SPP 1959:  Manipulation of matter controlled by electric and magnetic fields: Towards novel synthesis and processing routes of inorganic materials

• Subject Area: Materials Science and Engineering ; Chemistry
• Term: since 2016
• Website: Homepage
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 274005202

This proposal plans the coordination and management of the priority programme SPP 1959 in order to guarantee enough coherence in the scientific activities, providing an exchange platform to facilitate the contacts between members of different expertise areas, and to build synergies between groups and projects. In summary, the objectives of the coordination project are as follows: -Coordination and management of the SPP 1959-Initiation of a research network structure-Organization of scientific meetings -Design and maintenance of a web-platform for exchange and data repository-Special support of gender equality-Promotion of young researchers-Communication of results to scientific communities, society and industry

• DFG Programme: Priority Programmes
• International Connection: Israel, USA

Projects

• Coordination Funds (Applicant Guillon, Olivier )
• Diffusion-controlled processes in polycrystalline ceria: Combined effect of electrical field and mechanical loading (Applicants De Souza, Ph.D., Roger ;  Guillon, Olivier )
• Electro-plasticity in Al-Cu eutectic alloys (Applicants Korte-Kerzel, Ph.D., Sandra ;  Roters, Franz ;  Sandlöbes-Haut, Stefanie )
• Flash sintering of Perovskites (Applicant Lupascu, Doru Constantin )
• From FAST to FLASH: Field assisted sintering of oxide ceramics with controlled electric field and current density (Applicants Bram, Martin ;  Broeckmann, Christoph )
• Impact of electric fields on grain growth in strontium titanate (Applicants Gumbsch, Peter ;  Hoffmann, Michael J. )
• Impact of electric fields on microstructure evolution in functional ceramics (Applicants De Souza, Ph.D., Roger ;  Elsässer, Christian ;  Hoffmann, Michael J. )
• In-Situ Electron Microscopy Studies of Flash Annealing in Oxide Ceramics (Applicant Volkert, Cynthia A. )
• Kinetic unmixing and kinetic decomposition of oxides in external electric fields (Applicant Martin, Manfred )
• Magnetic Field-assisted Chemical Vapor Deposition of Transition Metal Oxides and in situ Investigations on Electronic Structure by X-ray (Applicants Mathur, Sanjay ;  Mueller, David )
• Manipulating Material Properties of Atomic Layer Deposited Oxide Thin Films by Electric Field: Experimental and Computational Design (ALDBIAS) (Applicants Sierka, Marek ;  Szeghalmi, Adriana Viorica )
• Micromechanisms of the electro-plastic effect in magnesium alloys investigated by means of electron microscopy (Applicants Gerstein, Gregory ;  Zaefferer, Stefan )
• Pattern Formation during Current Sintering (Applicants Winterer, Markus ;  Wolf, Dietrich )
• Processing of magnetic materials enhanced by electric fields or currents (Applicants Elsässer, Christian ;  Gutfleisch, Oliver )
• Spark Plasma Sintering = Spark Plasma Synthesis (Applicants Tremel, Wolfgang ;  Veremchuk, Igor )
• The impact of high current densities and magnetic fields on the microstructure of nanocrystalline iron- and nickel-based alloys and related effects during spark plasma sintering of these alloys. (Applicants Kirchheim, Reiner ;  Volkert, Cynthia A. )
• The Influence of Electric and Magnetic Fields on Microstructure in Multiferroic Composite Materials - a Phase-Field-Crystal Approach (Applicant Voigt, Axel )

• Spokesperson: Professor Dr.-Ing. Olivier Guillon