The Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI) is part of the Faculty of Science at the University of Fribourg. Teaching and research are pursued on an interdisciplinary basis, so cooperation with other departments and universities is important to the Institute.
- The AMI plans to establish four interdisciplinary research groups based
on chemistry, physics, biology and nanotechnology, each with a different
focus.
-> AMI / About us / Organization / Structure
- The AMI and the Departments of Physics, Chemistry and Earth science at the University of Fribourg participate jointly in the Fribourg Center for Nanomaterials (Frimat) collaborative project.
-> Website Frimat
- The AMI closely collaborates with the University of Applied Sciences of Fribourg in order to exploit synergies of the Science and Technology Center of the Canton of Fribourg (PST-FR).
-> Website PST-FR
- At the international level, the AMI is a member of the European Network of Excellence "Softcomp" developed under the 6th European Framework Programme.
-> Website Softcomp
- Member of COST Action D43: "Colloid and Interface Science for Nanotechnology"
-> Website COST Action D43
- We currently have ongoing collaborations with the following academic partners:
Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (Empa), Switzerland
EPF Lausanne, Institute of Theoretical Physics, Switzerland
ETH Zuerich, Department of Materials, Switzerland
Paul Scherrer Institut, Villingen, Switzerland
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Lehrstuhl für Physik der weichen
Materie,Germany
RWTH Aachen, Institut für Physikalische Chemie, Germany
Forschungszentrum Jülich, IFF, Germany
University of Göteborg, Department of Chemistry, Sweden
University of Lund, Physical Chemistry I, Sweden
University of Aarhus, Department of Chemistry, Denmark
University of Edinburgh, School of Physics, Condensed Matter, UK
University of Rome, La Sapienza, Department of Physics, Italy
Foundation for Research & Technology - Hellas (FORTH), Crete, Greece
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA