Who we are - What we do

“Perenne nil nisi solidum.”
“Nothing is permanent unless it is solid.”

The GDCh Division of Solid-State Chemistry & Materials Research was founded in 1963 – initially as "Semiconductor Chemistry", from 1969 to 1999 as "Solid State Chemistry", before it was expanded to its current scope. It currently has around 950 members from academia, industry and the public sector. Around a third of the members are students and young members.

The Division combines creative synthesis with structure elucidation and property-oriented materials research as the basis for modern solid-state technologies that are directly linked to industrial materials research. It provides the ideal framework for scientific exchange between researchers from universities, research institutes and industrial companies and is a forum for networking between young scientists and experienced personalities from solid-state chemistry and materials science.

solid-state chemistry and materials research today are based on an enormous range of materials and on the research of a variety of material properties. These include important intrinsic properties such as magnetism, electronic and ionic conductivity, thermoelectricity, superconductivity or optical, mechanical and catalytic properties, as well as materials with special Structuring, nanoparticulate, micro- and mesoporous systems, composites, ceramics, inorganic-organic hybrid materials, as well as materials with low-dimensional structure. The close interaction between experiment and theory (e.g. many-body theory, real-space theory, molecular dynamics) allows to use modern methods to address relevant solid-state chemical, material-oriented questions. to identify sustainable solutions and promote future-oriented developments.

The Division brings together scientific and technological interests in basic research in solid-state chemistry - from development to application. It builds bridges to neighboring disciplines such as materials science, solid-state physics and sustainable chemistry and thus makes a contribution to answering socially relevant questions.

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