Materials
for a better Life

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

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ERC Advanced Grant for Andreas Herrmann

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New Leibniz ScienceCampus at the DWI

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Laborarbeit ACTISONO
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Growing human tissue models for preclinical tests

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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

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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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DNA Nanoflower
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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

  • Publication

    Electro-Conductive Ti3c2 Mxene Multilayered Membranes: Dye Removal and Antifouling Performance

    Z. Zandi, M. Rastgar, M. Mohseni, M. D. Firouzjaei, W. Dilokekunakul, B. Anasori, C. D. Vecitis, R. Keller, M. Wessling, M. Elliott, A. Rahimpour and M. Sadrzadeh
    Advanced Functional Materials 2401970 (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202401970
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    Porous Anisometric Pnipam Microgels: Tailored Porous Structure and Thermal Response

    L. Steinbeck, H. J. M. Wolff, M. Middeldorf, J. Linkhorst and M. Wessling
    Macromolecular Rapid Communications 2300680 (2024)
    https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202300680