Defect engineering is an established approach in hard-matter science, focusing on tailoring properties of inorganic semiconductors and organic molecular materials. However, the potential of defect control in soft matter remains underexplored.
Our collaborative research center (CRC) aims to shift this paradigm by understanding and controlling defects in polymeric, colloidal, and amphiphilic systems. We seek to establish the fundamental interplay between defects and the adaptivity and resilience of dynamic soft matter systems, enabling the development of functional units where defects control matter or charge transport.
This research will involve close collaboration among biologists, chemists, and physicists at Mainz, a renowned center of polymer and soft matter science.
In CRC1552, various projects from the fields of chemistry, physics and biosciences are working together under the premise “From Defects to Effects” to understand, control and ultimately utilize defects as functional entities in soft matter.
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