Tasks and Responsibilities

Scientific Areas of Responsibility

406-01   Synthesis and Properties of Functional Materials

Scientific Areas of Responsibility (Deputy Contact)

405-03   Coating and Surface Technology
405-05   Glass, Ceramics and Derived Composites
405-06   Polymeric and Biogenic Materials and Derived Composites

Coordinated Programmes (procedural matters)

Priority Programmes

1594	Topological Engineering of Ultra-Strong Glasses
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)

CRC/Transregios

270	Hysteresis design of magnetic materials for efficient energy conversion: HoMMage

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"
1261	Magnetoelectric Sensors: From Composite Materials to Biomagnetic Diagnostics

International Research Training Groups

2495	Energy Conversion Systems: From Materials to Devices

Research Training Groups

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