Scientific Events

Grain boundary stabilization: thermodynamics or kinetics?

  • Date: Jul 21, 2026
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Yuri Mishin
  • Humboldt Research Award Winner 2026; George Mason University, USA
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Two approaches have been proposed to slow down grain growth in nanocrystalline materials: the thermodynamic approach, which aims to reduce the grain boundary (GB) free energy, and the kinetic approach, which seeks to reduce GB mobility. Both approaches rely on GB segregation. We argue that the two ... [more]

Recent applications of high-energy-resolution STEM-EELS: from phonons and magnons to extra-terrestrial organic matter

  • Date: Jul 17, 2026
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Quentin Ramasse
  • Director, SuperSTEM Laboratory and Chair of Advanced Electron Microscopy, University of Leeds
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
A little over a decade after the first report of vibrational spectroscopy in the STEM, this informal seminar will illustrate the extremely wide impact high-energy-resolution STEM-EELS has had across numerous scientific fields. Beyond headline demonstrations of atomic-resolution phonon or magnon ... [more]

Hydrogen Plasma Refining Coupled with Solid-State Reduction for Sustainable Ironmaking

Hydrogen Plasma Refining Coupled with Solid-State Reduction for Sustainable Ironmaking
  • Date: Jul 8, 2026
  • Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr Raj Kumar Dishwar
  • Assistant Professor (Extractive Metallurgy) Department of Fuel Minerals and Metallurgical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustaianble Materials
  • Room: Big seminar room
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Dierk Raabe
  • Topic: Discussion and debate formats, lectures
The growing demand for sustainable ironmaking and steel refining technologies has intensified the need for efficient utilization of industrial fines and low-grade resources. In the present study, waste iron ore fines and lime fines were utilized to produce highly fluxed iron ore pellets and their ... [more]

High-performance magnets for efficient energy conversion

  • Date: Jun 24, 2026
  • Time: 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Prof. Dagmar Goll
  • Aalen University: Senior member of the management team at the Institute for Materials Research (IMFAA), Chair of Physics of Magnetic Materials
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustaianble Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Dierk Raabe
Efficient energy converters require high-performance magnetic materials such as rare earth permanent magnets. Due to the criticality of rare earth metals, the major challenges are the reduction or avoidance of those elements in permanent magnets and to optimize the microstructure to approach ... [more]

Ferroelectric Oxides for Sustainable Nanotechnology

Colloquia Series on Sustainable Metallurgy
  • Date: Jun 23, 2026
  • Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dennis Meier, Functional Ferroic Systems, University of Duisburg-Essen
  • Location: University Duisburg-Essen, Lotharstraße 1, 47057 Duisburg
  • Room: MG 272
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Christof Schulz
  • Topic: Lectures
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Extreme mechanics and additive manufacturing of materials across scales

  • Date: Jun 1, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Dr. Yu Zou
  • Associate Professor in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering at the University of Toronto, Canada
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
  • Room: Large Conference Room No. 203
  • Host: on invitation of Prof. Gerhard Dehm
Innovations in material development and manufacturing processes for extreme conditions are necessary and urgent for many emerging applications. Towards this vision, this presentation will focus on the exploration of mechanical behavior and manufacturing processes of materials, with an emphasis on ... [more]

11th APT User Meeting 2024

  • Start: May 19, 2026
  • End: May 21, 2026
  • Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustaianble Materials
  • Host: Prof. Baptiste Gault, Dr. Tim Schwarz & Dr. Aparna Saksena
  • Contact: t.schwarz@mpie.de
We’re pleased to announce the 11th edition of our world-famous NRW-APT user meeting, hosted at the Max-Planck-Institute für Nachhaltige Materialien from 19th to 21st May 2026. As a follow-up to the success of the 10th NRW user-meeting, we aim to bring again together APT users from not only NRW, but ... [more]
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