Bachelor & Master theses

The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum offers students the opportunity to do their theses (bachelor, master).

Stellenanzeige_Flyer_HOKO_2025_Bearbeitbar_Masterarbeit_Lucas_Kreuzer.pdf Polyaniline (PANI) is a conductive polymer with high capacity and rate capability, making it a promising cathode material for safe, water-based Zn-ion batteries. However, its interaction with water critically affects long-term stability and performance. By integrating cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs), the electrode’s mechanical integrity and hydration behavior can be precisely tuned. This Master’s project explores these effects using advanced neutron and x-ray scattering techniques to develop stable, high-performance organic cathodes in collaboration with DESY, KTH (Stockholm, Sweden), and ILL (Grenoble, France). Download

Stellenanzeige_Flyer_HOKO_2025_Bearbeitbar_english_Leon_Chryssos.pdf The positron is a well-established probe to perform defect sensitive spectroscopy on all kind of materials. Typically, one can measure either the lifetime of the positron or the Doppler shift of the annihilation gamma quanta. Both methods give different insights into the concentration, distribution and size of lattice defects in the material. However, it is also possible to record both the energy shift and the time delay of the annihilation radiation simultaneously. The Age-Momentum Correlation (AMOC) technique combines gamma detection with high energy resolution and high time resolution in order to measure the correlation between positron lifetime and momentum. Download

20240910_Scientific_Computing_Wuttke.pdf In the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum Garching (MLZ), neutron beams from the research reactor FRM II are used to investigate structure and dynamics of materials. We operate highly specialized diffractometers and and spectrometers. Staff and guest researchers from all over the world conduct experiments. Download

Stellenanzeige_Flyer_HOKO_2025_Bearbeitbar_RK1EN.pdf Neutron imaging is a non-destructive method where neutrons are used for creating image of internal structures of samples based on neutron attenuation. Neutron tomography (3D neutron imaging) can be combined with X-ray tomography to perform bimodal imaging, for a more comprehensive characterisation. Here CM chondrites: Murchinson, Mighei, Acfer were investigated at NEUTRA (SINQ, PSI) with a pixel size of 30 µm using bi modal neutron plus X-ray tomography. The acquired data was reconstructed and some pre-processing (filtering, image registration) has been done. Download