Prof. Thomas F. Faessler from Universitat München, Germany, visited Fujian Institute of Research on the Structure of Matter (FJIRSM) at the invitation of the State Key Laboratory of Structural Chemistry on May 10th, 2013. While staying at FJIRSM, Prof. Faessler delivered a seminar report entitled " Intermetalloid Clusters in Neat Solids and in Solution – Basics and Perspectives for Materials Syntheses " and carried out detailed discussion with the research staff of FJIRSM.

Prof. Thomas F. Faessler obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Heidelberg, Germany in 1988. He is now chair of inorganic chemistry, Department für Chemie Technische, Universitat München, Germany. His scientific interests are located at the interface between molecular and solid state chemistry, and involve synthesis, structural characterisation, as well as the study of the electronic and magnetic properties of soluble main group element clusters, fullerides and intermetallic compounds. Main topics are structure-property relations in semiconductors, superconductors and metals as well as molecular clusters.