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Great Success: Three cfaed researchers are among the most cited worldwide

Published on Thu, 13 Nov 2025 in PRESS RELEASES

Three researchers affiliated with cfaed are among the world's most cited academics in their respective disciplines. This is one of the latest findings of the Highly-Cited Researcher Rankings, analyzed by the Institute for Scientific Information from the American company Clarivate Analytics. Over all, 11 TUD-own researchers and two stating TUD as their second affiliation are among the world's most cited academics in their respective disciplines. Nationally, TUD has reasserted its research prowess and once again positioned itself in the top group of universities in Germany.

For research into ferroelectricity: Prof. Thomas Mikolajick receives award from the American Physical Society

Published on Thu, 06 Nov 2025 in PRESS RELEASES

Thomas Mikolajick, Professor of Nanoelectronics at Dresden University of Technology (TUD) and Scientific Director of NaMlab gGmbH, has been awarded the James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials 2026 together with his colleague Sayeef Salahudduin from UC Berkeley. The American Physical Society is honoring his research on materials and components for microelectronics.

The prize is based on work carried out at NaMlab gGmbH. The TUD subsidiary conducts research in close cooperation with the semiconductor and microelectronics industry on new materials for micro- and nanoelectronics and on components based on them.

From complete disorder to near-perfect order: New research on complex systems in nature and engineering

Published on Thu, 19 Jun 2025 in PRESS RELEASES

Scientists at the Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed) demonstrate in a new study how systems can shift from disorder to near-perfect order with unprecedented abruptness. The research team of TUD Dresden University of Technology reveals with this study, published in Nature Communications, a novel class of transitions in coupled oscillatory units, termed "extreme synchronization transitions”, challenging our traditional understanding of phase transitions.

Phase transitions are fundamental phenomena emerging across natural and human-made systems – from ice melting and traffic jam formation to the magnetization of metals. They mark qualitative changes in the degree of ordering of system constituents. Understanding how and why these transitions emerge constitutes one of the cornerstones of research on complex systems in nature and engineering.

„Eine Galionsfigur des Mobilfunks in Deutschland“ – Pioneer Award der BAdW für den Nachrichtentechniker Gerhard P. Fettweis

Published on Tue, 08 Apr 2025 in PRESS RELEASES

Pressefoto Gerhard P. Fettweis © Andreas Scheunert/Lichtwerke Design Fotografie für Bayer. Akad. d. Wiss.

[Pressemitteilung der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften vom 07.04.2025 | 10/25]

Gerhard P. Fettweis, Technische Universität Dresden, erhält am 9. April den Pioneer Award der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Der internationale Hightech-Preis wird 2025 erstmals verliehen. Die Dotierung von 300.000 Euro wird ermöglicht durch die Ulrich L. Rohde Stiftung.

MÜNCHEN. Am 9. April feiert Bayern wegweisende Forschung und bahnbrechende Innovationen mit der Verleihung der Hightech-Preise Bayern 2025. Bei der Veranstaltung wird erstmals der Pioneer Award der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften verliehen. Dotiert mit 300.000 Euro, ehrt dieser internationale Preis Forschende für technologische Spitzenleistungen mit großer gesellschaftlicher Wirkung.

Breakthrough in conductive polymers: New polymer crystal conducts electricity like a metal

Published on Wed, 12 Feb 2025 in PRESS RELEASES

2D polyaniline crystal with unique metallic out-of-plane conductivity. © Peng Zhang

An international research team, including scientists from the TUD Dresden University of Technology, has developed a breakthrough two-dimensional conducting polymer - a special, ordered form of polyaniline (2DPANI) that demonstrates exceptional electrical conductivity and metallic charge transport behavior. The discovery is a fundamental breakthrough in polymer research, as it opens up new possibilities for the development of more efficient organic electronics. The results of the study were recently published in the scientific journal "Nature".