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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

Hydrogen is a highly promising energy source. As the most common element on Earth, it has the potential as a fuel and in energy storage to transform the energy supply in mobility and industry in a climate-friendly way. Through Energie Campus Nürnberg (EnCN), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-... Continue

The fourth International Symposium on Atomistic and Multiscale Modeling of Mechanics and Multiphysics (ISAM4), co-organized by MAP chair Prof. Erik Bitzek, took place August 5th to 8th, 2019. About 80 scientists mostly from Germany and Japan gathered in the Orangerie to discuss the latest scientific... Continue

Complexity in nature, whether in chlorophyll or in living organisms, often results from self-assembly and is considered particularly robust. Compact clusters of elemental particles can be shown to be of practical relevance, and are found in atomic nuclei, nano particles or viruses. An interdisciplin... Continue

No corners or edges - Chemical engineer from FAU receives 2.5 million euros from European Research Council for research into new reaction accelerators. Continue

The mineral perovskite has a reputation as a miracle optoelectronic semiconductor, particularly when it comes to solar technology applications. It is highly efficient, but unfortunately still almost completely unsuited for everyday uses due to incompatible interfaces. Researchers at Friedrich-Alexan... Continue