Areas of expertise

The competence areas define the synergy fields where INM’s scientific potential exceeds the additive expertise of its independent Scientific Units. They channel joint development and leverage the complementarity of individual research portfolios.

Overview graphic of research priorities at INM: research departments and research groups are assigned to the three fields biointelligent, electrointegrative, and optointeractive materials; circles indicate the respective contributions and focal areas.
Bio-intelligent Materials: Circular illustration with a stylized DNA double helix, microorganism, and curved line.

Bio-intelligent Materials

We design materials that can instruct biological systems and program living organisms to inter face materials and augment their properties.

Logo Electro-integrative Materials: Circular illustration showing a battery, a leaf, rotating arrows, and plus and minus signs, symbolizing sustainable energy storage

Electro-integrative Materials

We develop materials that integrate high-density ion management and stimulus- responsive conductivity.

Logo Opto-interactive Materials: Circular illustration with a wavy line and arrow between diagonal lines and curved arcs, symbolizing the propagation of waves or signals

Opto-interactive Materials

We develop materials that modulate light be havior, or that are modulated upon interaction with light.