Note for speakers: All time slots include at least 5 minutes of discussion time, please plan your presentation accordingly.

Day 1, Monday 16 November

Optional morning meetings with KNMFi experts by individual arrangement.

15:00 - 18:00 Behind the Scenes Tour (at KIT, Campus North)

•  15:00 (sharp!) at IMT, building 301
  Lab visit A: microCT (details to follow soon)
• 15:45 Transfer (walking distance) to INT, building 640
• 16:00 Coffee break at INT, building 640
• 16:15 Lab visit B (see below)
• 17:15 Lab visit C (see below)
• 18:00 End of tour - individual transfers (public transport available)

Lab visits B & C
Select 2 out of 3 technologies:

1. FIB + TEM: Introduction to the setup and capabilities of FIB and TEM.
   HRSTEM+EDX (TEM) and Slice&View (FIB) demos.
2. Scanning Probe Lithography (DPN + FluidFM): Tour of the labs and micro/nano printing in action.
3. Thermal Scanning Probe Lithography (t-SPL): Demonstration of key technical capabilities.

Day 2, Tuesday 17 November

09:30 Welcome tea / coffee

10:00 Welcome

Selected technologies and applications

10:15 Mesoporous Materials by Design: From 3D Pore Architecture to Function (N. N., Gießen University, Germany - to be confirmed)

10:45 Nano-Structuring of Substrates for Enhanced Superconducting Properties Through Controlled Vortex Pinning (Shraddha Singhal, KIT/IMT)

11:15 Nanostructuring of asymmetric 2D hexagonal boron nitride devices for directional heat management - structuring of freestanding hBN nano structures with thermal Scanning Probe Lithography (Timm Swoboda, Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia & Kathrin Main / Stefan Walheim, KIT/INT)

12:00 Lunch break

13:00 3D Printing of a Scaffold for Clinical Particle Therapy (Konstantinos Koritsidis, DKFZ, Germany)

13:30 Micro Knudsen Pump Prototype for Gases (Franz Schweizer, KIT/ITEP)

14:00 3D Printed Mesh and Stopper for a Biotech Use Case (Helen Sophie Abeln, DKFZ, Germany)

14:30 Coffee break

15:15 In-situ/ Operando (S)TEM study of Pt200 Clusters on CeO2 for CO Oxidation Catalysis (Ajai Raj Lakshmi Nilayam, KIT/INT)

15:45 Mastering Metadata: Why It Matters and How to Manage It (Vinga Szabo, KIT/INT, Lars Griem, KIT//IAM+INT)

User Highlight
16:15 Ultrafine Chemically Patterned Fe-Mn-C Microstructures (Marcel Münch, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

16:45 Daily wrap-up & outlook for tomorrow

17:00 End of day 2 / Get together dinner

Day 3: Wednesday 18 November

08:30 Welcome tea / coffee

09:00 Welcome

Materials Analysis

09:05 High-temperature Process Analysis (Jingyi Liu, KIT/IMT)

09:35 Microstructure-controlled stripping/deposition in Al-anodes - an identical location electron microscopy study (Ali Ahmadian, KIT/INT)

User Highlight
10:05 Is it possible to read a letter without opening the envelope? The MR-microscopy approach! (Andreas Berg, Medical University Vienna, Austria)

10:35 Coffee break

11:15 Magnetic Nanocomposites by hot-embossing for aerospace applications (Ruy Sanz Gonzales, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Spain)

11:45 Multiscale characterisation and mechanical properties of SiC-nanowhisker reinforced magnesium alloys (Qianqian Li, Imperial College London, UK)

12:15 Electrode Fabrication, Multiplexing, and Electrochemical Behaviour of Laser-Induced Graphene and Inkjet-Printed Electrodes (Mattia Pierpaoli, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland)

12:45 Closing remarks

13:00 Close of meeting

Before or after the meeting, lab visits are possible after individual consultation with the KNMFi technology experts.

Buhlsche Mühle
Pforzheimer Str. 68, 76275 Ettlingen, Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 7243 101-8444
E-Mail: info∂buhlsche-muehle.de
www.buhlsche-muehle.de

DIRECTIONS (Download PDF)

By Car

Some parking spaces are available directly at the Buhlsche Mühle. Hotel guests can park at the Hotel Watthalden. More parking spaces are available in the parking garage at Albgaubad.

Public Transport

We recommend traveling by public transport.

Frequent departures S1 or S11
from Karlsruhe Main Station (Hauptbahnhof Vorplatz)
to Ettlingen Albgaubad:

S1 > Ettlingen Albgaubad / Bad Herrenalb
S11 > Ittersbach

Travel time 20 minutes to "Albgaubad".

Walking distance from Albgaubad to Buhlsche Mühle 500 m / 6 minutes.

We have a room block reserved at Hotel Watthalden from November 17 to November 18, 2026, priced at €107 per night – available exclusively for booking by phone (+49 7243 7140) or email (hotel∂watthalden.de)! The reservation number is BM171126. Early arrival on September 16 is possible upon individual arrangement with the hotel.

Deadline (extended): September 21, 2026

If you are interested in presenting your work, you may apply for a presentation slot by emailing knmf-useroffice∂kit.edu with the details. Please include "KNMFi User Meeting 2026: User Highlight" in the subject line of your email.

Deadline: 11th October 2026