Multimedia
Here you will find videos from and about the FMF. Further films can be found on the University of Freiburg’s video portal.
The FMF Image Film
The FMF is a central research institute at the University of Freiburg. As a resource centre, it has been successfully conducting application-oriented basic and goal-oriented contract research across disciplines, institutes and countries since 1990. Located in the heart of the trinational metropolitan region in the Upper Rhine Valley, which offers a high quality of life and international education, we conduct cutting-edge research and are members of various competence networks.
Printed glass
Bastian Rapp’s research group has developed a plastic that can be converted into pure glass after moulding, for example by injection moulding. The process requires less energy than conventional glass production and does not leave behind any toxic substances.
Fuel cells and more
The development of electrocatalysts for fuel cells (including hydrogen and methanol fuel cells) and the development of oxide photoanodes for light-induced water splitting – this is the research area of the Fischer project group at the FMF.
Forest – Materials – Research
Residual materials from the timber industry form the basis for the work of Prof. Marie-Pierre Laborie and her research group. Their research is highly interdisciplinary and ranges from a wide variety of scientific fields in wood research to the synthesis of biomacromolecules, polymer physics and nanotechnology, and materials technology.
Why do materials scientists X-ray Kinder Surprise eggs?
What is X-ray radiation? How can it be made visible? And what does this have to do with materials research?
Manufacturing glass using injection moulding
A newly developed plastic that can be converted into pure glass after moulding, for example by injection moulding. The process requires less energy than conventional glass manufacturing and does not produce any toxic substances.
Sustainable fuels – What makes for good combustion?
The FMF conducts research into the production of sustainable synthetic fuels.
3D printing
Today, printing means much more than just putting letters on paper. With so-called 3D printers, it is possible to produce items on the spot that previously had to be laboriously manufactured with saws and files or by injection moulding in a workshop. Even edible items are possible. Pioneers of 3D printing technology teach and conduct research at the Freiburg Materials Research Centre.
Innovative material systems for 3D printing
At the Freiburg Materials Research Centre (FMF), researchers in Prof. Dr. Rolf Mülhaupt’s working group are developing material systems for sustainable lightweight construction, architecture, energy technology, sports and medicine. The FMF also coordinates the Freiburg 3D Printing Alliance (F3D), which brings together the fields of materials research, microsystems technology, biology, polymer sciences, medicine and computer science in additive manufacturing. The F3D material spectrum ranges from metal and glass to polymers, composite materials, biological and bio-inspired systems for 3D/4D printing.
FMF Tower Building Game
If you want to build a tower as high as possible, you need steady hands. And you have to pay attention to the statics and the material. The Freiburg Materials Research Centre invites you to build a tower out of a wide variety of materials. In this game, developed by Stefanie Kuhl, electrical conductivity is key…
Pencil miracle: Graphene, the material of the future
SWR television report on the development and production of graphene at the FMF. Broadcast on Landesschau Baden-Württemberg on 22 February 2013.
Clean refuelling – diesel substitute oxymethylene ether
Hope for the diesel engine: Freiburg chemist Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing is conducting research into the liquid fuel oxymethylene ether. It burns without leaving any residue, making it a promising alternative to electric mobility.
Materials of the future: An interview with Prof. Dr. Rolf Mülhaupt
The Freiburg Materials Research Centre (FMF) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year (2010). uni’leben spoke with the director of the FMF, Prof. Dr. Rolf Mülhaupt, who has been there from the very beginning. Read teh interview here.
FMF presentation
A radio report about the FMF broadcast on 2 December 2009 on SWR4.
Resins – The Blood of Trees
A radio report on the subject of resins, broadcast on BR on 6 September 2019 by Hellmuth Nordwig and featuring an interview with Prof. Dr. R. Mülhaupt. This report is protected by copyright and is only available for private use. Provided here with th ekind permissio of Hellmuth Nordwig.