e-conversion - Cluster of Excellence

🚀 From Lab to Market Challenge – Call for Sciencepreneurs Are you a researcher in topics related to chemistry and thinking about turning your research into a product or business idea?
🗓 Deadline: 30 March 2026 (23:59 CET)
🔗 More info & registration: www.chemstars.de/fltmc

Mobility research in the spotlight for children Gleich zwei bekannte Kindersendungen haben die Mobilitätsforschung der TUM nähergebracht – „Checker Tobi“ und „1, 2 oder 3“.

Our #mobility cluster, MCube, was featured in two well-known children's TV shows, "Checker Tobi" and "1, 2 oder 3", introducing mobility research at our #university to a young audience. Watch now: go.tum.de/763834

#urbanspaces #autonomousdriving

📷MCube

I'm a Scientist Get Me Out of here. Forscher*innen für Live-Chats mit Schüler*innen gesucht. Themenrunde KI 23. bis 27. Februar 2025. Bis zum 5. Februar bewerben! Wissenschaft im Dialog Rhet AI VolkswagenStiftung Forschungsbörse

Last Call für I’m a Scientist: Als Wissenschaftler*in kannst du dich noch bis Donnerstag, den 5. Februar, für die aktuelle Themenrunde zu Künstlicher Intelligenz bewerben! Sei dabei und tausche dich vom 23. bis 27. mit Schüler*innen über deine Forschung aus!
imascientist.de/bewerbungsfo...
#Wisskomm

MaMaSELF is a two-year #international #Master #course in #Materials #Science fully taught in English, delivering multiple Master degree. The joint program covers fundamentals of Materials. The #recruitment is now open for #MaMaSELF.

The #scholarship deadline for #Non-European students is 13.2

Interview with Max Planck Fellow Jennifer Rupp Interview with Max Planck Fellow Jennifer Rupp

"Together, we can better understand the properties of #energy materials." In the interview, Prof. Jennifer Rupp from @tum.de explains what she wants to achieve as a Max Planck Fellow at the #FHI.

www.fhi.mpg.de/2195216/Inte...

#batteries @e-conversion.bsky.social

👏 Congratulations to our friend and collaborator Jennifer from
@tum.de
! Wa are happy to have you on board as
@maxplanck.de Fellow at the @fhi-mpg.bsky.social.

Looking forward to be doing great science with you within the @e-conversion.bsky.social cluster! 👏

Girls discover STEM at GirlsLAB@TUM Female school students from various Bavarian partner schools of TUM discover opportunities and STEM talents at GirlsLAB@TUM by ExploreTUM.

At ExploreTUM’s first GirlsLAB@TUM, girls in grades 9–11 from our Bavarian #partnerschools, discovered technology and science at our #university in a hands-on way and gained new ideas for their educational and #careerpaths: go.tum.de/484608

#GirlsInSTEM

📷ExploreTUM

Zhaonan Jin et al in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (@ACS_AMI): #Gas #quenching under ambient conditions for #efficient and #stable #wide-bandgap #perovskite #solar cells with #surface #passivation

ACS Appl. Mater. Interf. 18, 1702-1713 (2026)

doi.org/10.1021/acsa...

High-tech from pole to pole Batteries conceal something truly magical: a store of energy that can be used as electricity. What was a source of amazement 200 years ago when Alessandro Volta unveiled his first battery – the voltai...

⚡ What might tomorrow’s energy storage look like?

Take a look at our research about new battery concepts and innovative material research with AI 👇
www.e-conversion.de/hightech-fro...

@tum.de @lmumuenchen.bsky.social @helges.bsky.social @mpifkf.bsky.social @lotschgroup.bsky.social

Nanomaterialien komponieren – mit KI und Chemie Forschende der LMU entwickeln ein Werkzeug, das automatisierte chemische Synthese, Hochdurchsatz-Charakterisierung und datengetriebene Modellierung verbindet.

Forschende der #LMU entwickeln – gefördert von @e-conversion.bsky.social – ein Werkzeug, das automatisierte chemische Synthese, Hochdurchsatz-Charakterisierung und datengetriebene Modellierung verbindet. Ziel: Das Wachstum von #Nanokristallen so präzise zu steuern wie nie. www.lmu.de/de/newsroom/...

Composing Nanomaterials – with AI and Chemistry Perovskite nanocrystal solutions with different, finely adjustable blue-green emission colors, as were also produced as part of the synthesizer project. (Photo: N. Henke/LMU) LMU researcher Prof. Al...

Can AI learn how to “design” nanomaterials?
Researchers at @lmumuenchen.bsky.social say yes. With Synthesizer, they combine automated chemistry and machine learning to precisely tailor nanomaterials.

A fascinating glimpse into the future:
www.e-conversion.de/nanomaterial...

Functional Ceramics: Key Materials for the Energy Future Lucie Quincke and Steffen Weinmann in the laboratory of Prof. Jennifer Rupp's research group. (Photo: Lisa Winkler/TUM) In everyday life, ceramics are commonly associated with items such as coffee c...

Functional ceramics play a crucial role in energy technologies, but their environmental impact is often overlooked. A new review from @tum.de researchers takes a full value-chain perspective.

www.e-conversion.de/functional-c...

Escape from Carbonia at Deutsches Museum and Spielwiesn Solving puzzles, experimenting, cracking codes: In the Science Escape Room, everything revolves around artificial photosynthesis. (Photo: Astrid Eckert/TUM) For one week, the Science Communication La...

🎉 A strong finish for "Escape from Carbonia": The sessions at the Deutsches Museum and at SPIELWIESN Augsburg marked the final sprint of our Science Escape Game - and immersive science communication.

Take a look 📷 👇

www.e-conversion.de/escape-carbo...
@tum.de @w-i-d.de

Jennifer L.M. Rupp elected to the board of the Materials Research Society Prof. Dr. Jennifer L.M. Rupp. (Photo: Uli Benz / TUM) Materials researcher Prof. Jennifer L.M. Rupp (TU Munich) was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Materials Research Society (MRS)...

We are proud to announce that e-conversion expert Prof. Jennifer L.M. Rupp from @tum.de has been elected to the Materials Research Society's Board of Directors starting in 2026 — a great recognition of her work. Congratulations! 🎉
www.e-conversion.de/mrs-rupp-boa...
#materials #energy #research

Four days of energy, ideas and exchange at the e-conversion Cluster Conference 2025 in Tutzing ⚡ Don’t miss the highlights – check out the photo gallery 📸 here:
www.e-conversion.de/cluster-conf...
#science #research #ClustersOfExcellence #EnergyResearch #ScienceConference

14 TUM scientists among the most cited worldwide Fourteen TUM researchers belong to the world's most frequently cited scientists according to the latest Highly Cited Researchers rankings.

Congrats to 14 of our scientists, including Rupert Seidl, who have been recognized in the latest Highly Cited Researchers #rankings. This analysis reviews global #publications from 2014 to 2024: go.tum.de/537241 👏

#HighlyCited2025
📷A. Eckert

ERC Synergy Grants: Großer Erfolg für LMU-Forschende Drei Forschende haben mit der LMU hochdotierte Synergy Grants des Europäischen Forschungsrats eingeworben. Die geförderten Projekte beschäftigen sich mit Nanomaschinen aus DNA, den Proteinfabriken der...

💪 #ERC Synergy Grants: Großer Erfolg für die #LMU✨
Der Physiker Tim Liedl, der Biochemiker Roland Beckmann und der Meteorologe Fabian Hoffmann haben an der LMU in Kooperation mit internationalen Forschungsteams jeweils einen #SynergyGrant eingeworben. #ERCSynergyGrants #LMUMuenchen

Magnets for a cleaner future Magnetism could become a new regulating factor in electrocatalysis. Prof. Karsten Reuter, Director of the Theory Department at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society and a e-conversion ex...

Can magnetic fields speed up the energy transition?

That’s what Karsten Reuter from @thdept-fhi-mpg.bsky.social @fhi-mpg.bsky.social and his team are trying to find out. Their project MAGNESIS has just been awarded an ERC Synergy Grant.

www.e-conversion.de/magnesis-erc...

Congratulations 👏

Preventing dangerous short circuits in lithium batteries Dendrites are considered the most dangerous destroyers of lithium batteries — tiny metal structures that can cause short circuits. In the worst case, they can cause batteries to burn or explode. A res...

Meet the silent saboteurs hiding inside solid-state batteries: Lithium dendrites. Researchers in the team of @muellerb.bsky.social at @tum.de have discovered that these tiny structures can form deep inside polymer electrolytes.

Curious how? 👇
www.e-conversion.de/lithium-dend...

Magnets for a Cleaner Future: ERC Synergy Grant Funds MAGNESIS to Unlock Magnetically Enhanced Catalysis

🌍⚡ Can magnets help build a cleaner energy future?

Over the moon to announce that this is the question our @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grant-funded project MAGNESIS will be tackling! ⚡🧲

Press Release: www.fhi.mpg.de/2157238/2025...

Project digest below 👇

#ERC #MAGNESIS #GreenEnergy #Science

🚀 ¡Nueva subvención #ERCSyG para IMDEA Nanociencia!

#MAGNESIS explorará el campo emergente de la magnetoelectrocatalisis ⚡🧲
nanociencia.imdea.org/es/imdea-nan...

🇪🇸 Galán-Mascarós @ICIQ.org
🇩🇪 K. Reuter @fhi-mpg.bsky.social
🇩🇰 J.V. Lauritsen @au.dk
🇪🇸 D. Écija @imdeanano.bsky.social

Strong as a team Five Max Planck researchers secure prestigious ERC Synergy Grants in 2025, enhancing collaborative research in Europe.

Congratulations! In the current call of the European Research Council, Max Planck researchers have secured five Synergy Grants. Together with the University of Cambridge, we are among the top three most successful #research institutions in #Europe ! 🙌 www.mpg.de/25684336/erc... @erc.europa.eu

Researcher Fabian Apfelbeck, wearing glasses and a beige sweater, works in a laboratory with electronic measurement equipment and monitoring devices.

Dendrites can cause short circuits in #lithiumbatteries. Researchers, including Fabian Apfelbeck, found such structures may also form inside polymer-based #electrolytes, not only at electrodes. This finding could improve solid-state #batteries: go.tum.de/518497

📷V.Hiendl/ @e-conversion.bsky.social

Solid-state batteries, closer than you think. Qkera’s Co-Founder and CTO Dr Andreas Weis explains how oxide-ceramic electrolytes could change the game!

Qkera was founded in 2024 as a spin-off from @tum.de and @mit.edu.

www.e-conversion.de/andreas-weis...

Strength of gender biases in AI images varies across languages Text-to-image generators reproduce stereotypes and reinforce them. The direction and strength of the distortion depends heavily on the language in question.

Scientists, including Alexander Fraser, studied how text-to-image generators deal with #gender stereotypes in various #languages. The results show that the models not only reflect #genderbiases, but also amplify them: go.tum.de/446018

#AI #LLMs

📷T. Algeri

Graphic from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) titled 'TUM science glossary – Catalysis.' The text explains that catalysis is a chemical process accelerated by a catalyst, which is not consumed or altered during the reaction and helps save time, energy, and costs. The image has a purple background with the TUM logo and the website www.tum.de/energy

Let’s take a closer look at our next #scienceglossary term for the research field #energy: “catalysis". #Catalysts can be metals, chemical compounds, or enzymes — they speed up reactions without being used up: go.tum.de/917142

📷TUM CCC/ T. Hamacher

🔋 Solid-state batteries, redefined ⚡Munich-based startup Qkera secures a seven-figure pre-seed led by InnoEnergy to scale its ceramic electrolyte tech — safer, faster, and built for industry.

👉https://www.e-conversion.de/innoenergy_qkera_en/

@tum.de @mit.edu

Graphic from TUM explaining the term 'Sector coupling.' It describes how sector coupling connects different energy sectors such as heating, electricity, industry, and transportation. The approach integrates renewable energy sources to promote more sustainable energy use. The image features the TUM logo and the website www.tum.de/energy

In our #scienceglossary for the research field #energy, today’s term is "sector coupling". #Energysectors are the different areas of the economy where energy is produced, converted, distributed, and used: go.tum.de/917142

📷TUM CCC/ T. Hamacher

TUM launches Public Science Lab The Technical University of Munich (TUM) has founded the TUM Public Science Lab, which will involve people from all areas of society in research.

Our #university launched the TUM #PublicScience Lab — a new platform where science engages with society. The lab brings together diverse perspectives to address major #societalchallenges and promote #sustainableinnovation: go.tum.de/583509

#publicengagement

📷A.Heddergott

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.”

The 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to Susumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson and Omar M. Yaghi “for the development of metal–organic frameworks.” This Collection recognises the achievements of the Laureates. #chemsky 🧪