Welcome to the Department of Functional Materials and Catalysis

Our Department emphasizes research on inorganic materials, bulk or nanostructured, and their functions. We work on porous metal oxides, silicates, and carbons, as well as on metallic systems, intermetallics and alloys. Our activities are wide-ranging and branch into many associated subjects or research fields, including materials science, solid-state chemistry, thermodynamics, crystallography, adsorption, biomaterials, energy storage and catalysis.

News from the Department

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27.02.2026

Women and Girls in Chemistry

International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026

17.02.2026

#Hiring

We are hiring a new University Assistant Predoctoral (PhD position)

14.01.2026

Science in Dialogue: guest lecture

"Power of porous plasmonic materials for energy transfer in catalysis and sensing" by Dr. Olga Guselnikova

17.11.2025

Guest lecture: “Organic-inorganic epitaxial interface” for oriented growth of frameworks compounds

The Department of Functional Materials and Catalysis kindly invites you to the following talk:

04.11.2025

Dr. Damian Cupid, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Functional Materials and Catalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, in September 2025

Welcome!

We are happy to welcome Dr. Damian Cupid to the institute.

03.11.2025

Talk on Publishing in Nature Sustainability

The Department of Functional Materials and Catalysis kindly invites you to the following talk:

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