DFG Funds Two New Research Training Groups

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Materials science and medicine at the UDE can further expand their research. The German Research Foundation (DFG) is funding two new research training groups with a total of around 14 million euros for the next five years. The research subjects are the properties and production of two-dimensional materials and the effectiveness of radiation treatment for cancer.

Two-dimensional materials are extremely thin and in some cases consist of only a single layer of atoms. They are particularly interesting because they have unique electrical and optical properties and can be rolled, folded or stretched due to their high mechanical stability. The international research training group 2D-MATURE* (GRK 2803) at the Faculty of Engineering with participation from the Faculty of Physics will address two questions: How can two-dimensional materials be produced in large quantities and how do they behave when combined with other materials in such a way that they can be used in products?

The goal is to develop new methods and processes to enable industrial-scale applications, for example in light-emitting diodes or batteries. The college is headed by Prof. Gerd Bacher and is funded with around 7 million euros. The doctoral students conducting research at the Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE) will collaborate with Canadian colleagues at the Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology (WIN) at the University of Waterloo.

* "Scalable 2D Material Architectures (2-D MATURE). Synthesis and processing, characterization and functionality, implementation and demonstration."

https://www.uni-due.de/2022-05-09-grk-in-medizin-und-materialwissenschaft-gefoerdert