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Institute of Materials Research
At the Institute of Materials Research at the GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht more than 160 employees work in the 4 divisions of "Material Mechanics", "Materials Physics", "Materials Technology" and "Magnesium Innovation Center MagIC".
Embedded in the Helmholtz Research Fields "Key Technologies" and "Structure of Matter" the Geesthacht scientists develop among other ultralight materials based on magnesium for transportation technology, high temperature materials on the basis of Titanium Aluminides e.g. for aviation turbines, and innovative welding processes for air and road transport.
With biodegradable magnesium alloys and metal powder injection processes new ways to manufacture medical devices such as vertebrae screws are followed.
Light metal hydrides with especially high hydrogen storage capacity are developed for the supply of fuel cells for mobile and stationary applications in a future hydrogen economy.
The characterisation of the properties of new materials is only possible performing interdisciplinary research. The Geesthacht Neutron Facility (GenF) offers the opportunity to study nano- and microstructures in engineering materials and biomaterials. Further neutron scattering experiments are operated or currently constructed at the GKSS outstation at the FRM II in Garching near Munich. Complementary investigations using very intense X-rays, the so-called “synchrotron radiation”, are performed at the high energy materials science beamline HARWI II at the GKSS outstation at DESY in Hamburg and in future at further synchrotron beamlines at the new synchrotron ring Petra III, which are currently under construction.
Embedded in the Helmholtz Research Fields "Key Technologies" and "Structure of Matter" the Geesthacht scientists develop among other ultralight materials based on magnesium for transportation technology, high temperature materials on the basis of Titanium Aluminides e.g. for aviation turbines, and innovative welding processes for air and road transport.
With biodegradable magnesium alloys and metal powder injection processes new ways to manufacture medical devices such as vertebrae screws are followed.
Light metal hydrides with especially high hydrogen storage capacity are developed for the supply of fuel cells for mobile and stationary applications in a future hydrogen economy.
The characterisation of the properties of new materials is only possible performing interdisciplinary research. The Geesthacht Neutron Facility (GenF) offers the opportunity to study nano- and microstructures in engineering materials and biomaterials. Further neutron scattering experiments are operated or currently constructed at the GKSS outstation at the FRM II in Garching near Munich. Complementary investigations using very intense X-rays, the so-called “synchrotron radiation”, are performed at the high energy materials science beamline HARWI II at the GKSS outstation at DESY in Hamburg and in future at further synchrotron beamlines at the new synchrotron ring Petra III, which are currently under construction.
