New young researchers group MultiMOD: paving the way for a sustainable and competitive future

The European Union and the Free State of Saxony have given the green light for the MultiMOD young researchers group. The group is researching the fundamentals of an information processing and circuit concept based on smart materials.

In a time of unprecedented growth in knowledge and technological progress, digitalisation is everywhere. It improves the performance of industry and makes our private lives easier. But this progress has its price. The high energy demand of technologies puts a burden on the earth's resources and contributes significantly to climate change. The main task of engineers and scientists today is therefore to develop systems that promote technological progress and at the same time are in harmony with nature.

The interdisciplinary team of TU Dresden research groups from the fields of medicine and STEM has set itself the goal of creating the foundations for the direct processing of various physical, chemical and biological information carriers in our environment without electronic components. These circuits enable the integration of various functions at chip level, including information processing, energy supply, sensors and actuators. They are extremely energy-efficient, resource-saving and recyclable.

The junior research group focuses on three specific applications in the life sciences that can benefit greatly from the capabilities of these multimodal circuits: Multi-organ-on-chip systems with complex regulatory mechanisms, multimodal circuits for early cancer detection and microrobotic systems for surgical robots.

With its work, the MultiMOD junior research group is making a decisive contribution to shaping a sustainable and competitive future. It combines sustainability and resource efficiency with the requirements of a competitive economy and underlines the importance of STEM and health sciences for the future viability of our society.