BNPT-Logo_new_smallBNPT-Logo_new_smallBNPT-Logo_new_smallBNPT-Logo_new_small
  • Home
  • Activities
    • Projects
    • Working groups/areas
    • Events
    • Clou5
  • About us
  • Membership
    • About membership
    • Members
  • News
  • Contact
✕
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering
9. August 2021
Limpgas Tecnologia Ltda
9. August 2021
Categories
  • Universities and Research Institutes

Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology


Address

Felix-Hausdorff-Str. 2
17489 Greifswald
Germany


Contact

Contact person: Prof. Dr Klaus-Dieter Weltmann
Phone: +49 3834 5543 00
Fax: +49 3834 5543 01


Website

www.inp-greifswald.de

inp

About us

The Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology e.V. (INP) is one of the leading research institutes in the area of physical plasma, its basics and applications. It is the largest non-university institute in Europe, in the field of low temperature plasmas, employing about 200 scientists, engineers and other specialised personnel. In addition to application-oriented research, the INP promotes the development of plasma-assisted processes and products.

The institute undertakes research and development, from idea to prototype. The thematic focus bases on the needs of the market, allowing the INP to provide customer-specific solutions in the areas of plasma-derived technologies, as well as services, such as feasibility studies and consultancy. At present, plasmas for materials and energy, environment and health, are the focus of interest. Innovative product ideas, as a result of the research of the INP, are being explored together with partners from industry or transferred into marketable products and applications by the spin-offs of the institute.

In collaboration with universities, research facilities and industry, the INP actively promotes the training and continuous education of scientific and technical junior staff in the field of low temperature plasma physics. The institute is a registered non-profit organisation and, since its foundation, a member of the Leibniz Association.

Re­se­arch

The Leib­niz In­sti­tu­te for Plas­ma Sci­ence and Tech­no­lo­gy (INP Greifs­wald) is the lar­gest non-uni­ver­si­ty in­sti­tu­te in the area of low tem­pe­ra­tu­re plas­mas in Eu­ro­pe, in­clu­ding their ba­sic re­se­arch and tech­ni­cal ap­p­li­ca­ti­ons.
The re­se­arch is or­ga­ni­zed in the two re­se­arch di­vi­si­ons Plas­mas for

  • Ma­te­ri­als and En­er­gy (Head: Prof. Dirk Uhrlandt) and
  • En­vi­ron­ment and Health (Head: Prof. Klaus-Die­ter Welt­mann)

each co­ver­ing four re­se­arch pro­grams at pre­sent.

Re­se­arch Di­vi­si­on Plasmas for Ma­te­ri­als and En­er­gy

The research division bundles issues of plasma applications in the areas of energy and production technology. This currently comprises application areas in the generation of functional coatings, thin layers and catalytically active materials by means of plasma processes, the plasma chemical synthesis as well as topics of the power and process engineering. Topics in the frame of the energy transition like, on one hand, new material components for hydrogen synthesis and storage, photovoltaics and battery techniques and, on the other hand, the increase of capacity and reliability of components of the energy distribution system are considered in particular.

Fundamental studies currently concern the surface modification by means of non-thermal plasmas at atmospheric pressure as well as the interaction of thermal plasmas with electrodes and walls. A unique aspect of the division’s strategy is the systematic linking of sophisticated scientific plasma modelling with spatially and temporally high resolution diagnostic methods for application-relevant issues in the aforementioned topics by using the most modern laboratories for experiments.

Re­se­arch Di­vi­si­on Plasmas for En­vi­ron­ment and Health

The research area, Plasmas for Environment and Health focuses on interdisciplinary topics and uses the synergies of its three research priorities: Bioactive surfaces, plasma medicine and decontamination. The atmospheric pressure plasma sources, such as dielectric barrier discharges, jet plasmas, microwave plasmas, and microplasmas that can be extensively investigated experimentally constitute an essential connecting link in this regard. The close cooperation of physicists, biologists, chemists, pharmacists, physicians, and engineers with highly specialized technicians, as well as laboratory specialists is unique worldwide.      

Plasma medicine focuses on basic research of the mechanisms of interactions of physical plasmas with living cells and tissues. In addition, research and introduction of new plasma-based methods in medicine are driven forward. In the research focus area Bioactive Surfaces, the emphasis is on custom-tailored surfaces for applications in the life sciences. An additional emphasis is plasma-based decontamination; in this focus area research is mainly directed towards exhaust air scrubbing, disinfection of food products and water disinfection

Industry Services

From the Re­se­arch to the Ap­p­li­ca­ti­on, from Idea to Pro­duct – Co­ope­ra­ti­on and Tech­no­lo­gy Trans­fer at INP

The suc­cess­ful re­gio­nal, na­tio­nal and world­wi­de co­ope­ra­ti­on with com­pa­nies and in­sti­tu­ti­ons of all si­zes and sec­tors is par­ti­cu­lar­ly im­portant for INP. The em­ployees of the in­sti­tu­te work in bi­la­te­ral pro­jects or re­se­arch clus­ters to­ge­ther with com­pa­nies, uni­ver­si­ties and sci­en­ti­fic in­sti­tu­ti­ons. The in­sti­tu­te rai­ses a con­siderable part of its third-par­ty funds through co­ope­ra­ti­on with in­dus­try. In re­cent ye­ars third-par­ty funds of about 4.4 mil­li­on eu­ro ha­ve be­en rai­sed so­le­ly through co­ope­ra­ti­on with in­dus­tri­al com­pa­nies.
The clo­se net­wor­king with a multi­tu­de of re­gio­nal and su­pra-re­gio­nal in­sti­tu­ti­ons from sci­ence and in­dus­try as well as with re­pre­sen­ta­ti­ves of cham­bers and as­so­cia­ti­ons cont­ri­bu­tes si­gni­fi­cant­ly to the suc­cess and streng­the­ning of the tech­no­lo­gy trans­fer of INP. In or­der to sup­ple­ment the re­se­arch port­fo­lio of the in­sti­tu­te towards the mar­ket, neo­plas GmbH was es­ta­blis­hed as tech­no­lo­gy trans­fer cent­re in 2005.

Share
Supported by

witeno_logo_white
BNPT

Legal Notice
Statues
Data Protection Policy
Contact

Phone: +49 3834 550 102
Fax: +49 3834 550 110
bnpt@balticnet-plasmatec.org
Copyright © 2022 BalticNet-PlasmaTec