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Freiburg Materials Research Center

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Materials and Minds for our Future

For over 30 years, the FMF has been developing innovative concepts and creating pioneering materials and technologies. This makes the FMF a resource centre and pool of ideas for materials research in a unique, interdisciplinary alliance consisting of six natural science and technical faculties, other German and European universities, the Fraunhofer Institutes in Freiburg and partners from industry.

News

Felix Fink as guest speaker

Lecture on semiconductor packaging

The FMF invites you to the next event in the “Let’s talk about Materials!” series: On February 10, 2026, at 2:00 p.m., Felix Fink, Sales Engineer and Product Manager Glass at RENA Technology GmbH, will speak on the topic of “Processing Tools for New Materials in Advanced Semiconductor Packaging.” Admission is free.

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Closing the cycle

Sustainable fertiliser made out of sewage sludge ash

How can the plant nutrient phosphorus be recovered from sewage sludge ash and used sustainably in regional organic farming? This is being analysed by the interdisciplinary research team of the joint project ‘PHÖNIX’ led by the University of Freiburg with the participation of the FMF.

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Picsart

Winning photo of “Science is an Art”

As winter begins, we are pleased to present this year’s beautiful frosty winning photo from the ‘Science is an Art’ photo competition. The contest was part of the programme for the internal FMF and FIT Kolloquium 2025, which was attended by over 100 participants from science and industry.

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Excellent networking

Our key research areas

The main areas of our research program focus on practical, interdisciplinary basic research in the fields of new materials and new technologies. The research carried out by the project groups at the FMF brings together Freiburg’s core competencies in the fields of physics, chemistry, biology, polymer sciences, medicine, renewable energy technology, and microsystems technology. The FMF research network is currently organized into eight research areas:

Sustainable Materials, Biopolymers and bio-based materials
Functional materials for harvesting, storage and conversion of renewable energy
Functional interfaces and catalysis for sustainable processes
Digital fabrication by multimaterials additive manufacturing and 4D-Printing
Material design inspired by nature
Mikro-, Nano- and Detector-Technology
Simulation and modelling of complex material systems
Material-systems for Health Care

Cutting-edge technology for materials research

Service goups and Core facilities

SERVICE is a top priority at FMF: All equipment brought into FMF can be used by all members and their project groups after consultation with those responsible for the equipment. The service groups pool technologies and expertise on various topics. Parts of the service groups are organized as core facilities and offer their services both internally at the university and externally.

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Fascination of materials research

The FMF brings together the expertise of leading researchers from a wide range of disciplines and institutions under one roof. What materials do we work with? What questions drive us? Where do we get our ideas for the material systems of the future? Find out for yourself – here and on our video portal:

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