Materials
for a better Life

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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

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Biobased microgels with therapeutic function

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Introduction to Translational Research

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Platform for a sustainable textile industry

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Kick-off of the new Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network "ReWIRE"

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TriggerINK in portrait in the annual report of the Werner Siemens Foundation

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Bio-based coatings for functional clothing in the BioCoat project

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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

    Magnetically Actuable Complex-Shaped Microgels for Spatio-Temporal Flow Control

    L. Steinbeck, D. L. Braunmiller, H. J. M. Wolff, V. Huettche, J. Wang, M. Wessling, J. J. Crassous, J. Linkhorst
    Advanced Materials Technologies 2300044 (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.1002/admt.202300044
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    Mechanobiological Implications of Age-Related Remodelling in the Outer Retina

    T. Piskova, A. N. Kozyrina and J. Di Russo
    Biomaterials Advances Vol. 147 213343 (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioadv.2023.213343