Freiburg Materials Research Center

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The entrance to the Freiburg Materials Research Center with the seven meter high Corten steel sculpture "Freiburger Sitzende" by Franz Bernhard (1996)

The Freiburg Materials Research Center (FMF) is a central facility of the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg , which conducts basic and contract research in the field of material-related technologies and new materials.

It is supported by the six faculties of biology , chemistry, pharmacy and geosciences , forest and environmental sciences , mathematics and physics , medicine , and the technical faculty .

Since the memorandum for its foundation in 1987, the FMF has been conducting application-oriented research in service and project groups across disciplines and faculties. The FMF promotes interdisciplinary exchange between the various institutes of the Albert-Ludwigs-University, the institutes of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft , the EUCOR universities and the international and national industry.

Research areas

The research topics can be divided into the following areas, bio-inspired materials, energy , functional inorganic materials, functional surfaces, macromolecular materials and simulation and modeling.

These six subject areas are looked after by five service groups that offer services in the following areas:

  • The area of scale-up deals with the implementation of processes of chemical synthesis from the laboratory scale to volume production, since the materials must be available in sufficient quantities for applied materials research. To this end, synthesis processes are also being optimized in industrial cooperation. In addition, there is advice on safety-related aspects and compliance with the Ordinance on Hazardous Substances.
  • The rheology and polymer processing deals with three areas of work:
    • The rheology of homopolymers, polymer blends, filled polymers, nanocomposites, bio-organic materials and heterogeneous network structures.
    • The mechanical analyzes on polymers with determination of the modulus of elasticity and phase transitions and determination of the notched impact strength according to Izod and Sharpy
    • Polymer processing includes the extrusion of granulates and powders and processing in kneaders, rolling mills and heating vacuum presses.
  • Surface and interface analysis with the surface analysis and surface morphology of various materials, the interface and bulk morphology of polymer blends, block copolymers, latices, polymer dispersions and polymer networks. In addition, there are services in the field of atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM).
  • The material characterization and detector technology is concerned with the growth of semiconductors, this both as bulk crystals as well as with epitaxy, characterization based on optical, electrical and thermal processes and the development of devices and detectors, mainly in the area of II-VI semiconductor.
  1. The scientific information processing , is the problem with customized tools for data analysis using the methods of mathematical statistics and stochastics are available.

Membership in the FMF is possible by bringing in new material science projects. The capacities are allocated on a project basis.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans-Joachim Müller: A metropolis of sculpture. Contemporary art on Freiburg's streets and squares . (PDF; 255 kB) accessed on June 29, 2012

Coordinates: 48 ° 0 ′ 6 ″  N , 7 ° 50 ′ 42 ″  E