IRIS Adlershof and INAM will receive EUR 1.1 million to set up the incubator “AdMaLab — The Berlin Materials and Hardware Lab”:
The State of Berlin is providing the Innovation Network for Advanced Materials (INAM e.V.) and its cooperation partners, such as IRIS Adlershof of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, around 1.1 million EUR to set up an…
Almost 30 % efficiency for next-generation tandem solar cells:
Three HZB teams led by Prof. Christiane Becker, Prof. Bernd Stannowski and Prof. Steve Albrecht have jointly managed to increase the efficiency of perovskite silicon tandem solar cells fabricated completely at HZB to…
Researchers develop method to observe chemical processes in situ with X-ray scattering during mechanical treatment of reagents:
In mechanochemistry, reagents are finely ground and mixed so that they combine to form the desired product, even without need for solvent. By eliminating solvent, this technology promises to contribute significantly…
The Adelhelm Group is advancing alternative battery concepts:
Until now, when it comes to storing energy for electric vehicles or for stationary use, there is no way around the lithium-ion battery. However, groups of researchers all over the world are advancing alternative…
The Falling Walls Lab Adlershof showcases innovative research approaches:
The who’s who of science will meet up in November for the annual Falling Walls conference. It invited young research talent from all over the world. According to Sanela Schlößer, the competition is all about “breaking…
New study elucidates fundamental enigma of topological insulators:
They are regarded as one of the most interesting materials for future electronics: Topological insulators conduct electricity in a special way and hold the promise of novel circuits and faster mobile communications.…
The physicist from Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has advanced many projects on control systems at accelerators:
Accelerator and control systems expert Roland Müller received the ICALEPCS Lifetime Achievement Award. In the more than thirty years of his career at BESSY, the physicist has advanced many projects on control systems…
The internationally renowned and award-winning scientist receives renewed recognition:
The European Academy of Sciences (EURASC) has elected Prof. Stefan Hecht, Ph.D., Director of the DWI - Leibniz-Institute for Interactive Materials, Guestprofessor at the Department of Chemistry of HU Berlin and…
The seal of quality is awarded for a strategically designed family- and life-phase-conscious personnel policy:
For the third time in a row Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) has been awarded with the audit berufundfamilie certificate on September 30, 2021. The certificate is awarded by the Board of Trustees of…
Team of researchers investigated the synthesis, structure, optical properties of poly(triazine imide):
A team of researchers from King’s College London, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB), headed by Prof. Michael J. Bojdys, who is a member of…
An international collaboration of scientists presents detailed experimental and theoretical results on ultrafast dynamics of coupled phonons:
Materials consisting of a few atomic layers display properties determined by quantum physics. In a stack of such layers, vibrations of the atoms can be triggered by infrared light. New experimental and theoretical…
Digital bracelet with integrated transparent photovoltaics convinced the jury:
At first glance, it looks like an ordinary wristwatch. But its glass taps the energy of the sun. A research group at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin has made this possible. Their transparent photovoltaics have now even made…
The Innovation Award 2021 is endowed with 10,000 euros per award winner:
The company LUM GmbH submitted the innovation LUMiSpoc® as part of this year's competition from the states of Berlin and Brandenburg and was nominated as one of ten companies for the innovation award. The LUMiSpoc®…
Researchers at the Max Born Institute have succeeded in studying an antiferromagnetic sample at a laser-driven laboratory source:
Antiferromagnets are magnetically ordered, but their magnetization exactly cancels out. That is why even their discoverer, Nobel laureate Louis Néel, could not imagine any application for this class of materials.…
Solar façade of the new research building in Adlershof was officially commissioned:
In the presence of the State Secretary for Economic Affairs, Energy and Operations of the State of Berlin, Christian Rickerts, the HZB officially commissioned the solar façade of a new research building on 6 September…
Crystals from Adlershof made possible a world record for electron microscopy imaging:
This picture looks like a great work of art. Red and yellow dots shine from the darkness—arranged in strict fashion along horizontal and vertical lines—some only once, some of them twice. The picture was not, however,…
The Director of the IKZ wants to promote digitalization, internationalization, equality and climate neutrality at Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.:
Professor Thomas Schröder, Director of the Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ), is the new Executive Board Spokesman of the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V. (FVB) as of September 1, 2021. The term of office is…
Adlershof-based analytics company continues education offensive in collaboration with the German Society for International Cooperation in 2021:
Many educational institutions have been struggling with the pandemic conditions since March 2020. At LUM GmbH, education is valued as one of the highest assets and attention is paid to the greatest possible practical…
Hyperspectral X-ray imaging technique is readily compatible with time-resolved experiments:
X-ray microscopes provide the ability to penetrate through matter and to resolve tiny features that remain hidden with visible light. Typically, X-ray images are recorded in a monochrome fashion – that is, the images…
The MX team at BESSY II specialises in analysing protein structures:
X-ray structure analysis at BESSY II enables the systematic testing of many thousands of molecules that could inhibit the reproduction and virulence of SARS-CoV2 viruses. Now, a team at HZB with partners from Austria…