Material Sciences and Fundamental Research in Physics and Chemistry

New technologies require new materials – in medicine, in solar technology and in many other branches. Thanks to its excellent research infrastructure in the field of material sciences, Berlin provides the best conditions for science and industry.

Experiments with Neutrons and Synchrotron

Radiation The Helmholtz Center Berlin for Materials and Energy is one of the few centers in the world that conducts experiments with both neutrons and synchrotron radiation. This is made possible by two pieces of large-scale research equipment: the research reactor BER II for experiments with neutrons and the synchrotron radiation source BESSY II, which produces ultrabright photon beams ranging from the terahertz to the X-ray frequency.

Other institutions worthy of special mention are the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM), the Leibniz Institute for Crystal Growth (IKZ), which is dedicated to the growth of crystalline materials from basic research up to technological realization, and the various institutes based in Adlershof with their focuses on molecular materials, nano-materials, semiconductors and semiconductor components.

Training and Research Opportunities Found Nowhere Else in the World

The Process Sciences faculty at the Technische Universität Berlin brings together experts in the fields of biotechnology, energy and process engineering, food chemistry and technology, technical environmental protection and materials science. In doing so, it offers a training and research program in the field of the process-oriented science disciples that is unique in the entire world.

With the participation of nine specialty fields, the Technische Universität is highly involved in the “Unifying Concepts in Catalysis” Cluster of Excellence. More than 250 biologists, chemists, physicists and process engineers from four universities and two Max Planck institutes are working together as part of this interdisciplinary research collaborative.

Business Location Center

For comprehensive information on the “innovation field” of Material Sciences, please visit the Web pages of the Berlin Business Location Center.

Chemistry and Synthetics