Overview: Advanced Materials Science - TU Graz

TU Graz
Graz University of Technology

Whether cars, planes, computers, mobile phones or medical equipment – all these products rely on materials research. Research in the Field of Expertise Advanced Materials Science at TU Graz aims to understand the structure and function of the smallest components through advanced characterization techniques and modeling, to develop new materials and to assemble them in special processes. The focus is on improving existing materials, and designing them to be lighter, more flexible, more responsive, cheaper or more robust. The researchers work primarily with materials for the areas of energy technology, electronics, sensors, lightweight construction and medical technology.

Research topics

Development of new materials and processes

Cathode, anode, electrolyte and separator materials for batteries and accumulators
Inorganic and organic semiconductors
Paper and the physical and chemical basics of paper strength
Metallic materials for energy applications and lightweight construction
New joining, forming and additive processes
Polymers and new polymerization techniques
Thin film technologies
Porous materials
Sensor materials
Biocides, bioresponsive and biodegradable plastics
Organic, hybrid and perovskite solar cells
Ceramic semiconductors, sensors and piezoelectric components
Functional layers and components

Microanalytics and nanoanalytics, structure determination

Diffraction and scattering methods (light, X-ray and synchrotron radiation)
Analytical electron microscopy
Solid-state spectroscopy
Surface analysis
Thermomechanical tests
Micro computed tomography (μ-CT)
Surface area and porosimetry
Soft matter application lab

Materials modelling

Multi-scale materials modelling
Optimisation of casting, forming and joining processes by numerical simulation
Materials design via machine learning

Participating researchers

around 150 researchers from 6 faculties of TU Graz