Associated Projects
To strengthen and broaden its research impact, the livMatS cluster of excellence strives to establish close collaborations with innovative scientists and young researchers working in related fields.
The following research projects have officially been associated to livMatS to foster knowledge sharing and scientific exchange:
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Reduced-order topology optimisation of high-resolution microstructures with internal contact
Funded by the European Research Executive Agency (REA), delegated by the European Commission
Funding period: 01/03/2024 – 28/02/2026
Project leader: Dr. Martin Ladecky
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Vector Nachwuchsgruppe – Die Solarzelle der Zukunft
Funded by the Vector Stiftung
Funding period: 01/07/2022 – 30/06/2026
Project leader: Dr. Juliane Borchert
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Generations and functionalization of the dropled-based carries and research its antiproliferative and apoptotic effects on cancer cell lines
Funded by the Philipp Schwartz Initiative
Funding period: 01/01/2021 – 31/12/2023
Project leaders: Dr. Thomas Brandstetter, Prof. Lokman Alpsoy
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Inflatable Snapping Metamaterials for Next Generation Soft Machines
Funded by the DFG
Funding period: 01/2023 – 04/2023
Project leader: Dr. Edoardo Milana
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The BODIPY scaffold as a core chromophoric motif for extended, oligomeric, and helically chiral π-systems
Funded by the DFG
Funding period: 01/2023 – 12/2025
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Daniel B. Werz
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Bi-O-AKTOR: Biosphärische und -inspirierte Multi-Material-Systeme für autarke Aktoren
Funded by the Vector Stiftung
Funding period: 01/11/2022 – 31/10/2024
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Frank Balle
Associated doctoral researcher: Karima Saddedine
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Innocent Deelectronation Chemistry: From the Unified Redox Scale to
Innocent Deelectronation Chemistry in Innocent Solvents
Funded by the European Research Council (ERC)
Funding period: 01/10/2022 – 30/09/2027
Project leader: Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing
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Peltate leaf unfolding: analyses of functional morphology and kinematics as bioinspiration for (un)folding of structures in space
Funded by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR)
Funding period: 01/10/2021 – 31/10/2024
Project leaders: Dr. Tom Masselter, Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck
Associated doctoral researcher: Michelle Modert
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IPROM Interaktive und Programmierbare Materialien
Funded by the ZEISS Stiftung
Funding period: 01/02/2020 – 30/01/2025
Project leaders: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Rühe, Prof. Dr. Bastian Rapp
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Perowskit-Silizium-Tandemsolarzellen: Vakuumprozesse für Perowskitabsorber
Funded by the BMWi
Funding period: 01/02/2021 – 31/01/2024
Project leaders: Prof. Dr. Stefan Glunz, Dr. Saeid Rafizadeh
Associated postdoctoral researcher: Dr. Saeid Rafizadeh
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Das Verhältnis von Natürlichem und Geistigem im Ausgang von Hegels Anthropologie
Funded by the Evangelisches Studienwerk Villigst
Funding period: Oct 2020 – Oct 2022
Project leader and livMatS Principal Investigator: Prof. Dr. Lore Hühn
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In-Situ Electrochemical Transmission Electron Microscopy - Understanding Electrocatalysts Dynamics under Electrochemical Conditions at the Nano Scale
Funded through the VolkswagenStiftung initiative "Momentum - Funding for Recently Tenured Professors"
Funding period: 2020 – 2025
Grant recipient and livMatS spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Anna Fischer
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SCHARF: Skalenübergreifende Charaktierisierung robuster funktionaler Materialsysteme
Funded by the Carl Zeiss Stiftung
Funding period: June 2018 – June 2024
Project member and livMatS Principle Investigator: Prof. Dr. Chris Eberl
Project member and livMatS Responsible Investigator: Prof. Dr. Stefan Hiermaier
Associated livMatS postdoctoral researcher: Dr. Kaiyang Yin
Associated livMatS doctoral researcher: Nadira Grübel
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The functional morphology of monocotyledons and their mechanical adaptability can inspire technology
Funded through the Margarete von Wrangell- Habilitationsprogramm für Frauen
Funding period: May 2020 – May 2025
Project leader and associated livMatS scientist: Dr. Linnea Hesse
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Untersuchung von Tropfenform und Dynamik der Dreiphasenkontaktlinie auf dynamisch schaltbaren Spiropyran Oberflächen
Subproject within the DFG Priority Programme SPP 2171: Dynamic wetting of flexible, adaptive and switchable surfaces.
Funded through the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
Funding period: October 2019 – September 2022
Project leader and associated livMatS scientist: Dr. Dorothea Helmer
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Adaptive Droplets Transport Through Coupled Flow Paths
Subproject within the DFG Priority Programme SPP 2171: Dynamic wetting of flexible, adaptive and switchable surfaces.
Funded through the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
Funding period: October 2019 – September 2022
Project leader and livMatS Responsible Investigator: Dr. Thomas Pfohl
Associated livMatS doctoral researcher: Claas-Hendrik Stamp
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AlkaCell – Neue Materialien und Strukturen für die alkalische Brennstoffzelle
Funded through the Vector Stiftung
Funding period: January 2019 – December 2021
Project leader and livMatS spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Anna Fischer
Project leader and associated livMatS scientist: Dr. Severin Vierrath
Associated livMatS doctoral researcher: Patrick Elsässer
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GrowBot: Towards a new generation of plant-inspired growing artefacts (the Freiburg subproject)
Funded under the FET-Proactive (FET: Future and Emerging Technologies) programme of the EU framework programme for research and innovation (Horizon 2020), Research and Innovation Action Grant agreement n. 824074
Funding period: January 2019 – December 2022
Project leader and livMatS spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck
Associated livMatS doctoral researcher: Frederike Klimm
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Bio-inspirierte elastische Materialsysteme und Verbundkomponenten für nachhaltiges Bauen im 21ten Jahrhundert (BioElast)“ (the Freiburg subproject)
Funded by the MWK Baden-Württemberg, Zukunftsoffensive IV, Innovation und Exzellenz
Funding period: July 2019 – July 2021
Project leader and livMatS spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Thomas Speck
Associated livMatS doctoral researcher: Max Langer
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Aluminium- and Magnesium-Organic Polymer-Based Batteries (AMPERE)
Subproject within the DFG Priority Programme SPP 2248: Polymer-based batteries.
Funded through the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
Funding period: 2020 – 2023
Project leaders and livMatS Principle Investigators: Prof. Dr. Birgit Esser and Prof. Dr. Ingo Krossing
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Redox-Active Organic Subunits in Linear Amorphous Polymers Versus Highly Ordered COFs as Hierarchical Structured Battery Electrode Materials (PROMISE)
Subproject within the DFG Priority Programme SPP 2248: Polymer-based batteries.
Funded through the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation)
Funding period: 2020 – 2023
Project leader and livMatS Principle Investigator: Prof. Dr. Birgit Esser