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)

•  FIB + TEM: Introduction to the setup and capabilities of FIB and TEM.
  HRSTEM+EDX (TEM) and Slice&View (FIB) demos.
• DPN + FluidFM: Tour of the labs and micro/nano printing in action.
• t-SPL: Demonstration of key technical capabilities
• µCT: (details to follow soon).

18:00 End of tour - individual transfers (public transport available)

Day 2, Tuesday 17 November

09:30 Welcome tea / coffee

10:00 Highlight proposals & selected technologies and applications

• Invited Presentations
  (1) Mesoporous Materials by Design: From 3D Pore Architecture to Function (speaker requested)
  (2) Nano-Structuring of Substrates for Enhanced Superconducting Properties Through Controlled Vortex Pinning (Shraddha Singhal, KIT/IMT)
  (3) Micro Knudsen Pump Prototype for Gases (Franz Schweizer, KIT/ITEP)
  (4) 3D Printed Mesh and Stopper for a Biotech Use Case (Helen Sophie Abeln, DKFZ, Germany)
  (5) 3D Printing of a Scaffold for Clinical Particle Therapy (speaker requested)
  (6) 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)
  (7) In-situ/ Operando (S)TEM study of Pt200 Clusters on CeO2 for CO Oxidation Catalysis (Ajai Raj Lakshmi Nilayam, KIT/INT)
  (8) Mastering Metadata: Why It Matters and How to Manage It (Vinga Szabo, KIT/INT)
• User Highlights - please apply for a presentation (see below)
  (1) Ultrafine Chemically Patterned Fe-Mn-C Microstructures (Marcel Münch, Ruhr-Universität Bochum)
  ...

17:00 End of day 2 / Get together dinner

Day 3: Wednesday 18 November

08:30 Welcome tea / coffee

09:00 Materials Analysis

• Invited Presentations
  (1) Magnetic Nanocomposites by hot-embossing for aerospace applications (Ruy Sanz Gonzales, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Spain)
  (2) Multiscale characterisation and mechanical properties of SiC-nanowhisker reinforced magnesium alloys (Qianqian Li, Imperial College London, UK)
  (3) Electrode Fabrication, Multiplexing, and Electrochemical Behaviour of Laser-Induced Graphene and Inkjet-Printed Electrodes (Mattia Pierpaoli, Gdansk University of Technology, Poland)
  (4) High-temperature Process Analysis (Jingyi Liu, KIT/IMT)
  (5) Microstructure-controlled stripping/deposition in Al-anodes - an identical location electron microscopy study (Ali Ahmadian, KIT/INT)
• User Highlights - please apply for a presentation (see below)
  ...

13:00 Close of meeting

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

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

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