Braun (Affiliated)
Microstructures in Biomaterials and Chemistry
Bioinspired material research focuses on the identification of structural features of biological specimen that are responsible for remarkable material properties and on the replication of these relevant micro- and nanostructural features into manmade materials. Our research concentrates on the engineering of meso- and microscaled structures from softmatter materials and on the investigation of self organizing prozesses. Special focus is on the fundamental understanding of self-organization processes in confined microenvironment and interfaces. We see the combination of top-down based micro- and nanostructure technologies and bottom up based molecular assembly strategies as a fundamental approach for mimicking biological structures in synthetic materials.
For more information on our research please visit our lab page at the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden