Scientific Events

Design of sustainable luminescent materials - from basics to real applications

Colloquia Series on Sustainable Metallurgy

Date: Apr 29, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Jun-Prof. Markus Suta, Professor for Inorganic Photoactive Materials, Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
Room: Hybrid / Large Seminar Room No. 203
Host: Prof. Dierk Raabe
Topic: Lectures
Contact: susmet@mpie.de

This lecture explores the design of luminescent materials by examining the balance between radiative and non-radiative decay processes, focusing on rare-earth and transition-metal-based LED phosphors as well as lanthanoid-based luminescent thermometers. It highlights both sustainability challenges and fundamental limits in temperature sensing, offering insights into improving material efficiency through deeper understanding of non-radiative transitions. [more]

Towards more sustainable uses of rare earth elements - from an inorganic and biological perspective

Colloquia Series on Sustainable Metallurgy

Date: Apr 1, 2025
Time: 04:00 PM - 05:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
Speaker: Prof. Lena Daumann; Dr. Carl-Eric Wegner
Bioinorganic Chemistry at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU)
Location: Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
Room: Hybrid / Large Seminar Room No. 203
Host: Prof. Christina Scheu
Topic: Lectures
Contact: c.scheu@mpie.de

Lanthanides (Ln) - the f-elements from Ce to Lu, along with La - are indispensable for modern life. These elements are at the heart of advancements in green energy technologies, energy-efficient lighting, and various industrial and medical applications. [more]