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Das Bild zeigt am INM hergestellte innovative Oberflächenstrukturen mit charakteristischen Abmessungen unter einer Haaresbreite, die gecko-ähnliche Hafteigenschaften aufweisen und in Robotikanwendungen eingesetzt werden können.
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Als kugelförmige Kolonien gewachsene Bakterien, gefangen in einer gedruckten 3D-Faser. Die Bakterien sind so konstruiert, dass sie bei Bestrahlung mit Licht Medikamente produzieren und freisetzen.
They look and function like maple seeds and can measure important environmental parameters without electricity or environmentally harmful components. The sensors, called 'Acer I-Seed,' are 3D-printed using biocompatible and compostable materials, developed at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia in Genoa in collaboration with the Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM) in Saarbrücken. The I-Seed project is funded by EU resources and coordinated by IIT. The research findings can be found in the latest issue of the journal 'Science Advances'.Details…
The immune system not only protects our body from pathogens such as bacteria and viruses but also defends it against the uncontrolled growth of cancer cells. Unfortunately, some cancer cells can outsmart the immune system, altering themselves in a way that prevents detection as a threat. In a six-year research project, Oskar Staufer, a junior researcher group leader at the INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken, aims to decipher the camouflage strategies of cancer cells using newly developed materials. The German Research Foundation (DFG) has granted him €2.4 million from the Emmy Noether programme to realize his project.
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Researchers from various fields will gather from November 8th to 10th for the international conference "Advanced Materials Safety 2023" on the campus of Saarland University to shed light on the topic of safety and sustainability of new materials from their respective perspectives. The conference is organized by the Leibniz Research Alliance Advanced Materials Safety in cooperation with the INM.
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Developing and improving electrode materials for lithium-ion batteries requires the use of new raw materials and correspondingly adapted production processes. In the DaMaStE project, which is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) with three million euros over three years, research institutes are working with battery material manufacturers and raw material producers to develop a digital platform for the secure exchange of data and knowledge.Details…
In the research project "Cooperation Competence in Technology Transfer - Identification and Evaluation of Partners based on Patent Information" (KiTIE), coordinated by the INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken, researchers from five institutions across Germany are working together to optimize partner identification in technology transfer. Over the next three years, they aim to develop an IT-based tool that identifies potential cooperation partners based on patent information and patent utilization. The scientists are investigating, among other things, the necessary parameters for successful cooperation and their significance in the search process.Details…
The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has established six new priority programs (SPP, Schwerpunktprogramme) which will start next year and will initially be funded for three years with a total of 44 million euros. The programs, which are interdisciplinary and characterized by the use of innovative methods, are intended to investigate the scientific basis of particularly current or emerging areas of research. This includes SPP 2451 "Engineered Living Materials with Adaptive Functions". It is coordinated by the INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken.Details…
When developing and manufacturing innovative products, sustainability plays an increasingly important role. Innovation no longer means just faster, better, cheaper, but also energy-efficient, environmentally friendly, and above all, recyclable. From April 17 to 21, the INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials will present novel materials and methods at the Hannover Messe that enable electronic components embedded in plastics to be detached from them as needed. Subsequently, electronics and plastic can be recycled separately.
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In a joint appointment procedure of the Leibniz Association and Saarland University, Professor Wilfried Weber was selected for a dual function: He was now appointed Scientific Director of INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials. He also received a professorship for New Materials at Saarland University. This continues the close cooperation between the two institutions to advance joint projects in materials science.Details…
Whether for tablets, smartphones, cars, clothing or medical devices - touch screens, foldable screens, displays and sensors of the future must be bendable and flexible. And the printed electronics applied to them must be just as bendable and flexible to enable tapping and swiping, for example. At LOPEC, the trade fair for printed electronics, INM presents electrospinning as a promising process.Details…
Research teams from INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken, the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research (ISC) in Würzburg, and Friedrich Alexander University (FAU) in Erlangen-Nuremberg will launch the AdRecBat project on February 1, 2023, which looks at the recycling of lithium-ion batteries not at the end of their life, but already at the time of product design. The project aims to delineate the battery components from each other so that recycling by type is possible.Details…
The INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials says goodbye to its scientific director and chairman Prof. Eduard Arzt who retired at the end of 2022. Arzt headed the Saarbrücken-based materials research institute since October 2007 and led it to worldwide recognition. He is known nationally and internationally for his research on gecko-inspired polymer surfaces, which he took from fundamental scientific research to industrial application during his time at INM.
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At 9:25 a.m. on Oct. 21, 2022, the German Aerospace Center's (DLR) MAPHEUS-12 research rocket lifted off from Sweden's ESRANGE rocket base near Kiruna. It reached an altitude of 260 kilometers and then sailed back to Earth on a parachute. On board were gold nanoparticles from the INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken. In a special experimental setup, they were used to study how particles agglomerate when no gravity acts on them.Details…
Does glue work in space? More generally, do the properties of materials change when they form from liquid precursors in zero gravity? Researchers at INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken have studied how the agglomeration of nanoparticles changes in the absence of gravity and published surprising differences in the journal Small.Details…
Researchers at INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken, Germany, in collaboration with scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai, have developed a new electrochemical process for extracting lithium ions from seawater. In ACS Energy Letters, the German-Chinese team led by Prof. Volker Presser presents the process, which on the one hand requires little energy input and on the other hand ensures continuous separation of lithium.Details…
In many processes in nature and industry, small objects form ordered layers in liquids on solid surfaces. Standard models describe the objects as spheres with homogeneous surfaces, but many particles have flattened sides - for example, if they are made of metal. Scientists at the INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken and the University of Sydney have recently shown that such polyhedral particles form completely different structures than spherical particles. The properties of the resulting materials, and potentially their recyclability, are also distinct. The results of the research cooperation have now been published in the renowned journal Advanced Materials.Details…
Eduard Arzt, Professor of New Materials at Saarland University and Scientific Director of the INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials, was awarded the highest distinction of the TMS - The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society on the occasion of a research visit to the USA. At the invitation of the University of California in San Diego, he gave the Stanford S. and Beverly P. Penner Distinguished Lecture.Details…
Superkondensatoren und Batterien sind Energiespeichertypen mit unterschiedlichen Vorteilen. Während Batterien mit hohen Speicherkapazitäten punkten, überzeugt bei den Superkondensatoren die kurze Ladezeit. Gibt es Schnittmengen bei den zugrundeliegenden Technologien? Lassen sich die Vorteile aus beiden Welten verbinden? Damit beschäftigt sich das Autorenteam um Prof. Volker Presser vom Saarbrücker Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien (INM) und Dr. Simon Fleischmann, Helmholtz-Institut Ulm (HIU), in ihrem Perspektivartikel im renommierten Wissenschaftsjournal Nature Energy.Details…
Flexible, transparent, and conductive electrodes are a key enabling technology for the new generation of flexible, printable and wearable electronics. The touchscreens and displays of the future will be curved and flexible and integrated into cars, phones, or medical technology. To allow typing and swiping even on curved smartphones, the touchscreens and electrical circuits on them have also to be curved and flexible. Therefore INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials has developed several techniques that enable touchscreens and circuits on flexible foils.Details…
Advanced materials exhibit complex and changing properties over their life cycle - a new research alliance of the Leibniz Association, led by INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken and the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e.V., will investigate the effects of such materials on the environment and humans and develop concepts for the production of safe advanced materials Details…
The idea of sustainability has now found its way into developing and producing innovative products. Innovation no longer only means faster, better, cheaper, but also cleaner, more energy-efficient, and more environmentally friendly, right through to enabling more efficient recycling. In the EU-funded ReIn-E project,...Details…
Heiko Rieger from Saarland University is the seventh Fellow of the INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials. The professor of theoretical physics will complement the biologically oriented work of the institute with theoretical aspects.Details…
Results of collaboration of INM's program divisions Dynamic Biomaterials and Interactive Surfaces with international partners on "Optoregulated force application to cellular receptors using molecular motors" published in Nature communications.Details…
It is impossible to imagine the modern world without electronic sensors, and certainly not the automotive world. They increase the reliability of vehicles, enable new functions, and help reduce costs. To do this, they must be safe from manipulation - which is not always the case today.Details…
All over the world, hydrogen is seen as a beacon of hope for the energy transition. But to produce it on an industrial scale, seawater is needed. However, its desalination has so far only been possible with the use of large amounts of energy. Energy experts Yuan Zhang and Volker Presser have found a way to extract salt directly from seawater using a fuel cell that was previously "only" used to generate electricity. This could revolutionize the production of hydrogen on a large scaleThey published their method in the renowned journal Cell Reports Physical Science.
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Self-ventilating sportswear, self-healing concrete walls, bio-plastics that dissolve after use, or implants for the long-term and personalized delivery of drugs to the body are just a few examples of the application of so-called "living materials". The Leibniz ScienceCampus "Living Therapeutic Materials" based in Saarbrücken is dedicating this four-day international conference "Engineered Living Materials" to the topic.
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The INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken is a partner in the EU project I-Seed. The goal of the project is to develop intelligent plant seed-inspired soft robots that disperse on and in the soil to monitor soil and climate parameters.
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The INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials names Martin Müser as its sixth INM Fellow. The professor of materials simulation is the first materials scientist at Saarland University with whom INM is cooperating more closely in this way. He uses simulations to investigate how to improve adhesive structures.Details…
Professor of New Materials and Scientific Director and Chairman of the INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials Eduard Arzt will receive the "Excellence in Adhesion Award" of the American Adhesion Society on February 22, 2021. The award ceremony will include an honorary colloquium at the annual meeting of the Adhesion Society with a keynote speech by the award winner.Details…
Thousands of tons of space debris are currently orbiting the Earth, and the number is growing. Most of it is the remnants of completed space missions or decommissioned satellites. The dangerous thing about it is that even centimeter-sized pieces can cause immense damage in a collision with active satellites, spacecraft, and space stations. Details…
Since January 1, 2021, the junior research group "Electrofluids" at INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken has been investigating unusual electrically conductive materials. Dr. Lola González-García, head of the new group, was awarded a Starting Grant of 1.5 million Euros by the European Research Council (ERC) last year.Details…
With the Humboldt Research Fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables outstandingly qualified young researchers from all over the world to realize their projects in Germany. The INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials is currently hosting two Humboldt fellows who are carrying out their personal research projects in cooperation with INM scientists.
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How can undrinkable water be purified of salts and pollutants so that it becomes drinking water? Dr. Pattarachai Srimuk's doctoral thesis researched electrochemical methods and materials that can remove large quantities of unwanted substances. For his outstanding doctoral thesis, the Leibniz Association awarded the young scientist the Leibniz Promotion Prize 2020Details…
What do coal mining and electromobility have in common? At first glance: very little! Coal mining is a thing of the past and ended in Saarland in 2012. Electric cars are the future and gradually replace the current fleet of internal combustion vehicles. Yet, both are connected by lithium.Details…
Given the more than two billion people worldwide who have no access to clean drinking water, the purification of salty or contaminated water is of global importance.Details…
Volker Presser, head of the program division Energy Materials at INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials in Saarbrücken and professor for Energy Materials at Saarland University, has achieved a breakthrough in the field of electrochemical water desalination with his research group. Details…
The Scientific Director of INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials and Professor for New Materials at Saarland University, Eduard Arzt, was elected as an International Member by the United States National Academy of Engineering. With this, Arzt receives one of the highest scientific awards in the USA. Details…
Scientists from four continents will meet on February 12, 2020, on the campus of Saarland University for a three-day conference on a new approach to materials synthesis. They are focusing on so-called "living materials", which open up completely new possibilities in medicine, but also in many other areas.Details…
Immune cells are constantly on the move to intercept pathogens. In the skin, these are especially so-called dendritic cells, which move through the cell layers much faster than other body cells. How the cells do this exactly has not been investigated so far. Biophysicists led by Professor Franziska Lautenschläger have now discovered how the movement of the defence cells works.
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In January 2020, a new junior research group around Dr. Shrikrishnan Sankaran has started at INM. Under the title "Bioprogrammable Materials" it will exploit synthetic biology approaches to engineer novel functional materials with a focus on biomedical applications.Details…
Einen starken Auftritt legte die Automotive-Delegation des Saarlandes auf der internationalen Automobilausstellung DIFA 2019 im südkoreanischen Daegu hin. Auf dem von saaris – saarland.innovation&standort e.V. und der GW Saar (Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsförderung) initiierten saarländischen Gemeinschaftsstand war auch das INM vertreten.Details…
Visit us at this year's Medica from 18 to 21 November in Düsseldorf. Discover the new, bio-inspired adhesive structures and concepts of the INM. Get in touch with us - at the joint stand "Research for the future" in hall three at stand D94.Details…
The Physical Analytics Group at the INM succeeded in explaining why drinking water in the community of Dossenheim (Rhein-Neckar Kreis) just outside Heidelberg had a slightly blue color some time ago: the reason was a distribution of nanoscopic, completely harmless lime particles. Details…
Scientists at the INM present a Cobot for the first time which is equipped with microstructured surfaces for the handling of objects. Because these structures are very soft and have no sharp corners or edges, the risk of injury to humans is further reduced. Details…
Due to the special arrangement of its molecules, a new coating made of corn starch is able to repair small scratches by itself through heat: The cross-linking via ring-shaped molecules makes the material mobile, so that it compensates for the scratches and these disappear again.Details…
The INM has developed new processes with photochemical metallization and printing (gravure printing, inkjet printing) of transparent conductive oxides (TCOs), which are significantly more time- and cost-saving.Details…
At this year's Hannover Messe, INM will be presenting hybrid inks that are suitable for printing conductive structures on thin polymer films or paper, for example.
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Researchers from INM and the University of California, San Diego found that the length of the humerus bone varies in a characteristic way with the body weight of the bird to optimize lift. By contrast, the elements of the feather attachments (barbules) are spaced equally for all bird species to optimally control airflow.Details…
Scientists at INM developed a highly improved microscopy method to study proteins in hydrated state: The usage of a graphene liquid cell for transmission electron microscopy of proteins resulted in an order of magnitude higher radiation tolerance of a protein sample compared to samples in amorphous ice.Details…
The internationally renowned materials scientist Robert M. McMeeking is appointed Leibniz Chair for his collaboration with the INM. With this award, the INM and the Leibniz Association honor the long-standing and successful cooperation between the professor of the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the Leibniz Institute.Details…
Earthworms are always clean, even if they come from moist, sticky soil. They owe this to a dirt-repellent, lubricating layer, which forms itself again and again on its skin. Researchers at INM have now artificially recreated this system of nature.
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How to visualize proteins in cells? How to investigate catalytic processes and dynamic behavior of nanomaterials at around 300,000x magnification? Some 100 experts from all over the world will address these questions at this year's CISCEM .Details…
The Postdoctoral scientist Malgorzata Wlodarczyk-Biegun from the program division Dynamic Biomaterials at the INM has been distinguished with the L’Oréal-Unesco „For Women in Science“ Award.Details…
The Humboldt Award winner at the INM, Professor Robert McMeeking, is to receive the newly-created Humboldt Alumni Award. Together with the INM, he intends to use the award money of €25,000 to bring about the international networking initiative MePAG (Virtual Humboldt Cluster on the Mechanics and Physics of Adhesion and Grip).Details…
Research scientists at INM developed a special type of flake-type-shaped metal-phosphate particles: They show improved passivation ability and improved diffusion barrier against corrosive substances. Besides zinc phosphate also newly developed manganese phosphate flakes are available. Details…
Tapping and wiping can only work on flexible devices, when flexible materials are used for touchscreens and electric circuits, but not brittle materials like indium tin oxide or silicon. For this purpose, INM is working with the process of electrospinning, a technique that produces ultra-fine fibers.Details…
To allow typing and swiping even on curved smartphones, touchscreens and electric conductor paths have also to be curved. Therefore INM has developed a technique which allows fabrication of such conductor lines on flexible foils and even on stretchable silicone. INM will be presenting the so called photochemical metallization on this year’s Hannover Messe.Details…
INM shows, how flexible displays might become reality in the near future: At this year’s Hannover Messe, INM presents suitable flexible electronic structures from cost-efficient inkjet processes at the stand B46 in hall 2 from on 24 April to 27 April. Details…
Research scientists at INM have developed a sinter-free conductive ink based on gold and silver nanoparticles coated with conductive polymers. INM’s hybrid inks enable inkjet printing of conductive structures without any thermal or UV treatments.Details…
INM has again succeeded in attracting an ERC Grant: With the Proof of Concept Grant awarded to Professor Arzt and his team, INM is going to bring its developments in the area of innovative adhesive structures closer to industrial application. In terms of content, SWITCH2MARKET will follow on from the ERC Advanced Grant SWITCH2STICK. Details…
The NTNM library seeks to improve visibility with the project visOA. The Federal Ministry of Education and Research will fund visOA for the next two years with around 180,000 euros. Details…
Julieta Paez, research scientist at the program division Dynamic Biomaterials, was awarded the second place at the Evonik Call for Research Proposals 2017 (ECRP).Details…
Niels de Jonge has received an honoris causa (honorary doctorate) from the University of Lyon for the development of a novel electron microscopy technique. The ceremony took place during the Materials Science Day at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées in Lyon.
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The INM welcomes Dr Bin Qu as its new Fellow. She’s a group leader in Biophysics at the Saarland University Faculty of Medicine.
She investigates the way how killer cells from the immune system find and destroy infected or tumorigenic cells.Details…
The Heyn Commemorative Medal honors Eduard Arzt’s accomplishments in the fields of powder metallurgy, high-temperature alloys, nanostructures and adhesion of bio-inspired functional surfaces and their industrial applications. DGM acknowledges the creativity, depth and broad range of his research as well as his commitment to the next generation of materials scientists.Details…
Marc Meyers, Humboldt-Award winner and materials scientist originally from Brazil, was inspired to traverse the historical Roosevelt-Rondon-Expedition 100 years later. He will give a lecture on his adventures at July 30.
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To produce flexible, transparent electrodes, INM is working with the process of electrospinning, a technique that produces ultra-fine fibers that are up to 100 times thinner than a human hair. These fibers are collected on glass or on foils in an unstructured, wide mesh net. Details…
Researchers at the INM have demonstrated the performance of their technology in endurance tests: Even after 500,000 testing cycles the dry adhesive structures work reliable. Thus, the next step towards industrial application is done.Details…
To prevent the corrosive substances from penetrating into materials, a common method is to create an anti-corrosion coating by applying paint layers of zinc-phosphate particles. Now, research scientists at INM developed a special type of zinc-phosphate particles: They are flake-like in shape because they are ten times as long as they are thick. Details…
INM is introducing new nano-coatings that reduce the effort required for cleaning heat exchangers as well as their corrosion. In these new coatings, the research scientists combine antiadhesive, anticorrosive and, on demand, also antimicrobial properties.
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INM has developed a technique, which allows conductor paths even on flexible foils as well as on stretchable silicone.
INM will be presenting the so called photochemical metallization on this year’s Hannover Messe at the Stand B46 in hall 2 from 24 April to 28 April.Details…
At this year's Hannover Messe INM will be demonstrating flexible touch screens, which are produced by printing recently developed nanoparticle inks on thin plastic foils.Details…
The aim of the joint project, NaMiComp, is to analyze Namibia’s locally available natural resources and then use them as a basis for new materials for industrial applications. In the long term, the aim is to build an on-site materials science institute at the University of Namibia.
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