Future Fields / Core Facilities
The FIT is organized into three research areas and three core facilities.
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Adaptive and Active Polymer Materials
- Development of interactive and intelligent functional materials, foils and surfaces, and material-integrated (micro)systems
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Biomimetic, Biobased and Bioactive Materials Systems
- Bioinspired and biomimetic construction of materials systems. Development of new active hybrids by integration of synthetic and biological components. Bioactive functionalization of materials and (micro)systems...
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(Micro)Systems for Energy Conversion, Storage and Energy-autonomy
- Development of materials and (micro)systems for energy conversion and storage as well as development of energy autonomous embedded (micro)systems using bioinspired approaches.
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New Materials: Societal Challenges
- The development of new materials raises societal challenges in the fields of psychology, philosophy and sustainability.
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Core Facility "Imaging of Materials Systems"
- Specialised laboratory for microscopy and tomography, establishment of a competence network 3D visualisation
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Core Facility "Functional Processing"
- Manufacturing technique for bioinspired materials with focus on nanolithography, film technology, and generative processes
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Core Facility "Modelling and Simulation of Materials Systems"
- Concept development, modelling and simulation of interactive materials