University News: Research

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How Should Automated Vehicles Interact with Pedestrians?

Joint studies by TU Chemnitz and TU Berlin investigate how vehicle mode, speed, and braking behaviour influence interactions with an automated shuttle
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One Film, Two Effects

Researchers at TU Chemnitz have developed a flexible nanocomposite film that can both generate electrical energy and measure pressure.
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"The Labor Market in South Westphalia is Facing Profound Changes"

EFRE project "MARS – Modeling Labor Market Shifts in Südwestfalen" at the Chair of Microeconomics of Chemnitz University of Technology has started
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Smart Vehicle Technology Aims to Reduce Injury Risks for Pedestrians and Cyclists

Chair of Cognitive Psychology and Human Factors of Chemnitz University of Technology is involved in research project that aims at developing and validating an automated driving function capable of initiating targeted braking and steering maneuvers in situations in which collisions are unavoidable
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Organic Solar Cells Move Towards Scalable Manufacturing

solar cells achieved power conversion efficiencies of 7.3 % – a record for fully roll-to-roll-compatible organic solar cells with a gravure-printed photoactive layer
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Chemnitz University of Technology Receives New Cleanroom at the Center for Micro and Nano Technologies for € 68 Million

With a multi-million investment, the Free State of Saxony is laying the groundwork for a new cleanroom at the Center for Micro- and Nanotechnologies at Chemnitz University of Technology, thereby strengthening research infrastructure and technology transfer in Southwestern Saxony
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American Visiting Scholar, Dr. Elizabeth Mamros, Spends a Year at the Professorship Forming Technology

Dr. Elizabeth Mamros of Bucknell University is strengthening a long-standing Ger-man-American research collaboration during her one-year stay at Chemnitz Univer-sity of Technology
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Research at Minus 269 Degrees Celsius for the Quantum Computing of the Future

The new “Cryo-Lab for Materials and Electronics Packaging Chemnitz” (CRYME) enables the study of materials and systems for quantum computers at extremely low, so-called cryogenic temperatures
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Identify birds offline using AI: New app records animal sounds directly on your smartphone

Professional bioacoustics in your pocket: The new BirdNET Live app is revolutionising the monitoring of animal calls. Its AI works without an internet connection and recognises more species than other apps.
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Rethinking Charge Transport: Donor Dilution Reshapes Limits of Organic Solar Cells

New Advanced Materials study led by Chemnitz University of Technology reveals how extreme dilution of the polymer donor preserves light conversion but triggers topology‑limited transport and a transition from Langevin to Smoluchowski‑type recombination in organic solar cells
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Making Decisions of Complex Control Systems More Understandable

A paper by the junior research group MORE-KIBA at TU Chemnitz has been accepted at the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) 2026, one of the world’s leading conferences in artificial intelligence research
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How gentle touches affect the wave transport properties in crystals

Franco-German research team uncovers the role of contact points for the formation of band gaps in two-dimensional crystal lattices
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Insights at the Atomic Level: What Binds the World in its Innermost Core?

At the Transmission Electron Microscopy Center at Chemnitz University of Technology researchers explore the nanoscale to study and develop modern materials with new characteristics
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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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What do you know about fairy tales?

Call for participation in a short linguistic survey by Chemnitz University of Technology – no specialist knowledge needed
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Advancing Stronger Light–Matter Coupling: Tin Nanoantennas as a New Plasmonic Platform

Chemnitz University of Technology researchers uncover a new way to amplify light-matter coupling in graphene using tin nanoantennas, published in “Advanced Optical Materials”
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How loops and shortcuts in the brain could be shaping our behavior?

From dual system to network: Research team from Chemnitz, Santiago de Chile, and Magdeburg presents a new perspective on how the brain controls actions — and how this understanding could benefit the development of neuro-inspired AI
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Why cooking recipes are surprisingly personal – and have been so for over 160 years

Linguistic study reveals personal pronouns are far more common in recipes than expected and that chatty cooking recipes go back at least 160 years
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What Does a Human Say to a Robot While They’re Building an IKEA Shelf Together?

Researchers at Chemnitz University of Technology explore human-robot conversations – and share their insights in a podcast episode