What happened to Lise Meitner’s hat – A visit to the daughter of Heinz Maier-Leibnitz
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As part of his PhD, Lijiu Wang is working on a robot that will enable samples to be positioned more quickly and precisely.
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MLZ Conference 2025: “Neutrons for Fusion and Nuclear Applications” - Register now!
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Tensile strength and precision: An internship at the MLZ
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Annual Report 2024 - Discover last year's scientific highlights!
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Take a look behind the SCiENcES and ‘Meet our PhDs and PostDocs’ up close in our social media series - take a look and follow us - it's worth it!
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Stronger steel bonds thanks to neutron imaging
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Smartphone camera sensors help with antimatter research at CERN
© Andreas Heddergott FRM II / TUM

How heat harms Li-ion batteries
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Researchers have examined critical raw materials such as nickel, zirconium, lanthanum and praseodymium using neutrons. This helps to handle these materials more sustainably.
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Girls‘ power at the neutron source - 24 girls visited FRM II on Girls' Day
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MLZ - Neutrons for Research and Innovation

Forschungs-Neutronenquelle
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II)

The Forschungs-Neutronenquelle Heinz Maier-Leibnitz (FRM II) is a Corporate Research Center of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) located on the premises of the modern research campus in Garching.

Here, neutrons and positrons enable a wide range of applications in research, industry and medicine: from developing new technologies, such as batteries for electric cars, to precise anti-cancer drugs.

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Events

14.07.2025

Application of neutron techniques to separation processes (Seminar: Neutronen in Forschung und Industrie)

28.07.2025

MLZ Conference 2025: Neutrons for Fusion and Nuclear Applications (Konferenz)

07.10.2025

JCNS Workshop 2025 Trends and Perspectives in Neutron Scattering (Workshop)

27.10.2025

Munich Quantum Matter Days (Konferenz)

02.12.2025

DEVA-QENS Workshop (DEVA Workshop)

03.12.2025

MLZ User Meeting 2025 (Konferenz)

19.05.2026

International Conference on Neutrons in Heritage Science (Konferenz)

News

Prof. Dr Günther Dollinger has now been awarded the MLZ Prize for ‘Instrumentation and Scientific Use’ for his services to the positron source at the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ). At the award ceremony…

250 participants once again exchanged views on current research topics at this year’s MLZ User Meeting in Munich. They presented their results in 57 lectures and on 86 posters. The Chairman of the User…

Neutron Source

The FRM II is one of the most powerful and modern neutron sources worldwide.

Research

The Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Zentrum (MLZ) - cutting-edge research with neutrons and positrons at the FRM II.

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Industry

Material analysis, component testing and irradiation for the automotive, aerospace and semiconductor industries as well as for mechanical engineering, chemicals, medical technology ...

Medicine

In addition to radioisotopes for the diagnosis and treatment of tumor diseases, the FRM II also has a facility for the teletherapy of malignant tumors.