Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology

A team of scientists at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has developed a novel mechanical cleaning method for surfaces on the nanoscale. The technique successfully removes even the tiniest contaminants down to the atomic scale, achieving an unprecedented level of cleanliness. ... Continue

Excellent news for FAU: The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved a new Collaborative Research Centre for the University to start in January 2020. The CRC will be coordinated by FAU and its researchers are set to receive around 11 million euros in funding for nanoparticle design. The researc... Continue

The University of Jyväskylä, Finland organised the 9th summer school from 5 Aug to 16 Aug 2019. I attended the Nanotechnology course “Methods for the Characterization of Supramolecular Complexes” by Professor Pablo Ballester from the Institut Català d'Investigació Química, Spain. The topics included... Continue

The 2019 Shanghai Ranking has been published, and FAU is among the world’s top 100 universities in five subjects. MAP related subjects like Chemical Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, Metallurgical Engineering, Nanoscience and Nanotechnology have been ranked highly. Please, find furt... Continue