Research Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN)

Highlights

• Forschung

  TODOSmart Microrobots Learn to Communicate and Collaborate in Water

  Researchers at Chemnitz University of Technology demonstrate autonomous micro-scale communication and coordinated motion in a new class of self-sufficient electronic microrobots

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  Prof. Dr. Chundong Wang receives Humboldt Research Fellowship

  Research fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation enables experienced scientist from China to spend a year conducting research at the MAIN Research Centre at Chemnitz University of Technology

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  Phoxonic Art: How 187 Metal Steles in the European Capital of Culture Chemnitz combine Art and Physics

  Projects from the TUCculture2025 initiative performed by the Faculties of Natural Sciences and Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and the Research Center MAIN are featured in the most important German-language physics journal

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  Scientific Secret of the Chemnitz Artwork "Model for Thought and Perception of the Phenomenon of Color" Revealed

  Researchers from Chemnitz and Besançon have uncovered the unexpected property of Stefan Nestler's striking stele artwork on the TU Chemnitz campus square as the largest known realization of a photonic crystal

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  Successful 3rd Focus Day at Research Center MAIN on the topic of Nanomedicine

  Circa 60 experts from medicine, natural sciences, and engineering discussed the opportunities and needs of an emerging interdisciplinary research field between materials science and life science and explored the potential for the region of Chemnitz

Tasks and Objectives

The Research Center for Materials, Architectures and Integration of Nanomembranes (MAIN) is a Central Scientific Institution at Chemnitz University of Technology. Its research activities are part of the core competence “Materials and intelligent systems” at Chemnitz University of Technology and are dedicated to exploratory research into the basic physical and chemical properties and the development of the engineering application potential of flexible nanostructured membranes ('nanomembranes'). They build a bridge between basic research and applied research. The Research Center and its 18 members from the faculties of natural sciences as well as electrical engineering and information technology make a significant contribution to shaping nanomembrane research as one of the most modern fields of materials science and promote the international and national visibility of Chemnitz University of Technology in this area. Based on the researched sensory and actuator applications, fruitful impulses for and high synergies with the core competencies “Human and Technology” as well as “Resource-Efficient Production and Lightweight Construction” of Chemnitz University of Technology can be expected.

News

• Internships, academic projects and thesis topics in interdisciplinary context (continuously)
• Part-time (hourly) employment as Student Research Assistant (studentische /wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft, SHK/WHK) at the MAIN Management Office in the fields of Research Data Management and Cross-Sectional Topics (pending)

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