Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung
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The Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research in Dresden (German: Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung Dresden) – in short IFW Dresden – Germany, is a non-university research institute and a member of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Scientific Community. It is concerned with modern materials science and combines explorative research in physics, chemistry and materials science with technological development of new materials and products.
Research
The IFW’s research program is jointly set up and implemented by scientists of the different IFW institutes. It comprises the following five research areas:
Superconductivity & superconductors
Magnetism and magnetic materials
Molecular Nanostructures and Molecular solids
Metastable alloys
Stress-driven architectures and phenomena
Research institutes
The IFW consists of five research institutes
Institute for Solid State Research, Director: Prof. Dr. Bernd Büchner
Institute for Metallic Materials, Director: Prof. Dr. Kornelius Nielsch
Institute for Complex Materials, Director: Prof. Dr. Bernd Büchner (temp.)
Institute for Emerging Electronic Technologies, Director: Prof.
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