Research on Semiconductors: Light Weakens Magic Nano Clusters

15-Dec-2020 - They are known as "magic sized nano clusters" because they have special properties: The particles consist of only a few atoms, but since they are arranged in a special crystal structure, they are extremely stable. Unless you expose them to light. Scientists from the Center for Nanointegration ...

Catalyst Material from the Laser Lab

Industrial Relevance Proven

06-Oct-2020 - In catalysts, more surface area usually equals more activity. And hardly anything offers more surface than structures made of nanoparticles. Scientists from the Center for Nanointegration (CENIDE) at the UDEhave shown that it makes sense in economic terms to produce catalytically highly active ...

3D Laser Printing in Color

Seasoning with Nanosilver

02-Sep-2020 - Ventilation grilles in aircraft cabins, serial components in cars and lately even mascara brushes: The industry has been using laser-based 3D printers for several years now when precision and good mechanical properties are required. However, these printers are expensive, large and print only in ...

Production of catalyst in one single step

Patent pending for process

17-Jul-2019 - Not much is possible without catalysts: More than 80% of all chemically manufactured products undergo a catalytic step during their production. The active material is usually platinum or another precious metal, so production is correspondingly expensive and requires several steps. Physicists at ...

Self-organizing molecules: Cups with attoliter volume

22-May-2019 - They look like interlocking egg cups, but a hen's egg is 100,000 times as thick as one of the miniature cups: Scientists at the Center for Nanointegration (CENIDE) at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) have made polymers to form themselves into tiny cups on their own. They could, for example, ...