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Illustration of atomic structure highlighting aluminum, magnesium, and hydrogen atoms. A color scale denotes trapping energy variations, with a lattice network depicting atomic connections.

Stronger and safer: new design strategy for aluminium combines strength with hydrogen embrittlement resistance

April 30, 2025

International researcher team develops scalable aluminium alloys for the hydrogen economy

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Accelerating battery innovation with AI-driven materials discovery

March 18, 2025

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Max Planck team receives 1.5 million euros as part of the European project FULL-MAP

New design strategy for high-performance steels

July 09, 2024

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International research team develops steel for liquid gas transport and storage. Results now published in the journal Science.

Seeing light elements in a grain boundary

August 01, 2023

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A further step in unravelling materials’ properties down to the atomic scale

Tuning thermoelectric materials for efficient power generation

March 09, 2023

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Researcher team led by Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung published latest findings in the journal Advanced Energy Materials

Towards defect engineering: identifying universal structures on the atomic scale

February 15, 2023

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Researchers of the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung publish their latest findings in the journal Physical Review B

Sustainable, ultra-strong and ductile steel through advanced processing

January 17, 2023

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International researcher team presents a novel microstructure design strategy for lean medium-manganese steels with optimized properties in the journal Science

Metal powder: zero-carbon fuel for the future?

September 16, 2022

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How iron can be used to store and transport energy

Better magnets for green energy

August 10, 2022

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Researchers use multicomponent alloys to make strong and ductile soft magnetic materials. Latest results now published in the journal Nature

Hydrogen - the future fuel source

August 01, 2022

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New video explains how green hydrogen is produced

World record in solar cell efficiency achieved

April 14, 2022

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Researcher team published recent findings in the journal Nature

What happens in material imperfections at the atomic level?

November 23, 2021

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Video with Christian Liebscher about his latest research results

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