Project Details
Projekt
EXC 315: Engineering of Advanced Materials - Hierarchical Structure Formation for Functional Devices
Subject Area
Materials Science
Term
from 2007 to 2019
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 53244630
Advanced materials with properties tailored on the molecular and mesoscales are expected to stimulate evolutionary advances and revolutionary breakthroughs in emerging key technology areas such as information and communication as well as catalysis, energy and transportation. Hence, the ability to design novel materials and processes will have a strong impact on assuring industrial competitiveness, economic growth and a better quality of life. Based on the unique combination of the top-ranked Engineering and Natural Science Faculties at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, the scientific concept of the cluster of excellence focuses on the science and engineering of hierarchical materials organised from the molecular to the macroscopic levels.
Bridging the gap between materials design at the molecular level and macroscopic component and system engineering requires the development of adequate approaches capable of covering an extensive range of time and length scales in modelling and simulation, processing and manufacturing, as well as structure, property and process analytics. Based on a coherent methodological approach selected priority areas of research will be explored, including
(1) engineering of nanoelectronic materials,
(2) engineering of photonic and optic materials,
(3) engineering of catalytic materials,
(4) engineering of lightweight materials.
Demonstrators will be developed in these research areas in close cooperation with external academic and industrial partners integrated in the cluster of excellence. The vision of the cluster of excellence is to bridge the gap between fundamental research and real-world applications of modern high-performance materials in key scientific and engineering areas.
Bridging the gap between materials design at the molecular level and macroscopic component and system engineering requires the development of adequate approaches capable of covering an extensive range of time and length scales in modelling and simulation, processing and manufacturing, as well as structure, property and process analytics. Based on a coherent methodological approach selected priority areas of research will be explored, including
(1) engineering of nanoelectronic materials,
(2) engineering of photonic and optic materials,
(3) engineering of catalytic materials,
(4) engineering of lightweight materials.
Demonstrators will be developed in these research areas in close cooperation with external academic and industrial partners integrated in the cluster of excellence. The vision of the cluster of excellence is to bridge the gap between fundamental research and real-world applications of modern high-performance materials in key scientific and engineering areas.
DFG Programme
Clusters of Excellence
Applicant Institution
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Participating Institution
Bayerisches Zentrum für Angewandte Energieforschung e.V. (ZAE Bayern)
Standort Erlangen
Abteilung Thermosensorik und Photovoltaik; Bayerisches Laserzentrum (BLZ) GmbH; Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen (IIS); Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Systeme und Bauelementetechnologie (IISB); Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts; Neue Materialien Fürth GmbH
Standort Erlangen
Abteilung Thermosensorik und Photovoltaik; Bayerisches Laserzentrum (BLZ) GmbH; Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Schaltungen (IIS); Fraunhofer-Institut für Integrierte Systeme und Bauelementetechnologie (IISB); Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts; Neue Materialien Fürth GmbH
Spokesperson
Professor Dr.-Ing. Wolfgang Peukert
Participating Researchers
Professor Dr. Christoph J. Brabec; Professor Dr.-Ing. Antonio Delgado; Professor Dr. Lothar Frey (†); Professor Dr.-Ing. Peter Greil; Professor Dr. Dirk M. Guldi; Professor Dr. Mathias Göken; Professor Dr. Andreas Görling; Professor Dr. Marcus Halik; Professor Dr. Andreas Hirsch; Professorin Dr.-Ing. Carolin Körner; Professor Dr. Günter Leugering; Professor Dr. Klaus Mecke; Professorin Dr.-Ing. Marion Merklein; Professor Dr. Ulf Peschel; Professor Dr. Thorsten Pöschel; Professor Dr. Philip St. J. Russell; Professor Vahid Sandoghdar, Ph.D.; Professor Dr. Patrik Schmuki; Professor Dr.-Ing. Robert F. Singer (†); Professor Dr.-Ing. Paul Steinmann; Professor Dr. Hans-Peter Steinrück; Professor Dr. Peter Wasserscheid; Professor Dr. Dirk Zahn; Professorin Dr. Jana Zaumseil
