Fraunhofer’s CARBONTRANS Pilot Plant Receives Funding
The state of Saxony-Anhalt has decided to fund construction of the CARBONTRANS pilot plant in Leuna. The plant will carry out material recycling of carbon carriers.
The Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems IMWS is developing new biomaterials for dermal application in the project »SkinNext«. The researchers in Halle use the unique properties of the natural fibre proteins elastin and collagen for this.
Prof. Ralph Gottschalg is to become the new head of the Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP in Halle (Saale). The physicist comes from Loughborough University/England. At the same time, Gottschalg will take up a professorship in the field of photovoltaic energy systems at the Anhalt University of Applied Sciences.
The Fraunhofer CEM will advise businesses, researchers and policy-makers on issues related to the efficient use of raw and other materials and on a sustainable economy.
We analyze the properties of microelectronics and microsystem technology components and thus increase the reliability and performance, for example, of computer chips and sensors.
We open up new potential for the use of polymers - for example, as lightweight construction materials for the automotive and aviation industry, in efficient tyres or as plastics made of renewable raw materials.
How good are the materials used in medical engineering and biotechnology? How can cosmetic care products be improved? What can materials made from natural materials achieve? We find out.
We use our top expertise to improve technology, from wafer manufacture to module production. We develop new materials to make photovoltaics more cost effective, more efficient and more reliable.
Fraunhofer-Institut für Mikrostruktur von Werkstoffen und Systemen IMWS