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Adlershof Special 34
A prime location for analytics:
Excellence straight from a brown bag // The Photon Counter // Buried layers, hidden treasures

Manifold expertise
Editorial by Prof. Dr. Ulrich Panne, President of BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing:
Almost invisible, but indispensable! Although analytics are seldom the center of attention, as an interdisciplinary science they are of vital importance for the innovation fields of the future. In many cases,…

A Prime Location for Analytics
New competence-cluster in Adlershof:
The initiative committee “Analytic City Adlershof” wants to connect on-site partners, science and business in the field of analytics and develop an internationally visible competence-cluster. First steps have already…

In-line, on-line, at-line
Chemical Process Analysis at the BAM Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing:
Now and again, Michael Maiwald slips into his lab coat and lends a hand in the laboratory, for example, to use the Online Electron Spin Resonance Spectrometre. Its precision and ability to measure the concentration of…

Excellence straight from a brown bag
At the “School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof”, PhD students learn to think across disciplines:
Ines Gerling is one of around 30 so-called ”fellows“ who are currently obtaining their PhD on a scholarship at the ”School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof“ (SALSA). She earned her master's degree in the didactics of…

Buried layers, hidden treasures
Adlershof’s ingenious strategies of analysis for solar cells and mine deposits:
The inside of a solar cell contains areas in which the desired charge transport might be blocked. Prof. Klaus Lips from the Helmholtz-Centre Berlin (HZB), who teaches ”Analytics for Photovoltaics“ at the FU Berlin,…

The Photon Counter
PicoQuant is focusing on the single molecule:
Picoseconds and single photons are the measure of all things for PicoQuant. The Adlershof based company has committed itself to building exceptionally sensitive instruments. They are used to observe processes that…

Why do Li-ion batteries age?
HZB scientists research electrochemical processes in Li-rich cathode materials:
Even the best Li-ion batteries degrade with time. A reason for this was now identified by researchers at HZB. They could directly observe at BESSY II and DORIS atomic rearrangements occurring in the cathode material…

Adlershof Great Minds
What they research. What they are working on. Why they feel at home in Adlershof:
They invent new materials and technologies, discover smart measuring devices and ensure continued progress in the turnaround of energy policy. their ideas are changing the world and their enthusiasm and courage have…

„IT – Made in Berlin“
Editorial by René Ebert, Managing Director of the ICT Industry Association in the Capital Region, SIBB e.v.:
When, in 1941, the first functioning computer Z3 was showcased by Konrad Zuse, probably almost no one could have anticipated which dynamic and significance IT businesses would have for the German capital on an…

Wirelessly secure
GFaI and lesswire develop energy self-sufficient components for technical building systems:
Primarily for elderly people and those in need of care, the technological solutions offered by Ambient Assisted Living (AAL) can provide support and safety. Companies from Adlershof take on a leading role in…

Future Mobility
DLR project “Streetlife” links data of various transportation means // HU analyses social ramifications of driver assistance systems:
Cities are growing. Motorised private transport in particular puts a strain on them. Those who switch to local public transportation, to bikes or car-sharing reduce CO2 pollution and are in many cases able to reach…

Fully connected street lights
Adlershof’s ICE-Gateway GmbH help municipalities save money:
Merely giving light does not by any means exhaust the potential of the street lamp. At least that is the opinion of the founders of ICE-Gateway GmbH from Adlershof. They want to assign lamps a major role in the smart…

Adlershof Journal International Edition 2014
Working in the World Laboratory: Multiculturalism is good for us:
ESSAY Çaglayan, my little waterfall: Can names block an international career? INSIGHT Prime location: First tenants in the "Air Campus" PEOPLE Global market pioneer: Felipe Stark provides "fault recorders" to three…

Doctor Europe
Better job opportunities for joint PhD candidates:
Since autumn 2012, doctoral candidates in geography (comparative town planning) can take part in a joint PhD programme between the Humboldt University of Berlin and Kings College London. They will research a topic for…

Adlershof Lunch Talk
With Jacqueline Leibik of "Albert Speisemanufaktur":
Jacqueline Leibik, who works with her husband Thomas to ensure that the researchers and entrepreneurs of Adlershof don't go to work on an empty stomach. The two of them run Albert Speisenmanufaktur in the Centre for…

High-tech for the world
Niche and top of the range, with the main revenue sources abroad and multicultural employees :
Some of the companies in Adlershof are firm international favourites in their industries. Their employees are multicultural, which stimulates ideas and business. The location itself has become visible in the…

Adlershof as a role model
Technology transfer from South Africa to Israel:
Two delegations per week, 1,200 mostly international visitors a year. The figures already show that Adlershof has long been radiating well beyond Berlin and Germany. Adlershof's doers are globally networked. They…

"The perfect place for us"
British company makes use of the "Welcome Package":
Thanks to the Berlin Business Welcome Package, the founders of the British company Wellation Studios have had an easy start in Adlershof. They were able to test whether they wanted to settle with their company in…

Global market pioneer
Felipe Stark provides "fault recorders" to three continents:
The washing machine was a bargain. Buy it and take it away immediately, that much Felipe Stark knew. The only question was how. Stark decided to take the tram. Together with a friend he hauled the whopper to the stop,…