Welcome to CENIDE

CENIDE is a research center representing the main research area "Nanoscience" of the University of Duisburg-Essen. The experience of more than 85 working groups spreads across our six research areas.

June 16-17, 2026

11th RUHR-Symposium

Functional Materials for Hydrogen

CENIDE

The Center for Nanointegration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE) is a central research center that focuses on the main research area "Nanoscience" of the University of Duisburg-Essen. Learn more about our mission and vision.

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NETZ

The NanoEnergyTechnologyCenter (NETZ) is part of CENIDE. Physicists, chemists and engineers research new materials for energy applications and develop scalable processes for their production and processing. Find out more on the NETZ website.

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ICAN

The Interdisciplinary Center for Analytics on the Nanoscale (ICAN) is the microscopy center at NETZ. Specially equipped laboratories and state-of-the-art equipment enable sensitive measurements with the highest resolution down to the atomic range. Find out more on the ICAN website.

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Research

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Early Career

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Infrastructure

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Transfer

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CENIDE Elevator Pitch: Varatharaja Nallathambi

CENIDE member Prof. Dr. Christof Schulz and others present the EMPI-Reactive Fluids.

26.03.2026
16:00 Uhr - 18:00 Uhr
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2D-MATURE Seminar Series

Venkata Kamalakar Mutta (University of Uppsala)...
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17.04.2026
09:30 Uhr
Informationsveranstaltung

ICAN XPS user meeting

You are kindly invited to attend an XPS user meeting at the ICAN, University of Duisburg-Essen. The meeting will take place on April 17 at 09:30 in the NETZ, probably room 4.23 (we could switch to a ...
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04.05.2026 - 06.05.2026
12:00 Uhr - 15:00 Uhr
Vortrag

7th International Symposium on Gas-Phase Synthesis of Functional Nanomaterials 2026

• Registration deadline: March 10, 2026 • Abstract deadline: March 23, 2026 • Keynote speaker: among others, our new FP3 member Andrea Kirsch • Link: https://www.uni-due.de/cenide/gasphasesymposium...
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20.05.2026 - 22.05.2026
10:00 Uhr
Vortrag

International CataLysis Conference 2026

• Registration deadline: March 11, 2026 • Confirmed speaker: Ive Hermans (Keynote), Swetlana Schauermann, Stéphane Kenmoe, Mahnaz Azimzadeh Sani • Link: https://indico.cenide.de/e/catalysisconferenc...
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31.05.2026 - 04.06.2026
13:00 Uhr - 15:00 Uhr
Tagung

CENIDE
857. WE-Heraeus-Seminar Advanced Imaging of Ferroic Materials

857. WE-Heraeus-Seminar Advanced Imaging of Ferroic Materials Physikzentrum Bad Honnef https://www.we-heraeus-stiftung.de/veranstaltungen/advanced-imaging-of-ferroic-materials/main/ Prof. Dr...
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16.06.2026 - 17.06.2026
09:00 Uhr - 17:00 Uhr
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10th RUHR-Symposium
Functional Materials for Hydrogen

With the RUHR-Symposium we want to deepen the cooperation between industry and research and create an exchange forum for ideas and innovations in the field of functional materials. Talks are given by ...
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03.09.2026
16:00 Uhr - 18:00 Uhr
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2D-MATURE Seminar Series

Mark Hersam (Northwestern University)...
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17.09.2026
09:00 Uhr - 17:00 Uhr
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8th Materials Chain Internationale Conference
Integrating experimental and simulation data across scales in materials science

Abstract The advancement of materials hinges on our ability to integrate experimental observations with computational approaches across multiple length and time scales. Bridging the gap between ato...
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24.09.2026 - 25.09.2026
10:00 Uhr
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Microscopy Workshop
Ruhr Workshop on Advanced TEM for Materials Sciennce: Principles and Applications

https://181714.seu2.cleverreach.com/m/16926340/576020-5981a4376dbb81e150e9571753ea9c0ab8f30bd47241095ca5237eee22d85df50e9bbad749438f61e3d3ea3994fbb199 ...
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26.11.2026
16:00 Uhr - 18:00 Uhr
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2D-MATURE Seminar Series

Bruno Schuler (Empa)...
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