Materials

With procedures based on microsystem technology, Fraunhofer IPM develops functional materials and surfaces as MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical systems) or MOEMS ( micro-optoelectro-mechanical systems). Using thin-layer and thick-layer technology, we implement semiconducting layers, flexible electronics or microoptical components application-specifically.

Our employees have a lot of experience in dealing with a broad variety of materials:

• Semiconductor materials such as compound semiconductors (Bi₂Te₃, PbTe or SiGe) and metal oxides (SnO₂, Cr_2-xTi_xO_3+z, WO₃ or MoO₃)
• Metals as Au, Pt, W, Ti or Ta
• Gasochromic materials such as rhodium complexes or WO₃
• Nonlinear optical materials such as LiNbO₃
• Magnetocaloric and electrocaloric materials such as potassium tantalate niobate