature, dense and ordered…

Harm Ridder, Christoph Sinn, Georg R. Pesch, Wolfgang Dreher, Jorg Thöming

Chemical Engineering Journal  433 (2022), 133583

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2021.133583

In the last decade, in-situ studies using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) showed the possibility to monitor local transport…

Guillaume Leseigneur, Dr. Jan Hendrik Bredehöft, Dr. Thomas Gautier, Dr. Chaitanya Giri, Dr. Harald Krüger, Prof. Dr. Alexandra J. MacDermott, Prof. Dr. Uwe J. Meierhenrich, Dr. Guillermo M. Muñoz Caro, Prof. Dr. François Raulin, Dr. Andrew Steele, Dr. Harald Steininger, Prof. Dr. Cyril Szopa, Prof.…

Doriano Brogioli, Fabio La Mantia

Advanced Energy Materials12 (2022) , 22

https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202103842

The exploitation of renewable low temperature heat sources below 100 °C can significantly contribute to the transition to a low-carbon economy, in particular if applied to small and…

Shahrooz Sadeghi Borujeni, AnwarShad, Kiranmayi Abburi Venkata, NicoGünther, VasilyPloshikhin

Materials & Design  216 (2022), 110490

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2022.110490

Sintering, as a post-processing step in metal binder jetting (MBJ), often results in distortion. Numerical simulations…

S. Kunze, R. Groll, B. Besser & J. Thöming

Scientific Reports (2022) 12, 2057

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-05871-y

Molecular diameters are an important property of gases for numerous scientific and technical disciplines. Different measurement techniques for these diameters exist, each…

Giorgia Zampardi & Fabio La Mantia

Nature Communications 13 (2022) , 687

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28381-x

Aqueous zinc-ion batteries are realistic candidates as stationary storage systems for power-grid applications. However, to accelerate their commercialization, some important…

J. Müller-Hülstede, H. Schäfer, P. Schiffels, P. Bottke, M. Wark, K. Koschek

Composites Part A 152 (2021), 106714

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesa.2021.106714

Surface-initiated ring-opening (SI-ROP) polymerization of ɛ-caprolactone is known as possible modification method to increase the hyd…

Christiane Heinicke, Solmaz Adeli, Mickael Baqué, Giuseppe Correale, Miranda Fateri, Steven Jaret, Nina Kopacz, Jens Ormö, Lucie Poulet, Cyprien Verseux

Advances in Space Research (2021) 68 (6), 2565-2599

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2021.04.047

© 2021 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier B.V., https:/…

Jasper Giesler, Laura Weirauch, Jorg Thöming, Michael Baune & Georg R. Pesch 

Scientific Reports (2021) 11, 16861

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-95404-w

Separation of (biological) particles (≪10 μm≪10 μm) according to size or other properties is an ongoing challenge in a variety of technical…

Dr. Marian Olaru, Dr. Stefan Mebs, Prof. Dr. Jens Beckmann

Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2021) 60, 19133-19138

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202107975

Carbenes and their analogues have constantly enthralled chemists with their intriguing reactivity of ambiphilic character stemming from…

Inna Kurganskaya, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Andreas Luttge

Journal of Hazardous Materials (2021) 417, 5

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2021.126005

The era of advanced computer simulations in materials science enables a great potential to design in silico computational experiments for (nano-)material…

P. Seefeldt, B. Dachwald

Advances in Space Research (2021) 67 (9), 2688-2695

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2020.09.026

All currently considered solar sail designs require the deployment of a thin reflective membrane. This membrane is stowed using some folding technique and sometimes coiled onto a…

Udayan Banik, Ashutosh Agrawal, Hosni Meddeb, Oleg Sergeev, Nies Reininghaus, Maximilian Götz-Köhler, Kai Gehrke, Jonas Stührenberg, Martin Vehse, Maciej Sznajder and Carsten Agert

American Chemical Society (2021) 13 (20), 24130-24137

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.1c04056

C. Heinicke, L. Poulet, J. Dunn, A. Meier

Acta Astronautica (2021) 182, 160-178.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2021.01.049

Analog environments for simulating aspects of spaceflight are being utilized for studying the psychological effects of the projected journey to Mars. In 2016, a series…

Nicole Wielki, Heike Sonnenberg, Daniel Meyer, Brigitte Clausen

Journal of Materials Processing Technology (2021) 289, 116960. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2020.116960

The material and its microstructure define the behaviour of a part in a deformation process. A single particle…

Cyprien Verseux, Christiane Heinicke, Tiago P. Ramalho, Jonathan Determann, Malte Duckhorn, Michael Smagin, Marc Avila

Front. Microbiol. (2021).

doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.611798

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The leading space agencies aim for crewed missions to Mars in the coming decades.…

Xingshuai Lv, Wei Wei, Baibiao Huang, Ying Dai and Thomas Frauenheim

Nano Letters (2021) 21, 1871-1878

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c05080

© 2021 American Chemical Society, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c05080

Fabian Schmidt, Petra Swiderek and Jan H. Bredehöft

ACS Earth Space Chem. (2021) 5, 391-408

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.0c00250

More hot articles on electron-induced chemistry from the Swiederek group can be found here: https://www.uni-bremen.de/fb2/news/detailansicht/heisse-fors…

Antonietta De Sio, Ephraim Sommer, Xuan Trung Nguyen, Lynn Groß, Duško Popović, Benjamin Tyler Nebgen, Sebastian Fernandez-Alberti, Stefano Pittalis, Carlo Andrea Rozzi, Elisa Molinari, Elena Mena-Osteritz, Peter Bäuerle, Thomas Frauenheim, Sergei Tretiak & Christoph Lienau

Nat. Nanotechnol.…

Jan-Hendrik Ohlendorf, Marvin Richrath, Jan Franke, Michael Brink, Klaus-Dieter Thoben

ADVANCED MANUFACTURING: POLYMER & COMPOSITES SCIENCE (2020)

doi: 10.1080/20550340.2020.1838224

Current wind turbine rotor blades have a significant impact on the cost of the turbine, which is mainly a…

José M. Pizarro, Severino Adler, Karim Zantout, Thomas Mertz, Paolo Barone, Roser Valentí, Giorgio Sangiovanni, Tim O. Wehling

npj Quantum Materials (2020) 5, Article number: 79

doi: 10.1038/s41535-020-00277-3

The interplay of electronic correlations, spin–orbit coupling and topology holds…

A. Beyer, F.F. Krause, H.L. Robert, S. Firoozabadi, T. Grieb, P. Kükelhan, D. Heimes, M. Schowalter, K. Müller-Caspary, A. Rosenauer, K. Volz

Scientific Reports (2020) 10 (1), art. no. 17890

doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74434-w

Scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) allows to gain…

C. Tessarek, O. Gridenco, M. Wiesing, J. Müssener, S. Figge, K. Sebald, J. Gutowski, M. Eickhoff

ACS Applied Nano Materials (2020) 3 (8), 7490-7498.

doi:10.1021/acsanm.0c01104

Dorothea Brüggemann, Johanna Michel, Naiana Suter, Matheus Grande de Aguiar, Michael Maas

Beilstein J. Nanotechnology (2020) 11, 991–999.

doi:10.3762/bjnano.11.83

Helical structures can be found in nature at various length scales ranging from the molecular level to the macroscale. Due to…

Duo Xu, Atul Varshney, Xingyu Ma, Baofang Song, Michael Riedl, Marc Avila, Björn Hof

PNAS (2020) 117, 11233-11239

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1913716117

Pulsating flows through tubular geometries are laminar provided that velocities are moderate. This in particular is also believed to apply to…

Berta Domènech, Alvin T. L. Tan, Hans Jelitto, Eduardo Zegarra Berodt, Malte Blankenburg, Oliver Focke, Jaclyn Cann, C. Cem Tasan, Lucio Colombi Ciacchi, Martin Müller, Kaline P. Furlan, A. John Hart, Gerold A. Schneider

Advanced Engineering Materials (2020) 22, 2000352

https://doi.org/10.1002/ade…

Volegov, A.S., Andreev, S.V., Selezneva, N.V., Ryzhikhin, I.A., Kudrevatykh, N.V., Mädler, L., Okulov, I.V.

Acta Materialia (2020) 188, 733-739

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2020.02.058

Laser based powder bed fusion is a promising manufacturing method that can be used for the fabrication of…

Michael Fischer

Materials Advances(2020) 1, 86-98

DOI: 10.1039/d0ma00025f

A number of experimental studies have evaluated the potential of hydrophobic high-silica zeolites for the adsorptive removal of emerging organic contaminants, such as pharmaceuticals and personal care products, from water.…

Yong Li, Shikun Li, Marcus Bäumer, Elena A. Ivanova-Shor, Lyudmila V. Moskaleva

ACS Catalysis (2020) 10, 3164-3174

https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.9b05175

Jose Manuel Lopez, Daniel Feldmann, Markus Rampp, Alberto Vela-Martin, Liang Shi, Marc Avila

Software X (2020) 11, 100395

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.softx.2019.100395

We present nsCouette, a highly scalable software tool to solve the Navier–Stokes equations for incompressible fluid flow between…

Maria Sofia Palagonia, Doriano Brogioli, Fabio La Mantia

Desalination (2020) 475, 114192

DOI: 10.1016/j.desal.2019.114192

Lithium is becoming an important raw material due to the expansion of the market of lithium-ion batteries, required for electric vehicles and for stationary energy storage.…

Mojtaba Mirdrikvand, Mehrdad Sadeghi, M. Nurul Karima, Jörg Thöming, Wolfgang Dreher

Chemical Engineering Journal (2020) 388 124234

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2020.124234

A micro-scale analysis of mass transport in ceramic foams that are used as catalyst supports in gas phase reactions is of…

M. Sc. Hendrik Naatz, Dr. Bella B. Manshian, Dr. Carla Rios Luci, Dr. Vasiliki Tsikourkitoudi, Prof. Dr. Yiannis Deligiannakis, Dr. Johannes Birkenstock, Dr. Suman Pokhrel, Prof. Dr. Lutz Mädler, Dr. Stefaan J. Soenen

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition (2020) 59, 1828-1836

https://doi.org/1…

Chenyang Liu, Suman Pokhrel, Christian Tessarek, Haipeng Li, Marco Schowalter, Andreas Rosenauer, Martin Eickhoff, Shuiqing Li, Lutz Mädler

ACS Applied Nano Materials (2020) 3, 699-710.

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.9b02231

Dr. Marian Olaru, Alexandra Mischin, Lorraine A. Malaspina, Dr. Stefan Mebs, Prof. Dr. Jens Beckmann

Angewandte Chemie- International Edition (2020) 59, Pages 1581-1584

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201913081

The bis(ferrocenyl)phosphenium ion, [Fc2P]+, reported by Cowley et al. (J. Am. Chem. Soc.…

Soo-Hyun Joo,* Jae Wung Bae, Won-Young Park, Yusuke Shimada, Takeshi Wada, Hyoung Seop Kim, Akira Takeuchi, Toyohiko J. Konno, Hidemi Kato,* and Ilya V. Okulov

Advanced Materials (2019) 1906160

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201906160

Controlling the feature sizes of 3D bicontinuous nanoporous…

Lutz Waldecker, Archana Raja, Malte Rösner, Christina Steinke, Aaron Bostwick, Roland J. Koch, Chris Jozwiak, Takashi Taniguchi, Kenji Watanabe, Eli Rotenberg, Tim O. Wehling, and Tony F. Heinz

Physical Review Letters (2019) 123, 206403

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.206403

We…

Ziyao Xu, Yi Zhou, Lynn Groß, Antonietta De Sio, Chi Yung Yam, Christoph Lienau*, Thomas Frauenheim, GuanHua Chen*

Nano Letters (2019) 19(11), pp. 8630-8637

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b03194

Neeraj Mishra, Stiven Forti, Filippo Fabbri, Leonardo Martini, Clifford McAleese, Ben R. Conran, Patrick R. Whelan, Abhay Shivayogimath, Bjarke S. Jessen, Lars Buß, Jens Falta, Ilirjan Aliaj, Stefano Roddaro, Jan I. Flege, Peter Bøggild, Kenneth B. K. Teo, Camilla Coletti

Small (2019), Volume 15,…

Lorraine A. Malaspina, Erna K. Wieduwilt, Justin Bergmann, Florian Kleemiss, Benjamin Meyer, Manuel F. Ruiz-López, Rumpa Pal, Emanuel Hupf, Jens Beckmann, Ross O. Piltz, Alison J. Edwards, Simon Grabowsky, Alessandro Genoni

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2019), Volume 10, Issue 22, 21…

Stapelfeldt, K., Stamboroski, S., Walter, I., Suter, N., Kowalik, T., Michaelis, M., Brüggemann, D.

Nano letters (2019) 19 (9) , pp. 6554-6563. 

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b02798

The corresponding press release and TV contribution can be found here:

https://www.uni-bremen.de/mapex/akt…

Bučinský, L., Jayatilaka, D., Grabowsky, S.

Acta Crystallographica Section A: Foundations and Advances (2019) 75, pp. 705-717. 

https://doi.org/10.1107/S2053273319008027

Quantum crystallographic refinement of heavy-element-containing compounds is a challenge, because many physical effects have to…

Appiah, C., Arndt, C., Siemsen, K., Heitmann A., Staubitz A., Selhuber‐Unkel C.

Advanced Materials (2019) 1807747 

https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201807747

Living beings have an unsurpassed range of ways to manipulate objects and interact with them. They can make autonomous decisions and can heal…

Leuschner, J., Schmidt, M., Fernsel, P., Lachmund, D., Boskamp, T., Maass, P.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) (2019) 35 (11), pp.1940-1947

https://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/bty909

MOTIVATION: Non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) is a common tool for obtaining low-rank approximations…

Krisponeit, J.-O., Damaschke, B., Moshnyaga, V., Samwer, K.

Physical Review Letters (2019) 122 (13)

http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.122.136801

Materials exhibiting reversible resistive switching in electrical fields are highly demanded for functional elements in oxide electronics. In…

Carmesin, C., Lorke, M., Florian, M., Erben, D., Schulz, A., Wehling, T. O., Jahnke, F.

Nano Letters (2019) 19, 5,3182-3186

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b00641

Kasiri, G., Glenneberg, J., Bani Hashemi, A., Kun, R., La Mantia, F.

Energy Storage Materials (2019),19, 360-369

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ensm.2019.03.006

Aqueous rechargeable metal-ion batteries have become potentially advantageous for the integration of renewable energy sources into the…

Baur, W.H., Fischer, R.X.

Chemistry of Materials (2019) 31 (7), 2401-2420. 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b04919

Glenneberg, J., Kasiri, G., Bardenhagen, I.,  Mantia, F. La., Busse, M., Kun, R.

Nano Energy (2019) 57, 549-557.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.12.070

To design and manufacture high-performance energy storage devices with real mechanical flexibility is one of the main advantages of the…

Kalms, M., Narita, R., Thomy, C., Vollertsen, F., Bergmann, R.B.

Additive Manufacturing (2019) 26,161-165. 

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2019.01.011

Additive manufacturing that allows layer by layer shaping of complex structures is of rapidly increasing interest in production technology. A…

Shao, B., Eich, A., Sanders, C., Ngankeu, A. S., Bianchi, M., Hofmann, P.,  Khajetoorians, A. A., WehlingT.

Nature Communications (2019) 10, Article Number 180.

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-08088-8

Charge transfers resulting from weak bondings between two-dimensional materials and the…

Lohof, F., Steinhoff, A., Florian, M., Lorke, M., Erben, D., Jahnke, F., Gies, C.

Nano Letters (2019) 19 (1), 210-217. 

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b03729

Markiewicz, M., Zhang, Y.-Q., Empl, M.T., Lykaki, M., Thöming, J., Steinberg, P., Stolte, S.

Energy and Environmental Science (2019) 12 (1), 366-383.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8ee01696h

Due to the finite nature and scarcity of crude oil-based fuels, increasing attention is being directed towards…

A. Šulce, J. Backenköhler, I. Schrader, M. Delle Piane, C. Müller, A. Wark, L.Colombi Ciacchi, V. Azov, S. Kunz

Catalysis Science & Technology (2018), 8, 6062 - 6075.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8CY01836G

The asymmetric hydrogenation of β-keto esters over platinum nanoparticles (NPs)…

Kun, R., Langer, F., Delle Piane, M., Ohno, S., Zeier, W.G., Gockeln, M., Colombi Ciacchi, L., Busse, M., Fekete, I.

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces (2018) , . Article in Press. 

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsami.8b09789

Li7La3Zr2O12 (LLZO) and related compounds are considered as…

 R. Y. Medina, I.-M., Rohdenburg, M., Mostaghimi, F., Grabowsky, S., Swiderek, P., Beckmann, J., Hoffmann, J., Dorcet, V., Hissler, M., Staubitz, A.

Inorganic Chemistry (2018), 57 (20), pp 12562–12575.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.inorgchem.8b01649

Stannoles are organometallic rings in which…

Authors:J.F. Kögel,  A. Y. Timoshkin, A. Schröder, E. Lorka, J. Beckmann

Journal:Chemical Science (2018), 9, 8178-8183.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C8SC02981D

The adduct free Lewis superacid Al(OCArF3)3 was obtained by the reaction of ArF3COH with AlEt3 and fully characterized (ArF = C6F5). It…

A. Steinhoff, M. Florian, A. Singh, K. Tran, M. Kolarczik, S. Helmrich, A. W. Achtstein, U. Woggon, N. Owschimikow, F. Jahnke & X. Li 

Nature Physics (2018)

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-018-0282-x

The optical properties of atomically thin transition metal dichalcogenide (TMDC) semiconductors…

M. Curti , A. Kirsch, L. I. Granone∥ , F. Tarasi, G. López-Robledo, D. W. Bahnemann∥ , M. M. Murshed, T.M. Gesing , C. B. Mendive

ACC Catalysis (2018) 8, 8844-8855.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b01210

The rich crystal chemistry of mullite-type Bi2M4O9 (M = Fe, Al, Ga) offers multiple…

G.R. Pesch, M. Lorenz, S. Sachde, S. Salameh, F. Du, M. Baune, P. E. Boukany & J. Thöming

Scientific Reports (2018) 8:10480

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-28735-w

Dielectrophoresis (DEP) is a versatile technique for the solution of difficult (bio-)particle separation tasks based on size and…

M. Gockeln, J. Glenneberg, M. Busse, S. Pokhrel, L. Mädler, R. Kun 

Nano Energy (2018) 49, 564-573.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nanoen.2018.05.007

Flexible thin film all-solid-state Li-ion batteries are considered as promising candidates to power a multitude of flexible and miniaturized electronic…

C. Campbell, J. R. B. Gomes , M. Fischer, M. Jorge

J. Phys. Chem. Lett., (2018) 9 ,3544–3553.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpclett.8b00967

Conventional molecular models fail to correctly describe interactions of adsorbates with coordinatively unsaturated sites (CUS) present in a large number of…

A. Staubitz

Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2018) 57, 5990-5992.

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201801903

A new concept has been introduced for the preparation of high‐molecular‐weight poly(aminoborane)s with diverse substituents on the nitrogen atom. Whereas previous methods were…

M. A. Dimassi, M. John, A. S.Herrmann

Composite Structures (2018) 198, in press.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2018.04.012

Dry carbon and glass fibre bundles were inserted into a ROHACELL® 71HERO Polymethacrylimide (PMI) foam core under a specific inclination angle and pin pattern in order…

M. Florian, M. Hartmann, A. Steinhoff, J. Klein , A.W. Holleitner , J. J. Finley, T. O. Wehling, M. Kaniber, C. Gies

Nano letters (2018) 18(4), 2725–2732.

http://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.8b00840

The electronic and optical properties of monolayer transition-metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) and van…

M. Olaru, R. Kather, E.Hupf, E.Lork, S.Mebs, J. Beckmann

Journal: Angewandte Chemie (2018) 57, 5917-5920 .

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.201712944

Transmetallation of Pb(OAc)4 with R2Hg (1), followed by treatment with HCl in Et2O, provided RPbCl3 (2), the first kinetically stabilized…

Stefan T. Jagsch, Noelia Vico Triviño, Frederik Lohof, Gordon Callsen, Stefan Kalinowski, Ian M. Rousseau, Roy Barzel, Jean-François Carlin, Frank Jahnke, Raphaël Butté, Christopher Gies, Axel Hoffmann, Nicolas Grandjean and Stephan Reitzenstein.

Nature Communications(2018) 9, article number: 564.

C. Fischer, A. Luttge

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America (2018) 115, 5 Pages 897-902.

https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1711254115

Fluid–solid reactions result in material flux from or to the solid surface. The prediction of the flux, its variations, and…

J. Kühnen, B. Song, D. Scarselli, N. Burak Budanur, M. Riedl, A. P. Willis, M. Avila, B. Hof

Nature Physics (2018) 14, 386-390.

http://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-017-0018-3

Turbulence is the major cause of friction losses in transport processes and it is responsible for a drastic drag increase in…

Mahmuda Akhtar, Sander van den Driesche, André Bödecker and Michael J. Vellekoop.

Sensors and Actuators B (2018) 255, 3576–3584.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snb.2017.08.032

We present a PDMS-based microfluidic device that allows long-term on-chip droplets storage. The droplets are used as…

Authors:M. Gockeln, S. Pokhrel, F. Meierhofer, J. Glenneberg, M. Schowalter, A. Rosenauer, U. Fritsching, M. Busse, L. Mädler, R. Kun

Journal of Power Sources (2018) 374, 97-106.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2017.11.016

Reduction of lithium-ion battery (LIB) production costs is inevitable…

A. Steinhoff, M. Florian, M. Rösner, G. Schönhoff, T.O. Wehling and F. Jahnke.

Nature Communications (2017) 8, 1166.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01298-6

When electron-hole pairs are excited in a semiconductor, it is a priori not clear if they form a plasma of unbound fermionic particles…

Pierre Touboul, Gilles Métris, Manuel Rodrigues, Yves André, Quentin Baghi, Joël Bergé, Damien Boulanger, Stefanie Bremer, Patrice Carle, Ratana Chhun, Bruno Christophe, Valerio Cipolla, Thibault Damour, Pascale Danto, Hansjoerg Dittus, Pierre Fayet, Bernard Foulon, Claude Gageant, Pierre-Yves…

Christoph Mahr, Paromita Kundu, Anastasia Lackmann, Daniele Zanaga, Karsten Thiel, Marco Schowalter, Martin Schwan, Sara Bals, Arne Wittstock and Andreas Rosenauer.

Journal of Catalysis (2017) 352, 52–58.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2017.05.002

Large efforts have been made trying to understand…

Daniel Meyer, Marvin Redetzky and Ekkard Brinksmeier.

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology (2017) 66, 129–132.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2017.04.019

Most commercial metalworking fluids (MWFs), as applied in cutting operations contain mineral-oil. Colonization of water-based MWFs…

Anastasia Lackmann, Christoph Mahr, Marco Schowalter, Lisa Fitzek, Jörg Weissmüller, Andreas Rosenauer and Arne Wittstock.

Journal of Catalysis (2017) 353, 99–106.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcat.2017.07.008

The aerobic oxidation of methanol and ethanol in liquid phase is investigated using…

Michael Teck, M. Mangir Murshed, Marco Schowalter, Niels Lefeld, Henrike K. Grossmann, Tim Grieb, Thomas Hartmann, Lars Robben, Andreas Rosenauer, Lutz Mädler and Thorsten M. Gesing.

Journal of Solid State Chemistry (2017) 254, 82–89.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2017.07.013

The structural…

Jan Höcker, Jon-Olaf Krisponeit, Thomas Schmidt, Jens Falta and Jan Ingo Flege.

Nanoscale (2017) 9, 9352-9358

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C6NR09760J

Cerium oxide is often applied in today's catalysts due to its remarkable oxygen storage capacity. The changes in stoichiometry during reaction are…

Tobias Urbaniak, Marc Soto, Manuel Liebeke and Katharina Koschek.

Journal of Organic Chemistry (2017) 82, 4050−4055.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.6b02727

The reversible ring-opening addition and fragmentation reaction of p-cresol-based N-phenylbenzoxazine with aliphatic and aromatic thiols…

Johannes Kiefer.

Analytical Chemistry (2017) 89 (11), 5725-5728

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b01106

Polarization-resolved Raman spectroscopy provides much more information than its conventional counterpart. However, it usually either requires a complicated setup with two spectrographs…

Jens Glenneberg, Ingo Bardenhagen, Frederieke Langer, Matthias Busse and Robert Kun.

Journal of Power Sources (2017) 359, 157-165

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsout.2017.05.037

In this paper we present investigations on the morphological and electrochemical changes of lithium phosphorous…

Carsten Heinzel, Jens Sölter, Maxim Gulpak and Oltmann Riemer.

CIRP Annals - Manufacturing Technology (2017) 66, 531–534.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cirp.2017.04.073

In the research concept of Process Signatures machining induced changes of surface and sub-surface material properties are…

SK. Shaid-Ur Rahman, Thorsten Klein, Jürgen Gutowski, Sebastian Klembt and Kathrin Sebald.

Scientific Reports (2017) 7, Article number: 767

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-00878-2

Strong light-matter interaction in Bragg structures possesses several advantages over conventional microcavity…

Tobias Bollhorst, Kurosch Rezwan and Michael Maas.

Chemical Society Reviews (2017) 46, 2091-2126

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cs00632a

Utilizing colloidal particles for the assembly of the shell of nano- and microcapsules holds great promise for the tailor-made design of new functional materials.…

Jan Höcker, Jon-Olaf Krisponeit, Julian Cambeis, Alexei Zakharov, Yuran Niu, Gang Wei, Lucio Colombi Ciacchi, Jens Falta, Andreas Schaefer and Jan Ingo Flege.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2017) 19, 3480-3485

http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6cp06853g

The growth, morphology, structure, and…

Leoni A. Kunz-Schughart, Anna Dubrovska, Claudia Peitzsch, Alexander Ewe, Achim Aigner, Samuel Schellenburg, Michael H. Muders, Silke Hampel, Giuseppe Cirillo, Francesca Iemma, Rainer Tietze, Christoph Alexiou, Holger Stephan, Kristof Zarschler, Orazio Vittorio, Maria Kavallaris, Wolfgang J. Parak, …

Hendrik Naatz, Sijie Lin, Ruibin Li, Wen Jiang, Zhaoxia Ji, Chong Hyun Chang, Jan Köser, Jorg Thöming, Tian Xia, Andre E. Nel, Lutz Mädler and Suman Pokhrel.

ACS Nano (2017) 11, 501–515

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b06495

The safe implementation of nanotechnology requires nanomaterial…

SK. Shaid-Ur Rahman, Thorsten Klein, Sebastian Klembt, Jürgen Gutowski, Detlef Hommel and Kathrin Sebald.

Scientific Reports (2016) 6, Article number 34392

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep34392

We present evidence for the existence of a hybrid state of Tamm plasmons and microcavity exciton…

Bingbing Sun, Xiang Wang, Yu-Pei Liao, Zhaoxia Ji, Chong Hyun Chang, Suman Pokhrel, Justine Ku, Xiangsheng Liu, Meiying Wang, Darren R. Dunphy, Ruibin Li, Huan Meng, Lutz Mädler, C. Jeffrey Brinker, André E. Nel, and Tian Xia.

ACS Nano (2016) 10, 8054-8066

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.6b041…

Victor Lauth, Brigitta Loretz, Claus-Michael Lehr, Michael Maas, Kurosch Rezwan.

Chemistry of Materials (2016) 28, 3796-3803

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00769

We describe a platform for the synthesis of functional hybrid nanoparticles in the submicrometer range with…

Grégoire Lemoult, Liang Shi, Kerstin Avila, Shreyas V. Jalikop, Marc Avila and Björn Hof.

Nature Physics (2016) 12, 254-258

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/NPHYS3675

Turbulence is one of the most frequently encountered nonequilibriumphenomena in nature, yet characterizing thetransition that gives rise…

Jens Glenneberg, Felix Andre, Ingo Bardenhagen, Frederieke Langer, Julian Schwenzel, Robert Kun.

Journal of Power Sources (2016) 324, 722-728.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpowsour.2016.06.007

In this paper, the preparation and characteristics of all-solid-state thin film batteries (TFB) are…

Magdalena Woinska, Simon Grabowsky, Paulina M. Dominiak, Krzysztof Wozniak, Dylan Jayatilaka.

Science Advances (2016) 2, e1600192

http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1600192

Precise and accurate structural information on hydrogen atoms is crucial to the study of energies of interactions important…

Liujiang Zhou, Jin Zhang, Zhiwen Zhuo, Liangzhi Kou, Wei Ma, Bin Shao, Aijun Du, Sheng Meng, and Thomas Frauenheim.

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters (2016) 7, 1880-1887

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b00475

Constructing van der Waals heterostructures is an efficient…

Frank Jahnke, Christopher Gies, Marc Assmann, Manfred Bayer, H.A.M. Leymann, Alexander Foerster,  Jan Wiersig, Christian Schneider, MartinKamp, Sven Hoefling.

Nature Communications (2016) 7, 11540

http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11540

Light is often characterized only by its classical…

Jan Ingo Flege, Jan Höcker, Björn Kaemena, T. Onur Mentes, Alessandro Sala, Andrea Locatelli, Subhashis Gangopadhyay, Jerzy T. Sadowski, Sanjaya D. Senanayake and Jens Falta.

Nanoscale (2016) 8, 10849-10856.

doi:10.1039/C6NR02393B

We have studied (001) surface terminated cerium oxide…

Jochen A. H. Dreyer, Suman Pokhrel, Johannes Birkenstock, Miguel G. Hevia, Marco Schowalter, Andreas Rosenauer, Atsushi Urakawa, Wey Yang Teoh and Lutz Mädler.  

CrystEngComm(2016) 18, 2046-2056.

doi:10.1039/C5CE02430G

δ-Bi2O3 is one of the best oxygen ion conductors known. However, due to its…

Jan Höcker, Tomáš Duchoň, Kateřina Veltruská, Vladimír Matolín, Jens Falta, Sanjaya D. Senanayake and J. Ingo Flege.

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C (2016) 120, 4895−4901.

doi:10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b11066

A novel and simple method is presented for the preparationof a well-defined CeO2(100)…

Benjamin Besser, Henrique Akira Tajiri, Gerd Mikolajczyk, Jens Moellmer, Thomas C. Schumacher, Stefan Odenbach, Roger Glaeser, Stephen Kroll and Kurosch Rezwan.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2016) 8, 3277-3286.

doi:10.1021/acsami.5b11120

Porous adsorbents with hierarchical structured…

M. Rösner, C. Steinke, M. Lorke, C. Gies, F. Jahnke, and T. O. Wehling.

Nano Letters (2016) 16, 2322-2327

http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b05009

We propose to create lateral heterojunctions in twodimensionalmaterials based on nonlocal manipulations of the Coulombinteraction using…

Thomas Hochrainer.

Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids (2016) 88, 12-22.

doi:10.1016/j.jmps.2015.12.015

Dislocation based modeling of plasticity is one of the central challenges at the crossover of materials science and continuum mechanics. Developing a continuum theory of dislocations…

Jan Höcker, Tevfik Onur Mentes, Alessandro Sala, Andrea Locatelli, Thomas Schmidt, Jens Falta, Sanjaya D. Senanayake and Jan Ingo Flege.

Advanced Materials Interfaces (2015) 2, 1500314.

doi:10.1002/admi.201500314

The interaction of molecular hydrogen with ceria is of important relevance for…

Alexandra Schütrumpf, Erdoğan Kirpi, Aysun Bulut, Flavien L. Morel, Marco Ranocchiari, Enno Lork, Yunus Zorlu, Simon Grabowsky, Gündoğ Yücesan, and Jens Beckmann.

ACS Crystal Growth and Design (2015) 15, 4925-4931.

doi:10.1021/acs.cgd.5b00811

The structural characterization of…

Michael Fischer.

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (2015) 17, 25260-25271.

doi:10.1039/C5CP04189A

The chabazite-type silicoaluminophosphate SAPO-34 is a promising adsorbent for applications in thermal energy storage using water adsorption–desorption cycles. In order to develop a microscopic…

A. A. Khajetoorians, M. Valentyuk, M. Steinbrecher, T. Schlenk, A. Shick, J. Kolorenc, A. I. Lichtenstein, T. O. Wehling, R. Wiesendanger and J. Wiebe.

Nature Nanotechnology (2015) 10, 958–964.

doi:10.1038/nnano.2015.193

The recently proposed concept of a Hund's metal—a metal in which electron…

Jan Ingo Flege, Benjamin Herd, Jan Goritzka, Herbert Over, Eugene E. Krasovskii and Jens Falta.

ACS Nano (2015) 9, 8468-8473.

doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b03393

The structural modification of the Ru(0001) surface is followed in real-time using low-energy electron microscopy at elevated temperatures…

Shakiba Shahabi, Laura Treccani, Ralf Dringen and Kurosch Rezwan.

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2015) 7, 13821–13833.

doi:10.1021/acsami.5b01900

To study the importance of the surface charge for cellular uptake of silica nanoparticles (NPs), we synthesized five different single- or…

Liangzhi Kou, Feiming Hu, Binghai Yan,TimWehling, Claudia Felser, Thomas Frauenheim and Changfeng Chen.

Carbon (2015) 87, 418-423.

doi:10.1016/j.carbon.2015.02.057

Graphene is the first model system of two-dimensional topological insulator (TI), also known as quantum spin Hall (QSH) insulator.…

Bin Xiao,Thorsten M. Gesing, Lars Robben, Dirk Bosbach and Evgeny V. Alekseev.

Chemistry – A European Journal (2015) 21, 7746-7754.

doi:10.1002/chem.201500500

Two new thorium tungstates A6Th6(WO4)14O (A=K and Rb) were synthesized by high-temperature solid-state reactions. The structures of both…

Isabella Gierz, Matteo Mitrano, Hubertus Bromberger, Cephise Cacho, Richard Chapman, Emma Springate, Stefan Link, Ulrich Starke, Burkhard Sachs, Martin Eckstein, Tim O. Wehling, Mikhail I. Katsnelson, Alexander Lichtenstein and Andrea Cavalleri.

Physical Review Letters (2015) 114, 125503.

doi:10.1…

Jonas Warneke, Ziyan Wang, Petra Swiderek and Jan HendrikBredehöft.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2015) 54, 4397-4400.

doi:10.1002/anie.201412147

Electron-induced reactions in condensed mixtures of ethylene and water lead to the synthesis of ethanol, as shown by post-irradiation…

Yandong Ma, Ying Dai, Liangzhi Kou, Thomas Frauenheim and Thomas Heine.

Nano Letters (2015) 15, 1083-1089.

doi:10.1021/nl504037u

One of the major obstacles to a wide application range of the quantum spin Hall (QSH) effect is the lack of suitable QSH insulators with a large bulk gap. By means of…

S. Yuan, M. Roesner, A. Schulz, T. O. Wehling and M. I. Katsnelson.

Physical Review Letters (2015) 114, 047403. 

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.114.047403

In this Letter, we study the electronic structures and optical properties of partially and fully fluorinated graphene by a combination of ab initio…

L. Yang, V. Bacic, I. A. Popov, A. I. Boldyrev, T. Heine, T. Frauenheim and E. Ganz.

Journal of the American Chemical Society (2015) 137, 2757-2762.

doi:10.1021/ja513209c

Two-dimensional (2D) materials with planar hypercoordinate motifs are extremely rare due to the difficulty in stabilizing the…

T. Bollhorst, S. Shahabi, K. Wörz, C. Petters, R. Dringen, M.Maas and K. Rezwan.

Angewandte Chemie International Edition (2015) 54, 118–123.

doi:10.1002/anie.201408515

Colloidosomes are microcapsules consisting of nanoparticle shells. These microcarriers can be self-assembled from a wide range…

Knut Müller, Florian F. Krause, Armand Béché, Marco Schowalter, Vincent Galioit, Stefan Löffler, Johan Verbeeck, Josef Zweck, Peter Schattschneider and Andreas Rosenauer.

Nature Communications (2014) 5, 5653.

doi:10.1038/ncomms6653

By focusing electrons on probes with a diameter of 50 pm,…