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Wei and colleagues have revolutionized the Stöber method, originally for amorphous SiO2 colloids, by extending it to metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) and coordination polymers (CPs). Their innovative approach harnesses the slow, continuous diffusion of triethylamine (TEA) vapor to precisely control the deprotonation of organic ligands, paving the way for creating finely crafted amorphous CP spheres. Wei-Zhang-method: […]

Visit by Prof. Dr. Huỳnh Thành Đạt, Minister of Science, Vietnam On June 26th, 2024, the Vietnamese Minister for Science and Technology, H.E. Prof. Dr. Huynh Thanh Dat, visited CSMB and the Science park Adlershof during his trip to Germany. Our Deputy Director, Prof. Emil-List-Kratochvil, welcomed the high-ranking delegation from Vietnam in the research building.

Interview with Dr. Nakib Protik on DRAGONICS https://csmb.hu-berlin.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Interview_NP.mp4 Berlin, July 1st, 2024 From International Scholar to Emmy Noether Group Leader After holding positions at prestigious institutions around the world, including Harvard University and the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Dr. Nakib Protik arrived at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin in 2022. Funded by an Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship,

Innovative research has brought us closer to sustainable battery technology with a breakthrough in sulfur-based cathodes. Traditionally, lithium-ion batteries — central to electronics and electric vehicles — rely on scarce materials like cobalt. Sulfur offers a greener alternative due to its abundance and impressive theoretical capacity of 1675 mAh g-1. A major challenge with sulfur

Materializing the future: CSMB Opening Ceremony The Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB) celebrated its opening with a diverse program. Following warm welcomes from HU-president Julia von Blumenthal, Bernd Rech (HZB), Jan Lüning (IGAFA) and our director Stefan Hecht, the guided tours through the research building were particularly in high demand. There, scientists

Our microscopes rank among the world’s finest and highest-resolution instruments. With the NION HERMES microscopes, we not only have the capability to visualize individual atoms but also to unveil their intrinsic properties. We can identify the type of atom, its bonding with neighbouring atoms, and characterize these neighbouring atoms, etc. To perform these measurements, it

Stefan Hecht received UNIPRENEURS Award for exceptional university entrepreneurship commitment Berlin, Sept 6th, 2023 Professor Stefan Hecht, Director of the Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, was honored along with 19 other university professors with the #UNIPRENEURS Award for his dedication to university spin-offs. The prestigious award ceremony was

Monolayers like vinylene 2D-polymers are significant because they offer a unique combination of material properties and can be used in various advanced applications, from electronics to photonics. Filippo and colleagues have achieved a significant breakthrough in materials science by successfully creating a single-layered nanomaterial called VL-2D-SCOF-1. He accomplished this through a new process called on-surface