The aim is to set up a KIT-wide database of the preparation and analysis devices available in materials science and to make existing expert knowledge accessible.

It is intended to give users an overview of the devices available at KIT and the corresponding contact persons and enable technology experts to search for devices with the specifications they need.

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KNMFi is a high-tech platform for information-driven structuring and characterizing a multitude of functional materials at the micro- and nanoscale. KNMFi offers access to a uniquely complete set of fabrication, characterization and information technologies. Users from academia and industry, either national or international, can apply for open and – if the results are published – free access. Annual deadlines for the submission of proposals are January 15 and June 15. (proposal submission). The call deadlines do not apply to proposals from users of Helmholtz Centers. Helmholtz proposals can be submitted at any time and will be continuously reviewed.

The highly qualified KNMFi staff will guide users through the relevant processes and techniques to address their processing goals and characterization needs. KNMFi encourages the early discussion of planned projects and scientific goals and is open for long-term collaborations.

KNMFi bundles activities in terms of digitalization, data handling and information management and supports the implementation of FAIR data management, linking KIT’s RDM services with the practical implementation of ELNs for day-to-day scientific work.

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The Karlsruhe nuclear magnetic resonance facility (KNMR) will be the premier infrastructure in Germany for the characterisation of materials using magnetic resonance. Through its state-of-the-art instruments, it will offer scientists 6 unique experimental platforms which will enable the most comprehensive digitalisation of material information, covering fundamental quantum-mechanical structure, chemical synthesis, and operando behavior both under extreme operating environments, and dynamically under flow and catalysis conditions. Its instruments will be the best of their kind, including the world’s highest field superconducting NMR magnet at 35 Tesla, the world’s highest field parallel NMR screening platform at 18 T, and a correlative platform joining X-ray imaging with MRI, also at 18 T.

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The long-standing cooperation of the Karlsruhe Institute for Technology with Heidelberg University and the complementary nature of the two institutions offer optimal conditions for strategic partnership. With the founding of the Heidelberg-Karlsruhe Research Partnership (HEiKA) in October 2011, a joint research institution was created to raise their time-tested collaboration to a new qualitative and quantitative level. HEiKA’s ultimate goal is to become an efficient instrument for strengthening regional cooperation in specific fields of research within the material sciences, life sciences and humanities.

Please read more information on the HEiKA homepage.