Tasks and Responsibilities

Scientific Areas of Responsibility

406-02 Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials
406-04 Structuring and Functionalisation
407-03 Microsystems

Scientific Areas of Responsibility (Deputy Contact)

405-01 Metallurgical and Thermal Processes, Thermomechanical Treatment of Materials
405-02 Sintered Metallic and Ceramic Materials
405-03 Composite Materials
405-04 Mechanical Behaviour of Construction Materials
405-05 Coating and Surface Technology
406-03 Microstructural Mechanical Properties of Materials
406-05 Biomaterials

Coordinated Programmes (procedural matters)

Priority Programmes

1569	Generation of multifunctional inorganic materials by molecular bionics
1594	Topological Engineering of Ultra-Strong Glasses
1599	Caloric effects in ferroic materials: New concepts for cooling
1839	Tailored Disorder - A science- and engineering-based approach to materials design for advanced photonic applications
1959	Manipulation of matter controlled by electric and magnetic fields: Towards novel synthesis and processing routes of inorganic materials
2122	Materials for Additive Manufacturing

Coordinated Programmes (scientific matters)

Clusters of Excellence (ExStra)

2193	Living, Adaptive and Energy-autonomous Materials Systems (livMatS)

Collaborative Research Centres

917	Resistively Switching Chalcogenides for Future Electronics - Structure, Kinetics, and Device Scalability "Nanoswitches"

Research Training Groups

2154	Materials for Brain (M4B): Thin film functional materials for minimally invasive therapy of brain dieseases