Research Divisons of the Institute of Materials Science
Scientific diversity

Synthesis and Properties of Ceramics

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Nonmetallic Inorganic Materials NAW - 21698 Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rödel
Materials and Resources MR - 25870 Prof. Dr. Anke Weidenkaff

Metals and Processing

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Functional Materials FM - 22140 Prof. Dr. Oliver Gutfleisch
Physical Metallurgy PhM - 20550 Prof. Dr. Karsten Durst

Electronic Properties and Thin Films

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Advanced Thin Film Technology DS - 20701 Prof. Dr. Lambert Alff
Surface Science OF - 20769 Prof. Dr. Jan Philipp Hofmann
Electronic Structure of Materials ESM - 20772 Prof. Dr. Andreas Klein
Molecular Nanostructures MNS - 20965 Prof. Dr. Ralph Krupke
Organic Electronics OE - 22396 Prof. Dr. Peer Kirsch

Characterisation

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Structure Research ST - 21029 Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Donner
Material Analytics MA - 21901 Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Ensinger
Physics of Surfaces PoS - 21927 Prof. Dr. Robert Stark
In-situ Electron Microscopy IEM - 24260 Prof. Dr. Christian Kübel
Advanced Electron Microscopy AEM - 20180 Prof. Dr. Leopoldo Molina-Luna
Ion- beam modified materials IMM - 24804 Prof. Dr. María Eugenia Toimil-Molares

Modelling

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Materials Modelling MM - 21901 Prof. Dr. Karsten Albe
Mechanics of Functional Materials MfM - 21905 Prof. Dr. Bai-Xiang Xu
Theory of Magnetic Materials TMM - 23135 Prof. Dr. Hongbin Zhang

Members of the Joint Research Laboratory TUDa-KIT

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Molecular Nanostructures MNS - 20965 Prof. Dr. Ralph Krupke
In-situ Electron Microscopy IEM - 24260 Prof. Dr. Christian Kübel

Adjunct Members of the Institute

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Center for Structural Materials -24900 Prof. Dr. Matthias Oechsner
New Materials – Electronics -28478 Prof. Dr. Markus Meinert
Catalysts and Electrocatalysts -20356 Prof. Dr. Ulrike Kramm