Seminars

Novel Biomimetic Functional Surfaces (Hamburg Photon Science Colloquium)

by Eduard ARZT (INM - Leibniz Institute for New Materials and and Saarland University)

Europe/Berlin
CFEL SEMINAR ROOMS I-III (DESY Hamburg)

CFEL SEMINAR ROOMS I-III

DESY Hamburg

Description
At INM, we develop new micro- and nanopatterned surfaces for diverse functionalities ranging from anti-reflection to electric storage. An area of emphasis is the exploitation of bio-inspired polymeric features to create active surfaces(“gecko effect”). Besides studying fundamental mechanisms,the current emphasis is on engineering of switchable adhesive surfaces. Our resulting Gecomer® technology is of interest in robotics and handling, sports devices and implants.