Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
| Max-Planck-Institut für Nachhaltige Materialien | |
| Institute building in Düsseldorf | |
| Formation | 1917 | 
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| Type | Research institute | 
| Legal status | GmbH | 
| Purpose | Basic research | 
| Location | 
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| Coordinates | 51°14′21″N 6°48′52″E / 51.23917°N 6.81444°E | 
| Fields | Chemistry, solid-state physics, materials science | 
| Owner | Max Planck Society | 
| Executive Director | Dierk Raabe | 
| Staff | 350 | 
| Website | www | 
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.