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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International Neuromodulation Conference [ReWIRE] 2026

24. - 26.08.2026
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New Collaborative Research Centre in Polymer Mechanochemistry: Andreas Herrmann Secures DFG-Funded Research Consortium

15.05.2026
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Leibniz Conference on Bioactive Compounds 2026

07.05.2026
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Girl’s Day at DWI: Hands-On Science

23.04.2026
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Short Interview with Independent Group Leader Charlotta Lorenz

06.05.2026
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Laurin Poro Receives RWTH Speed Fund for a New Approach to Lung Wound Closure

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Leibniz Association funds the Junior Research Group NeuroSIM led by Laura Heinen at DWI

08.12.2025
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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

    Partition Coefficients Reveal Changes in Properties of Low-Contrast Biomolecular Condensates

    Kaarthik Varma; Dana Matthias; Chase B. Shapiro; Sullivan Bailey-Darland; Takumi Matsuzawa; Charlotta Lorenz; Teagan Bate; Stephen J. Thornton; Senthilkumar Duraivel; Robert W. Style et al.
    bioRxiv (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.02.20.707107
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    Trade-offs between spacer-induced mixing and electric-field shadowing govern overlimiting electrodialysis performance: Insights from coupled CFD and experiments

    Richard Dunkel; Michael Garthe; Elizaveta Evdochenko; Niklas Köller; Wenzel Plischka; Paul Bacmeister; Matthias Wessling
    SSRN (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6339728