PROMOTING TALENTS AND RECRUITING EXPERTS.

At the national and international level, we are permanently looking for talented and qualified personnel for our scientific, technical and administrative tasks. In many ways we enable the professional development at IKZ and educate skilled staff also for the labor market.read more
 
Restoring the reliability of crystal technology supply chains requires action at European and national level.

With support from DGKK, ENCG and the Leibniz-Strategy Forum 'Technological Sovereignty', an interactive map was created to provide information on scientific and industrial activities in the field of crystalline materials in Europe.read more
 
The use of Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) significantly accelerates the development of processes in crystal growth.

The section "Fundamental Description" is currently studying real-time predictions of growth processes by dynamic ANN.read more
 
Modern microelectronics: Everyday life is unthinkable without mobile communication and navigation

A significant part of data storage and transmission technologies is based on modern semiconductor crystals...read more
 
Center for Laser Materials: Lasers are key components of many products that we use in daily life

It`s our mission to develop laser materials that open up new wavelength ranges, enable more efficient laser operation or higher output powerread more...
 
Metrology: Any kind of reliable measurements require referencing and calibration to an ultra-precise unit system

The international system of units (SI system) was revolutionized over the last years by connecting all SI units to fundamental natural constants instead of artificial objects. The last missing unit was the kilogram (kg) mass unit.read more...
 
Medicine & Health: Crystals are often at the heart of modern medical equipment

Advanced crystals are needed to monitor people´s health state and treat diseases in an efficient way.read more
 
Quantum technologies are supposed to evolve from basic research to future technology in the coming years (from lab to fab)

This could revolutionise areas such as data processing, sensor technology, cryptography and simulation. The prerequisite is often crystalline materials of unprecedented precision.read more...
 
Energy & Climate: The need for green technologies is beyond doubt for climate protection

Our innovative crystalline materials are key to enable efficient energy solutions to promote the decarbonization of today´s economy.read more...
 
Cosmology: Advanced crystals with highly precise properties are often needed in fundamental physics to expand our knowledge of the Universe

Such crystals are not available on the market and need to be specifically developed.read more...
 
The Einstein Telescope for the detection of gravitational waves needs Silicon crystals beyond today´s technology Level

The IKZ  as an ET research unit, investigates the production of such crystals together with its partners in the international Einstein Telescope collaboration. read more...

News

09-2026 News

Towards record levels of purity: IKZ silicon for the mirrors of the Einstein Telescope

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08-2026 News

High-purity Germanium crystals for LEGEND - to search for neutrinoless double beta decay

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08-2026 News

Clear path ahead for oxide membranes

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Events

Berlin-Adlershof08:4514. Oct

Symposium & IKZ Fellowship 2026

Aluminum Nitride – An Emerging Semiconductor for Power Electronics and Deep UV Photonics

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Berlin-Adlershof10:0021. Jul

* 2027 * 5th European School of Crystal Growth (ESCG-5)

Under the auspices of the German Association for Crystal Growth (DGKK) and the European Network for Crystal Growth (ENCG).

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Potsdam10:0026. Jul

* 2027 * 9th European Conference of Crystal Growth (ECCG-9)

Under the auspices of the German Association for Crystal Growth (DGKK) and the European Network for Crystal Growth (ENCG).

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Job vacancies

QualificationPositionApplication deadlineJob vacancy from

QualificationTechnical Staff (m/f/d)PositionFloating-zone growth of high-purity silicon crystals Job vacancy28.09.2026Application deadline

QualificationPhD student (m/f/d)PositionTopic: "Tm-based solid-state lasers at 820 nm" Job vacancy23.09.2026Application deadline

QualificationPostdoc (m/f/d)PositionTopic: “Digital Workflow, Ontologies, and Machine Learning for Epitaxial Processes” Job vacancy21.09.2026Application deadline

QualificationJunior Group Research Leader (m/f/d)PositionTopic: “SiGe based bulk crystals for quantum technologies” Job vacancy21.09.2026Application deadline

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Publications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells(2026) | 12-2026

Study of compensated Si in the context of the recycling of p-type substrates for n-type based solar cell architectures

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Crystal Research and Technology(1), (2026) | 12-2026

Optimization of Thermal Stresses During Czochralski Growth of Oxides and Halides

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Zeitschrift Fur Kristallographie-Crystalline Materials2026) | 12-2026

Understanding structure and structural formation in Mg & Zr-substituted Sr(Ga12-xAlx)O19-crystals. A study combining X-ray diffraction and DFT-modeling

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Advanced Functional Materials2026) | 12-2026

Spatially Modulated Morphotropic Phase Boundaries in a Compressively Strained Multiferroic Thin Film

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Journal of Crystal Growth(2026) | 10-2026

Characterization of twin structures and growth striations in indium phosphide and gallium arsenide crystals

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Optical Materials (2026) | 10-2026

Scintillation properties of undoped and Si-doped β-(AlxGa1-x)2O3 crystals grown by the Czochralski method

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The Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung

The Leibniz-Institut für Kristallzüchtung (IKZ) in Berlin-Adlershof is an international state-of-the-art competence center for science & technology as well as service & transfer for innovations in and by crystalline materials. The R&D spectrum thereby ranges from basic over applied research activities up to pre-industrial research tasks.

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