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13. June 2023 13:07:

INM is hiring!

Have you graduated in the natural sciences or successfully completed your doctorate and are now looking for new challenges? The INM employs scientists from the materials sciences, biology, physics, chemistry, and related disciplines. There is no standstill with us, we are constantly developing and are looking for new colleagues who would like to follow this path with us. Find the next step in your career in our job offers! Details…
05. October 2022 23:43:

Volker Presser receives Zhaowu Tian Prize for Energy Electrochemistry

Congratulations to INM Group Leader Professor for receiving the 2022 Zhaowu Tian Prize for Energy Electrochemistry. This outstanding award by the International Society of Electrochemistry recognizes his achievements in the field of electrochemistry for energy. The list of former awardees ranges from Xiangfeng Duan (2017), Fabio la Mantia (2018), Zhichuan (Jason) Xu (2019), to Joaquín Rodríguez-López (2021).
16. May 2022 16:04:

DFG-Nachwuchsakademie “Engineered Living Materials”

The Nachwuchsakademie "Engineered Living Materials" is a DFG workshop for early-career investigators in Engineered Living Materials funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation). For more information, see the website!
18. November 2021 14:21:

Volker Presser included in the Highly Cited Researchers Index

Each year, Clarivate™ identifies the world’s most influential researchers ─ the select few who have been most frequently cited by their peers over the last decade. As in 2018, Prof. Volker Presser is among this elite group of Highly Cited Researchers also in 2021.Details…
14. October 2021 09:19:

Job advertisement: Scientific Director and Head of Department + Professor (W3) for New Materials

The INM and Saarland University are seeking a Scientific Director and Head of Department (f/m/x) for the Leibniz Institute for New Materials starting January 2023. The successful applicant will simultaneously be appointed as Professor (W3) for New Materials (f/m/x) in the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Technology at Saarland University. Application deadline: November 25, 2021.Details…
23. September 2021 10:24:

Aránzazu del Campo und Shrikrishnan Sankaran: Review Article on „Engineered Living Materials“ in Nature Reviews Materials

Research on living materials and, in particular, on targeted designed living materials is developing rapidly and in a wide variety of application areas.Details…
15. September 2021 09:19:

Prof. Volker Presser in 3sat nano: Lithium Extraction from Mine Water

A team from the 3sat channel filmed a report on lithium extraction from mine water at the INM for the science program "nano". Details…
25. May 2021 11:46:

Annual Report 2020

The annual report 0f 2020 has been published. Browse the pdf or order your printed copy from contact@leibniz-inm.de.
08. September 2020 13:54:

Printed Degradable Optical Waveguides for Guiding Light into Tissue

Optogenetics and photonic technologies are changing the future of medicine. To implement light‐based therapies in the clinic, patient‐friendly devices that can deliver light inside the body while offering tunable properties and compatibility with soft tissues are needed. An article by Jun Feng et al. published in Advanced Functional Materials is dedicated to this topic.Details…
30. January 2020 11:17:

Refractory acacia composite building materials from Namibian raw materials as a basis for low-cost housing concepts

In a cooperation project between the INM and the University of Namibia (UNAM), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, a fireproof building material made of acacia wood chippings and an inorganic binder was developed.Details…
02. January 2020 08:19:

INM with Saarland Automotive Delegation in South Korea

The automotive delegation of the Saarland made a strong appearance at the international motor show DIFA 2019 in Daegu, South Korea. INM was one of the exhibitors at the joint Saarland stand initiated by saaris - saarland.innovation&standort e.V. and GW Saar (Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsförderung).Details…
17. December 2019 14:11:

Scholarships in California

The INM awards two scholarships for a research internship in materials science at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The internship will take place from June to August 2020 (9 weeks) as part of the ICMR Undergraduate Research Internship Program between the UCSB, Saarland University and the INM.Details…
11. December 2019 12:11:

Another Humboldt Award Winner at INM

The Humboldt Research Award is granted to scientists who have had a lasting impact on their field of research. Humboldt Laureate Prof. Nigel Browning, one of the world's leading experts in the field of electron microscopy, will spend his scientific stay at the INMDetails…
04. October 2019 07:00:

Professor Niels de Jonge was honored by the Microscopy Society of America

For his publication "The influence of beam broadening on the spatial resolution of Annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy" he received the Best Software and Instrumentation Paper Award.Details…
02. October 2019 11:57:

Respiration-like stretching of lung cells in cell culture model influences their reaction on nanoparticles

Researchers of the Leibniz Research Alliance Nanosafety, Saarland University and TU Dortmund analysed a cell culture model that mimics the real conditions a little closer – they grew human lung cells on flexible surfaces that were stretched in a respiration-like mode. Lung cells that were stretched reacted in a way that resembled an inflammatory response.
15. July 2019 10:25:

Preview upcoming colloquia winter semester 2019/20

29.10.2019 Prof. Dr. Matthias Epple, University of Duisburg-Essen 17.12.2019 Prof. Dr. Laura De Laporte, DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, Aachen Prof. Dr. Catherine Picart, Grenoble Institute of Technology, France Dr. Seraphine Wegner, Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz Dr. Marie Weinhart, Free University of Berlin Details…
29. May 2019 10:13:

New DFG Eigene Stelle project at INM

The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) will support the chemist Dr. Julieta Paez and a PhD student to develop green crosslinking reactions to form polymeric networks.Details…
06. May 2019 13:28:

Annual Report 2018

The annual report 0f 2018 has been published.Details…
13. March 2019 09:30:

Girls‘ Day 2019: Understanding and modifying surfaces

Girls from grade 8-10 will have the opportunity to conduct research at the INM labs as part of the Girls’ Day on March 28. Details…
13. February 2019 12:20:

New family room for better work-life-balance

A new family room offers INM employees with children or relatives in need of care a further opportunity to reconcile work and family life – especially in the case of short-term care bottlenecks. Details…
17. January 2019 12:55:

Review: Resolution and aberration correction in liquid cell transmission electron microscopy

Liquid cell electron microscopy possesses a combination of spatial and temporal resolution that provides a unique view of static structures and dynamic processes in liquids. Optimizing the resolution in liquids requires consideration of both the microscope performance and the properties of the sample. The new review article examines the different parameters for optimizing the resolution.Details…
29. October 2018 13:16:

How to make nanoparticles move inside a solid material

Inside most materials, little is moving. But a new “active nanocomposite” is teeming with motion: small particles connect or separate, thus changing the color of the entire material. Details…
01. October 2018 11:05:

“Material in the process” – Cooperation between the HBK and the INM

For the first time there will be a lecture of the University of Fine Arts Saar in cooperation with the Leibniz Institute for New Materials in the winter semester 2018/19. Details…
28. August 2018 12:35:

Toward Light‐Regulated Living Biomaterials – New Publication

In this publication an optoregulated Escherichia coli (E. coli)‐based living biomaterial that can be externally addressed using light to interact with mammalian cells is demonstrated.
21. August 2018 12:48:

INM Annual Report 2017

Read the e-paper, download the pdf file or ask for the print version. Details…
10. July 2018 09:20:

Art project at INM

Students of Leibniz-Gymnasium St. Ingbert displayed their artistic talent in response to the topic “innovation” at INM.Details…