Project Details
Projekt
GSC 185: Leipzig School of Natural Sciences - Building with Molecules and Nano-objects (BuildMoNa)
Subject Area
Condensed Matter Physics
Term
from 2007 to 2014
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 39011260
The graduate school focuses on interdisciplinary graduate education through top-level, synergistic research. The materials research concept is based on a "bottom-up" approach. Progressive building blocks, such as nano-objects, smart molecules, polymeric scaffolds, peptides and active proteins, will be combined - preferentially by self-organisation - to create fundamentally new classes of materials that are inspired by active, adaptive living matter, and that are environmentally friendly, highly efficient, low-cost devices serving multifunctional purposes for a steadily more diversified modern society. The paradigm shift from uniform bulk materials towards nano-structured multifunctional materials that emerge from combinations of smart molecules, proteins and nano-objects is essential for the future knowledge transfer from fundamental to applied sciences.
The graduate school's main objective is "Building with Molecules and Nano-objects (BuildMoNa)". The central themes will connect interdisciplinary, fundamental research, the use and development of suitable, novel methods, and interdisciplinary graduate training. In the research, "hard" (synthetic molecules and crystalline nanostructures) and/or "soft" (polymers, biomolecules) building blocks will be directly connected or organised to complex structures by scaffolds to reveal new building principles and to produce new, desired materials with innovative applications. For the success of such research the development of novel methods for building and characterisation of new materials is essential. Recognising the need for a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists the training programme aims at promoting interdisciplinary exchange in the natural sciences by high-quality education in material- and method-oriented subjects.
The cooperation with international scientific and industrial partners, as well as other research institutions in the Leipzig area will complement and broaden the school's expertise and outreach by establishing a unique research and training network for the doctoral candidates. The graduate school aims to attract highly motivated and excellent applicants with BSc, MSc or equivalent degrees from around the world to engage in top-level research and high-quality training, which will propel them into important positions in academia and industry.
The graduate school's main objective is "Building with Molecules and Nano-objects (BuildMoNa)". The central themes will connect interdisciplinary, fundamental research, the use and development of suitable, novel methods, and interdisciplinary graduate training. In the research, "hard" (synthetic molecules and crystalline nanostructures) and/or "soft" (polymers, biomolecules) building blocks will be directly connected or organised to complex structures by scaffolds to reveal new building principles and to produce new, desired materials with innovative applications. For the success of such research the development of novel methods for building and characterisation of new materials is essential. Recognising the need for a new generation of interdisciplinary scientists the training programme aims at promoting interdisciplinary exchange in the natural sciences by high-quality education in material- and method-oriented subjects.
The cooperation with international scientific and industrial partners, as well as other research institutions in the Leipzig area will complement and broaden the school's expertise and outreach by establishing a unique research and training network for the doctoral candidates. The graduate school aims to attract highly motivated and excellent applicants with BSc, MSc or equivalent degrees from around the world to engage in top-level research and high-quality training, which will propel them into important positions in academia and industry.
DFG Programme
Graduate Schools
Applicant Institution
Universität Leipzig
Participating Institution
Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ); Leibniz-Institut für Oberflächenmodifizierung e.V. (IOM); Max-Planck-Institut für Mathematik in den Naturwissenschaften (MIS)
Spokesperson
Professorin Dr. Evamarie Hey-Hawkins
Participating Researchers
Professor Dr. Bernd Abel; Professorin Dr. Annette G. Beck-Sickinger; Professor Dr. Frank Cichos; Professor Dr. Pablo David Esquinazi; Professor Dr. Roger Gläser; Professor Dr. Marius Grundmann; Professor Dr. Jürgen Haase; Professor Dr. Wolfgang Hackbusch; Professor Dr. Hauke Harms; Professor Dr. Daniel Huster; Professor Dr. Wolfhard Janke; Professor Dr. Berthold Kersting; Professor Dr. Ulrich Felix Keyser; Professorin Dr. Barbara Kirchner; Professor Dr. Frank-Dieter Kopinke; Professor Dr. Harald Krautscheid; Professor Dr. Friedrich Kremer; Professor Dr. Klaus Kroy; Professor Dr. Josef Alfons Käs; Professor Dr. Stefan Mayr; Professor Dr. Felix Otto; Professor Dr. Tilo Pompe; Professor Dr. Bernd Rauschenbach; Professorin Dr. Andrea A. Robitzki; Professor Dr. Bernd Rosenow
