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Creating new tool geometries using lasers and robots

New Research Group

A new research group, led by Prof. Dr. Andreas Ostendorf from the Chair of Laser Application Technology at Ruhr University Bochum, will focus on optimizing laser cladding through robotics and computer simulations. The goal is to develop innovative tool geometries tailored to specific applications. Funded by €3.85 million from the DFG, the project will start in early 2025.... read more

Electrode potential transforms surfaces

Oxygen and chlorine evolution without noble metals

They are highly selective and can be easily separated from the reaction mixture: single-atom catalysts combine the advantages of homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Until now, their production has generally been associated with precious metals that are anchored to a solid substrate. Researchers led by the University of Duisburg-Essen have now shown that such structures can also be formed electrochemically... read more

Humboldt Fellow Dr. Kuhan Chandru

The building blocks of life

How exactly did life on Earth begin? Some aspects of this puzzle are still unresolved. Dr. Kuhan Chandru would like to help crack it. The Malaysian expert in prebiotic chemistry is currently a guest in the working group of Materials Chain member Prof. Christian Mayer Physical Chemistry as a Humboldt Foundation research fellow. For his work, Chandru uses, among other things, a special instrument at... read more

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