Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials

Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien
Formation1917 (1917)
TypeResearch institute
Legal statusGmbH
PurposeBasic research
Location
Coordinates51°14′21″N 6°48′52″E / 51.23917°N 6.81444°E / 51.23917; 6.81444
FieldsChemistry, solid-state physics, materials science
OwnerMax Planck Society
Executive Director
Dierk Raabe
Staff350
Websitewww.mpie.de/en

The Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials (German: Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien) is a research institute of the Max Planck Society located in Düsseldorf. Since 1971, it has been legally independent and organized in the form of a GmbH, which was formerly supported and financed in equal parts by the Max Planck Society and the Steel Institute VDEh. The Max Planck Society has been the sole shareholder since 2020.