The European Ceramic Society
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Germany
Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena
Research and education in inorganic chemistry and functional ceramics
Director : Prof. Dr. Jörg Töpfer
Email : joerg.toepfer@eah-jena.de
Phone : +49 3641 205 479
Address : Ernst-Abbe-Hochschule Jena, Dept. SciTec Carl-Zeiss-Promenade 2, 07745 Jena, Germany
Website : https://www.eah-jena.de/scitec/toepfer
Research topics :
- Powder synthesis and sintering of functional ceramics: spinels for NTC thermistors, barium titanates for PTC-thermistors, thermoelectric oxides,
- Magnetic ceramics: hard and soft ferrites: hexagonal ferrites for permanent magnets and microwave applications, spinel ferrites for low-loss power ferrites,
- Ceramic materials for multilayer components and LTCC modules: ferrites for inductors, dielectrics for capacitors, lead-free piezoelectrics for actuators, oxides for thermoelectric generators
Exceptional facilities :
- Sintering in defined pO2 atmospheres
- Thermal analysis, dilatometry and XRD in defined pO2 atmospheres
- Electrical and thermal transport properties (electrical and thermal conductivity, Seebeck coefficient, thermoelectric performance, AC conductivity, permittivity, piezoelectric properties)
- Magnetic characterization (3K – 600K)
Financial support programmes :
- National funding: BMBF, DFG, companies,
Latest news
2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 5th call!
In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the International Conference on Advances in Refractory & Ceramic Materials 2026 organized by the Indian Ceramic Society on the occasion of their 90th Annual Session that will be held from 14th to 16th December 2026 at Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar, India.
2026 ECerS International Ceramist Student Exchange Program – 4th call!
In the frame of the 2026 ECerS International Student exchange program, ECerS is opening a call to allow grants to European Students to attend the 11th International Congress on Ceramics – ICC 11 – that will take place from 6th to 11th September 2026 at the Sapporo Convention Center in Sapporo, Japan.
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