Our CRC/TRR 270 contributes to NFDI-MatWerk, the National Research Data Infrastructure for Materials Science and Engineering, by being a Participant Project and Infrastructure Use Case.

CRC/TRR 270 is now one the supporting joint research projects of FAIRmat a consortium of the German Research-Data Infrastructure (NFDI).

We congratulate our partners Prof. Bilal Gökce (project B08) and Prof. Stephan Barcikowski (project A11) on receiving the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreises 2020 .

New publication: Introducing magnetic elements into the structure of layered ternary transition metal-based carbides that belong to the family of MAX phases has led to various intriguing phenomena, such as magnetic ordering close to or even above room temperature and structural changes accompanying magnetic transitions.

New publication: Bimetallic core–shell nanoparticles (CSNPs), where a ferromagnetic core (e.g., Co) is surrounded by a noble-metal thin plasmonic shell (e.g., Au), are highly interesting for applications in biomedicine and catalysis.

New publication: Epitaxial Cr2AlC MAX phase thin films were grown on MgO(111) and Al2O3(0001) by pulsed laser deposition (PLD) at 600°C.

Soft Skill Summer – Gender equality workshops for women in science

New publication: The L1 0 crystal structure underlines an important class of chemically ordered alloys that exhibits uniaxial magnetocrystalline anisotropy.

New publication in Advanced Materials

New publication in Acta Materialia

In this publication, we reveal a crucial role of grain orientation on the stress-induced martensitic transformation as well as the impact of grain size on the mechanical stability and the magnetic-field-induced transformation dynamics.

Joint publication of CRC/TRR 270 projects A02, A03, A05, A10, B05 and Z01 together with NIMS

Utilizing the molecular beam epitaxy technique, a nanoscale thin-film magnet of c-axis-oriented Sm2Co17 and SmCo5 phases is stabilized. Instead of using typical complex thermal treatments, a one-step approach to induce controlled phase separation in a binary Sm–Co system is shown.

New publication: The control of nanoparticle agglomeration during the fabrication of oxide dispersion strengthened steels is a key factor in maximizing their mechanical and high temperature reinforcement properties.

New publication: The development of magnetocaloric materials represents an approach to enable efficient and environmentally friendly refrigeration.

New publication: Utilizing the molecular beam epitaxy technique, a nanoscale thin-film magnet of c-axis-oriented Sm 2 Co 17 and SmCo 5 phases is stabilized.

At the 26th International Workshop on Rare-Earth and Future Permanent Magnets and their Applications (REPM2021) Prof. Oliver Gutfleisch received the REPM achievement award “For his outstanding work on the research and development of permanent magnet materials” (June 10, 2021).

New publication: Sm-based ThMn 12 -type structures are known to exhibit comparable intrinsic magnetic properties in comparison to the benchmark Nd 2 Fe 14 B.

The European Magnetism Association leads a series of online seminars to ensure the broad visibility of its members and their work, while maintaining a low carbon footprint.

Two award winners in Fuctional Materials

The Advisory Board of the TU Darmstadt Energy Center e.V. has announced the winners of this year's Darmstadt Energy Prize. The best master theses and dissertations from energy research at TU Darmstadt were awarded. The award ceremony took place on March 23 as a virtual event.