Author: Krisztina Gall

Science Days 2025 at Europa-Park

From Thursday to Saturday, our team presented interactive experiments at the 25th annual Science Days  at Europa-Park. We encouraged visitors to explore science through creativity and hands-on activities. At our booth, participants built their own lava lamps and learned how colors can be separated using paper chromatography. A key attraction was the 3D printer provided […]

Advancing 3D Printing Through Synergistic Two-Color Photochemistry

A new study involving 3DMM2O Doctoral Researcher Jan Hobich, Postdoctoral Researchers Florian Feist and Paul Somers, and Principal Investigators Eva Blasco and Christopher Barner-Kowollik presents a dual-wavelength photochemical approach that enables precise spatial and temporal control over polymer network formation. Using two light-sensitive molecules that react only when exposed to both 375 and 430 nm […]

25 Years of the International Department at KIT

On October 9, the International Department celebrated its 25th anniversary with a festive event that brought together the entire ID community, including our 3DMM2O Cluster. The evening featured opening remarks by KIT President Prof. Dr. Jan S. Hesthaven; Jörg Krauss, representing the State Ministry of Baden-Württemberg; and Benjamin Bauer, representing the City Council of Karlsruhe. […]

Recap Summer Cluster Meeting

On September 30, 2025, our members gathered at the University of Heidelberg for this year’s Summer Cluster Meeting. The program included a general assembly with an overview of the upcoming 3DMM2O Conference 2026: Frontiers in Theory, Computation, and Design of 3D Materials, as well as scientific presentations. A newly introduced interactive smartboard session offered a […]

Bistable Hydrogel Microactuators for Soft Robotics

A new study by Cluster Doctoral Researchers Chantal Barwig, Malin Schmidt, Annabelle Sonn, Scientist Irene Wacker, as well as Principal Investigators Rasmus R. Schröder and Christine Selhuber-Unkel, explores a new type of microscale actuator made from soft, responsive hydrogels. These actuators can switch between two stable states without continuous energy input, a property known as […]

Recap HEiKA Summer Science Academy 2025

From September 7–11, the HEiKA Summer Science Academy 2025 brought together master’s and final-year bachelor’s students at the Bildungshaus St. Bernhard in Rastatt. The academy was organized by the Heidelberg-Karlsruhe Strategic Partnership HEiKA in partnership with our Cluster 3DMM2O and the Flagship Initiative Engineering Molecular Systems of Heidelberg University. Participants attended hands-on workshops led by […]

Fluorescent MOF Films for Next-Generation Sensors

A new study, including Cluster Doctoral Researchers Maike Schliephake and Yan Liu and PIs Prof. Dr. Jasmin Aghassi-Hagmann and Prof. Dr. Pavel Levkin, explores the use of fluorescent metal-organic framework (MOF) thin-film arrays as surface-based sensors. They created stable, easy-to-use devices by directly patterning fluorescent dyes onto flat MOF films, overcoming the drawbacks of MOF […]