Additive micromanufacturing of 3D copper architectures

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Turning scrap into high-performance steel

April 10, 2026

Max Planck team participates in EU project exploring the influence of residual elements in recycled steel

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Stainless steel for the hydrogen economy

February 03, 2026

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Passivation strategy overcomes corrosion and hydrogen embrittlement

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

April 30, 2025

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International researcher team develops scalable aluminium alloys for the hydrogen economy

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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.

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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

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Optimized magnets for the energy transition

May 31, 2023

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European Innovation Council supports a research project led by Technical University Darmstadt with 3 million euros

A new space for designing advanced materials

May 22, 2023

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Dr. Liuliu Han heads the new research group “High-Entropy Materials”

Using artificial intelligence to design innovative materials

March 31, 2023

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Max Planck scientists explore the possibilities of artificial intelligence in materials science and publish their review

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

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

What happens in material imperfections at the atomic level?

November 23, 2021

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