International Interdisciplinary Materials Science Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials

We have established an International Interdisciplinary Laboratory for Advanced Functional Materials (AFM), which contributes at the highest level to the creation of knowledge. Our work in highly competitive Centers of Excellence has been evaluated as excellent to outstanding by the VR, SSF, and VINNOVA.
Materials science is a top research priority at Linköping University, with grants totaling >190 MSEK/yr, and strongly supported by industry and institutes. It is extremely productive as judged by both academic and societal metrics.

We envision that science focused on the atomic/molecular-scale design of new materials will provide solutions to broadly-based societal issues, including jobs, health, energy, environment, and sustainability.

Our mission is to:

• Provide fundamental and problem-oriented research of the highest quality
• Create novel high-performance soft, hard, and hybrid smart materials
• Enlarge and protect the IPR base and foster new spin-off companies
• Train outstanding innovative scientists, technologists, and industrialists.

We will use the Strategic Area Grant to:

• Extend the frontiers of materials research using a multiscale approach, ranging from the atomic scale to the continuum
• Recruit internationally leading professors and stimulate mobility
• Open creative new research frontiers with commensurate industrial opportunities.
• Invest in equipment, doctoral programs, and research infrastructure.

AFM encompasses 240 researchers organized into interactive collaborating teams. The Director is Prof. Lars Hultman.

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