News and Events

Welcome to our News and Events section. The subcategories provide latest news, an overview of upcoming and past events and conferences, and articles published in the press about the Materials Chain network.

 

Latest News

Revolutionary ultra-fast insights

UA Ruhr appointment of Xijie Wang

Faster than lightning: Prof. Dr. Xijie Wang is researching at the University Alliance Ruhr how extremely rapid changes in materials can be made visible. Using the method of 'Mega-Electron-Volt Ultrafast Electron Diffraction', the renowned scientist wants to establish this innovative technique at the universities in the Ruhr region. He conducts research at the Research Center Chemical Sciences and Sustainability... read more

Guidance on the development of new materials

Electrolyzers for the energy transition

By 2030, the German government wants to produce up to 50 percent of Germany's hydrogen requirements in the country. To achieve this, an electrolysis capacity of one million kilowatt hours and the scaling up of high-tech devices from ideal laboratory conditions to real industrial scales are required. For the first time, researchers from the University of Duisburg-Essen, Ruhr University Bochum, the Center... read more

Understanding dislocations networks in metals

ERC Grant

Markus Stricker is using simulations to study how dislocations impact the properties of metals. His ERC-funded project, "DISCO-DATA: Hard work, plastic flow: a data-centric approach to dislocation-based plasticity", has received 1.5 million euros and will run for five years starting in September 2024.... read more


 

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