CRC 1411 – Design of Particulate Products
The key objective and long-term vision of Collaborative Research Centre 1411 is the targeted design of particulate products by rigorous optimisation based on predictive structure-property and process-structure functions. Particulate products, as considered in this CRC, consist in the simplest case of dispersed single particles and in more complex cases of hierarchically organised assemblies of particles in the form of supraparticles, thin films or stationary phases for chromatographic separation. We target scientific breakthroughs in the product engineering of nanoparticles with optimised optical properties produced by continuous synthesis directly coupled to property-specific classification of nanoparticles by chromatography. These challenges will be addressed from different perspectives in four strongly interlinked research areas. These will be underpinned by the development of joint methodologies in synthesis, classification, characterisation as well as modelling, simulation, and optimisation.
According to an evaluation by Stanford University, our PIs Prof. Martin Hartmann and Prof. Matthias Thommes are among the top 2 percent of the most cited scientists worldwide. The list was published by researchers at Stanford University who evaluated the Scopus database, the largest abstract and cit...
From 6-10 November 2022, the Erlangen Collaborative Research Centre 1411 organises an International Workshop on "Optics: Simulation and Optimization".
Optical properties of particulate products play a crucial role in many applications. Already the composition, size and shape of nanoparticles throug...
Polymeric additives enable homogeneous drying of dispersed particles
Have you ever spilled your coffee? You may have noticed how the coffee dries into an intriguing stain with a bright centre and a dark ring encircling it.
This ‘coffee ring’ forms because the liquid evaporates faster at the ...
The Particle-Based Materials Symposium 2022 Enhancing Sustainability is co-organized by CRC 1411 and will take place at FAU from 6 to 7 October 2022.
Particles and particle-based materials (PBM) are everywhere and will play a crucial role to enhance sustainability of processes and products. The P...
The 2022 MRS Fall Meeting Symposium SB05 "Emergent Order and Mesoscale Structure Formation in Soft Condensed Matter", co-organized by CRC PI Prof. Nicolas Vogel, will take place in Boston, MA, USA on November 27 – December 2. The symposium will cover topics including structure formation in a variety...
