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Welcome to "4f for Future"
Welcome to the website of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1573 "4f for Future". CRC 1573 is funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) and has officially been launched on January 1st, 2023, cf. press releases from DFG and KIT. It is coordinated by Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), its current partners are the University of Marburg (UMR), Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU, since 10/2023), the University of Tübingen (UTÜ) and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU, since 08/2024).
Materials based on rare-earth metals and their compounds are of crucial importance to our modern high-tech society. Surprisingly, the molecular chemistry of these elements is poorly developed. However, recent progress in this area has shown that this is going to change: In the past years, dynamic developments in the chemistry and physics of molecular rare earth compounds have shifted borders and paradigms that existed for decades.
The chemistry of molecular and nanoscaled rare-earth compounds and their physical properties are in the focus of our CRC “4f for Future”. Its researchers will study synthesis paths and physical properties of new molecular and nanoscaled rare-earth compounds in order to develop materials with unprecedented optical and magnetic properties.
Find out more about the individual research projects here.
A symposium dedicated to Prof. Annie K. Powell on the occasion of her 65th birthday aims to honour her scientific achievements through presentations by long-standing collaborators and friends.
It will be held on Monday, October 21, and Tuesday, October 22, 2024 at INT, KIT Campus North. For more information on the symposium, its programme and venue please visit the website: https://www.aoc.kit.edu/powell/symposium.html.
(To make the event accessible to everyone it will, furthermore, be organised as a hybrid meeting, the link can be requested from the organisers.)
This year's "4f for Future" Fall Workshop was held at Rastatt (Oct. 7-9). Organized by project leaders Prof. Dr. Lena J. Daumann and Prof. Dr. Claus Feldmann, the first day was directed at our IRTG members (doctoral and post-doctoral researchers): it featured both a very informative interactive tutorial by Lena Daumann on challenges & pitfalls of supervising/teaching undergraduate students and an insightful overview of patent law for early-career researchers, presented by patent attorney Dr. Joachim Hock, partner at the renowned Munich law firm of Müller-Boré.
The scientific program included status reports from all individual CRC project leaders, along with two poster sessions and a talk on research data management. A total of more than 60 CRC members and researchers participated, facilitating scientific exchange, various networking activities and, hence, ensuring a very successful event.
On the occasion of the recent General Assembly of CRC 1573 two KIT researchers newly joined our consortium: we warmly welcome TT-Prof. Dr. Yolita M. Eggeler (acting director of the Laboratory for Electron Microscopy, LEM; left photo) and Dr. Bianca Schacherl (Institute for Nuclear Waste Disposal, INE, currently staying at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory).
We proudly announce that next year's "Terrae Rarae" conference ("33. Tage der Seltenen Erden") will be hosted by our CRC 1573 "4f for Future" (funded by the German Research Foundation, DFG). It will take place at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) from October 7 to 10, 2025.
We are excited to welcome the rare-earth science community in Karlsruhe next fall. More information, a call for papers, a list of plenary speakers, as well as details pertaining to the registration process and travel information, will be made available in early 2025.
New Developments in Quantum Chemistry will be in the focus of an international workshop, organized together with the Research Training Group (RTG) 2450 at KIT, Campus South on Oct. 10 & 11, 2024. Quantum chemistry has experienced significant advancements over the past two decades, allowing researchers to explore complex chemical systems with unprecedented accuracy and detail, leading to a deeper understanding of molecular behavior and reactivity. Contact persons are Prof. Marcus Elstner (speaker of RTG 2450) and PI Prof. Willem M. Klopper.
Registration is free of cost and open to everybody via the workshop's website.
Prof. Dr. Eva Rentschler (JGU Mainz) has recently joined "4f for Future" and will take part as a future project leader in Research Area B. The central theme of her group's research is the synthesis and characterization of new coordination compounds whose magnetic properties are of purely molecular origin.
Prof. Peter Roesky, speaker of our CRC, received the 2024 Marianne Baudler Prize (former Alfred Stock Memorial Prize) from the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker, GDCh) in recognition of his "innovative and groundbreaking contributions to lanthanide chemistry".
The Marianne Baudler Prize is awarded to chemists for outstanding scientific work in the field of inorganic chemistry. In addition to his synthesis of numerous novel compounds, Prof. Roesky also "described their successful applications, for example in catalytic processes or in the production of luminescent and magnetic materials. Excellent and versatile synthesis strategies, consistent structural and property investigations and intelligent ligand design, which recently enabled access to spectacular polynuclear complexes, are the basis of his successes."
On Aug. 23, 2024, a professional one-day workshop will be held at KIT in the framework of our IRTG (project G): the course "Scientific Writing: What Makes a Good Paper and How to Write It", offered by KIT's Language Center (Sprachenzentrum), will cover various essential topics to equip participants with the necessary skills and knowledge to excel in scientific communication.
Mr. Matthew Shimohara, accomplished at teaching academic writing, will lead this course. For further information please contact our IRTG manager Mrs. Feye.
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Hinweis
Der Sonderforschungsbereich SFB 1573 "4f for Future" befasst sich mit der Chemie molekularer und nanoskaliger Verbindungen der Seltenen Erden sowie ihren physikalischen Eigenschaften.
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