Materials
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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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Annual Report 2022

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News

Cloaked Microgels

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Cloaked Microgels
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International Textile Conference "ADD-ITC 2023" - Ensuring the textile future

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Ansicht auf Dresden
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Portrait about Laura Heinen

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Strong signals for improved diagnostics in medical MRI imaging

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Leibniz Joint Lab fiT receives Architecture Prize 2023 from the BDA Aachen

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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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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

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    Lifelike Transformative Materials for Biohybrid Implants: Inspired by Nature, Driven by Technology

    A. Fernández-Colino, F. Kiessling, I. Slabu, L. De Laporte, P. Akhyari, S. K. Nagel, J. Stingl, S. Reese and S. Jockenhoevel
    Advanced Healthcare Materials 2300991 (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202300991
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    Microgels as Platforms for Antibody-Mediated Cytokine Scavenging

    S. Boesveld, Y. Kittel, Y. Luo, A. Jans, B. Oezcifci, M. Bartneck, C. Preisinger, D. Rommel, T. Haraszti, S. P. Centeno, A. J. Boersma, L. De Laporte, C. Trautwein, A. J. C. Kuehne and P. Strnad
    Advanced Healthcare Materials 2300695 (2023)
    https://doi.org/10.1002/adhm.202300695