The aim of the group “Functional Materials” is the production of high-performance materials with specific properties to combine practice-orientated process and material development with fundamental research.

Research focuses on the following areas:

•  ‘Green’ synthesis of high-purity nanoparticles from metals, alloys and ceramics by Pulsed Laser Ablation in Liquids (PLAL) and Pulsed Laser Fragmentation in Liquids (PLFL) including recycling of industrial waste for nanoparticle synthesis.
• Fabrication of organic and inorganic components using beam- and binder-based additive manufacturing.
• Functionalization of additively manufactured organic and inorganic components by doping with nanoparticles for the targeted modification of optical, catalytic, biomedical, mechanical and magnetic properties.

Group members

Group leader

Fu, Zongwen

PhD candidates

Kricke, Jan Lino

Altakroury, Abdel Rahman

Ayrildi, Zeki

Korthaus, Nikolas

Rahman, Sumaiya
 

Student Research Assistants

Kripal Manishkumar Shingadia (kripal.shingadia[at]uni-wuppertal.de)

Yotheesan Thambirajah (yotheesan.thambirajah[at]uni-wuppertal.de)

Guest scientist

Tugce Dokuz Yesilyurt (tugcedokuz96[at]gmail.com)

Bachelor and Master candidates

Belba, Klaudio

Bouaissa, Ismail

Jani, Prayag

Alamoush, Husam

Celik, Batuhan

Masadeh, Mohammad

Klinger, Florian

Hassan, Md Jahid