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Introduction

The doctoral program "Generation mechanisms of micro-structures" (German: ''Kooperatives Promotionskolleg: Generierungsmechanismen für Mikrostrukturen- GenMik'')  is a join venture of the University of Freiburg and the University of Furtwangen. The objective of this program is to promote the training of young scientists in the modern field of microstructure research. The graduate school takes highly interdisciplinary approach. The PhD theses work covers a broad spectrum of research in the field of micro-technology from materials science to process engineering.

The above-mentioned subject areas have a high industrial relevance in Baden-Württemberg and serve markets of nanotechnology, microelectronics, the micro system technology, through to precision machining and mechanical engineering. The doctoral students will acquire scientific skills with good academic career prospects and prepare for challenging industrial R & D tasks.

For graduates with the skills acquired in graduate school results in numerous employment opportunities in both the academic and the industrial sector.

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Partners 

The graduate school is well embedded in the cluster of excellence MicroTec Southwest. Target of the industry driven cluster is to establish Baden-Württemberg ("Southwest Germany") as worldwide leading region for microtechnology and microsystem in the year 2020.

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Research Areas

Research Summary

The common framework of the research topics is focusing on/deals with mechanisms for the creation of micro- and nanostructures by both, top-down and bottom-up approaches. Especially, so-called additive and subtractive structuring techniques will be covered. Whereas in top-down techniques the structures are built up by suitable -including self-organized- methods on the scale of single atoms or molecules, in bottom-up approaches the miniaturized structures are formed by wafer-orientated processes such as a thin film deposition, photolithography and etching. However, even in this case, the techniques have to be controlled on an atomic or molecular scale.

Therefore, the overall research target is to understand, describe and control the generation of microstructures. This will help to make according processes more reliable, controlled and eventually cheaper.

Techniques investigated in the graduate school are e.g. ultraprecision milling, erosive and electrochemical techniques for metals and ceramics but also very new approaches such as 2-photons-lithography. 

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Application Procedure

Advising during PhD work

Main focus of the qualification programme within the graduate school is the scientific, self-dependent work on the dissertation. This is achieved by a research set-up where each individual research topic is integrated in a framework of different research projects, including third-party funded projects. The advising professors from the IMTEK and the HFU are managing large research groups. This will ensure a target-oriented research work and a submission of the final thesis typically within 3 years. The advising tandem (typically two professors) will take care about the progress of each project.

A specific target of the graduate school "Mechanisms of microstructure generation" is to address both, graduates from Universities and Universities of Applied Sciences. It is expected that the students are recruited comparably from theses two institutions.

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