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Ahmed Gadelmawla successfully defended his doctoral thesis on “Stress Modulated Electromechanical Coupling of Lead-Free Ferroelectrics”. During his research he characterized the macroscopic properties of lead-free ferroelectrics, focusing on the influence of stress in the vicinty of phase boundaries...

Udo Eckstein successfully defended his doctoral thesis on “Structural and Chemical relaxation in aerosol-deposited barium titanate thick films". During his research he developed a method to produce freestanding films that he used to investigate the influence of defects on the functional properties. ...

Every Year, students of the Elite Master’s Programme Advanced Materials and Processes (MAP) select two of their lecturers for the Best Lecturer Award. This year, the students opted for Stephan since “he also showed us how things that we take for granted can be deeply intriguing. The last time I ...

Calcite is the most stable mineral form of calcium carbonate encountered everywhere from ocean corral and oyster shells to hard water scale deposits in place such as pipes, showers, and dishwashers. When calcite precipitates from solutions of calcium carbonate the process begins with amorphous precu...

At the recent event for Alexander von Humboldt Fellows, the German President got a chance to meet Prof. Ali Hussain, who is currently working at the Institute of Glass and Ceramics. Prof. Hussain is research more sustainable lead-free materials for solid state energy storage devices. These systems a...