Merck to lead OLED research

Launches joint project to conduct basic research on quantum materials as light sources

02-Feb-2018 - Merck, a leading science and technology company, is announcing its leadership role in the joint project entitled “Exploration of quantum materials – New paths to realizing innovative optoelectronic components (ELQ-LED)”. The aim of the project, which will receive total funding of €5.5 million ...

TRIGA Mainz reaches world record of 20,000 pulses in 50 years

Powerful neutron source is used by chemists and physicists from all over the world

14-Oct-2015 - The research reactor TRIGA at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has reached a new milestone: after 50 years of consecutive operation, TRIGA Mainz achieved a total number of 20,000 pulses on October 1, 2015 – a world record. On this day, the reactor was operated for test measurements of ...

International agreement on the FAIR international accelerator facility

06-Oct-2010 - In Wiesbaden, Germany, nine countries signed the international agreement on the construction of the accelerator facility FAIR (Facility for Antiproton and Ion Research), which will be located at the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany. Signing the agreement for ...

Bayer Technology Services collaborates with the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg

Basic research in the field of high-performance materials

16-Jul-2010 - Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS) and the Excellence Cluster for the Engineering of Advanced Materials – Hierarchical Structure Formation for Functional Devices (EAM) at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg have signed a cooperation agreement. The focus is on basic research in the field of ...

Laser pulses control single electrons in complex molecules

03-Sep-2009 - Predatory fish are well aware of the problem: In a swarm of small fish it is hard to isolate prey. A similar situation can be found in the microcosm of atoms and molecules, whose behavior is influenced by "swarms" of electrons. In order to achieve control over single electrons in a bunch, ...

Making cars and airplanes cheaper, safer and more efficient

DFG funds 2 major instruments to test components made of fiber-reinforced composites

11-Nov-2008 - Two novel testing facilities for materials research will be provided to the Technical University of Braunschweig and Hamburg University of Technology by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). For the first time in a university environment, these two major ...