The Fraunhofer Institute for Microstructure of Materials and Systems is a methodologically oriented Fraunhofer Institute working in the disciplines of materials science and materials engineering. The Fraunhofer IMWS is a point of contact for industry and public service clients on all questions relating to the microstructure of materials and systems. Its aim is to increase material efficiency and conserve resources.
The work of the Fraunhofer IMWS is directed at identifying errors and weak spots in materials, components and systems at the micro and nano scale, explaining how they have arisen and providing solutions for clients based on those findings. The institute's industrial clients include companies from the field of microelectronics and microsystems technology, photovoltaics, plastics engineering, the chemical industry, power engineering, and automotive or aircraft construction. This work goes hand in hand with the further development of methods and tools for microstructure analysis, enabling industrial clients with tailor-made device configurations to identify and avoid sources of error themselves in future.
The microstructural approach of the Fraunhofer IMWS makes it possible to design technology development specific to the material right at the development stage and to customise the functional properties of the components or systems. Apart from the microstructure-based technology development the development of new high throughput screening methods is also of key importance here.
The Fraunhofer IMWS is incorporated in the Weinberg Campus, the second largest scientific campus in East Germany, together with the Martin Luther University Halle Wittenberg and the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics Halle.
The Composite Sandwich Conference took place in #HalleSaale at the end of April. In addition to the professional exchange and the opportunity to network, new fields of application for sandwich materials were discussed, co-organized by the #FraunhoferIMWS.
🎇 With the year 2024 coming to a close we're filled with gratitude for everything that was achieved this year and we are exceptionally proud of our Composite Sandwich Conference CSC2024! We would like to thank everyone involved for their contribution and are hoping to see you all at the CSC 2026! ✨ ❤️
🌟 The year is coming to an end. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our followers! Thank you for the informative exchanges here on LinkedIn. We would also like to thank all of our customers for the trusting and inspiring cooperation this year.
We wish you a wonderful end to the year, a pleasant holiday season 🎄 and a good start to a successful new year in 2025!
#SeeYouIn2025
➡️ FMD - Forschungsfabrik Mikroelektronik Deutschland is setting up APECS Pilot Line for European semiconductor industry ⬅️
🔔 The FMD has received funding approval to set up a pilot line for “Advanced Packaging and Heterogeneous Integration for Electronic Components and Systems” (#APECS).
As a guest member of the FMD, we at the #FraunhoferIMWS have contributed to the design of the pilot line. The upcoming funding will also enable us to make significant investments that will considerably expand our methodological capabilities in the field of material characterization 🔬 for modern #microelectronic components.
📌 APECS is a key building block of the #EUChipsAct to advance chiplet innovation and increase semiconductor research and manufacturing capabilities in Europe. The total funding for the APECS pilot line is 730 million euros over 4.5 years. APECS is coordinated by the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft and implemented by the Research Fab Microelectronics Germany (FMD).
Press release 🌐 https://bit.ly/49GkZQX
APECS official website 🌐 https://bit.ly/49W5owV
➡️ Over a period of five years, six Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft institutes combined their expertise in the Fraunhofer lighthouse project “MaNiTU” to identify the most sustainable paths for the market launch of perovskite tandem solar cells. ⬅️
In doing so, they were able to show that high efficiencies can be achieved with industry-related processes. However, high efficiencies could only be achieved with perovskites containing lead. The researchers therefore developed suitable recycling concepts to ensure sustainability.
At the #FraunhoferIMWS, the low-damage focused ion beam technique (#FIB) was used for the preparation of industrial tandem solar cells, which can then be analyzed in high resolution in the transmission electron microscope (#TEM) 🔬.
A special sample holder was constructed that allows the direct deposition of absorber and contact layers on TEM substrates at the project partners' sites. In addition, methods were developed to study the thickness, coverage and chemical bonding of self-assembling molecular monolayers.
#MaterialsInsights#WeLoveMaterials
🔹Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC
🔹Fraunhofer IWM
🔹Fraunhofer IST
🔹Fraunhofer IWKS
Wie kann sich die deutsche #PVIndustrie gegenüber der internationalen Konkurrenz behaupten und welche aktuellen technologischen Entwicklungen und Herausforderungen beschäftigen die #Solarbranche dabei besonders?
Zu diesen und weiteren Themen tauschten sich rund 60 Fachleute aus der PV-Branche vergangene Woche bei den zweitätigen #PVDays am Fraunhofer-Center für Silizium-Photovoltaik CSP in Halle (Saale) aus.
🗣️ In Vorträgen wurden Fallbeispiele aus der industriellen Praxis vorgestellt und neue Forschungsergebnisse präsentiert.
Die wichtigsten Ergebnisse der Konferenz zusammengefasst:
➡️ Nicht hinreichend ergründete Fehlermechanismen trüben die Rasanz technologischer Innovationen. #Qualitätssicherung für PV braucht daher klar definierte Standards und Testvorgaben.
➡️ Im Bereich der PV-Systeme zeigt sich, wie hilfreich Sensor- und Robotertechnik beim Anlagenmonitoring sein können und welche wichtige Rolle die digitale Verarbeitung dieser Überwachungsdaten bei der optimierten Betriebsführung spielt.
➡️ #PVRecycling wird immer wichtiger, ist aber angesichts billiger Rohstoffe und hoher Kosten bei der Auftrennung noch immer ein vernachlässigtes Thema. Gezeigt wurde u.a., dass im Sinne der Nachhaltigkeit viel stärker auf eine Wiederverwendung von Modulen statt auf das Recycling von Materialien und Rohstoffen gesetzt werden sollte.
Ein Highlight war auch in diesem Jahr der Industriemarktplatz. Fünf Aussteller präsentierten Ihr Unternehmen. Erstmalig wurde hierbei ein Online-Tool zur lastgangoptimierten Auslegung von PV-Anlagen vorgestellt, welches das Fraunhofer CSP gemeinsam mit der Landesenergieagentur Sachsen-Anhalt entwickelt hat.
Wir sagen DANKE und bis zum nächsten Jahr!
Mit dabei sind unter anderem:
🔹WAVELABS Solar Metrology Systems GmbH
🔹MBJ Solutions GmbH
🔹HI ERN
🔹Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH (PCCL)
🔹TÜV Rheinland
🔹Fraunhofer-Institut für Solare Energiesysteme ISE
🔹solar4trade GmbH
🔹AE Alternative Energy GmbH
🔹Landesagentur für Erneuerbare Energien LENA GmbH
🔹OPES Solar Mobility
🔹ThermHex Waben GmbH
🔹Eurac Research
🔹Austrian Institute of Technology
🔹TESVOLT AG
🔹Reiling PV-Recycling GmbH & Co. KG
🔹RW silicium GmbH
🔹Berner Fachhochschule BFH#SolarForFuture#Photovoltaik#QualityAssuranceForPV
📣 We are delighted to be among the finalists for the JEC Award in the Automotive & Road Transportation - Process category with our Thermoplastic Sandwich Moulding Technology.
We developed a lightweight compartment flap as a demonstrator and a production process that is suitable for large-scale production of thermoplastic sandwich components.
Thank you very much to our project partners Daimler Truck AG, edevis GmbH, edevis GmbH, ElringKlinger, ENGEL Österreich - Wir sind ENGEL and ThermHex Waben GmbH.
We also want to thank JEC Group for the nomination!
We look forward to the award ceremony in Paris in January 🎉.
➡️ Save the date for Nanobrücken 2025 ⬅️
Nanobrücken is Bruker Nano Surfaces & Metrology annual Nanomechanical Testing Conference and User Meeting covering all aspects of #nanoindentation and nanotribological testing, featuring presentations by leading experts in the field.
Technologiepark Weinberg Campus
📅 When: March 4-6th, 2025
📍 Where: Fraunhofer IMWS, #HalleSaale
🖊️ Register now: https://bit.ly/4hYsMNU
Topics at Nanobrücken 2025:
• Advanced nanoindentation and associated techniques
• Testing in extreme environments
• In-situ SEM/TEM, theory/simulation and biomechanical testing
We hope to see you there!
#Nanotechnology#MaterialsScience#QualityAssurance
