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Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research

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The Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research is a cross-faculty institute of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy and the Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena. Our research focuses on the correlation between structure and properties of different classes of materials as a function of their synthesis and application conditions, with a special emphasis on glass. The knowledge gained in this way is used in the design of new materials and the manufacture of tailor-made components and products using new methods of material characterization.

Research topics include:

  • Glass and glass ceramics
  • Ceramic materials
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Polymers and composites
  • Nanostructured materials and surfaces
  • Materials for optics
  • Biomaterials
  • Materials for energy and environmental technology
  • Material processing with lasers
  • Modelling and simulations

Our materials science program in a minute

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New bachelor's and master's degree programs

New bachelor's and master's degree programs in materials science
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Starting in the winter semester 2023/24, the new bachelor's and master's degree programs will begin at Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research

Materials Science

with emphasis on the research areas

  • Glass and optical materials,
  • Biomaterials,
  • Materials for energy and environmental technology.

The enrollment will take place in the period from 15.06. to 15.09.2023 at www.uni-jena.de/bewerbung

Study Materials Science at the University of Jena

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Study Materials Science at the University of Jena

"Materials are ubiquitous. We wear clothes made of breathable fabrics, our cars and bicycles are graceful metal constructions, we live in houses made of ceramic bricks, and our eyeglass lenses are made of glass or plastic. Our entire lives are shaped by natural or specially developed materials. In the study of materials science at the University of Jena, students deal with the selection, development and processing of materials to drive technical and scientific progress in traditional and promising industries."

News

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Specially coated titanium reduces risk of clots on prostheses
International study advances understanding of blood compatibility of materials
PhD student Maja Struczynska with the model of a single fibrinogen molecule.
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Exciting light emission and measuring temperature with ultrasound
Scientists at the University of Jena develop mechanoluminescent material systems
Mechanoluminescent material during an experiment.
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Melting glasses from unmeltable compounds
Chemists at the University of Jena developed methods for manufacturing glasses from non-melting compounds
Vahid Nozari uses a microscope to examine the new synthetic glass made of a MOF material.
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Refined process enables high-strength thin glass
Materials scientist Lothar Wondraczek receives renewed support from the European Research Council
Jena glass chemists want to further develop a process for thermally hardening very thin glass.
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Managing Director of the Institute, Representative of the Faculty of Chemistry and Earth Sciences

Lothar Wondraczek, Univ.-Prof. Dr
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Lothar Wondraczek
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Room O104
Fraunhoferstraße 6
07743 Jena
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Institute Director, Representative of the Faculty of Physics and Astronomy

Frank A. Müller, Univ.-Prof. Dr
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Frank A. Müller
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Room 124
Löbdergraben 32
07743 Jena
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Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research - Location Fraunhoferstrasse
Fraunhoferstrasse 6
07743 Jena
Otto Schott Institute of Materials Research - Location Löbdergraben
Löbdergraben 32
07743 Jena