Organisation
Our Institute is divided into the following sections:
- Magnetism and Superconductivity
- In the workgroup Magnetism and Superconductivity, physicists, materials scientists and chemists work closely together on a wide variety of topics from basic physical effects to materials development and application tests. (head: Prof. Dr. Ludwig Schultz)
- Metal Physics
- A key issue of our activities is the development of new materials properties by metal forming and heat treatment processes. These activities are complemented by mechanical testing in a wide spectrum of setup parameters. We operate the pulsed high field facility of the IFW Dresden. (head: Dr. Jens Freudenberger)
- Electrochemical Properties of Functional Materials
- Electrochemical Properties of Functional Materials (Dr. A. Gebert)
- Magnetic Microstructures
- Magnetic Microstructures (Dr. R. Schäfer)
- Metastable and Nanostructured Materials
- Metastable and Nanostructured Materials (Dr. B. Rellinghaus)
- Superconducting Materials
- The Superconducting Materials Group covers materials research topics ranging from Powder In Tube (PIT) superconducting tapes, melt textured bulk materials and Coated Conductors for power applications to general aspects of superconductors and functional thin films. Besides superconducting films also hard magnetic or magnetic shape memory thin films and heterostructures based on these materials are of growing interest. (head: Dr. Bernhard Holzapfel)