External fields, specific chemical environment, temperature, deformation stress or other stimuli induce adaptations of materials properties and allow for new functions on the microscopic scale.
Single-molecule mechanics of dendronized polymers
Prof. Michal Borkovec, Prof. Dieter Schlüter
Palladium-doped perovskite catalysts for natural gas vehicles
Dr. Davide Ferri, Dr. Panayotis Dimopoulos, Dr. Andre Heel, Prof. Anke Weidenkaff
Magnetic elastomers for actuators
Prof. Raffaele Mezzenga, Dr. Hervé Dietsch, Dr. Antoni Sánchez-Ferrer
Bio-inspired mechanically adaptive nanocomposites
Prof. Christoph Weder