The welding trade requires special training, a steady hand, specialist knowledge of the appropriate welding processes and lots of practice - or a robot.

Welding is not a harmless joining process, but it is all the more exciting. At ifw Jena, we show you how it's done.

Laser systems are usually expensive investments. The precise systems must be planned and built by experts. However, a laser system can also be built with simple means in a lunch box.

3D printing is an exciting method of producing components from plastic, metal or wood. The models for printing are digitally designed on the computer - or simply scanned in.

Research modeled on nature - from the moth's eye to the lotus effect. At Fraunhofer IOF, researchers use examples from nature to advance science.

From the labs to the streets and the production hall: our "Light and Mobility" exhibition presents technologies that will make the car and production of the future more functional and safer.

Magnetism is one of the few physical phenomena that humans cannot grasp with their senses. However, the invisible forces between magnetic materials still fascinate people today.

Of robots that recognize transparent objects and special cameras that make the invisible visible

Using "enchanted" light particles to securely send digital data or create images from nothing! Researchers at Fraunhofer IOF are developing cutting-edge systems to protect our data or diagnose diseases using quantum technologies.

Liquids roll off coated surfaces and car paints take on special appearances, because nanoparticles have unique properties due to their small size, which can be used to specifically improve material properties.

Polymers are now ubiquitous, but not always immediately recognizable in everyday life. In a series of hands-on experiments, we show and explain state-of-the-art polymer applications.

How can the on-site determination of drugs be improved? We present a variant of Raman spectroscopy based on the use of metal nanoparticles as sensors.

The power of infrared (IR) lasers enables the locally precise processing of a wide variety of materials.

Developers at Biophotonics Diagnostics GmbH explain how the Raman effect works and how it can be used to determine bacteria and their resistances using AI evaluations

The Leibniz Center for Photonics in Infection Research (LPI) will be established in Jena over the next few years. At the LNdW, researchers provide information about the joint large-scale project.