Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics
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Situated at a lush green meadow by the river Saale, the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics at Halle is a premier institute in Germany, as well as in the world, in the field of material research. It was founded in 1992 as a follow up of the Academy of Science Institute
of Solid State Physics and Electron Microscopy and moved into the new buildings between 1997 and 1999. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society
(Max Planck Gesellschaft).
The institute has three main departments - 1. The Theory Department http://www.mpi-halle.mpg.de/~theory/, 2. The Experimental Department 1 http://www.mpi-halle.mpg.de/~wme1/, and 3. The Experimental Department 2 http://www.mpi-halle.mpg.de/department2/.
The Theory Department, headed by Prof. Eberhard Gross, mainly 'carries out theoretical research on the electronic, magnetic, optical, and electrical properties of micro- and nanostructured solid-state systems'.
The Experimental Department 1, headed by Prof. Jürgen Kirschner, mainly deals with 'the magnetic properties of dimensionally reduced systems and their dependence on electronic structure, crystalline structure and morphology.'
The Experimental Department 2, headed by Prof. Ulrich Gösele, is focussed on the scientific understanding, design and fabrication of new materials for information, communication, engineering as well as bio-technological applications.
A comprehensive list of scientific publications from the institute can be found here.
Details of the Ph.D program can be found here.
German Academy of Sciences Berlin
The German Academy of Sciences at Berlin , later renamed Academy of Sciences of the German Democratic Republic was the most important research institution of East Germany.The academy was founded in 1946 by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany to continue the long tradition of the...
of Solid State Physics and Electron Microscopy and moved into the new buildings between 1997 and 1999. It is one of 80 institutes in the Max Planck Society
Max Planck Society
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is a formally independent non-governmental and non-profit association of German research institutes publicly funded by the federal and the 16 state governments of Germany....
(Max Planck Gesellschaft).
The institute has three main departments - 1. The Theory Department http://www.mpi-halle.mpg.de/~theory/, 2. The Experimental Department 1 http://www.mpi-halle.mpg.de/~wme1/, and 3. The Experimental Department 2 http://www.mpi-halle.mpg.de/department2/.
The Theory Department, headed by Prof. Eberhard Gross, mainly 'carries out theoretical research on the electronic, magnetic, optical, and electrical properties of micro- and nanostructured solid-state systems'.
The Experimental Department 1, headed by Prof. Jürgen Kirschner, mainly deals with 'the magnetic properties of dimensionally reduced systems and their dependence on electronic structure, crystalline structure and morphology.'
The Experimental Department 2, headed by Prof. Ulrich Gösele, is focussed on the scientific understanding, design and fabrication of new materials for information, communication, engineering as well as bio-technological applications.
A comprehensive list of scientific publications from the institute can be found here.
Ph.D Program
- The Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics together with the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg and the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of MaterialsFraunhofer SocietyThe Fraunhofer Society is a German research organization with 60 institutes spread throughout Germany, each focusing on different fields of applied science . It employs around 18,000, mainly scientists and engineers, with an annual research budget of about €1.65 billion...
offers a Ph.D program under the "International Max-Planck Research School (IMPRS) of Nanostructures".
Details of the Ph.D program can be found here.