A new research network aims to understand and design the surfaces of complex metallic solid solutions with atomic precision.
A new algorithm measures material libraries up to four times faster than before. It is based on machine learning.
Catalysts should be powerful and durable. To find them, four teams are working together systematically to come up with new concepts. They are being funded by the EU to the tune of 10 million euros.
Novel methods enable us to produce countless new materials in one step and to analyse them promptly.
Founder Chinmay Khare is supported in his venture by the Worldfactory Start-up Center and Worldfactory International.
The new research center ZGH at the RUB was inaugurated with about 80 guests from politics and science.
In the inaugurated research building, new materials are being developed whose properties are determined to a large extent by interfaces.
Copper and silver are known for their antibacterial properties. Researchers from Bochum have explored their effectiveness against viruses.
Research into promising materials is hampered by the sheer number of possible candidates. A German-Danish team has developed an efficient method to solve this problem.
The University Alliance project aims to break a vicious circle.
High-throughput X-ray diffraction measurements generate huge amounts of data. Thanks to the agent, they become usable more quickly.
A team from the Center For Interface-Dominated High Performance Materials is searching atomic mixtures of many different elements for new high-entropy alloys that are promising for many applications.
Finding the best material composition among thousands of possibilities is like looking for a needle in a haystack. An international team is combining computer simulations and high-throughput experiments to do this.
An algorithm replaces countless time-consuming experiments.
A team from the University Alliance is among the finalists of the highly remunerated competition.
A new concept makes it possible to identify the most promising among an abundance of possible element combinations.
Just like on a bed of nails, bacteria get damaged on a newly developed surface spiked with nano columns. It is supposed to prevent implants from being colonised. The technology has been inspired by nature.
Alfred Ludwig has renamed his chair. In the interview, he reveals why.
Material libraries, high-throughput experiments, big data, and artificial intelligence are expected to ensure that nothing is left to chance when it comes to new discoveries.
A twinning between Bochum and the Japanese science city Tsukuba is starting - a close cooperation in science already exists.
“The theoretical possibilities seem almost too good to be true,” says researcher Tobias Löffler.
At the Department of Materials of Microtechnology, the times of handwritten notes are over. This enables new research approaches.
Affordable high-performance catalysts have come within reach.
Thousands of materials were tested by Helge Stein during his doctorate - with a prize-worthy result.
What used to take months can now be performed within a few days.