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

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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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News

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

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Poster Award for DWI Doctoral Researcher at the European Soft Matter Symposium in Ghent

19.12.2025
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Free transdisciplinary course on cell and gene-based therapies

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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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Novel artificial muscles move with sound

29.10.2025
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Women Interactive Materials Award 2025 – Excellence in materials research honoured

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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

    DNA-mediated force transmission for precise and efficient mechanochemical activation

    Gyurin Kim, Arjuna Selvakumar, Johannes Hahmann, Banyu Firdaus Soeriawidjaja, Maria Riedner, Gianluca Calabrese, Jio Kang, Hae Gyun Lim, Hyun Wook Kang, Gregory I. Peterson, Andreas Herrmann, Minseok Kwak
    Chem (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chempr.2025.102920
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    Shifting Merocyanine-Imine Exchange with Visible Light

    Alwin Drichel, Stefan Hecht*
    Journal of the American Chemical Society (2026)
    https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c17606