Basics and methods of modern crystal growth

Prof. Dr. Thomas Schröder, PD Dr. habil. Radhakrishnan Sumathi,
Dr. Jens Martin, Dr. Kevin-Peter Gradwohl
Lecture at the Department of Physics
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Applied photonics

PD Dr. habil. Christian Kränkel
Lecture and tutorial at the Department of Physics
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
 

X-Ray Scattering: Basics and Applications in Materials Science

PD Dr. Martin Schmidbauer
Lecture at the Department of Physics
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Experiments/measurements on crystal growth and structures

Dr. Frank-Michael Kießling
Lectures for pupils (held in German)
Crystal-Laboratory
Lise-Meitner-Schule Berlin

Lecture series & student presentations

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Bickermann
November 28th, 2025
Lecture at the Department of Chemistry
Technische Universität Berlin (held in German)

Crystal Growth II: Methods and Applications

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Bickermann
Lecture at the Department of Chemistry
Technische Universität Berlin (held in German)

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Our Summer Schools focus on an academically interested research audience in the field of advanced Master students, PhD students and Postdocs. The Winter Schools also serve to inform an industrial audience about new developments in the research and development of crystalline materials and to train colleagues with professional experience.

17^th IKZ Summer School 2025
“Artificial Intelligence and Transmission Electron Microscopy”

16^th IKZ Summer School 2024
"Barium Stannate Heterostructures for advanced Oxid Electronics"

15^th IKZ Summer School 2023
"Polar Piezoelectric Oxides"

5^th IKZ Winter School 2023
"Materials Platforms and Device Technology for Power Electronics"

14^th IKZ Summer School 2022
"Dynamics and Processes in Crystalline Materials | Time resolved electron and X-ray studies"

4^th IKZ Winter School 2022
"Machine Learning in Materials Science & Crystal Growth"

13^th IKZ Summer School 2021
"Oxides for Electronic Applications"

3^rd IKZ Winter School 2021
"Layer Transfer Technologies – from artificial crystals to novel applications"

12^th IKZ Summer School 2020
"Fundamentals of Vapor-Phase Thin Film Deposition"

2^nd IKZ Winter School 2020
"Synergy of Experimental and Numerical Studies for Crystal Growth of Bulk Semiconductors"

11^th IKZ Summer School 2019
"Quantum Computing as a Material Challange"

1^st IKZ Winter School 2019
"International Lectures on Crystal Growth - Methods, Thermodydnamics, Kinetics, Transport, Defects"

10^th IKZ Summer School 2018
“Solid-State Lasers”