Electronics for a sustainable future
The rapidly increasing energy consumption of information processing worldwide due to artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing requires new technologies. With the ambitious goal of developing new concepts for more efficient ultrafast electronics, the Cluster of Excellence Center for Chiral Electronics (CCE) at Martin Luther University, the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle, the Free University of Berlin and the University of Regensburg aims to counteract the increase in energy consumption caused by new technologies such as AI and cloud computing in the long term and sustainably.
In their search for solutions for energy-efficient electronics, the CCE research team was inspired by nature: Chirality means that an object cannot be made to coincide with its mirror image by rotation and displacement. This property gives many objects in nature a special stability against external interference. So far, it has not played a major role in electronics. Now the team at the Centre for Chiral Electronics (CCE) wants to develop new chiral materials for ultra-fast and low-loss electronics.
The Cluster of Excellence CCE is a joint project of Martin Luther University and the Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics in Halle, the Free University of Berlin and the University of Regensburg. CCE promotes co-operation in cutting-edge research in solid-state physics and offers promising opportunities for technology transfer. The CCE will train highly qualified physicists who can make important technological contributions to Europe's goal of becoming independent in the chip industry. The cluster team also wants to work together with educational researchers to develop concepts to get pupils even more interested in science and attract young talent.
Spokespersons
- Prof Dr Georg Woltersdorf | Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Prof Dr Katharina Franke | Free University of Berlin
- Prof Dr Christoph Strunk | University of Regensburg
Applicant universities
- Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
- Free University of Berlin
- University of Regensburg
Partner institutions
- Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics Halle
- Dortmund University of Technology