• Competencies
  • Material and component characterization
  • Material modeling and simulation
  • Interface and surface technology
  • Public sponsored projects
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    • SimPARTIX®
    • Verb
  • Networking
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• Business Units
  • Tribology
    • Wear protection, advanced ceramics
    • Multiscale modeling and tribosimulation
    • Biomedical materials and implants
    • Tribological coatings
    • Microtribology
  • Manufacturing technology
    • Machining and severing technologies
    • Glass processing
    • Functional coatings
    • Powder technology
    • Physical modeling of materials
  • Component safety
    • Component integrity, fracture mechanics
    • Crash simulation, damage machanics
    • Lifetime concepts, thermomechanics
  • Process and material assessment
    • Microstructure and damage analysis
    • Material fatigue and residual stresses
    • Composite materials
    • Shaping and forming
  • Polymer applications
    • Green composites
    • Polymer-based high performance composites
    • Polymeric material design
    • Polymer processing
    • Business development bio-based materials
  • Biological and macromolecular materials
    • Polymer films and membrane
    • Biofunctional surfaces
  • Components in microelectronics and microsystems technology
    • Assessment of microelectronic systems integration
    • Characterization of microsystems
    • Nanomaterials and nanoanalytics
    • Diagnostic of semiconductor technologies
  • Fraunhofer center for silicon photovoltaics CSP

• Profile
  • Institute management
    • Prof. Dr. Ralf B. Wehrspohn
    • Prof. Dr. Peter Gumbsch
    • Dr. Rainer Kübler
    • Prof. Dr. Matthias Petzold
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