Here in Steinfurt, Max conducts research into nanopowders, which are used to produce high-performance ceramics. These ceramics, featuring optical properties, are produced for technical applications such as innovative, highly powerful lasers and laser systems. Max investigates the best way to shape the nanopowder for all these uses. “It’s great to be able to address this topic from so many different perspectives,” he enthused. “In Russia, I work with a really powerful laser technology and manage to splinter material to nanosize particles. Here in Steinfurt, my colleagues and I consider the topic in the lab from a chemical perspective. Very accurately and precisely, nanoparticle by nanoparticle, we are developing an intelligent, refined technique that enables the nanoparticles to be composed into larger entities with novel properties.”