The research and development at the Department for Nanostructured Materials are focused on the leading-edge areas of nanotechnology and advanced materials, addressing the most difficult societal challenges that Europe and the world are currently facing. This includes clean and efficient energy, health, environment remediation and critical-raw-materials resource efficiency.

A versatile team with synergies across a variety of complementary basic and applied expertise in combination with state-of-the-art research methods enables us to respond promptly to various emerging societal challenges. The basic and applied research of the Department for Nanostructured Materials includes permanent magnets and intermetallic alloys, engineering and functional ceramics, minerals, sensors, materials for a sustainable and ecologically built environment, biomimetic materials and biomaterials