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20.12.2024

Progress in Power Electronics with Beta-Gallium Oxide

Joint project “ForMikro-GoNext” with participation of IKZ and FBH successfully completed:

In the joint project “ForMikro-GoNext”, beta-gallium oxide (β-Ga₂O₃) was further developed as a pioneering semiconductor material for efficient power electronics. The partners made significant progress along the…

Processes of crystal growth © IKZ Berlin

13.12.2024

IKZ has joined the international Einstein Telescope collaboration

Growing particularly large silicon crystals will support the construction of a gravitational wave observatory:

The Einstein Telescope (ET) is a planned next-generation gravitational wave observatory in Europe, designed to detect and study gravitational waves with unprecedented sensitivity. It will use a network of underground…

Antje Vollmer, spokeswoman for BESSY II and project lead of the BESSY II+ project

12.12.2024

Modernisation of BESSY II light source

Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin presents the BESSY II+ upgrade programme:

At the 2024 meeting for the users of the electron storage ring BESSY II, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) presented the BESSY II+ upgrade programme. It enables world-class research at BESSY II to be further expanded and…

[Translate to English:] Dr. Kazuki Morita (links), Dr. Qingping Wu (rechts), HZB Berlin

12.12.2024

Two Humboldt-Fellows join HZB

Kazuki Morita and Qingping Wu contribute their expertise in materials and energy research at HZB:

In 2024, two young scientists joined HZB as Humboldt Fellows. Kazuki Morita joined Prof. Antonio Abate's group and brings his expertise in modelling and data analysis to solar energy research. Qingping Wu is an expert…

06.12.2024

ERC Consolidator Grant for quantum physicist Tim Schröder

2.5 million euros funding for the research project „Multidimensional Hyperentangled Photon Graph States“:

Prof. Dr. Tim Schröder from the Departement of Physics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut für Höchstfrequenztechnik (FBH), has been awarded a Consolidator Grant from…

05.12.2024

Why an economical Iridium catalyst works so well

An HZB team revealed that the special chemical environment in the P2X catalyst promotes water splitting during electrolysis:

Iridium-based catalysts are needed to produce hydrogen using water electrolysis. Now, a team at HZB has shown that the newly developed P2X catalyst, which requires only a quarter of the Iridium, is as efficient and…

Sascha Neinert with the prize and a certificate © FBH

03.12.2024

Award for FBH researchers from MyoQuant project

At the Berlin Quantum Pioneer Days the young scientists were awarded the jury prize:

A successful week came to an end for Sascha Neinert and Kirti Vardhan. The two young scientists from the Joint Lab Integrated Quantum Sensors (IQS) were awarded the jury prize of the Berlin Quantum Pioneer incubation…

MagSQuant project team with Dr Christo Guguschev © IKZ

20.11.2024

Advanced low-loss materials for quantum technologies

Kick-off for the ‘MagSQuant’ project coordinated by IKZ:

The joint project ‘Low-loss materials for integrated magnonic-superconducting quantum technologies’ (MagSQuant) is the start of a new initiative to significantly increase the performance and scalability of…

Nanotomography images of an LRTMO particle taken at the TXM of BESSY II before the first charging cycle and after 10 charging cycles © HZB

20.11.2024

Battery research with the HZB X-ray microscope

Experiments at BESSY II have clarified chemical changes in lithium-ion batteries:

New cathode materials are being developed to further increase the capacity of lithium batteries. Multilayer lithium-rich transition metal oxides (LRTMOs) offer particularly high energy density. However, their capacity…

BAM department head Carsten Engelhard © WISTA Management GmbH

06.11.2024

The molecule sleuth

Carsten Engelhard monitors the reliability of chemical analyses:

Searching for a needle in a haystack. Is that the appropriate metaphor? It could make it easier for a layperson to understand how Carsten Engelhard spends his workdays. In both research and teaching, his home has been…

Vials with fluorescent reference materials. Quelle: BAM

06.11.2024

BAM develops new standards for the surface analysis of nanoparticles

New EU project launched for greater security in the use of nanoparticles:

In a new EU project, the Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM) is developing standardized measurement methods for investigating the surfaces of nanoparticles. The goal is to further improve the…

Layer structures of two PVDF/PLLA mixtures in nano-IR imaging © TU Eindhoven/HZB

05.11.2024

New procedure for better thermoplastics

Research team at BESSY II was able to increase the performance of environmentally friendly materials:

Bio-based thermoplastics are produced from renewable organic materials and can be recycled after use. Their resilience can be improved by blending bio-based thermoplastics with other thermoplastics. However, the…

Two researchers in a laboratory working with a diode laser © FBH/Matthias Baumbach

01.11.2024

New Educational Initiative for the German Chip Industry

Ferdinand-Braun-Institut will coordinate a national academy for microelectronics and microsystem technology:

Securing skilled workers for the chip industry – with this goal in mind, the nationwide flagship project “Skilled workers for microelectronics: skills4chips” funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research…

Cover of the final report © IRIS Adlershof

29.10.2024

Research institute IRIS Adlershof ended

After 15 years, the funding phases for the “Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences” at HU Berlin have been completed:

Since its founding in 2009, the Integrative Research Institute for the Sciences of Humboldt University in Berlin – IRIS Adlershof – looks back on 15 years of successful work. IRIS Adlershof has developed into an…

A researcher in a laboratory © Flo Force Fotografie, Hahn-Schickard & IMTEK Universität Freiburg

28.10.2024

Hydrogen: Breakthrough in alkaline membrane electrolysers

Research team developed a highly efficient and very inexpensive AEM electrolyser:

A team from the Technical University of Berlin, HZB, IMTEK (University of Freiburg) and Siemens Energy has developed a highly efficient alkaline membrane electrolyser that approaches the performance of established PEM…