Projects
Currently active projects in: SyNergy_Mat Lab

Basic mechanisms of hydrogen storage in nanoporous carbon materials
PhD Project
Project leader: Oskar Paris
Duration: 3 years (April 2021 – April 2024)
External Partner(s): Institute Laue Langevin (ILL), Grenoble, France (Dr. Bruno Deme)
Employees: Dipl. Ing. Sebastian Stock
Funding Information: Funded by the Montanuniversität Leoben PhD program (Strategic Core Research Area SCoRe A+: Hydrogen and Carbon) and by the ILL-CENI (Central European Neutron Initiative) PhD Program (in the framework of the Austrian ILL membership).

Application of electric double layer capacitors for capacitive de-ionisation
PhD Project; Project leader: Oskar Paris; Duration: 3 years (January 2023 – December 2025)
Employees: Dipl. Ing. Max Rauscher
Funding Information: Funded by the Chair of Physics
The role of water for ion electrosorption at charged interfaces
PhD Project /Project leader: Oskar Paris Duration: 4 years (December 2020 – November 2024); Employees:
Funding Information: Funded by Montanuniversität Leoben
Dispersoid formation and distribution in Al-alloys
PhD Project
Project leader: Oskar Paris
Duration: 3,5 years (January 2020 – June 2023)
Employees: Taha Honaramooz
Funding Information: Funded by Industry
Currently running projects in 2D_Mat_Lab

- POL_2D_PHYSICS: Polarized Two-Dimensional Materials Inspired by Naturally Occurring Phyllosilicates • ERC Starting Grant • Project leader: Aleksandar Matkovic • Duration: 5 years (2023-2028) • Funding Information: Funded by European Research Council

- The Invincible Iron Talc: 2D Magnetic Layers • FWF START Programme • Project leader: Aleksandar Matkovic • Duration: 4 years (2020-2024) • Funding Information: Funded by Austrian Science Fund

- Harvesting of the IR energy using a photomechanical actuator •OeAD WTZ Bilateral Exchange Programme with Ukraine and National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine • Project leader: Aleksandar Matkovic • Duration: 4 years (2020-2024) • Funding Information: Funded by Austria’s Agency for Education and Internationalisation

- Self-aligned 2D material ribbons and plasmonic nanobelts • FWF Bilateral project with RFBR and Tomsk Polytechnical University • Project leader: Aleksandar Matkovic • Duration: 4 years (2020-2024) • Funding Information: Funded by Austrian Science Fund
Currently running projects SPMG

Polarization Decorrelation Regions in Perovskite Relaxors (POLDERs)
FWF Project
Project Leader: Dr. Marco Deluca (Materials Center Leoben GmbH (MCL))
Duration: 3 years (ending 2023)
Employees: Philipp Münzer (Master thesis)
Partners:
- Materials Center Leoben GmbH (MCL) - Austria
- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences (FZU) – Czech Republic
- Institute for Chemistry and Technology of Materials, Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) – Austria
- Sheffield Hallam University (SHU) – UK