People

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rühe
Spokesperson
Co-Coordinator Research Area C
Principal Investigator Research Areas A, B, C and D
Full Professor, Chemistry and Physics of Interfaces
Faculty of Engineering | Department of Microsystems Engineering
University of Freiburg
Phone: +49 761 203 7160 (secretary) | +49 761 203 7161 (direct)
Email: ruehe@imtek.uni-freiburg.de
Areas of Expertise
Polymers at Interfaces | Metamaterials | Surface modification | Biomedical surfaces | Micro- and nanostructuring of surfaces | Anti-(bio)fouling strategies | Biosensors | Surface analysis
Projects within livMatS
- Self-sealing by orchestrating chemical and mechanical mechanisms and processes as basis for self-healing in livMatS
- Embedded micro-fluidic networks in soft materials systems: A route to adaptive processes, self-regulation and self-repair
- Interfaces, charge-transfer and non-adiabatic processes and their exploitation in a frequency-tunable tribogenerator
- Autonomous light-actuated LCE actuators
- Abscission and self-repair in biological and artificial materials systems
- Training and self-healing by interface snapping mechanisms
Doctoral Researchers (first supervisor)
Publications in livMatS
- Protein Repellent, Surface-Attached Hydrogels Through Spray Coating*
Bentley, N., Scherag, F. D., Brandstetter, T., & Rühe, J. (2022). Protein Repellent, Surface‐Attached Hydrogels Through Spray Coating. Advanced Materials Interfaces. doi: 10.1002/admi.202102359 - Thermally Induced Cross-Linking of Polymers via C,H Insertion Cross-Linking (CHic) under Mild Conditions*
Kost, J., Bleiziffer, A., Rusitov, D., & Rühe, J. (2021). Thermally Induced Cross-Linking of Polymers via C, H Insertion Cross-Linking (CHic) under Mild Conditions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. doi: 10.1021/jacs.1c02133 - Accessibility of fiber surface sites for polymeric additives determines dry and wet tensile strength of paper sheets*
Schäfer, J. L., Schölch, S., Prucker, O., Brandstetter, T., Rühe, J., Stockert, A. R. V., Meckel, T. & Biesalski, M. (2021). Accessibility of fiber surface sites for polymeric additives determines dry and wet tensile strength of paper sheets. Cellulose, 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s10570-021-03817-7 - Towards programmable friction: control of lubrication with ionic liquid mixtures by automated electrical regulation*
Gatti, F., Amann, T., Kailer, A., Baltes, N., Rühe, J., & Gumbsch, P. (2020). Towards programmable friction: control of lubrication with ionic liquid mixtures by automated electrical regulation. Scientific reports, 10(1), 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-74709-2 - Adaptive biomimetic actuator systems reacting to various stimuli by and combining two biological snap-trap mechanics*
Esser, F., Scherag, F. D., Poppinga, S., Westermeier, A., Mylo, M. D., Kampowski, T., Bold, G., Rühe, J., & Speck, T. (2019, July). Adaptive Biomimetic Actuator Systems Reacting to Various Stimuli by and Combining Two Biological Snap-Trap Mechanics. In Conference on Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems (pp. 114-121). Springer, Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-24741-6_10
* Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC-2193/1 – 390951807