Dwi—leibniz-institut Fur Interaktive Materialien E.v.

Henkel Ag & Company, Kgaa

Dwi an Der Rwth Aachen E.v.

Max-planck-gesellschaft Zur F&#xf6;rderung Der Wissenschaften E. V.

Universitãt Stuttgart

Deutsches Wollforschungsinstitut an Der Rwth Aachen E.v.

Dwi an Der Rwth

3m Innovative Properties Company

Saltigo Gmbh

Deutsches Wollforschungsinstitut an Der Rheinisch-westfälischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen E.v.

Martin Möller

Joachim P Spatz

Jürgen Groll

Xiaomin Zhu

Laura De Laporte

Abdolrahman Omidinia-Anarkoli

Jonas Christopher Rose

Helmut Keul

Armin Alteheld

Andreas Job

Peter Greiwe

Haitao Rong

Alexandre Micoulet

Helga Thomas

Marina Glesius

Marga Lensen

Matthias Eberhardt

Susanne Spiegelberg

Karin Peter

Nicolas Pasquier

Luc Ubaghs

Petra Mela

Marcell Ott

Blazej Gorzolnik

Uwe Beginn

Yongliang Zhao

Christine Mohr

Maximilian Hackner

Timotheus Jahnke

Zaklina Burghard

Assiz Prof Muzzafarow

Aleksandra Mendrek

Yingchun He

Werner A Goedel

Manfred Dipl-Ing Jaumann

A network of metal fibers includes a plurality of metal fibers fixed to one another; wherein at least some of the plurality of metal fibers have a length of 1.0 mm or more, a width of 100 μm or less and a thickness of 50 μm or less. A method includes producing a plurality of metal fibers by melt spinning; providing a loose network of metal fibers; and fixating the plurality of metal fibers to one another.

Network of metal fibers, method for producing a network of metal fibers, electrode and battery

The present invention relates to a macroscopically alignable, injectable, soft hydrogel composition which is able to form an anisotropic structure in vivo, after injection, to generate healthy functioning tissue and regenerate injured or diseased soft tissue.

Macroscopically alignable, injectable, soft hydrogel composition

The present invention relates to a method for enclosing either hydrophobic or hydrophilic substances in silica-based micro- and nanocapsules via emulsion techniques. More specifically, it relates to a method for the preparation of 0.01-100 &#x3bc;m, particularly 0.01-10 &#x3bc;m, silica-based microcapsules containing up to 99% (w/w) payload using a silica precursor polymer, polyalkoxysiloxane (PAOS), preferentially polyalkylalkoxysiloxane (R-PAOS), which acts not only as a silica source but also an emulsifier. In order to obtain mechanically stable capsules, the conversion of PAOS or R-PAOS is accompanied with the solidification of the organic phase. For the encapsulation of hydrophobic substances, oil-in-water emulsions are formed. The formation of water-in-oil-in-water double emulsions is required to encapsulate hydrophilic compounds.

Method for the encapsulation of substances in silica-based capsules and the products obtained thereof

The invention relates to coatings having a contact angle hysteresis with water measured by the sessile drop method of at most 20&#xb0;. The coatings can be produced from a mixture of at least two different stellate prepolymers and/or stellate prepolymer/nanoparticle complexes which may cross-link to each other and to the surface of the substrate coated, wherein the stellate prepolymers and/or stellate prepolymer/nanoparticle complex have at least three hydrophilic polymer branches before cross-linking which are themselves soluble in water with on all or a part of the free ends thereof, silyl end groups Rof general formula (I): R=&#x2014;CR&#x2014;Si(OR)(R), where R=H or straight or branched chain 1-6C alkyl, OR=a hydrolysable group, R=linear or branched chain 1-6C alkyl and r=a number from 1 to 3 and the optionally non silyl end group carrying ends have reactive end groups which a reactive with each other, with the substrate to be coated optional entities included in the coating and/or with the silyl end groups with the proviso the mixture (a) has at least one stellate prepolymer with 3-5 hydrophilic polymer branches and (b) at least one stellate prepolymer and/or a stellate prepolymer/nanoparticle complex with a least 6 hydrophilic polymer branches. The invention further relates to a method for production for said coatings and stellate prepolymers as used in the coatings. The invention furthermore relates to the use of the stellate prepolymers as additives in various materials for temporary or permanent anti-soiling treatment of surfaces.

Multifunctional stellate prepolymer mixtures, production and use and coatings made thereof

The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a surface structured bulk hydrogel bearing a topographic and chemical pattern, comprising the steps of:

Structuring hydrogels

The present invention relates to a label-free biosensor system, a method for manufacturing said label-free biosensor system, its use for detecting biochemical reactions and/or bindings, enzymatic reactions, nucleic acid hybridizations, protein-protein interactions and protein-ligand interactions, as well as an assay method for detecting and/or quantifying an analyte of interest in a biological sample which comprises detecting the Recognition Induced Birefringence (RIB) generated in the presence as opposed to the absence of said analyte by bringing said sample into contact with said label-free biosensor system.

Biosensor system based on recognition induced birefringence (RIB)

The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of composites from thermoplastic polymers and (semi)metal oxides, in particular silicon dioxide, wherein at least a part of the (semi)metal oxides is dispersed in the polymers in nanodispersed manner (nanocomposites). The invention relates to the composites obtainable by this process and their processing to give molded articles.

Method for producing composite materials

Disclosed are reactive cyclic carbonates and ureas of formula (I) or (II), wherein R and X have the meaning indicated in the description. Said carbonates and ureas allow functional groups to be specifically introduced into biomolecules, polymers, and surfaces in mild conditions. 

Reactive cyclic carbonates and ureas used for modifying biomolecules, polymers, and surfaces

The present invention relates to a photochemical method for manufacturing nanometrically surface-decorated substrates, i.e. the creation of periodic and aperiodic patterns of highly ordered inorganic nanostructures on a substrate. This method is based on the selective photochemical modification of a self-assembled monolayer of metal compound loaded polymer core-shell systems on widely variable substrates. Light exposure through an appropriate mask causes selective chemical modification of the polymer core shell system. By subsequently placing the substrate in an appropriate chemical solution that eradicates the non-modified polymer, the pattern given by the used mask is reproduced on the surface. Finally, the remaining organic matrix is removed and metal salt is transformed to the single metal or metal oxide nanodots by means of gas plasma treatment.

Photochemical method for manufacturing nanometrically surface-decorated substrates

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Martin Möller