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The international doctoral program IGK 2495 was established in 2019 with our partner institute, the Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, in order to better understand lead-free perovskite materials for electro- optical-mechanical energy conversion systems. Such alternative energy sources will become increasingly vital over the next decades, not only as sources of renewable energy but also for high-tech applications, such as powering unattended wireless sensors. Of particular importance is the improved understanding of multi-length scale phenomena responsible for the energy conversion, development and implementation of state-of-the-art lead-free perovskite materials, novel 2D and 3D processing techniques, and integration into devices. Various synthesis, manufacturing, and experimental techniques will be utilized and coupled to cutting edge simulations, facilitating interdisciplinary collaboration.
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On 26th May 2023 Ahmed successfully defended his thesis and received the title of Dr.
Ahmed was the doctoral researcher of our first generation in Project H - Stress Modulated Electromechanical Coupling of Lead-Free Ferroelectrics. During his research he characterized the macroscopic properties o...
Udo Eckstein successfully defended his doctoral thesis on “Structural and Chemical relaxation in aerosol-deposited barium titanate thick films”. During his research he developed a method to produce freestanding films that he used to investigate the influence of defects on the functional properties. ...
We are inviting you to meet us at the E-MRS Spring Meeting where we are presenting the symposium Materials for energy conversion systems: fundamentals, designs, and applications. The meeting will be held in Strassbourg, France from May 29th - June 2nd, 2023. Our IRTG members have organized the progr...
IRTG members from Germany and Japan attended the 788th WE-Heraeus-Seminar on "Beyond Imperfections: New Structure-Property Relationships in Ceramics and Glasses" in Bad Honnef, Germany that was organized by Jens Stellhorn, Hiroki Taniguchi, and IRTG director Kyle Webber. Here, they were able to pres...
How long were you in Nagoya and with which research group?
I stayed for 2 months working in the groups of Prof. Hayashi and Prof. Kato.
What did you research while you were there?
I brought some BaS3 and related thin film samples from our lab and used different characterization techniqu...
