Research

Interactive and Programmable Materials (IPROM)

• Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rühe & Prof. Dr. Bastian E. Rapp
• Period: 01.02.2020 – 31.01.2025
• Funding: Carl Zeiss Foundation
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Elastocaloric Cooling Based on Tailored Rubber Films

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rühe
• Period: 01.02.2022 – 30.01.2025
• Funding: DFG
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The Capillary Lock Actuator: A Novel Bistable Microfluidic Actuator for Cost-Effective High-Density Actuator Arrays Suitable for Large-Scale Graphical Tactile Displays

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Bastian E. Rapp
• Period: 01.05.2019 – 30.04.2024
• Funding: ERC Consolidator Grant from the European Communion
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Push, Push, Push – Cooperative Actuators and Actuators Fields by Direct Writing Processes

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rühe
• Period: 01.10.2019 – 30.09.2023
• Funding: DFG
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Polymer Modified Paper – Reducing Sensitivity Losses in Paper-Based Analytical Devices

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rühe
• Period: 01.11.2018 – 31.07.2023
• Funding: DFG RU 489/33-1
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Thermal and Photochemical Crosslinking of Paper Fibers for Generation of Paper Substrates Providing a High Wet Strength and Multiple Chemical Functions

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rühe
• Period: 01.08.2018 – 31.07.2023
• Funding: DFG RU 489/34-1 and DFG RU 489/34-2
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Dynamic Behavior of Water Droplets on Flexible, Adaptive and Switchable Surfaces Generated Using Surface Attached Polymer Networks and Brushes

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rühe
• Period: 01.07.2019 – 30.06.2022
• Funding: DFG
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Fe-Based Metal-Organic Frameworks as Photocatalysts for Energy and Environmental Applications

• Principal Investigators: Dr. Severin Vierrath, Dr. Naghmeh Mirbagheri
• Period: 01.07.2020 – 30.06.2022
• Funding: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
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Evaluation of Droplet Shape and Three-Phase Contact Line Movement on Dynamically Switchable Spiropyran Surfaces

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Dorothea Helmer
• Period: 20.05.2019 – 19.05.2022
• Funding: DFG

Chemo-Mechanical and Chemo-Structural pH-Feedback Mechanisms to Program Transient and Autonomous Self- Assembling Systems

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Andreas Walther
• Period: 01.08.2018 – 31.07.2021
• Funding: DFG
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BioSMAMPs

• Principal Investigator: PD Dr. Karen Lienkamp
• Period: 01.08.2018 – 31.07.2021
• Funding: BMBF

ANTIBUG

• Principal Investigator: PD Dr. Karen Lienkamp
• Period: 01.10.2017 – 31.07.2021
• Funding: BMBF
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Self-Regenerating Functional Surfaces – Towards a Technology Platform for New Materials and Devices

• Principal Investigator: PD Dr. Karen Lienkamp
• Period: 01.05.2015 – 30.04.2021
• Funding: ERC Starting Grant of European Commission
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Adaptive Lenses Based on Conductive and Optically Transparent Silver Nanowire Networks

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Frank Goldschmidtböing
• Period: 01.10.2019 – 30.04.2021
• Funding: German Research Foundation (DFG) – GO 1686/4-2
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International Research Training Group (IRTG 1642): Soft Matter Science: Concepts for the Design of Functional Materials

• Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Günter Reiter
• Duration of 2. period: 01.04.2015 – 30.09.2019
• Funding: DFG
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• SoMaS-Teilprojekte am FIT

1. Controlled deformations and modifications of model and cellular lipid membranes (project description)
2. Interactions between bio-systems and 3D micro-structured surfaces (project description)
3. Friction on textured surfaces: Inspiration from insect-plant interactions (project description)
4. Slippery when wet: Wet adhesion and friction on nano/micro-structured surfaces  (project descrption)
5. Graphene-induced crystallization of semicrystalline conjugated polymers (project description)
6. Compartmentalized smart polymer ionic liquids for responsive systems (project descrption)
7. Multifunctional hybrid polymers for adaptive nanocrystalline multilayer composites (project description)
8. Linear mechanical and viscoelastic properties of model glass-forming polymer films
9. Ordering and crystallisation of polymers in quasi-2 dimensions (project description)
10. Thermodynamics of membranes with complex lipid compositions (project description)
11. Recognition of synthetic polymers by biological nanopores (project description)

Mikrosysteme und Funktionsmaterialien – Integrierte bioinspirierte Systeme (BITS)

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Rolf Mülhaupt
• Period: 01.06.2015 – 31.05.2018
• Funding: MWK – Zukunftsoffensive IV Schwerpunktbereich „Aufbau und Stärkung der Forschungsinfrastruktur im Bereich der Mikro- und Nanotechnologie sowie der neuen Materialien“

Platinum Free Electrodes for Pem Electrolysis Devices (RiSC)

• Principal Investigator: Dr.-Ing. Simon Thiele
• Period: 01.01.2016 – 28.02.2017
• Funding: Innovationsfonds Forschung

DELIVER – Data-Driven Engineering of Sustainable Living Materials

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck
• Period: 01.01.2023 – 31.12.2024
• Funding: Carl Zeiss Stiftung
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GrowBot – Towards a New Generation of Plant-Inspired Growing Artefacts

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck
• Period: 01.01.2019 – 31.06.2023
• Funding: European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (grant agreement No 824074)
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DINAMIK – Digitaler Nachweis von Biomarkern des Interaktoms für die Krebsdiagnostik am Beispiel der HER2/HER3-Interaktion

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Csaba Jeney
• Period: 01.04.2020 – 31.03.2023
• Funding: „Ideenwettbewerbs Biotechnologie – Von der Natur lernen“ des Ministeriums für Wissenschaft, Forschung und Kunst Baden-Württemberg

Development of 3D Bioprinted Scaffolds Comprising Polysaccharide Nanofibers and Chitosan Hydrogels for Tissue Engineering Applications

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Anayancy Osorio
• Period: 01.03.2020 – 28.02.2023
• Funding: DFG – Emmy-Noether Programme
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4D-Bioprinting von vaskularisiertem Knochengewebe und Evaluation der Blutgefäß- und Knochenbildung in einem orthotopen Knochendefektmodell

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Peter Koltay
• Period: 01.04.2020 – 31.03.2023
• Funding: DFG

NeuroSENS – Multiplexed Point-Of-Care Testing for Inflammatory Mirna and Neurotransmitter Profiling in Alzheimer’s Disease Diagnostics

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Can Dincer
• Period: 01.10.2019 – 30.09.2022
• Funding: DFG
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miPAT – Personalized Antibiotherapy: Development and Evaluation of a Microfluidic Biosensor Platform for Non-Invasive, Multianalyte On-Site Diagnostics

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Can Dincer
• Period: 01.09.2018 – 31.08.2022
• Funding: DFG
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TimePROSAMAT – Time-Programmed Self-Assemblies and Dynamic Materials

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Andreas Walther
• Period: 01.11.2016 – 31.10.2021
• Funding: ERC Starting Grant of European Commission
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PlaMatSu – Plant-inspired Materials and Surfaces

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck
• Period: 01.10.2016 – 31.09.2020
• Funding: European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 722842)
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SFB/TRR 141: Biological Design and Integrative Structures – Analysis, Simulation and Implementation in Architecture

• Spokesperson in Freiburg: Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck
• Period: 01.10.2014 – 30.06.2019
• Funding: DFG
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• TRR141-subprojects at FIT:

1. Plants and animals as source of inspiration for energy dissipation in load bearing systems and facades
2. Inspired by plants and animals: actively actuated rod-shaped structures exhibiting adaptive stiffness and joint-free continuous kinematics
3. Kinematics of planar, curved and corrugated plant surfaces as concept generators for deployable systems in architecture
4. Branching and axes in selected plant species as concept generators for high load-bearing joints of branched building structures
5. Continuous fused deposition modelling of architectural envelopes based on the shell formation of molluscs
6. Analysis of Physcomitrella chloroplasts to reveal adaptation principles leading to structural stability at the nano-scale
7. Scaling of properties of highly porous biological and biomimetic constructions
8. Multifunctional simulation of complex biological and biomimetic designs and materials

Energetic Investigations of Induced Particle Uptake in Functionalized, Synthetic Membrane Systems

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Winfried Römer
• Period: 01.02.2016 – 31.01.2019
• Funding: DFG (DFG-Geschäftszeichen RO 4341/3-1)
• Project leader: Dr. Michael Sommer
• Period: 01.09.2015 – 31.08.2018
• Funding: DFG (DFG-Geschäftszeichen SO 1213/7-1)
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Lignocellulose: Bionisches Lignozellulose-NanocompoSit mit innovativem Verarbeitungskonzept zur Verbesserung der physikalischen Leistungsfähigkeit (LignoSit)

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Marie-Pierre Laborie
• Period: 01.09.2014 – 31.12.2017 
• Funding: MWK – „Forschungsprogramm Bioökonomie Baden-Württemberg“
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CFD- und Through-Plane Modellierung von PEM Brennstoffzellen (FC-CAT)

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Severin Vierrath
• Period: 01.01.2020 – 30.06.2024
• Funding: BMBF

PrEsto – Perowskit-Silizium-Tandemsolarzellen: Entwicklung skalierbarer Prozess-technologien; Teilvorhaben: Vakuumprozesse für Perowskitabsorber

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Stefan Glunz
• Period: 01.02.2021 – 31.01.2024
• Funding: BMWi

Development of Integrated and Flexible Thermoelectric Micro Generators (MiTEG)

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Uwe Pelz
• Period: 01.08.2019 – 31.08.2023
• Funding: DFG
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AlkaCell – Neue Materialien und Strukturen für die alkalische Brennstoffzelle

• Principal Investigator: Dr.-Ing. Severin Vierrath, Prof. Dr. Anna Fischer
• Period: 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2021
• Funding: Vector Stiftung
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Pan-European Network of Fundamental pH Research: UnipHied

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing
• Period: 01.05.2018 – 30.04.2021
• Funding: European Metrology Programme for Innovation and Research (EMPIR) Project 17FUN09 “Realisation of a Unified pH Scale” The EMPIR is jointly funded by the EMPIR participating countries within the European Association of National Metrology Institutes (EURAMET e.V.) and the European Union
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LIM-MOBIL – Entwicklung von sicheren und zyklenfesten Lithium-Metall basierten Batterien für den Einsatz in der Elektromobilität

• Principal Investigators: Dr. Witali Beichel, Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing
• Period: 01.03.2019 – 28.02.2022 (in FIT until 31.12.2019)
• Funding: Vector Stiftung
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NILAX Sensorsystem zur Bestimmung von Knielaxitäten

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Peter Woias
• Periodt: 01.01.2019 – 01.02.2022
• Funding: DFG
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OPoSiT (Advanced Optics for Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells)

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Stefan Glunz
• Period: 01.08.2017 – 31.07.2019
• Funding: DFG
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Novel Thin Film Composites and Co-Catalysts for Visible Light-Induced Water Splitting

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Anna Fischer
• Period: 01.10.2016 – 31.03.2019
• Funding: DFG (PP 1613)
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Nanotomographische Untersuchungen von Lithium-Luft-Batterien

• Principal Investigator: Dr.-Ing. Simon Thiele
• Period: 01.03.2017 – 28.02.2019
• Funding: Humboldt-Forschungsstipendium

CAPRI – Characterization of Probe Interactions with Brain Tissue

• Principal Investigator: Dr.-Ing. Simon Thiele
• Period: 01.03.2017 – 31.12.2018
• Funding: BrainLinks – BrainTools
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Von Kohlenstoffdioxid und Wasserstoff zu Methanol und Oxymethylendimethylethern als Basischemikalien und flüssige Energieträger

• Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing
• Period: 01.01.2017 – 31.01.2018
• Funding: MWK

Polymer-based Optical Sensor Platform with Integrated Light Source

• Principal Investigators: Prof. Dr. Claas Müller, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Kowalsky
• Period: 01.01.2019 – 01.03.2021
• Funding: DFG
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Synthese, in-operando X-ray Spektroskopie und theoretische Modellierung von neuen Li-S Batterien mit zweifachen Redoxsystemen

• Principal Investigator: PD Dr. Michael Walter
• Period: 15.12.2020 – 14.12.2023
• Funding: DFG SPP 2248 (DFG-Geschäftszeichen WA 1687/12-1)
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HYBRIDIS: Dispersion Forces in Media — A Hybrid Approach Combining Macroscopic Quantum Electrodynamics with Microscopic Density Functional Theory

• Principal Investigator: PD Dr. Michael Walter
• Period: 01.08.2018 – 31.11.2022
• Funding: DFG (DFG-Geschäftszeichen WA 1687/10-1)
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Exploration of Molecular Mechanochromic Springs: From Mechanotransduction at the Single Chain Level to Stress Relaxation and Ageing of Polymers

• Principal Investigator: PD Dr. Michael Walter
• Period: 01.01.2019 – 31.12.2021
• Funding: DFG (DFG-Geschäftszeichen WA 1687/11-1)
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Controlling the Force Range of Polymeric Force Sensors Made from Rationally Designed Mechanochromic Copolymer Networks

• Principal Investigator: PD Dr. Michael Walter (DFG-Geschäftszeichen WA 1687/9-1)
• Period: 01.12.2015 – 30.11.2018
• Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Sommer (DFG-Geschäftszeichen SO 1213/7-1)
• Period: 01.09.2015 – 31.08.2018
• Funding: DFG
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