Scientific Events

SurMat Workshop & Materials Day at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum

Start: Nov 8, 2012
End: Nov 9, 2012
Location: Ruhr University Bochum
Room: Event Centre, Room 2a

This year the annual Materials Day of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) will be joined by the doctoral programme SurMat of the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung (MPIE). This joint workshop will take place at the RUB from November 8th to 9th. The workshop gives an overview of the current ... [more]

Hydrogen Embrittlement in Steels

Date: Jun 25, 2012
Time: 08:30 AM - 07:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
Room: Seminar Room 1

The Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung in Düsseldorf is organizing a workshop on hydrogen embrittlement in steels on June, 25th 2012 and would like to invite all interested research colleagues to participate in this event. The workshop is part of a series of topical one-day meetings at the ... [more]

Ab initio description of iron and steel - thermodynamics and kinetics

Start: Apr 29, 2012 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
End: May 4, 2012 09:00 AM
Location: Ringberg Castle
Host: Department Computational Materials Design

The aim of the seminar is to bring together distinguished experts in ab-initio calculations and thermodynamic/kinetic modeling of metals and steels. In particular, the meeting will discuss recent progress in the accurate and efficient modeling of finite-temperature properties/processes and phase ... [more]

Image-Based Simulation for Biomechanics, Materials Applications and Reverse Engineering

Date: Mar 22, 2012
Time: 09:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
Room: Seminar Room 1

This seminar is aimed at those interested in 3D reconstruction from radiology images, and in using 3D image data (as obtained from CT, MicroCT, MRI and Ultrasound) to generate Rapid Prototyping, CAD, and Finite Element models. Attend this seminar to learn how to: »»Generate computer models ... [more]

Unconventional Tools for Constructing Tunneling Junctions from Self-Assembled Monolayers

Start: Mar 13, 2012 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
End: Mar 13, 2013 06:00 PM
Speaker: Prof. R.C. Chiechi
Stratingh Institute for Chemistry and Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
Room: Seminar Room 1
Host: Dr. Michael Rohwerder
Contact: stein@mpie.de

Despite remarkable advancements in the theory and spectroscopy, and the myriad tools for measuring tunneling currents through molecules, a central problem in the field of Molecular Electronics is the lack of robust, generalizable, scalable methods for leveraging self-assembly to construct devices ... [more]

Thin Film Metrology

Date: Mar 1, 2012
Time: 09:00 AM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
Room: Seminar Room 1
Host: SENTECH/MPIE

The seminar "Thin Film Metrology" focuses on optical methods and applications for thin film analysis. Basics of spectroscopic ellipsometry, reflectometry and transmission measurements are presented. Contributions from experts cover the analysis of the properties of metallic surfaces, transparent ... [more]

Novel functional materials based on nanoporous metals

Date: Feb 9, 2012
Time: 02:30 PM - 03:30 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Weißmüller
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jörg Weißmüller, head of the Institute of Materials Physics at the Hamburg University of Technology and head of the Hybride Materials Systems group at the Helmholtz-Center Geesthacht will hold a seminar talk at the MPIE on novel functional materials based on nanoporous metals.
Location: Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH
Room: Seminar Room 1

Nanoporous metals prepared by the corrosion of an alloy can take the form of monolithic, millimeter-sized bodies containing approximately 1015 nanoscale ligaments per cubic millimeter. Their structure size can reach down to the very limits of stability of nanoscale objects. The prospect of using ... [more]