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The defiant
At the Adlershof-based Reiner Lemoine Institute (RLI), Christine Kühnel is working towards a future in which energy is 100 percent renewable:
The German government just recently cut funding for the Climate and Transformation Fund. This affects Reiner Lemoine Institut (RLI), among many others. “The consequences are dramatic,” says Christine Kühnel, who has…
Scientists decipher the contribution of electrons to molecular chirality
A new approach offers a way to control physical and chemical properties that result from chiral interactions:
A new experimental approach provides the long-awaited tools to understand the role of electrons in the molecular chiral reactivity and offers a way to control physical and chemical properties that result from chiral…
Watching indium phosphide at work
Research team from HZB, TU Ilmenau and Paderborn University gained insights into the electron dynamics in the surface of the semiconductor:
Indium phosphide is a versatile semiconductor. The material can be used for solar cells, for hydrogen production and even for quantum computers – and with record-breaking efficiency. However, little research has been…
A stroke of luck – The meteorite from the Havelland
Planetary researcher Jörn Helbert examined the very rare object in the DLR laboratory:
Sunday, 21 January 2024. It’s about half past two. The night over Brandenburg is clear when, suddenly, a fiery streak illuminates the sky. A chunk of a rock from space, half a metre long and weighing about 140 kilos,…
A sculpture in front of BESSY II: The neuron accelerator
An art installation will be erected in front of the entrance to the BESSY building, which invites people to sit down and exchange ideas:
Art on buildings is one of the requirements for publicly funded construction projects. HZB is also bound by this requirement. For the three construction projects EMIL, BERLinPro and the testing hall, the HZB…
FBH has developed a terahertz line scanner for plastic components
World's first line scanner with monolithically integrated terahertz detectors for industrial applications:
The Ferdinand-Braun-Institut has developed a terahertz line scanner for plastic components, enabling cost-effective realization of larger scan line lengths in industrial environments. For the first time, the…
IRIS beamline at BESSY II extended with nanomicroscopy
The new nanoscope enables nanospectroscopy and nanoimaging of structures smaller than a thousandth of the diameter of a human hair:
The IRIS infrared beamline at the BESSY II storage ring now offers a fourth option for characterising materials, cells and even molecules on different length scales. The team has extended the IRIS beamline with an end…
German-South African GreenQUEST initiative is developing a clean household fuel
CO₂-neutral liquid gas with a great economic, environmental and social impact for southern Africa:
Burning biomass for cooking causes harmful environmental and health issues. The German-South African GreenQUEST initiative is developing a clean household fuel. It aims to reduce climate-damaging CO2 emissions and to…
A simpler way to inorganic perovskite solar cells
Annealing in ambient air does not have an adverse effect on the optoelectronic properties of the semiconductor film, but actually results in fewer defects:
Inorganic perovskite solar cells made of CsPbI3 are stable over the long term and achieve good efficiencies. A team led by Prof. Antonio Abate has now analysed surfaces and interfaces of CsPbI3 films, produced under…
Hollow nanospheres as potential reference particles for medical biomarkers
PTB contributed to precise the accurate size characterisation of the particles in its laboratory at BESSY II using small-angle X-ray scattering:
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanometer-sized cell-derived particles in body fluids and can be used as potential biomarkers for diseases such as cancer, inflammation and cardiovascular disease. EVs gained a lot of…
A new path to room temperature swirling spin textures
HZB team investigated a new, simple method at BESSY II that can be used to create stable radial magnetic vortices in magnetic thin films:
In some materials, spins form complex magnetic structures within the nanometre and micrometre scale in which the magnetization direction twists and curls along specific directions. Examples of such structures are…
How pulsed charging enhances the service time of batteries
Research team led by Prof. Adelhelm (HZB and Humboldt University) analyses ageing effects of lithium-ion batteries with different charging protocols:
An improved charging protocol might help lithium-ion batteries to last much longer. Charging with a high-frequency pulsed current reduces ageing effects, an international team demonstrated. The study was led by…
Oxidation processes of phosphoric acid revealed by tender X-rays
Results of research at HZB help to increase the lifetime and efficiency of fuel cells:
The interactions between phosphoric acid and the platinum catalyst in high-temperature PEM fuel cells are more complex than previously assumed. Experiments at BESSY II with tender X-rays have decoded the multiple…
New pioneering Leibniz Lab to combat pandemics
FBH contributes its expertise in the development of innovative UV light-emitting diodes and related irradiation systems:
The newly launched Leibniz Lab "Pandemic Preparedness: One Health, One Future" combines excellent interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research from 41 Leibniz Institutes. For the first time in Germany,…
Sebastian Keckert wins Young Scientist Award for Accelerator Physics
The physicist developed new superconducting thin-film material systems at HZB that enable significant energy savings at accelerator facilities:
Dr Sebastian Keckert has been awarded the Young Scientist Award for Accelerator Physics of the German Physical Society (DPG). The prize is endowed with 5000 euros and was presented to him on 21.03. during the spring…
Novel system for terahertz power measurements
The 300 GHz detector, developed in a Franco-German cooperation project with PTB, enables secure communication at 6G frequencies:
Until now, it has not been possible to measure the radiated power of millimeter waves in the terahertz spectral range in the so-called H-band with frequencies from 220 GHz to 330 GHz traceable to the International…
Prof. Clara Saraceno is honored with the International Fellowship Award 2024
The IKZ researcher receives the award for achievements in the field of oxide and fluoride dielectrics and laser crystals:
Oxide and fluoride crystals are pivotal in many different areas of photonics. They are well-suited host materials for laser-active ions, can serve in optical Faraday insulators and also for non-linear frequency…
Berlin Adlershof: High technology, skilled employees and openness as key success factors
Germany's largest science and technology park remains an important pillar of Berlin's economy :
The Berlin Adlershof Science and Technology Park continued its positive development in 2023. Revenues and budget funds grew by a solid 7.1% to € 3.9 billion (2022: € 3.6 billion). The number of employees remained…
Berlin Adlershof: Facts and figures
Berlin Adlershof is Germany’s largest and most successful science and technology park as well as Berlin’s largest media location – embedded in an overall urban development concept. Spanning an area of 4.6 km², the…
SKM Dissertation Prize 2024 of the DPG for Lisa-Marie Kern
The physicist has been awarded the Dissertation Prize of the Condensed Matter Section of the German Physical Society:
In recognition of her outstanding scientific work and its excellent presentation, Dr. Lisa-Marie Kern has been awarded the Dissertation Prize of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) of the German Physical Society…