Our 3rd Colloquium marked a great start to 2025 with a thought-provoking lecture by Prof. Horst Hahn on "Structural and Chemical Disorder Towards Advanced Materials." As a Distinguished Materials Visiting Professor at the University of Oklahoma and KIT Distinguished Senior Fellow, Prof. Hahn provided exceptional insights into advanced materials research, highlighting innovative approaches and cross-disciplinary ideas.
We are excited to announce the first CRC1625 Block Course, starting this year! The course will feature lectures by Alfred Ludwig and Wolfgang Schuhmann, covering key topics in materials science. Alfred will discuss Thin Films: Synthesis, Characterization, and High Throughput Experiments, while Wolfgang will introduce Electrochemical Methods. This course offers a great opportunity to deepen knowledge for all CRC-members and anyone interested.
One year has passed, and CRC1625 has made significant research progress! At our second annual general meeting, we will reflect on key milestones and discuss future steps toward a better understanding of multifunctional compositionally complex solid solution surfaces. This meeting will provide an opportunity to exchange insights, evaluate achievements, and shape the next years of our research.
We are excited to announce our second annual international workshop! This event will bring together researchers to discuss the latest developments in our field. More information coming soon
After our three-day CRC1625 retreat in Raesfeld last year, which proved to be an invaluable experience, we are excited to do it again! The retreat fostered deep collaboration, intensive discussions, and significant progress on our joint projects. This year, we return to Raesfeld to reflect on our achievements and discuss the next steps in our research. We look forward to another inspiring and productive retreat!
At our first colloquium, Dr. Serhiy Cherevko will speak on 'Activity and Stability of High Entropy Electrocatalysts,' and our PI, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schuhmann, will discuss 'From High-Throughput Electrocatalyst Discovery to Model Electrolyzers for Energy Conversion Reactions.'
We are excited to announce our first international CCSS Workshop on 'Designing the Future of Electrocatalysis with Compositionally Complex Solid Solutions.' More information coming soon.
Our recent three-day CRC retreat in Raesfeld proved to be an invaluable experience, combining deep collaboration with a tranquil environment. We had the opportunity to exchange ideas and engage intensively on our joint projects, making significant progress and gaining new perspectives. Outside of the working sessions, we enjoyed a refreshing walk through the countryside in Raesfeld. The time spent together strengthened our collaboration and set a promising course for our upcoming research initiatives.
The 2nd colloquium on surface segregation of alloys provided was focused on an important part of the CRC1625: surface segregation. With Prof. Andrew Gellman (Carnegie Mellon University) as well as Prof. Ralf Drautz and Dr. Yanyan Liang (Ruhr University Bochum), the colloquium offered deep insights into the experimental observation of metal surfaces and the atomic modelling of surface segregation.