Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials
The Hoffmann Institute of Advanced Materials (HIAM) is a science research institute affiliated to Shenzhen Polytechnic in Shenzhen, China. As the eighth institute at Shenzhen named after a Nobel laureate, it was founded in February 2018 under the tutelage of the theoretical chemist Roald Hoffmann. The institute was officially opened with a formal ceremony in May 2019. Its research topics cover novel functional materials, with an emphasis on their properties and applications in new energy and renewable energy fields. The institute's key research areas are photo-electric materials, energy-storage materials, and energy-efficient materials.