Our Expertise

Our Expertise

At the DWI, the working groups of currently five members of the scientific management combine their different expertise under one roof.

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Mission

Interactive Materials

New materials are the key to the development of forward-looking technologies. In this context, we are facing a central challenge in modern materials research.

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News

News

New Leibniz ScienceCampus at the DWI

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Shape Morphing Hydrogels - New publication in Nature Communications

 

 

Übersicht der Gele
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Growing human tissue models for preclinical tests

Laura De laporte und Omidinia Anarkoli
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EXIST Business Start-up Grant for Amovion - Experiences and Insights from Christian Linnartz

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Science Minister Ina Brandes officially opened the fiT

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Cloaked Microgels

Cloaked Microgels
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The Institute

Perspektiven und Gestaltung

Working at the DWI

Find information on opportunities to work at the DWI.

Equal opportunity and diversity are embedded in the mission statement of the DWI and belong a priori to the self-image of the institute.

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Projects

The project work of the Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials is interdisciplinary and includes several working groups. The majority of the projects are carried out with particular focus on the practical application.

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Mission

Interactive Materials

New materials are the key to the development of forward-looking technologies. In this context, we are facing a central challenge in modern materials research.

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Infrastructure

Joint Lab fiT

People, medicine and materials - these and other subjects are the focus of interdisciplinary research at the DWI - Leibniz Institute. The "Leibniz Joint Lab fiT" (first in Translation) supports the cooperation with the Medical Faculty of RWTH Aachen University.

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Current publications

  • Publication

    Mechanochemical Activation of Red-Light-Excited Triplet–Triplet Annihilation Photon Upconversion

    C. Broschinski, F. Majer, S. He, A. J. C. Kuehne and R. Göstl
    ACS Applied Optical Materials (2024)
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    Enhancing Adhesion of Fibrin-Based Hydrogel to Polythioether Polymer Surfaces

    M. A. Al Enezy-Ulbrich, K. Kreuels, M. Simonis, I. Milvydaitė, A. T. Reineke, C. Schemmer, A. Gillner and A. Pich
    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces Vol. 16 (11) 14371-14381 (2024)