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29.12.2020

Xolography as new volumetric 3D printing method

Adlershof start-up develops novel printing process that can produce smooth surfaces at high speed:

It looks like science fiction but in fact could be the future of 3D printing: A blue slice of light wanders through a liquid, while light projections emerge through the window of a glass vessel. Resembling the…

© FBH/P. Immerz
17.12.2020

UVC light-emitting diodes to fight coronaviruses

FBH, UVphotonics, TU Berlin and Osram Opto Semiconductors develop suitable irradiation systems:

In the joint CORSA project, SARS-CoV-2 and further respiratory viruses on surfaces and skin are to be inactivated by using UVC light. The project team is developing special UVC LEDs for this purpose and is…

Logo: MagForce AG
17.12.2020

MagForce AG Successfully Completes Private Placement of New Shares

Medical device company increases share capital with gross proceeds of approx. EUR 4.7 million:

MagForce AG, a leading medical device company in the field of nanomedicine focused on oncology, announced today that the Management Board, with approval of the Supervisory Board, has resolved and successfully…

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17.12.2020

New PostDoc program at HU Berlin

The Institute of Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IOP) and IRIS Adlershof start a joint PostDoc program:

The Institute for Physics (IOP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and the IRIS Adlershof of the Humboldt University in Berlin have now established a joint PostDoc program and launched a first round of…

Logo: LUM
15.12.2020

In-depth cooperation agreement between the European Center for Dispersion Technologies and LUM

Exchange of experience and mutual support are intended to further improve the applications and performance of the analysis and measurement technology:

The head of the European Center for Dispersion Technologies (EZD), Selb, Dr.-Ing. Felipe Wolff-Fabris, and the managing director of LUM GmbH, Berlin, Prof. Dr. Dr. Dietmar Lerche, signed an in-depth cooperation…

Tandem solar cell © Eike Köhnen/HZB
14.12.2020

Perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells on the threshold of 30% efficiency

HZB team was able to improve the charge carrier transport and the stability of the solar cells:

An HZB team has published a report in the journal Science on the development of its current world record of 29.15% efficiency for a tandem solar cell made of perovskite and silicon. The tandem cell provided stable…

J. Mikosh © MBI / Ralf Günther
10.12.2020

European Research Council (ERC) awards Consolidator Grant to Jochen Mikosch

MBI researcher receives 2 million Euro of funding to perform basic research on time-resolved structural dynamics of chemical reactions:

Jochen Mikosch receives a prestigious Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC). In a highly competitive and thorough procedure it is awarded to established researchers with 7-12 years of experience…

X-ray diffraction measurement © IKZ
09.12.2020

Dynamics of ferroelectric phase transitions – a new research focus at the IKZ

Fundamental materials science research on ferroelectric thin films will enable active cooling in integrated electronic components:

Scientists at Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) conduct fundamental materials science research on ferroelectric thin films. In the future, these materials will be used to build miniaturized refrigerators in…

Logo: Women in Green Hydrogen
03.12.2020

Kathrin Goldammer founding member of “Women in Green Hydrogen”

Managing Director of the Reiner Lemoine Instituts is part of a new international platform for female hydrogen experts:

RLI Managing Director Kathrin Goldammer is part of the founding team of the network “Women in Green Hydrogen”. This is an international platform for women working and researching in the field of green hydrogen. The…

© HZB/Steffi Hlawenka
01.12.2020

Launch of the catalysis research platform CatLab in Adlershof

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin and two Max Planck institutes want to achieve leaps of innovation in hydrogen research:

Hydrogen as a sustainable fuel source will play a key role in our energy system for the future. Hydrogen-based chemical energy media are needed as long-term storage repositories in the energy system and are crucial…

sapphire single crystal © IKZ
30.11.2020

Rubies in the spotlight

The Optical Society (OSA) chooses publication with IKZ participation as “Spotlight” of the month:

In the publication “Optical spin polarization in ruby enhances slow light by high-contrast transient spectral hole-burning” Hans Riesen, Aleksander K. Rebane, Wayne Hutchison and Steffen Ganschow describe important…

Team © Belyntic
30.11.2020

Belyntic GmbH wins Innovation Award Berlin-Brandenburg 2020

“Unique technology for research, development, and production of peptide therapeutics” / Adlershof start-up involved in the development of a vaccine against COVID-19:

Belyntic GmbH is one of this year's winners of the Innovation Award Berlin-Brandenburg. With this award, the jury honors the start-up, located in the Science and Technology Park Berlin-Adlershof, for its "unique…

Professor Jürg Kramer © WISTA Management GmbH
25.11.2020

German Centre for Mathematics Teacher Education (DZLM) will be sustained

The network of nine universities becomes an integral part of the Leibniz Institute IPN under the direction of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:

The German Centre for Mathematics Teacher Education (DZLM) will be a part of the newly established department “Subject-related knowledge transfer” at the Leibniz Institute for Science and Mathematics Education (IPN)…

Sabine Kunst © Matthias Heyde, HU Berlin
18.11.2020

Sabine Kunst confirmed in office as the President of the Humboldt-Universität

For the first time in the history of the HU, the Council elects a female president for a second term of office:

Prof. Dr-Ing. Dr Sabine Kunst was re-elected by the Council of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU) on 17th November 2020, with 30 votes in favour, 18 against, and 5 rejected votes. Sabine Kunst has been President…

Samples HySPRINT-Labor © H. Näsström/HZB
17.11.2020

Mapping the landscape of Caesium based inorganic halide perovskites

HZB research team studies new compositions of perovskite materials for solar energy:

Scientists at HZB have printed and explored different compositions of caesium based halide perovskites (CsPb(BrxI1−x)3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 1)). In a temperature range between room temperature and 300 Celsius, they observe…

Fermi surface of multidomain GeTe bulk single crystal © HZB
12.11.2020

Scientists reveal Germanium telluride's hidden properties at the nanoscale

The material could allow data processing with significantly less energy input:

Germanium Telluride is an interesting candidate material for spintronic devices. In a comprehensive study at BESSY II, a Helmholtz-RSF Joint Research Group has now revealed how the spin texture switches by…

11.11.2020

The magic of transience

New on Instagram – Exploring the charm of forgotten places:

Adlershof reinvented itself after reunification. But some things outlived this historical turning point. Exactly how visible is former East Germany in Adlershof? We went out into the Science City to look for…

Structural model of highly porous a-Si:H © Eike Gericke/HZB
09.11.2020

Order in the disorder

HZB team discovered density fluctuations in amorphous silicon:

For the first time, a team at HZB has identified the atomic substructure of amorphous silicon with a resolution of 0.8 nanometres using X-ray and neutron scattering at BESSY II and BER II. Such a-Si:H thin films have…

Oliver Arnhold and team © RLI
06.11.2020

Oliver Arnhold (Reiner Lemoine Institut) and team win DIN Innovation Award

New DIN guideline accelerates the expansion of the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles:

Oliver Arnhold and the consortium around the DIN SPEC 91433 have won the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) Innovator Award 2020. With these awards, DIN honors special projects and commitments in the field of…

Adlershof Journal Nov/Dec 2020: Cover
05.11.2020

Adlershof Journal November/December 2020

Art, food and culture: Discover the unknown side of the Science City:

Discover the possibilities! An expedition through Adlershof // The magic of transience: exploring the charm of forgotten places // New headquarters of the machine building company Jonas & Redmann // An era of…