Dear colleagues and friends,

Cluster of Excellence: 

Engineering of Advanced Materials 

News Edition Summer 2010 

News Strategic Alliance with BTS · Cooperation with CASE 

event review TEM Inauguration Ceremony · EAM Young Researchers’ Day 

people New Professor Bastian Etzold · Krupp Award for Jana Zaumseil 

Graduate School Lab Tours Research Carbon allotropes in aqueous solution 

E d i t o r i a l 

event reviews 

Dear colleagues and friends, 

The last few months have seen a lot of activity for the Cluster of 

Excellence EAM. One highlight was the inauguration ceremony of 

our TITAN 3 TEM and its building. In addition, the Cluster presented 

its activities to different communities like academia at the World 

Congress of Particle Technology and industry at the Hannover 

Messe, and POWTECH. For the general public, EAM was present 

at the VDI Technikmeile in Nuremberg. 

We are very delighted to learn of a number of important awards 

for EAM members and researchers: Prof. Jana Zaumseil has been 

announced as this year’s recipient of the Alfried Krupp Prize for 

Young Professors. For us, the prize demonstrates the success the 

Cluster is having in bringing the best minds to Erlangen. We are 

also very happy to hear that Prof. Patrik Schmuki has been accepted 

into the Reinhart Kosellek Program of the DFG. 

The building activities of the Cluster are becoming increasingly obvious. 

At the south campus, the new buildings will provide signi ficantly 

more space for research activities in the future. From the point of 

view of strategy, the evaluation of the advisory board is pivotal. As 

last year, this committee will meet during the EAM Symposium to be 

held in Kloster Banz in November. We hope to meet you there! 

The EAM Board 

The EAM Executive Board from left to right 

Carolin Körner · Monika Schenk · Robert Singer · Ulf Peschel · Günter Leugering 

Philip Russell · Mathias Göken · Wolfgang Peukert · Andreas Hirsch · Jana Zaumseil 

Peter Wasserscheid · · · · Absent: Tim Clark 

Inauguration 

Ceremony for 

the Titan 3 TEM 

and its building 

Discussions at the new TEM (from left to right) 

Prof. Wolfgang Peukert, EAM Coordinator, Prof. Karl-Dieter Grüske, 

President of the Uni versity Erlangen-Nuremberg, Prof. Erdmann 

Spiecker, Electron Microscopy Group and Bavarian Science 

Minister Dr. Wolfgang Heubisch. 

On 30 April 2010 the new TITAN 3 80 – 300 transmission electron 

microscope and its specially designed building were inaugurated, 

attended by many guests. The event kicked off with speeches 

by Prof. Dr. Mathias Göken, speaker of the Cluster of Excellence 

Center for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM), 

Dr. Wolfgang Heubisch, Bavarian Science Minister, and Prof. 

Dr. Karl-Dieter Grüske, President of the Friedrich-Alexander Uni 

ver sity Erlangen-Nuremberg. Representing EAM, the financing 

institute of the 2.1 million Euro instrument was its coordinator, 

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Peukert. The microscope itself as well as the 

numerous modes of operation and analytical techniques possible 

on it were introduced by Prof. Dr. Erdmann Spiecker of the 

Electron Microscopy Group. The first research findings based on 

cooperative efforts by departments within the Cluster were also 

announced. Concluding the event was the inaugural lecture given 

by renowned microscopist Prof. Dr. Knut Urban from the Ernst 

Ruska Center for Microscopy and Spectroscopy at the Research 

Center Jülich. One of the leading German contributors to the 

development of lens correctors, a key feature of the new microscope, 

Urban discussed new opportunities for materials research 

at the atomic scale that are now made possible by the electron 

microscope. Many of the guests who attended the inauguration 

later took part in a guided tour of the new facility.

2 Cluster of Excellence News Edition Summer 2010 

Top meeting-place for particle technology 

From 26 – 29 April the particle technology community met in 

Nurem berg for the World Congress on Particle Technology (WCPT6). 

The conference began with a plenary lecture entitled “Particle Technology 

for Materials Science” given by Prof. Wolfgang Peukert. His 

was not the only contri bu tion from Erlangen, however: An impressive 

total of twenty-six talks and fifteen posters were contributed by 

researchers from the University Erlangen-Nuremberg. 

This year, the WCPT was combined with POWTECH 2010, the international 

trade fair for mechanical processing technologies and instrumentation. 

The merging of these two events proved to be very 

successful, as it enabled representa tives from academia and indus try 

to share experiences from the re search lab and the marketplace. To 

showcase the Cluster’s pre sence in fundamental and applied research, 

activities in particle tech nology, catalysis, modeling and simulation, and 

trans mission elec tron microscopy were displayed at its 60m 2 stand. 

EAM saw its first colloquium organized by young researchers 

from all research areas of the Cluster. Under the motto “Telling 

the story of interdisciplinarity”, many junior and several senior 

EAM researchers met on 19 July 2010 in the brand new Bernhard- 

Ilschner audi torium in the Materials Science department. Five 

tandem talks given by PhD students and postdocs presented 

multifaceted projects and reported on latest results. Three renowned 

scientists from national and international research institutions 

complemented the program with their insights into 

multidisciplinary research. Dr. Anders Riisager from the CASE 

(Catalysis for Sustainable Energy) cluster in Lyngby/Denmark, 

Dr. Chaitanya Ullal from MPI for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, 

and Dr. Bettina Frohnapfel from CSI (Center of Smart 

Inter faces) Darmstadt kindly accepted the invitation of the orga - 

ni zing team to deliver a keynote lecture. 

The Young Researchers’ Day was also a very appropriate occasion 

to sign the new collaboration agreement between the CASE 

cluster and EAM (see page 7). Special mention was also made 

of the demonstrators being developed to support the Cluster’s 

second funding round proposal. Following an introduction by 

Cluster coordinator Prof. Wolfgang Peukert underlining the 

importance of the demonstrators, each research area showed 

the status of its demonstrator in posters supported with handson 

exhibits. In parallel, many other EAM projects presented their 

results during two poster sessions. 

The EAM summer party concluded this successful day. The warm 

weather, a delicious barbecue, and relaxed music created the right 

atmosphere to continue the discussions started during the day. 

New Building Blocks for Electronic Components 

EAM exhibited its research activities in printable electronics at the 

Bayern Innovativ joint stand at the Hannover Messe 2010 from 

19 – 23 April 2010. EAM presented three different examples of 

these components in the Research & Tech no logy hall: organic solar 

cells, thin film transistors, and flexible sensors. 

EAM at the 4th VDI Technikmeile in Nuremberg 

On 23 and 24 July the public strolling on Nuremberg’s pedestrian 

zone was given a hands-on demonstration of the fascinating world 

of nanotechnology at the 4th VDI Technikmeile. Contributing a joint 

stand were four Bavarian science and technology institutions: the 

Bavarian Cluster Nanotechnology, the Bayreuth Center for Colloids 

and Interfaces (BZKG), Ceramic Composites e. V. and EAM. 

EAM exhibits demonstrated how scientists at EAM design and 

customize molecules and nanoparticles in order to develop materials 

and surfaces with new mechanical, optical, catalytic and electronic 

properties. As fuels and energy efficiency was the main theme of 

the VDI Technikmeile 2010, EAM showcased its organic solar cell 

activities as well as cellular materials for lightweight components.


graduate school 

Graduate School Lab Tours 

Frank Nachtrab demonstrating nondestructive testing 

with a 3D computer tomograph at Fraunhofer EZRT 

Since the institutions 

participating in EAM 

are rather distributed 

across the cities of 

Erlangen and Fürth, 

it is difficult for researchers 

to have a good 

overview of the resear 

ch activities taking 

place and the facili 

ties available. Therefore, 

at the suggestion 

of the EAM doctoral re searchers, the graduate school has now 

begun bi-weekly tours which will take in all EAM-participating ins titutions. 

In the summer semester 2010, graduate school members 

and EAM researchers participated in tours of the Fraunhofer EZRT 

and the Central Ins titute for Advanced Materials and Processes 

(ZMP) in Fürth, Prof. Spiecker’s Electron Microscopy Group – in cluding 

the new Titan³ 80–300 TEM – the Max Planck Institute for the 

Science of Light, and the Institute for Multiscale Modeling of Particulate 

Systems. 

SWCNT based technological progress which has so far been restricted 

by the polydispersity of the as-produced material. In this 

regard, the designed surfactants are highly promising candidates, 

as the perylene-based surfactants possess an enhanced affinity 

towards smaller diameter SWCNTs 1 , while the pyrene derivatives 3 

show an opposite trend. Thus both studies present a significant 

step forward in aiding SWCNT sorting. 

Furthermore, this concept has been extended towards an efficient 

production sequence for graphene 2 , starting from graphite by 

simply sonicating the bulk material in the presence of a perylenebased 

surfactant. This approach provides access to single and few 

layer graphene without the introduction of defects, i.e. leaving the 

sp 2 -hybridization of the aromatic carbon sheets intact. This result 

could pave the way to an inexpensive mass production of graphene 

allowing the analysis and manipulation of exfoliated graphene flakes 

in large quantities. 

SWCNT and graphene research could recently be partly unified in 

their characterization by the visualization of the nanoscaled objects 

by optical microscopy on opaque bilayered substrates – a technique 

that has been established for graphene characterization, but has 

thus far not been reported for the 1D SWCNTs. This observation 

will drive SWCNT characterization a significant step forward and 

has thus been featured as cover article in Small. 4 

The lab tours were usually conducted by doctoral researchers 

from the respective host institution, who presented an overview 

of its research topics followed by a guided tour through selected 

labs. Of special interest were the experimental equipment and the 

theoretical expertise available to support other EAM pro jects. The 

tours have proven to trigger intense discussions about potential 

new collaborations, and often concluded in a nearby pub or beer 

garden. In the coming winter semester the institutes in the Chemistry 

and Chemical Engineering departments will be the focus 

of the lab tours. Suggestions for other lab tour venues are always 

welcome. 

research 

Solubilization of carbon allotropes 

in aqueous solution 

Responding to a growing interest to enhance the processability 

of new carbon allotropes, four papers from the Hirsch group have 

recently been featured as cover pictures in Chemical Communications 

1 , Advanced Materials 2 , Chemistry – A European Journal 3 

and Small 4 . The studies have been concerned with the solubilization 

and characterization of intrinsically insoluble single-walled carbon 

nanotubes (SWCNTs) and graphene in aqueous solutions by 

noncovalent interactions with designed surfactants, e.g. amphiphilic 

molecules with perylene or pyrene moieties as anchoring 

group also synthesized in the Hirsch group. 

In the case of SWCNTs, the main target is not only the solubilization 

of the carbon allotrope, but also the separation of SWCNTs of different 

diameters or electronic type being of uttermost importance for 

References 

1 Fractioning HiPco and CoMoCAT SWCNTs via Density Gradient Ultracentrifu 

gation by the Aid of a Novel Perylene Bisimide Derivative Surfactant, C. Backes, 

et al., Chem. Commun. 19, 2643 – 2645, doi:10.1039/b818141a (2009). 

2 Soluble Graphene: Generation of Aqueous Graphene Solutions Aided by a 

Perylenebisimide-Based Bolaamphiphile, J. M. Englert, et al., Adv. Mater. 21, 4265 

– 4269, doi:10.1002/adma.200901578 (2010). 

3 Dispersion of HiPco and CoMoCAT Single-Walled Nanotubes (SWNTs) by Water 

Soluble Pyrene Derivatives - Depletion of Small Diameter SWNTs, C. Backes, 

et al., Chem. Europ. J. 16, 3314 – 3317, doi:10.1002/chem.200903420 (2010). 

4 Optical visualization of carbon nanotubes – a unifying linkage between micros 

copic and spectroscopic characterization techniques, C. Backes, et al., Small 18, 

doi:10.1002/smll.201001019 (2010).


What are your current research projects and in which direction 

do you plan to develop your research in the coming years? 

My current research is about the synthesis of structured nanoporous 

carbon materials. Self-supporting highly nanoporous car bon 

foams were successfully prepared via the chlorination of carbides. 

The kinetics of the gas/solid reaction for the synthesis is being 

studied in detail at the moment. In the future, the application of 

these structured carbons as catalyst supports will be more in the 

focus of the research. Recently we have successfully developed 

novel techniques to add locally-varied mesopores to the carbon. 

This will be studied more in-depth in the future. 

What are your projects and plans regarding cooperations with 

other cluster members? 

Several cooperations with other cluster members have already 

started. Together with Prof. Singer and Dr. Körner the coating of 

‘electron beam printed’ titanium structures with nanoporous 

carbons and the use of them as advanced catalyst supports is being 

studied. Together with Prof. Greil and Dr. Fey carbide structures 

with channels ranging from the scale of mm to µm are studied for 

their conversion to carbons, which would extend the hierarchical 

structure down to the nanoscale. Together with Prof. Spiecker the 

question of homogeneous active metal distribution within the 

carbon is studied with the new TEM. Prof. Schwieger’s and my 

group recently started a cooperation on the utilization of regularly 

structured oxides for carbon nanocasting. 

Which benefits do you experience from the cluster’s activities 

and the cooperations within EAM ? 

The cluster is a unique chance to perform materials research within 

a special environment. The cooperations already started show the 

great potential of this. Fast access to world class analytical techpeople 

New Junior 

Professor 

Bastian Etzold 

Bastian Etzold studied 

Chemical Engineering in 

Erlangen and Business 

Administration in Hagen. 

He received his doctoral 

degree in Bayreuth summa 

cum laude. Since April ’08 

Bastian Etzold has been 

working in Erlangen at the 

Department of Chemical and Bioengineering. The focus of his group 

at the Chair for Chemical Reaction Engineering (Prof. Dr. Peter 

Wasserscheid) is the application of gas/solid reactions for the synthesis 

of novel structured catalytic materials and adsorbents. In 

December 2009 he was appointed as Junior Professor for Catalytic 

Materials within the Rising Star program of EAM. 

niques or materials prepared by colleagues are the direct ‘visible’ 

advantages. But even more important is the inspiring atmosphere, 

the broad-based knowhow of the colleagues bridging all of the 

natural and engineering sciences and the fruitful discussions 

which generate new ideas within the cluster. This really makes the 

difference and gives me the chance to perform excellent research. 

You coordinate the ‘School + Science’ program initiated by 

the School of Engineering and the Department of Chemical 

and Bioengineering. What are the goals of this activity? 

The main goal is to establish an open dialogue between the 

secondary schools and the university, based on the new ‘W&P 

seminars’ for years 11 and 12. Without great bureaucracy the 

pupils, teachers and employees of the university liaise about 

present and future planned seminar topics. Areas of common 

interest and possible interaction are thus being identified in 

an uncomplicated manner. 

Interview with Bastian Etzold 

Professor 

Jana Zaumseil 

receives 

Alfried Krupp 

Prize 

Prof. Dr. Jana Zaumseil, Professor for Nanoelectronics at the Cluster 

of Excellence Engineering of Advanced Materials (EAM) has been 

announced as this year’s recipient of the Alfried Krupp Prize for 

Young Professors by the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach 

Foundation. The prize comes with a grant of one million Euros to 

be paid over five years. 

“We are very happy about this award for Jana Zaumseil”, states 

Prof. Wolfgang Peukert. “The prize demonstrates the success the 

Cluster is having in bringing the best minds to Erlangen. Jana Zaum 

seil’s expertise and the additional funding will bring further impetus 

for successful future research activities in nanoelectronics.” Jana 

Zaumseil’s work on cutting-edge topics in organic electronics took 

shape during her doctoral and postdoctoral studies in the UK and 

USA. In Erlangen her primary area of research is the synthesis and 

characterization of novel nanostructures that, depending on their 

dimensions, absorb and emit light of specific wavelengths. Her 

re search aims to gain an understanding of the ways in which these 

processes can be influenced and controlled for use in optoelec tronic 

components. She joined the Cluster in October 2009 as awardee 

of the EAM Excellence in Engineering Award.


obituary 

1.25 Million Euro 

Koselleck-grant 

for EAM Member 

Professor 

Patrik Schmuki 

Prof. Dr. Patrik Schmuki, 

chair of Corrosion and 

Surface Technology at the 

Department of Materials 

Sciences has been accepted 

into the Reinhart Kosellek 

Program of the German 

Research Foun da tion, which has been established to promote 

innovative and cutting edge research. Patrick Schmuki will receive 

the highest awarded grant sum of 1.25 Million Euros, to be used 

over the next five years. The funds will support his ongoing and 

highly successful research in surface technology, in particular to 

develop an entirely new gene ration of titanium dioxide nanotubes. 

The tube walls can be modi fied precisely on a nanometer scale, 

thereby fundamentally impro ving their properties and expanding 

the range of possible appli ca tions. 

The long-term goals of his work are to: 

• produce hydrogen economically through the use of solar energy 

• increase the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells 

• develop bifunctional medical implants which display particular 

characteristics (e.g. bactericidal effect) at precisely defined locations. 

awards 

PRACE Award 2010 for EAM Member Professor Ulrich Rüde 

PRACE (Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe) awarded a prize for the 

outstanding scientific paper “Massively Parallel Granular Flow Simulations with 

Non-Spherical Particles” submitted by Klaus Iglberger, M. Sc. and Prof. Dr. Ulrich 

Rüde (research area A3). The paper addressed successfully the issue of how to 

simulate realistically flows of granular materials, when particles of different shapes 

are moving in a complex en vironment. It introduces a new algorithm that shows 

an excellent scalability on a very high number of cores, making very large simulations 

possible. 

MRS Poster Award for EAM researcher Michael Novak Michael 

Novak (research area B) received the prestigious MRS Poster Award (and $ 500 

prize) at the Materials Research Society Spring Meeting 2010 in San Fran cisco. 

The poster entitled “The morphology of integrated self-assembled monolayers 

and their impact on devices – A computational and experimen tal approach” was 

submitted by Michael Novak, Christof Jäger, Henning Kropp, Timothy Clark and 

Marcus Halik and was voted ahead of more than 400 other entries. 

Best Poster Award for EAM researcher Ning Da Ning Da (research 

area C) won the Best Poster Award (and 100 Euros prize) at the 17th Inter national 

Conference on Non-Oxide and Novel Optical Glasses (ISNOG) in Ningbo, China for 

the poster “Soft oxide and non-oxide glass-filled capillary waveguides and photonic 

crystal fibers” co-authored with Markus Schmidt, Nicolai Granzow, Philip Russell 

and Lothar Wondraczek. The ISNOG, which is held every two years, is the largest 

and internationally most recognized of all conferences on this topic. 

Professor 

Isaac Goldhirsch 

Prof. Isaac Goldhirsch, distinguished 

Israeli scholar 

and scientist, passed away 

suddenly on 29 April 2010 

while visiting the University 

of Erlangen-Nuremberg. 

Professor Goldhirsch, 60, 

was chair of Rheological 

Flows at the Tel-Aviv University’s 

School of Mechani cal 

Engineering and was considered to be the leading authority in the 

field of granular matter science. In EAM he served as a member of 

the external advisory board and many will remember the fascinating 

and well-received talk he gave during the EAM Symposium in 

Wildbad Kreuth in November 2009. 

Born in Romania in 1949 Goldhirsch embarked on an academic 

career that spanned a number of disciplines and several continents. 

As a young scientist he earned distinctions such as the Kennedy 

Prize from the Weizmann Institute’s Feinberg Graduate School and 

a postdoctoral appointment with Irwin Oppenheim at the Massachusetts 

Institute of Technology. 

Renowned for his research in granular physics, Goldhirsch is 

credited with laying the theoretical and methodological foundation 

for its study. His contributions in the fields of statistical mechanics, 

fluid mechanics, solid state physics and applied mathematics 

helped promote and develop an international interdisciplinary 

scientific community. Fluent in eight languages, Goldhirsch served 

as editor of the Journal of Fluid Mechanics and editor-in-chief 

of Granular Matter and was on the editorial board of the Journal 

of Scientific Computing. He was an active member of the General 

Assembly for the International Union of Theoretical and Applied 

Mechanics (IUTAM). We extend our condolences to his family as 

we share the loss of a good friend and outstanding scientist. 

Welcome 

to the Cluster! 

New EAM Members 

Dr. Silke Christiansen 

Head of Scientific Service Group 

Photonic Nanostructures, Max Planck Institute 

for the Science of Light 

Prof. Dr. Rainer Fink 

Professor for Physical Chemistry 

Prof. Dr. Andreas Magerl 

Chair for Crystallography and Structural Physics


news 

Strategic 

Alliance 

with Bayer 

Technology 

Services 

Dr. Helmut Mothes, Bayer Technology 

Services GmbH, and 

Prof. Wolfgang Peukert, EAM, 

signing the cooperation agreement 

Bayer Technology Services 

EAM illustrates process chain in printable 

electronics at exhibition in Mannheim 

A new exhibition called “Nano! Use and Vision of a New Technology” 

at the Technoseum in Mannheim and running until 3 October 

2010 is bringing visitors face to face with the nanoworld and atomic 

structures. The 900 m 2 exhibition presents the beginnings, scien 

ti fic principles and applications of nanotechnology, as well as 

discus sions of the possible risks associated with it. 

Strategic alliances are a crucial element of EAM’s technology 

transfer program. The cooperation agreement between EAM and 

Bayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS) combines fundamental 

research with industrial development. The two EAM-BTS projects 

focus on basic research to develop new production technologies. 

The larger of the two projects examines the key materials and 

manufacturing issues of particle-based opto-electronic components 

such as LEDs, solar cells, thin film transistors or sensors. 

The second project focuses on the development of novel catalyst 

morphologies which offer higher activity as well as high mechanical 

stability and reduced deactivation behaviour. The combined 

funds available to the project, coming equally from EAM and BTS, 

amount to two million Euros. EAM coordinator, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang 

Peukert announced “EAM’s research program includes the formation 

of strategic alliances with private enterprises. By working 

together to address fundamental scientific issues that are relevant 

to many different disciplines we are more able to develop these 

greatly-needed new technologies. We are delighted to be able to 

work with BTS to achieve these goals.” 

EAM, together with the Research Training Group Disperse Systems 

for Electronic Applications, has contributed an exhibit illustrating the 

process chain for printable electronics. Step by step, the development 

from molecules to devices for organic solar cells and printed 

electronic devices can be visualized, and new applications in the 

field of low-cost flexible electronics are demonstrated. The starting 

point is illustrated by examples of nanoparticles. Visitors can compare 

unstable with stable nanoparticle dispersions, the latter being 

a prerequisite for a successful printing process. Tailor-made properties 

of particles are demonstrated by the conductivity changes 

of transparent nanoparticle layers that have been treated in different 

ways. A third interactive exhibit is an inkjet-printed sensor which 

can be operated by the simple approach of a finger, in other words 

by measuring the change of capacitance. In this way it is possible 

to switch on the light at a display with an electroluminescent foil or 

activate a lamp illuminating a flexible organic solar cell in order to 

start the propeller of a small plane. 

Further information: www.technoseum.de 

EAM 

Website 

relaunch 

The EAM is pleased to announce the relaunch of its refurbished website 

– www.eam.uni-erlangen.de. The new website delivers wellorganized 

and up-to-date information with many cross-links. It is 

easy to navigate and includes a number of new features. A database 

for scientific publications searchable by name or research 

area will provide a quick insight into EAM research. In addition, the 

contact information of all EAM-associated researchers can be located 

on the site. Clearly organized internal pages will strengthen communication 

within the EAM community and pages with press-releases 

will also be made available. In order to keep up to date with EAM 

events and news, users can now subscribe to RSS feeds or use 

social bookmarks. We hope you enjoy our new website and find it 

useful and informative. Your suggestions and ideas are welcome. 

Please contact us at info@eam.uni-erlangen.de 

Students and researchers from Erlangen exploring the EAM exhibits 

during a graduate school excursion to the Nano exhibition


Research cooperation agreement 

with Danish center of excellence 

On 19 July 2010 EAM and the Cluster Catalysis for Sustainable 

Energy (CASE) at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), 

Lyngby, signed a cooperation agreement. The institutions intend 

to start an active collaboration in different fields of catalysis and 

to establish close communications through exchange of researchers 

and students as well as joint workshops and schools. 

Anders Riisager, liaison partner at CASE, joined the Young 

Researchers’ Day and presented his work and the CASE cluster. 

The Center of Excellence CASE was granted 120 million DKK 

(16 million Euros) for five years in 2008 by the Danish Ministry of 

Science, Technology and Innovation in a similar program to the 

DFG excellence initiative. The purpose of CASE is to improve 

the understanding of catalytic reactions involved in conversion 

and storage of energy. Its approach is to unite the unique competences 

at DTU in heterogeneous catalysis research into a project 

structure that best utilizes combined talents and knowledge. 

By joining forces with the similarly structured and goal-oriented 

be neficiary of the Danish excellence initiative, substantial bene 

fits to EAM research area D as well as to the entire Cluster are 

expected. 

Further information about CASE: www.case.dtu.dk/English.aspx 

Free 

fall and 

weightlessness 

at school 

In keeping with EAM’s outreach program to area schools Jonathan 

Kollmer, researcher at the EAM Institute for Multiscale Modeling 

of Particular Systems, gave a talk to pupils at the 8th grade at the 

Real schule in Burkundstadt on 6 May 2010. He presented his 

research project “Granular Dampeners in Microgravity” which 

allowed him to participate in a parabolic flight. 

Professor 

Peter 

Wasserscheid 

Professor Anders Riisager, 

Catalysis for Sustainable 

Energy CASE, Lyngby, DK 

Professor 

Wolfgang 

Peukert 

In February 2009 five scientists from Erlangen, including Jonathan 

Kollmer, traveled to Bordeaux in France to take part in several 

parabolic flights in order to examine energy dissipation in granular 

matter in weightlessness. Aircraft parabolic flight involves the repetitive 

occurrence of up to 20 seconds of reduced gravity or 

weightlessness during ballistic parabolic flying maneuver, preceded 

and followed by periods of 20 seconds of increased gravity (1.8 g). 

Experimental granular dampening data were obtained in the absence 

of gravity and could confirm results of a corresponding 

simulation. This knowledge is particularly relevant for the development 

of granular dampers, cavities filled by granular matter. Being 

extremely simple, cheap, maintenance free, robust, and temperature 

independent components, they are well-suited for future use, 

for instance in satellite antennas or turbine blades. The engaged 

talk based on Jonathan Kollmer’s personal experience illustrated 

by numerous videos and pictures of preparation, setup and realization 

of the experiments.


upcoming events 

Satellite events 

of the EuCheMS 

During the EuCheMS, Nuremberg 

will play host to the world 

of chemistry research. EAM researchers are invited to take part 

in two satellite events on Sunday, 29 August 2010 (10.00 – 15.00) 

and Friday, 3 September 2010 (9:00 – 17:00) at Schloß Atzelsberg. 

The foci of the workshops, which will feature renowned experts, 

lie in energy and catalysis, both crucial issues in the cluster 

research areas. Participation is free of charge, but the number 

of participants is limited. 

Contact/registration: dcp@chemie.uni-erlangen.de 

www.eam.uni-erlangen.de/Satellite_Events 

International Workshop 

on Multiscale 

Modeling, Simulation 

and Optimization 

international 

workshop 

The topics of the workshop 

which will take place from 

10 – 13 Oc tober 2010 in Erlangen will be metamaterials for cloaking 

and optical transformation, multiscale numerical methods, structural 

and topology optimization, granular material and par ti cu late systems 

as well as multiscale fluid dynamics. It will comprise keynote 

talks by three internationally renowned speakers, presen tations 

by EAM researchers as well as two poster sessions. 

event Calendar 

Third EuCheMS Chemistry 

Congress/EAM stand 

29 August – 2 September 2010, Nuremberg 

EuCheMS Satellite Events: 

Focus Energy and Catalysis 

28 August + 3 September 2010, Schloß Atzelsberg 

International Workshop on Multiscale 

Modeling, Simulation and Optimization 

10 – 13 October 2010, Erlangen 

2nd Erlangen-TEM -School 

5 – 8 October 2010, Erlangen 

EAM Symposium 2010 

16 – 19 November 2010, Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein 

EAM Member Assembly 

16 November 2010, Kloster Banz, Bad Staffelstein 

International Symposium Chemistry 

of Synthetic Carbon Allotropes 

25 – 26 November 2010, Erlangen 

Cluster Retreat 

21 – 22 January 2011, Muggendorf 

Contact/registration: administration@eam.uni-erlangen.de 

www.eam.uni-erlangen.de/A3_Workshop 

2nd Erlangen 

TEM School 

From 5 – 8 October 2010 Prof. Erdmann Spiecker and his team will 

organize the second TEM school for members of the EAM-parti cipating 

groups. The goal of the course is to provide an overview of 

the most important techniques of transmission electron microscopy 

and to introduce the new, cutting-edge TEM facilities that are now 

available at the university. As the number of participants is limited 

to 16, interested researchers are encouraged to apply for a place 

on the course by 6 September 2010. 

Contact/registration: stefanie.spallek@ww.uni-erlangen.de 

www.eam.uni-erlangen.de/TEM_School 

Cluster of Excellence: Engineering of Advanced Materials 

Nägelsbachstr. 49b | 91052 Erlangen 

Phone: +49.9131.85-20846 

E-Mail: administration@eam.uni-erlangen.de 

Images: EAM, Georg Pöhlein, Bayern Innovativ GmbH, 

Max Etzold, Bayer Technology Services GmbH, 

Jonathan Kollmer, Technoseum Mannheim 

Cluster of Excellence 

Engineering of Advanced Materials 

News Edition Summer 2010

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