"Perenne nil nisi solidum."
"Nothing is imperishable unless it is solid."
The GDCh Division of Solid State Chemistry & Materials Research has existed since 1963 - initially as "Semiconductor Chemistry", from 1969 to 1999 as "Solid State Chemistry", before it was expanded to its current scope. It currently has around 950 members from universities, industry and the public sector. Around a third of the members are students and young members.
The specialist group combines creative synthesis with structure elucidation and property-orientated materials research as the basis of modern solid-state technologies, which are directly linked to industrial materials research. It provides the ideal framework for scientific exchange between researchers from universities, research institutes and industrial companies and is a forum for networking between young scientists and experienced personalities from solid state chemistry and materials science.
Solid state chemistry and materials research today are based on an enormous material breadth and on research into a wide range of material properties. These include important intrinsic properties, such as magnetism, electronic and ionic conductivity, thermoelectricity, superconductivity or optical, mechanical and catalytic properties, as well as substances with special structuring, nanoparticulate, micro- and mesoporous systems, composites, ceramics, inorganic-organic hybrid materials and materials with low-dimensional structures. The close interaction between experiment and theory (e.g. many-body theory, real-space theory, molecular dynamics) allows us to use modern methods to address relevant solid-state chemical, material-oriented issues, identify sustainable solutions and promote forward-looking developments.
The specialist group brings together scientific and technological interests in basic research into solid-state chemistry - from development to application. It builds bridges to neighbouring disciplines such as materials science, solid state physics and sustainable chemistry and thus contributes to answering socially relevant questions.
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25-28 February 2026
Lübeck
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11-13 March 2026
Bonn
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07-09 September 2026
Jena
Chairs: Birgit Weber, Martin Oschatz
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