Materials Chain
Materials Chain is the first and largest flagship program of the University Alliance Ruhr. It offers a platform for interdisciplinary networking that brings together researchers from fundamental natural sciences to applied materials science and production technology. More than 200 scientists from more than 150 chairs and research groups from Ruhr-Universität Bochum, TU Dortmund University, and the University of Duisburg-Essen research and teach under the umbrella of the flagship program. The profile is complemented by cooperations with 11 regional partner institutions.
Building on the proven strengths at the respective university locations, Materials Chain initiates new research projects and associations to strengthen the role of the Ruhr Area as an internationally leading research region for modern materials and their production.
Take a look behind the laboratory doors of some of the natural scientists and engineers working within the Materials Chain network:
Upcoming Events
- 01Jul
2021 Ab initio-accurate large-scale molecular dynamics using machine-learning interatomic potentials
Dr. Max Hodapp, Skoltech, Russia
online via Zoom - 15Jul
2021 Topic t.b.a
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Astrid Pundt, Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
online via Zoom - 22Nov
2021 MCIC 2021: Materials Discovery and Processing for Energy
Ruhr-Universität Bochum Convention Centre / Veranstaltungszentrum Universitätsstr. 150 44801 Bochum - more
Who are we? Why is collaboration important in modern materials science? And what are we working on?
Materials Chain International Conference 2021
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The third Materials Chain International Conference, MCIC 2021: Materials Discovery and Processing for Energy, will take place from November 22 to November 23, 2021 in Bochum, Germany. The conference will focus on the following topics:
- Data-driven and combinatorial materials discovery
- Materials for physical energy conversion, 2D and hybrid fuctional materials
- Materials for chemical energy conversion
- Magnetic materials energy conversion
- Metals and alloys
- Production engineering and additive manufacturing
- Transfer: Start-ups and systems
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Working on the Computer of the Future
EU Funds Two International Physics Projects
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