Research projects of the University of Kassel at Hessentag in Bad Hersfeld

The "ALLEGRO" focus area, which deals with aluminum components of the future, will introduce itself Tuesday, June 11. Aluminum and aluminum alloys have been important construction materials for decades and are indispensable in aircraft construction, for example. When aluminum is used, a component is lighter by a factor of three than a steel component of the same size (or volume). The objective of the focus area is to design new technologies for efficient processes in the shaping of the heat treatment of wrought aluminum alloys.

The DFG Collaborative Research Center "ELCH - Chiral Molecules in Extreme Light" is also located in Kassel and investigates the connection between 3D cinema technology and state-of-the-art molecular analysis. The results will be shown on Saturday, June 15, and Sunday, June 16, at the ProLOEWE booth in Bad Hersfeld.

Molecules can - comparable to our hands - be mirror images of each other in the arrangement of their atoms. The so-called chirality is decisive for the behavior in chemical reactions, in particular also for the medical effect of biomolecules. Using partially rotated light fields from the entire infra-red to deep ultraviolet spectrum, chiral molecules can be studied and specifically influenced. In the process, sensitive measurement methods are developed and fundamental knowledge about the interaction of chiral molecules in our world is created.

The projects will be presented on their dates at the Hessen Schafft Wissen booth in the Bad Hersfeld Kurpark, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day.

Further information: https://www.proloewe.de/de/start/aktuelles.html