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The Cluster of Excellence livMatS develops completely novel, bioinspired materials systems that adapt autonomously to various environments and harvest clean energy from their surroundings. The intention of these purely technical – yet in a behavioral sense quasi-living – materials systems is to meet the demands of humans with regard to pioneering environmental and energy technologies. The societal relevance of autonomous systems and their sustainability will thus play an important role in their development. The research program of livMatS is characterized by highly interdisciplinary collaboration between researchers from a broad range of fields including engineering, chemistry, physics, biology, psychology, the humanities, and sustainability sciences.

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Research Program:
Mission and Vision: From conventional materials to living materials systems
 
 

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Research Area A:
Concepts for energy autonomy and integration - Harvesting, storage, conversion and distribution
 

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Research Area B:
Concepts for adaptive and active materials systems
 
 

 

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Research Area C:
Concepts for the longevity of system functions
 
 
  

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Research Area D:
Societal challenges - sustainability assessment and investigation of psychological, philosophical and ethical implications of living materials systems
 

 

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Demonstrators:
Integration of Research Areas A - D: Generation of technology demonstrators
 
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