The new Max Planck Research Group “De Magnete – Designing Magnetism on the Atomic Scale” results from a collaboration of Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (MPIE) and TU Darmstadt. The group is headed by Prof. Oliver Gutfleisch, Professor of Functional Materials at the TU Darmstadt and scientific director at the Fraunhofer IWKS Materials Recycling and Resource Strategies.
The group analyses the critical magnetization reversal processes on the atomic scale using advanced experimental and simulation methods. The aim is to capture, reproduce and predict transitional and dynamic processes that are relevant for nucleation and propagation during all critical magnetization reversal processes on all length scales. Magnets are used in many fields of daily life and industry like in energy conversion, electromobility, data storage and robotics. Their enhancement is key to a carbon neutral economy.
