About CeNTech

The Center for Nanotechnology (CeNTech) provides the infrastructure for direct and interdisciplinary collaborations involving faculties of the University of Münster (chemistry, physics, biology and medicine). Research at CeNTech keeps a strong relation to technological applications and shall result in patents for new nanotechnology based inventions which can be developed up to the product level.

Upcoming Nano Events

8th NRW Nano Conference

November 21 - 22, 2018,
Kongresszentrum Westfalenhallen Dortmund

The 8th Nano Conference will once again be the venue for current trends and challenges in nanotechnology, this time in Dortmund, after a successful performance in 2016 in Münster.

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April 17, 2018 - Events

Special awards for this year's 'Jugend forscht' winners

Once a year the CeNTech GmbH and its partner Bioanalytik Münster e. V. award young researchers in the field of physics and biology, winners from the 'Jugend forscht' regional competition operated by the IHK Nordwestfalen, with a special recognition. In their welcomes the heads of the two awarding institutions, Dr. Robbers und Dr. Weltring, payed tribute to the achievements of the 3 high school graduates. "For many years we have been accompanying the competition and honoring outstanding work by talented young scientists."

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April 10, 2018 - News & Press

Sensing interactions between molecules

CeNTech scientists develop a method to visualize interactions between molecules with exceptional resolution in real-space. The method is based on low-temperature atomic force microscopy (AFM) and uses a copper-based probe tip, which is terminated by a single oxygen atom. The team around Dr. Harry Mönig, Dr. Saeed Amirjalayer and Prof. Harald Fuchs demonstrates the exceptional mechanical and chemical stability of this atomically defined probe tip. These properties allow a spatial resolution on the sub-molecular scale allowing to visualize the bonding structure of a hydrogen bonded molecular network. This study has now been published in Nature Nanotechnology.

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March 22, 2018 - News & Press

Prof. Pernice: grant for the development of adaptable computers

Faster and more powerful computers: CeNTech Prof. Wolfram Pernice from the Physical Institute of the University of Münster, together with scientists from Belgium, France, Great Britain and Switzerland, want to develop an intelligently networked computer technology that works in a similar way to a brain. The consortium was granted more than 4 mio Euros by the EU.

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