The European Magnetism Association leads a series of online seminars to ensure the broad visibility of its members and their work, while maintaining a low carbon footprint.

EU-funded project PASSENGER has started

Sustainable energy supply and clean a-mobility – this is impossible without high performance permanent magnets. They are key components for innovative technologies like electric-drive vehicles, wind turbines, aerospace, medical equipment and various domestic applications. They contain strategic materials like rare earth elements that are not naturally abundant in Europe or even scare worldwide. It is essential for Europe to find a way out of this critical dependence. The project PASSENGER (Pilot Action for Securing a Sustainable European Next Generation of Efficient RE-free magnets) aims at using resources that are widely available in Europe instead of the resource critical materials.

Our Nanoparticle Feddy bear was among the four finalists at the INTERMAG 2021 Magnetism as Art Showcase!

We have achieved ultrahigh coercivities, 7.18 T at room temperature and 8.86 T at 10 K, in Sm5Fe17-based composite magnets.

We are proud and happy to congratulate Tino!

Two award winners in Functional Materials

The Advisory Board of the TU Darmstadt Energy Center e.V. has announced the winners of this year's Darmstadt Energy Prize. The best master theses and dissertations from energy research at TU Darmstadt were awarded. The award ceremony took place on March 23 as a virtual event.

New publication

Pinning-type magnets with high coercivity at high temperatures, especially Sm2Co17-type magnets, are at the core of thriving clean-energy technologies. Despite intensive efforts to optimize the intragranular microstructure, the coercivity currently only reaches 20–30% of the theoretical limits.

New publication

Ce-based intermetallics are interesting for hard magnetic compounds; utilizing rare-earth balanced material systems could help to mitigate shortcomings in the supply of rare earth resources due to the monopolistic market and growing demands.

In the Newsletter of EIT Raw Materials the project UPGRADE – Optimised process for new permanent magnet grades with low content of heavy rare earth, of which functional materials is also part of, is presented.

We congratulate our colleague Andreas Taubel to his very successfull PhD defense.