 Best contributed talk award at the 2021 Material Research Society (MRS) Fall MeetingDoctoral student Ahmed Farag from the Institute of Microstructure Technology (IMT) received an award for the best contributed talk at the hybrid 2021 Materials Research Society (MRS) fall meeting in Boston. The award was given for his oral presentation on ‘’ Micrometer-Thick Solution Processed Perovskite Solar Cells on Industrial-Like Textured Si Substrates for Efficient Light Harvesting’’.
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 IMT Team wins COSIMA competition
For the fourth time in the last 5 years, a team supervised by the IMT won the COSIMA product development competition (www.cosima-mems.de). The students developed a cooking spoon with a temperature sensor which converts the old stove in student housings into an mobile app controlled device that helps unexperienced students to cook or allows cooking enthusiasts to prepare fancy dishes. More... |
 Erna-Scheffler-Prize 2021 (Master Thesis) Was Awarded to L. M. Schmidt-SpeicherFor her Master Thesis “Production, investigation and parametrization of bactericidal nanostructures on silicon and titanium” conducted in IMT‘s BioMEMS group Leona M. Schmidt-Speicher was honored with the Erna-Scheffler-Prize (Photo: private). More… |
 Compartmentalized Biochemical Reactions Monitored by NMR SpectroscopyNuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of enzymatic reactions localized within individual hydrogel layers is made possible by a microfluidic device featuring integrated electrodes developed by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The system enables parallel measurement and development of complex cascaded reactions (Schematic: N. Nordin, IMT). |
 Automated High Throughput NMRAutomated nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of microliter sample volumes under flow conditions is reported by IMT researchers. With the novel NMR probe head, sample throughput can be increased by a factor of 50 opening applications requiring screening of large parameter spaces. (Photo: Markus Breig, KIT). |
 Water Treatment: Eliminating Hormones with SunlightKIT researchers developed a new method to remove the micropollutants by means of a photocatalytic membrane and visible light (Photo: Markus Breig, KIT). DOI:10.1016/j.apcatb.2021.120097 More… |
 IMT X-ray lenses: Cover page of “Journal of Synchrotron Radiation”The recently developed staircase array of inclined refractive multi-lenses can perform large field of view (FoV) pixel super-resolution scanning transmission hard X-ray microscopy with a 780 ± 40 nm spatial resolution within a FoV of 1.64 cm × 1.64 cm. (Photo: IUCr Journals, Wiley) DOI: 10.1107/S1600577521001521 More… |
 All-evaporated Perovskite Solar ModulesUpscaling perovskite photovoltaics from cell to module level with scalable processes is a key challenge. Researchers at IMT and LTI have now produced perovskite solar modules with almost no loss of scaling. They combine laser-scribed interconnection lines with the ease of co-evaporated perovskites. |
 Broadband NMR Micro-detectors Push NMR BoundariesScientists of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) developed an NMR micro-detector capable of detecting 7 different nuclei. The detector being realized employing MEMS techniques exhibits a sensitive bandwidth of >375 MHz (Photo: Markus Breig, KIT). |
 Large Signals from sub-µl Samples for Palm-Sized MagnetsNuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy of minute sample volumes inside low-field portable, permanent magnets is made possible by a new MEMS based probe head developed by the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). The probe induces large non-equilibrium spin polarisation, dramatically boosting the signal-to-noise-ratio of the NMR measurement (CAD-Drawing: S. Kiss, KIT). |
 Perovskite Layers Precisely ExaminedEfficient materials for solar cells of the future - New model for determining photoluminescence quantum yields |
 Efficient Power Generation from Waste HeatResearchers at KIT and Tohoku University (Japan) succeeded in significantly enhancing the electrical power of thermomagnetic generators with respect to footprint. This research is the front topic of the December 2020 Issue of the Energy Journal ‘Joule’. Original Publication: Joel Joseph, Makoto Ohtsuka, Hiroyuki Miki, and Manfred Kohl: Upscaling of Thermomagnetic Generators Based on Heusler Alloy Films. Joule, 2020. |
