Materials
for a better Life

Expertise

Our scientific expertise

At the DWI, the working groups of currently five members of the Scientific Board combine their different areas of 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 & Events

Event

Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference 2026

26. - 27.11.2026
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Women Interactive Materials Award (WIMA) 2026

23.09.2026
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Interactive Materials Talks "Soft Robotics"

16.09.2026
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Six perspectives on the materials of tomorrow – a look back at WIMA 2026

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DFG Funds Research into Adaptive, Biologically Inspired Hydrogels

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Physicist Raphael Wittkowski Receives the Alfried Krupp-Förderpreis 2026, Worth €1.1 Million, in the Award’s 40th Anniversary Year

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Removing a Molecular Brake to Enhance Antimicrobial Activity

04.09.2026
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From Research to Patient Care: Germany’s Strategy for Gene and Cell-Based Therapies

19.08.2026
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New Collaborative Research Centre in Polymer Mechanochemistry: Andreas Herrmann Secures DFG-Funded Research Consortium

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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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About the Leibniz Joint Lab fiT

The Leibniz Joint Lab “fiT" (first in Translation) is dedicated to educate and guide researchers with basic research discoveries in the biomedical field through the required preclinical- and clinical product development phases.

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Current publications

  • Publication

    Geometry-Dependent Fidelity Limits in Projection Photopolymerization of Millimeter-Scale PEG-Based Hydrogels

    E. Papadimitriou, R. Paul, S. Ridder, E. K. Juelich and M. Wessling
    Macromolecular Materials and Engineering Vol. 311 (110) e70352 (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.1002/mame.70352
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    Incorporating lignin into chitosan-based bioplastics enhances the tensile properties and provides control of swelling and opacity

    H. D. Z. Zamora; R. M. Vieira; H. Ferreira; A. Pich; M. Brienzo
    Polymer Bulletin (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s00289-026-06466-7