Registration is now open for the 8th Ruhr-Symposium: Functional Materials for Hydrogen It will take place on October 19th in Duisburg.   Read more

The 6th Materials Chain International Conference Inorganic Functional Materials will take place at Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany on September 12, 2024. Please save the date and stay tuned for further information on the program and registration phase! Read more

Research conducted within the scope of the Materials Chain covers all stages of modern materials science from designing, manufacturing and refining of materials to their characterisation, and fashioning within production processes. Read more

On September 16, 2019, the first Materials Chain Early Career Researchers´ Forum took place at TU Dortmund University. The forum stimulated scientific exchange amongst young scientists, encouraged them to initiate joint projects and gave an overview of funding possibilities generally available for early career researchers. Read more

Collaboration is greater than the sum of its parts. Our principal interest is to further cultivate already existing research collaborations and to encourage new collaborative research projects among the Materials Chain members. Read more

Welcome to Germany: Within our exchange program EXPLORE Materials Chain (EXMAC) 30 international postdocs were granted the opportunity to work on joint projects and proposals with local researchers. Read more