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 […]
Wie Bioprinting das Gesundheitswesen verändern könnte
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Researchers advance screen-printed thermoelectric devices for flexible energy harvesting
3D Printing Industry
by Rodolfo Hernandez
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Printing White Light for Future Data Storage
A new study in Communications Materials — including Cluster Postdoctoral Researcher Nils Rosemann and Principal Investigators Jasmin Aghassi-Hagmann and Stefanie Dehnen — demonstrates the first successful inkjet printing of adamantane-type organotin sulfide clusters without altering their molecular identity. These clusters exhibit unusual optical properties, producing either white light or frequency doubling depending on their structure. […]
Designing the Future of Lung Medicines
A recent study, including Cluster Doctoral Researcher Alexander Berkes, Alumnus Pascal Kiefer and PI Martin Wegener, explores how the geometry of carrier particles affects drug delivery in dry powder inhalers. The team used multi-photon 3D laser printing to create millions of microparticles with different shapes and surface textures. The spiked Pharmacone design performed best, enabling […]
Nanodroplets could speed up the search for new medicine
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New Opportunities in 3D Microfabrication
Scientists, including Cluster Alumna Tugce Nur Eren, Doctoral Researcher Jonathan L. G. Schneider, Postdoctoral Researcher Florian Feist, and PIs Martin Wegener, Jens Bauer, and Christopher Barner-Kowollik, have developed a single-component resin for 3D microprinting that enables structures with a wide range of mechanical properties in a single step. Unlike conventional resins, it does not require […]
Brain Organoids – Could They Cure Diseases?
A new episode of our Explain Like I’m Five series is now live, exploring the fascinating world of human brain organoids. Lízia Branco, a Cluster Doctoral Researcher at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), demonstrates how lab-grown organoids made from stem cells can be used to study brain development and neurological disorders, eliminating the need […]