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Electronics / Microsystems- and Biomedical Engineering
Bio- and Nanotechnology
Biodegradation and Nanofunctionalization
Biological Materials Analysis
Characterization Technologies
Biologized Materials and Structures
Hybrid Microsystems
Ceramic tapes and tape casting technology
Functional Materials for Hybrid Microsystems
Microsystems, LTCC and HTCC
Systems Integration and Electronic Packaging
Thick-Film Technology and Functional Printing
Microelectronic Materials and Nanoanalysis
Nanomechanics and Reliability for Microelectronics
Nanoscale Materials and Analysis
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Smart Materials and Systems
Applied Material Mechanics and Solid-State Transducers
Multifunctional Materials and Components
Systems for Testing and Analysis
Cognitive Material Diagnostics
Eddy Current Methods
Electronics for Testing Systems
Machine Learning and Data Analysis
Software for Testing Systems
Ultrasonic Sensors and Methods
Testing of Electronics and Optical Methods
Optical Test Methods and Nanosensors
Reliability of Microsystems
Speckle-Based Methods
Condition Monitoring and Non-Destructive Testing
Systems for Condition Monitoring
NDT Test Lab
Smart Ocean Technologies
Acoustic emission testing on composite structures for damage detection
Publicly funded projects
Energy Systems
Materials and Components
Ceramic Energy Converters
High-Temperature Electrochemistry and Functionalized Surfaces
Hydrogen Technologies
Joining Technology
Materials for Printed Systems
Mobile Energy Storage Systems and Electrochemistry
Ceramic electrolytes for lithium and sodium solid-state batteries
Recycling and Green Battery
Cell Design and Testing
Process Development and Process Control
Stationary Energy Storage Systems
A world’s first: Largest existing NaNiCl2 cells in cerenergy®-battery module
cerenergy® – the high-temperature battery for stationary energy storage
Planar Na/NiCl
2
battery cells – powerful stationary energy storage
Sustainable gas diffusion electrode for alkaline energy converters
Sodium Battery Materials and Prototype Manufacturing
Ceramic Electrolytes and Electrodes
Environmental and Process Engineering
Circular Technologies and Water
Biomass Conversion and Nutrient Recycling
Electrochemistry
Membrane Characterization and Modeling
Systems Engineering for Water and Wastewater
Technical Electrolysis and Geothermal Energy
Reaction Engineering Water
Special Analytical Services
Analytically and experimentally supported potential analyses and feasibility studies
Energy and Process Engineering
Modeling and Simulation
Process Systems Engineering
Circular Carbon Technologies
Energy System Concepts and Systems Integration
High-Temperature Separation and Catalysis
Catalysis and Materials Synthesis
High-Temperature Membranes and Storage Materials
Nanoporous Membranes
Polymer and Mixed-Matrix Membranes
Membrane Prototypes
Zeolite- and Carbon Membranes
Materials and Process Characterization
Sintering and Characterization
Ceramography and Phase Analysis
Chemical and Structural Analysis
Hardmetals and Cermets
Heat Treatment
Powder and Suspension Characterization
Thermal Analysis and Thermal Physics
Quality Assurance Laboratory and Mechanics Laboratory
Focus: Corrosion and tribological behavior
Focus: Mechanical testing of materials
Thin-Film Technology
Correlative Microscopy and Materials Data
Digitized workflows for microstructure evaluation in the battery industry
nanoGPS
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– an enabling technology for correlative nanoanalytics
Studies on osteoporosis prevention: ERC Synergy Grant 4D+ nanoSCOPE
Structural Ceramics
Nonoxide Ceramics
Carbide Ceramics
Nitride Ceramics and Fiber Composites
Cellular Ceramics
Structural Ceramics with Electrical Function
Filter Ceramics and Exhaust Gas Aftertreatment
Materials Synthesis and Development
Protective Ceramics
Oxide Ceramics
Oxide and polymer-ceramic components
Pilot manufacturing of oxide ceramics
Transparent ceramics
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Component Development
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Powder Technology
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Acoustic diagnostics
Characterization I Analysis I Measurement I Testing
Powder and suspension characterization
Thermal analysis and thermal physics
Microstructural and material analysis
Mechanical testing
Quality assurance laboratory
Failure analysis | Corrosion and tribological testing
NDT test lab
Microelectronics and nanoelectronics testing
Other application-specific test methods
Condition monitoring
Technology
Energy sector
Transportation
Bio- and medical technology
Technical equipment
Manufacturing industry
Electromagnetic test systems and test methods
Exhaust gas purification
Hydrogen technologies
Hydrogen production
Electrolysis
Hydrogen utilization
Hydrogen storage and transport
Preparatory research
Competencies
Infrastructure for hydrogen technologies
Lithium-ion batteries
Material development for lithium-ion batteries
Technology development for lithium-ion batteries
Cell-level characterization
Application center battery technology
Preliminary research for new battery systems
Special technical equipment
Cooperation models
Materials Recycling Application Center
Non-destructive testing
Ultrasonic methods
Acoustic methods
Electromagnetic methods
X-ray methods for industrial component testing
Optical methods
Advanced NDT
References and application examples
Tape Casting
Material and technology development for ceramic tapes
Ceramic tape systems and applications
Equipment for tape casting and screen printing
Ultrasonics
Development of methods
Ultrasonic transducers
Ultrasonic probes and sensors
Electronics
Software
Simulation and modeling
Test systems
Technical equipment
Augmented reality for rapid development and easy operation of NDT test equipment
Water and waste water technology
Quick introduction: Mining and Subsea
Quick introduction: Foundry
Quick introduction: Railway technology
Quick introduction: Protection and safety
Advanced ceramics for globally efficient protection
Quick introduction: Indoor Farming
Water treatment
Monitoring
Nutrients
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Air conditioning and temperature control
Control concepts
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Cleaning wastewater effectively
19.9.2017 Press release: Robust and functional – surface finishing by suspension spraying
21.9.2017 Press release: Dresdner Forschungseinrichtungen intensivieren Kooperation mit Südkorea
8.12.2017 Press release: Fraunhofer drives intelligent agriculture forward
Waste water without pharmaceutical residues
13.6.2018 Press release: New membrane reactors supply “green“ raw materials for chemical industry
12.9.2018 Press release: Ceramic filtration systems for closed-loop aquaculture
11.10.2018 Press release: Harder 3D-printed tools – Researchers from Dresden introduce new process for hardmetal industry
30.10.2018 Press release: Fraunhofer IKTS to shape the neighborhood of the future as part of regional growth center “smood”
26.11.2018 Press release: Working together for the industrialization of bipolar batteries with Lithium-ion technology
30.9.2016 News: KGCCI Innovation Award for Fraunhofer IKTS cooperation with iBULe photonics
9.3.2017 News: IKTS scientist at ASEAN expert meeting on Railway Structural Health Monitoring (RSHM)
6.7.2018 News: Thuringian Minister Tiefensee visits Fraunhofer IKTS in Hermsdorf
22.10.2018 News: Minister-President visits Fraunhofer IKTS in Hermsdorf
14.11.2018 News: Quick and precise testing of implant materials
12.12.2018 News: BMWI funds development of oxyfuel combined heat and power plant for CO2 capture
7.2.2019 Press release: Joint research platform for energy storage systems ZESS
1.8.2019 Press release: Photovoltaic power from textiles
2.9.2019 Press release: Biocompatible stents provide better protection against occluded blood vessels
17.9.2019 Press release: Cost-effective wind energy thanks to automated maintenance
9.10.2019 Press release: Ceramic technologies for highly efficient power-to-X processes
4.11.2019 Press release: Photostructurable pastes for 5G applications
3.12.2019 Press release: Fraunhofer starts development of refrigerant-free, energy-efficient electrocaloric heat pumps
15.2.2019 News: IKTS intensifies cooperation with India
29.3.2019 News: Fraunhofer IKTS on tour – successful presentation in Singapore and Korea
29.3.2019 News: Launch of model region for the implementation of hydrogen technologies
27.5.2019 News: Occurrence and fate of microplastic in the marine environment MICRO-FATE starts with Pacific Ocean expedition
5.7.2019 News: ECerS: Mathias Herrmann honored twice
27.8.2019 News: Energy storage in Thuringia: Press trip stops at Fraunhofer IKTS
14.10.2019 News: FlexiFuel-SOFC: Breakthrough in biomass-based micro-scale CHP
14.10.2019 News: Green visit to Hermsdorf
24.10.2019 News: The Vice-Chancellor visits Fraunhofer IKTS
25.10.2019 News: Fraunhofer spin-off closes gap for digitization of hot metal forming
19.11.2019 News: IKTS directorate keynote speakers at Fraunhofer CEI
27.11.2019 Growth core abonocare® successfully launched
4.3.2020 Press release: InnoHealth China: The winners have been chos
1.9.2020 Press release: Additive manufacturing of multi-functional parts
29.9.2020 Press release: CO
2
emissions in steel production: from 100 to 5 percent!
7.10.2020 Press release: Making batteries live longer - "BattLife", initial project of the BITC, is launched at the Erfurter Kreuz
2.11.2020 Press release: Fraunhofer develops a ceramic resurfacing prosthesis for the hip joint
Funding for regional STEM cluster: student lab SENSOR SPACE to be created at the TRIDELTA CAMPUS
2.2.2021 Press release: Green battery technology: Fraunhofer IKTS opens new site in Freiberg
1.3.2021 Press release: New type of ventilator for virus-free air
30.3.2021 Press release: Mine water as valuable water resource and important recyclables provider
1.4.2021 Press release: Green hydrogen: Transportation in the natural gas grid
29.4.2021 Press release: Fraunhofer IKTS expands development for transparent ceramics
10.5.2021 Press release: Future factory Lusatia: answers to the global resource hunger
15.6.2021 Press release: Compact ceramic thermal cyclers for accelerated Covid-19 lab testing
30.6.2021 Press release: The right connection – IKTS scientists close gap for virtual electronics design
7.7.2021 Press release: Research between battery recycling and quantum materials
12.7.2021 Press release: Future technology hydrogen with new application center in Thuringia’s Erfurter Kreuz
13.2.2020 Fraunhofer IKTS advises agricultural certifiers
11.5.2020 News: EU-Project ASTRABAT: A new battery boosts e-mobility in Europe
14.5.2020 News: Iodine as a low-cost fuel for small satellites – Fraunhofer IKTS contributes material competence to iFACT project
19.5.2020 News: Printed magnetoresistive sensors for contactless switching
7.7.2020 News: BMBF project “Hybrid-Bone“ starts
20.8.2020 News: Climate-friendly and sturdy: textile-reinforced wood
3.3.2021 News: Recruiting and developing female researchers – “Fraunhofer TALENTA” funding for two IKTS scientists
8.3.2021 News: COPERIMOplus – Our life with the virus: Is AI key to normality?
1.4.2021 News: BMBF competence cluster greenBatt officially launched
14.4.2021 News: Without jerking and energy loss – New slide bearings with superslide effect
16.4.2021 News: ReWaMem – Project launched for the reuse of wastewater in textile cleaning
20.4.2021 News: Fraunhofer IKTS expands development for transparent ceramics
23.4.2021 News: Prof. Ingolf Voigt awarded the Böttger Badge by the German Ceramic Society
28.4.2021 News: Strategies for a climate-neutral chemical park
11.5.2021 News: Dr. Christoph Zeh nominated for Saxon Transfer Award 2021
12.5.2021 News: Science meets art – exhibition opened at the BITC
4.6.2021 News: What are the effects of micro- and nanoplastics on human health?
24.6.2021 News: Optimizing lifecycle management of critical infrastructures with AI
9.7.2021 News: 12.7 million euro funding for regional advanced ceramics alliance SAPHIR at the Tridelta Campus Hermsdorf
22.7.2021 News: Fraunhofer IKTS Project Group “Cognitive Material Diagnostics“ well connected in Lusatia
11.8.2021 News: Coding, sensors and networks – the first Sensor Space Summer School
18.8.2021 News: 2nd place in the SET4FUTURE Innovation Award
27.8.2021 News: Printed magnetic field sensors for the Internet of Things
8.9.2021 Press release: Energy boost for underwater robot
16.9.2021 Press release: New facility for stationary energy storage and membranes in Hermsdorf officially opened
15.9.2021 Press release: Quality control of advanced ceramics: in-line testing starts with the green body
6.10.2021 News: E-mobility places new demands on professional qualification
12.10.2021 Press release: Water is key for new closed resource loops
2.11.2021 Press release: Preventing calcification of bioprosthetic heart valves
14.12.2021 News: Development of a new generation of sodium batteries in the KeNaB-ART project
9.12.2021 News: Silicon Science Award 2021 for Nadja Steinke
20.12.2021 News: Legionella rapid test for safe drinking water
13.1.2022 News: MoU signed – IKTS deepens cooperation with South Korea
17.2.2022 News: Johanna Sonnenberg talks about her fight against microplastics in the podcast of Alumniportal Deutschland
21.3.2022 News: Fraunhofer IKTS joins the TWI Innovation Network
29.3.2022 Press release: How glass learns to illuminate itself and create heat
5.4.2022 News: IKTS deepens cooperation with South Korea for next generation nuclear fuel rods
12.4.2022 News: Position paper: Membranes for separation technology – application potential for Germany
25.4.2022 News: German Fraunhofer researcher receives two international materials research awards
25.4.2022 News: HaSiMem – Water and salt from saline water
24.5.2022 International consortium to advance decarbonisation of the aviation sector
1.7.2022 Press release: Powering ships with hydrogen from methanol
4.7.2022 News: Official opening of the High-Performance Center InSignA
19.7.2022 Press release: Fraunhofer IKTS is part of the Thuringian Cluster for Sustainable Water Research
28.7.2022 Press release: How food scraps will power airplanes in the future
1.8.2022 Press release: High-tech vest monitors lung function
18.8.2022 Press release: New Fraunhofer IKTS spinoff forefronts offshore pressure vessel monitoring technology
26.8.2022 Press release: Affordable, clean, regional - Companies are committed to decarbonizing Erfurter Kreuz
1.9.2022 Press release: Green adhesives made from whey
13.9.2022: Home-made heart monitor - Sensor Space Summer School gets students excited about technology
15.9.2022 Press release: cerenergy® – ceramic solid-state battery is commercialized
21.9.2022 Press release: How fungi make lunar landscapes bloom
4.10.2022 Press release: Industrial testing platform for clean water
11.10.2022 Press release: 40-million-euro sustainable kerosene research project CARE-O-SENE receives funding
3.11.2022 Press release: A focal point for Fraunhofer: Structural change in the “Helmstedter Revier” through sustainable agricultural production and the digitalization of farming
10.1.2023 Press release: Carbon recycling: Fraunhofer IKTS expands its Freiberg site
9.1.2023 News: Research partnership for sustainable shipping and energy
24.1.2023 News: Strengthening the European semiconductor industry
15.2.2023 News: Securing energy and raw material sovereignty through regional circular technologies
7.3.2023 News: Seed funding for Fraunhofer IKTS spin-off Nicoustic
4.4.2023 News: Highest DKG award for IKTS institute director
6.4.2023 News: Powerful and safe: polymer-ceramic electrolytes for the energy transition
6.4.2023 News: Eco-friendly water treatment for sustainable aquaculture
5.7.2023 News: On the way to clean aviation
1.6.2023 Press release: Energy-efficient and low in emissions — silicon carbide recycling with RECOSiC©
3.7.2023 Press release: Heat-resistant ceramic ink for data codes on metal components
12.9.2023 Press release: New products with multi-material 3D printing
18.9.2023 Press release: IKTS expands research cooperation with South Korea
19.9.2023 Press release: Vitamins from the roof
27.9.2023 News: Membranes for climate-neutral waste incineration
16.10.2023 News: Sustainable energy storage for renewable energies
23.10.2023 News: Green steel production: from potential analysis to implementation at the Salzgitter steel works
23.10.2023 News: High-end test center for long-lasting batteries: CATL and Fraunhofer IKTS expand cooperation
2.11.2023 Press release: Piezoceramics shorten root canal treatments
1.12.2023 Press release: Converting a steel mill to climate-neutral steel production
11.12.2023 News: Reliable components for quantum computers
13.12.2023 News: Green hydrogen production in South Africa
6.2.2024 News: Research consortium supports Chile on the way to large-scale production of green hydrogen energy carriers
21.2.2024 Press release: Fraunhofer IKTS brings Korean research funding to Dresden
13.03.2024 Press release: thyssenkrupp nucera and Fraunhofer IKTS agree on a Strategic Partnership in SOEC Technology
19.3.2024 News: PIEZOdevICE
27.3.2024 News: Production technologies for low-cost and safe aluminum-ion batteries
27.3.2024 News: Excellent feasibility study confirms potential of CERENERGY®
24.04.2024 News: Fraunhofer to expand its collaboration with South Korea
30.04.24 News: Pilot project on offshore platform – monitoring system for pressure vessels successfully installed
21.05.2024 News: For sustainability and security of supply: recycling lithium-ion batteries
1.6.2024 Press release: Pyrolysis for high-quality recycled plastics
1.7.2024 Press release: Bio-concrete and biogenic construction materials with cyanobacteria
1.7.2024 PM: Compact power plants for green hydrogen
8.7.2024 News: Detecting faults in plants and processes with the help of AI
2.7.2024 Press release: Center for Economics and Management of Technologies CEM becomes part of Fraunhofer IKTS
29.8.24 Press release: Fraunhofer IKTS opens Europe’s first R&D center for transparent ceramics in Hermsdorf, Thuringia
1.10.24 Research release: Soda manufacturing with double climate bonus
2.10.2024 News: Bringing complex microelectronic products to market faster and cheaper
4.11.2024 Press release: Climate-friendly electricity derived from ammonia
22.10.2024 News: Reinforcement for BTU: Constanze Tschöpe appointed professor
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