Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IMEReasearch
The research activities of the Physical Metrology department focus on the materials science-oriented investigation and development of functional materials. The focus is on materials with optical and thermal functionalities, whose properties and interactions are physically characterized and understood under defined excitation and environmental conditions.
The research addresses fundamental relationships between material structure, energy conversion, and transport processes in order to systematically characterize and evaluate functional properties. In addition, material-based approaches are investigated that enable the indirect determination of physical quantities through changes in material responses.