Leibniz Institute for Surface Modification

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Leibniz Institute
for Surface Modification Leipzig
Category: research Institute
Carrier: legally independent
Legal form of the carrier: Registered association
Membership: Leibniz Association
Facility location: Leipzig
Type of research: Basic research
Subjects: Natural sciences
Areas of expertise: Surface physics
Basic funding: Federal government (50%), states (50%)
Management: André Anders
Employee: about 140
Homepage: www.iom-leipzig.de

The Leibniz Institute for Surface Modification eV ( IOM ) is based in Leipzig on the grounds of the Science Park (research site Permoserstraße). It is a member of the Leibniz Association .

The IOM was founded on January 1st, 1992 with the aim of carrying out application-oriented basic research on the interaction of radiation with matter and implementing the knowledge gained in technological applications. The main research areas are ultra-precision surface shaping, micro and nanometer structures, layer deposition, basic research on polymer layers, and the production of functional layers. The current director and board member of the institute is André Anders.

Five spin-off companies were spun off from the IOM  , including a. In 1998 Innovative Oberflächentechnologien GmbH, in 2000 Solarion GmbH (converted into an AG in 2006) and Trionplas Technologies GmbH in 2017.

history

The IOM was founded in 1992 on the basis of a recommendation by the Science Council. The previous institute was the Central Institute for Isotope and Radiation Research (ZfI), an institute of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR . As part of the reunification, the academy institutes were dissolved and the research work was evaluated with regard to its significance for the German academic landscape. The aim was to "fit in the institutions combined in the Academy of Sciences (AdW) of the GDR into such a research landscape". As part of the evaluation of the ZfI, a. classified the work in the field of ion and electron beam research as of great importance and then founded the IOM.

The founding director of the IOM was Frieder Bigl, who had also headed the ZfI from 1989 until its liquidation.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Wissenschaftsrat, 1992, statements on the non-university research institutions of the former Academy of Sciences of the GDR in the field of physics
  2. ↑ UFZ Environmental Research Center Leipzig-Halle (ed.): Leipzig Permoserstraße. On the history of an industrial and scientific location. Passage-Verlag Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-932900-61-8
  3. ↑ The Federal Minister for Research and Technology, Setting the Course for a Future All-German Research Landscape, press release, July 3, 1990 [1]
  4. ↑ UFZ Environmental Research Center Leipzig-Halle (ed.): Leipzig Permoserstraße. On the history of an industrial and scientific location. Passage-Verlag Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-932900-61-8


Coordinates: 51 ° 21 '9.3 "  N , 12 ° 26' 0.7"  E