At our institute, inorganic chemistry is represented in its entire diversity by the working groups and junior researchers. The research groups focus on solid-state and materials chemistry as well as molecular chemistry and polymers.
Inorganic solid state and materials chemistry
The research group works on inorganic-organic hybrid materials and their modelling as well as active compound-releasing implants.
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Inorganic coordination chemistry
Researchers in the field of inorganic coordination chemistry study molecular switches. Switching processes are conceivable in various applications: From biology to IT and technology to medicine. The connection of molecular switches to solid-state nano-objects has already been achieved. Such nano-hybrids show novel switching phenomena, which are observed using Mößbauer spectroscopy.
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Molecular and materials science
The research groups focus on the relationship between the structure and function of materials: They develop new molecular units with different features.
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Applied polymer chemistry
The main focus of group's work is on the improvement of polymer materials and their processing.
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Solid state and materials analytics
The combination and enhancement of the methodological arsenal of materials analysis is the main focus of the working group.
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