Molecular Nanostructures and Molecular Solids
This research area is, amongst other
things, concerned with new forms of carbon: nanotubes and fullerens. Carbon
nanotubes are tiny tubes the walls of which consist of one or several atomic
layers of carbon. Their diameters measure between few and hundred nanometers.
Fullerenes are spherical molecules composed entirely of carbon, forming hollow
cages. The work of the IFW in this field is focussed on the synthesis and characterisation
of these substances as well as on studies of their electronic properties and on
application-related research reaching up to the preparation of composite
materials for the automotive industry as well as for biomedical applications.
Nanotubes and fullerenes
Conducting polymers and
organic molecular solids
Molecular Magnets
Magnetic nanostructures in
Life Scineces
Manipulation of nanoscaled magnets