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Materials science

The generation, conversion, storage and distribution of energy – this requires innovative solutions for which the design of new materials is the key. At Ruhr University Bochum, scientists from all areas of materials science are cooperating on these questions within an interdisciplinary research network – and also with partners at the University of Duisburg-Essen as part of the University Alliance Ruhr.

Collaborative Research Centres

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SFB/TR 247
Heterogeneous oxidation catalysis in the liquid phase

The aim is to produce chemicals sustainably and efficiently in the post-fossil age.

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SFB/TR 103
From atom to turbine blade

This Collaborative Research Centre focuses on the scientific foundations for a new generation of monocrystalline superalloys.

Completed Collaborative Research Centres

Plasmakammer
SFB/TR 87
Pulsed high power plasmas for the synthesis of nanostructural functional layers

The Collaborative Research Centre researches into novel materials using plasma technology.

Kristallartige Strukturen
SFB 459
Shape Memory Technology
The Collaborative Research Centre researches shape memory technology from product innovation to sophisticated applications in mechanical engineering and medicine.

ERC Grants

Porträt von Anna Böhmer
ERC Starting Grant 2023
Grantee Professor Anna Böhmer

Anna Böhmer holds the professorship for experimental solid-state physics.

Kristina Tschulik
ERC Starting Grant 2021
Grantee Professor Kristina Tschulik

Professor Kristina Tschulik heads the Chair of Analytical Chemistry II.

Other awards

  • Professor Silvana Botti received a Momentum Grant from the Volkswagen Foundation.
  • Professor Anna Grünebohm received the Innovation Award NRW in the category “early career researchers”.

Further projects

Project DIMENSION

The project “Determining materials for energy conversion – Establishing a fast track towards processing and evaluation” (DIMENSION) is funded by the Mercator Research Center Ruhr with approx. 1.8 million euros for a period of five years. Researchers of the University Alliance Ruhr are collaborating to develop new materials to ensure the success of the energy transition, such as for fuel cells and for the electrolysis of water to produce so-called green hydrogen.

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NRW cooperation platform MAT4HY.NRW
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Press release

SUPERQUMAP, SOLARUP und Compositionally Complex Alloys

Professor Anna Böhmer is a member of the Management Committee of the EU Cost Action “Superconducting Nanodevices and Quantum Materials for Coherent Manipulation” (SUPERQUMAP). Professor Silvana Botti is involved in the Pathfinder project “SOLARUP”, funded by the European Innovation Council. Professor Tong Li is a member of the Priority Programme 2006 “Compositionally Complex Alloys – High Entropy Alloys”.

Research structures

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Research Department
Materials Research

Researchers are developing novel high-performance materials with properties that had not as yet been exploited.

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Research building
ZGH

At the Center for Interface-Dominated High Performance Materials, materials for extreme conditions are analysed and continuously optimised.

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Special Centre
ICAMS
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Worldfactory
Incubator Materials
Forschungsanlage
Special centre
RUBION

Early career groups

  • Emmy Noether group “Scale-bridging computational design of multifunctional ferroelectric composites”
    Prof. Dr. Anna Grünebohm
  • Emmy Noether group “Bio-inspired Carbon Dioxide Activation on Heterobimetallic Complexes”
    Prof. Dr. Ulf-Peter Apfel (2014 bis 2021)
  • Fraunhofer Attract group “C1EKAT – CO2 reduction through electrocatalysis”
    Prof. Dr. Ulf-Peter Apfel
  • ForLab PICT2DES “Research Lab Microelectronics Bochum for 2D Electronics”
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News in materials science
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Newsportal

Collaboration within the University Alliance Ruhr

Forschungsgerät
Research Centre
Future Energy Materials and Systems
The Research Center Future Energy Materials and Systems aims to develop new materials that are urgently needed for energy carrier generation, energy conversion, storage, and transport in a targeted, rapid and sustainable manner.
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Flagship Program
Materials Chain
The goal of the collaboration is to reach a complete and concise description of the whole materials chain – from atoms to finished technical components and vice versa.

Further collaborations

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Research at RUB
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