Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering

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Leibniz Institute for Surface Engineering Leipzig

IOM building (© IOM; Photo: Ronny Woyciechowski)
Abbreviation	IOM
Type	Registered association
Headquarters	Leipzig, Germany
Fields	Fundamental research
Membership	Leibniz Association
Director	Prof. André Anders
Staff	150
Website	www.iom-leipzig.de

The Leibniz Institute of Surface Engineering e.V. (abbreviation: IOM) is a publicly funded research organisation based in Leipzig, Germany. It is a member of the Leibniz Association.

The IOM was founded on the 1.1.1992 with the aim of investigating the fundamental physical and chemical processes in the field of non-thermal material transformation that enable important contributions to surface engineering using ions, electrons, plasmas and photons. The goal is to develop new functional and precise surfaces for future-oriented fields of application. The range of tasks includes research of fundamental phenomena and the transfer of scientific results into industrial applications.

Several spin-off companies have been founded from the IOM and numerous patents and utility models have been granted for developments.