Exponate Gessner Group

The Gessner Group – a research group at the Advanced Institute of Materials Research of the (WPI-AIMR). The Principal Investigator (PI) is Prof. Thomas Gessner and the host PI is Prof. Masayoshi Esashi. The aim of this group is to develop innovative materials and to integrate new materials with MEMS/NEMS devices for both pioneer scientific researches and practical applications.

In 2007 the Japanese Government has created so called World Premier International Research Center (WPI) at five excellent universities with the goal to promote outstanding, international visible research. In this framework Professor Gessner, director of the Fraunhofer ENAS in Chemnitz / , has been invited as a Principal Investigator (PI) from the WPI-AIMR (World Premier International Research Center Initiative – Advanced Institute for Materials Research) of . The group has been build up since the end of 2008. It now consists of 3 permanent stuff members and several visiting scientists and students. Within the WPI-AIMR there is close fusion research going on with the group of Professor Esashi and other research groups such as Chen, Khademhosseini, Louzguine, and Ikuhara group.  Especially, with abundant knowledge in MEMS/NEMS technology and open research environment which provides flexible and novel fabrication processes in Esashi group of , the research activities of Gessner Group are greatly supported by Prof. Esashi. There is also international cooperation between Gessner group and Fraunhofer ENAS, Chemnitz Univerversity of Technology, Nanoscience Centre of Cambridge University and so on. Visiting scientists from other countries such as Germany, UK and Taiwan come to Sendai and join Gessner Group for information exchange, Symposium, research projects, etc.

Three research topics have been mainly focused on in Gessner Group:

·  Integration of the magnetic-based metallic glass thin film to MEMS fabrication for micro-mirror application

·  Nanoporous metals on anodically-bondable LTCC substrates for electrical connective packaging

·  ZnO Nanowire Synthesis in Aqueous Solution using Microheaters