Flexible platinum temperature sensors can now be inkjet-printed onto flexible polyimide, creating lightweight, bendable alternatives to conventional devices. They show a stable linear response from 20–80 °C and remain robust after 400 bending cycles. 🚀
https://doi.org/10.1002/adem.202501740

🚀 New insights into two-step absorption–based 3D laser nanoprinting reveal how photoinitiator design influences printing performance. The results support more energy-efficient and accessible micro- and nanofabrication. 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1002/cptc.202500337
#3DMM2O

Could light be the future of computing? 💡
In our new Explain Like I’m Five video, Erik Jung from the @uniheidelberg.bsky.social explains his research on photonic chips that process information using light instead of electricity.
Watch the full video👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iuH...

#ELI5 #3DMM2O

A fully printed origami thermoelectric generator achieved a record power density by converting low-grade waste heat into electricity. It delivers about twice the performance of previously reported printed origami TEGs. 🚀
👉 doi.org/10.1038/s414...

#3DMM2O #MaterialsScience

Join us at Schöntal Monastery from March 23–26, 2026.
Tanja Weil (@mpip-mainz.mpg.de) will speak at the #3DMM2O Conference 2026 on synthetic supramolecular systems in living environments and material–cell communication.
Register here: future3dam.org/registration...

#MaterialsScience #BioMaterials

Good news🚀 Registration for the #3DMM2O Conference 2026 has been extended to February 15. Join us at the historic Schöntal Monastery for an inspiring conference on Frontiers for Theory, Computation and Design in 3D Materials👉 future3dam.org/registration...
@kit.edu @uniheidelberg.bsky.social

Research | 3D Matter Made to Order The Cluster of Excellence 3D Matter Made to Order (3DMM2O) establishes scalable digital 3D Additive Manufacturing.

🚀 We’ve entered our second funding period with a new research structure. Our work on scalable digital 3D additive manufacturing is now organized into four Research Areas, bringing together Sub-Areas and Projects. Explore the updated structure on our website 👉 3dmm2o.de/research/

🧠 NeuroConnect 2026 brings together researchers from neuroscience, engineering, and medicine to discuss advances in in vitro brain models for studying brain physiology and disease. Join the workshop on March 26, 2026!🙌 Register here👉 sznbio.zoo.kit.edu/NeuroConnect...
@kit.edu @uni-freiburg.de

Planning to join the 3DMM2O Conference 2026 at Schöntal Monastery from March 23–26?🙌 Early Bird is over, but registration remains open until 31 January for this focused event on 3D materials, metamaterials, machine learning, and active matter.📢 Register now: future3dam.org/registration...

Join us at Schöntal Monastery from March 23 to 26, 2026!🙌 Martin Lenz (univparissaclay.bsky.social) will speak at the 3DMM2O Conference 2026 about how topological defect engineering enables control of the size and shape of self-assembled structures.
Register here👉 future3dam.org/registration...

✨🎄Season's greetings from Cluster 3DMM2O! We are looking back on an outstanding year, marked by excellent research and the approval of our second funding period within the German Excellence Strategy. Thank you to everyone who made this milestone possible. We’re excited for the next chapter! 💫🥂

Final call! 📢 Early Bird registration for the 3DMM2O Conference 2026 closes tomorrow, so don't miss out on this inspiring conference exploring the frontiers of 3D materials at Schöntal Monastery from 23–26 March 2026!
Register here👉 https://future3dam.org/registration-2026/
#3DMM2O

We are thrilled that Stefanie Gräfe from @uni-jena.de will be presenting at the 3DMM2O Conference 2026.🙌 She will share her theoretical insights into molecular-plasmonic hybrid systems and their chemical and electromagnetic interactions. Register here 👉 https://future3dam.org/registration-2026/

Early Bird registration for the #3DMM2O Conference 2026 is only available until 22 December - don’t miss the reduced rate!📢 Join us at Schöntal Monastery, from 23–26 March 2026 for cutting-edge insights into 3D additive manufacturing.
Register here 👉 https://future3dam.org/registration-2026/

We are thrilled that Steven G. Johnson (@mit.edu) will speak at the #3DMM2O Conference 2026.🚀 He will share his perspective on how venturing into "unphysical" models can unlock new power in inverse design. Register here 👉
future3dam.org/registration...
@kit.edu @uniheidelberg.bsky.social

We are excited to announce that Erika Tsingos from Utrecht University will be speaking at the #3DMM2O Conference 2026.🙌 She will share insights into the computational modeling of biological development. Register here 👉 future3dam.org/registration...
@kit.edu @uniheidelberg.bsky.social

Eine neue Fellow-Klasse am Marsilius-Kolleg der Universität Heidelberg hat mit Beginn des Wintersemesters 2025/2026 ihre Arbeit aufgenommen

Neue Fellow-Klasse am Marsilius-Kolleg: Zwölf Heidelberger Wissenschaftler widmen sich interdisziplinären Forschungsprojekten www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/... #universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #Marsilius #Forschung

Registration is now open for the 3DMM2O Conference 2026!🚀 Join us at the Schöntal Monastery in March to explore the latest innovations in 3D additive manufacturing.
Register here 👉 future3dam.org/registration...
#3DMM2O #AdditiveManufacturing #3DPrinting @kit.edu @uniheidelberg.bsky.social

A new multiscale model accurately predicts the interaction of chiral #SURMOFs with light. Experiments confirm this approach, establishing SURMOFs as robust platforms for solid-state VCD and the design of future chiral materials. 🚀
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/adfm...

#3DMM2O #ChiralMaterials

Congrats to Cluster PI Christian Koos on winning the 2025 Karl Heinz Beckurts Prize for advancing energy-efficient optical communication. 👏 The photonic microchip technologies developed by his team are paving the way for faster and greener digital infrastructure. 💡🌍
#3DMM2O #Photonics
@kit.edu

Scientists, incl. Cluster Alumnus Marcus H. Dodds and PI @blascolab.bsky.social, present a breakthrough in light-based 3D printing with redox-active polymers, enabling fully switchable and electrochromic 3D structures for future smart electronic and optical devices.🚀
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/adfm...

Amir Abdollahi, Dirk Jäger und Peer Fischer

Zwei ERC Synergy Grants für Wissenschaftler der Universität Heidelberg: Europäischer Forschungsrat vergibt hochdotierte Förderungen für komplexe Vorhaben in der Forschung www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #erc #forschungsrat #eu @erc.europa.eu

🚀A new Cluster paper introduces a 4D printing approach that uses self-immolative polymers to enable printed objects to shrink and regrow reversibly when chemically triggered. @blascolab.bsky.social
👉 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202520642

This week, I had the honor of partipating in an event the Spanish Embassy in Berlin. Together with @claravamar.bsky.social, Juan Luis (Banco Español de Algas) and Mar (MacroCarbon), we discussed the exciting potential of (micro)algea 🌱 ♻️. Moderation: @sherezademr.bsky.social

Scientists have developed a plug-and-play fiber interface for photonic chips, almost like adding a USB port for light. Nearly all of the light reaches the chip, enabling scalable photonic computing with ultra-low loss. 💡
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Now, two colors of light can control how polymers solidify.
Researchers developed a photochemical system in which materials only form when two specific wavelengths act together, opening new possibilities for precise, light-guided #3DPrinting. 🚀
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/anie...

#3DMM2O #Photochemistry

🙏 Thanks to all our speakers and participants for making the Beilstein Organic Chemistry Symposium “Organic #semiconductor materials: Challenges and opportunities” an amazing event! 
The first pics 📷 are online 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/mr2w8myh 
@sbraese.bsky.social #BeilsteinSemiconductors2025

Our Summer Cluster Meeting 2025 in Heidelberg brought a day full of presentations, discussions, and new perspectives for the second funding period. 🚀 We can’t wait to share what’s coming next! 🙌

#3DMM2O #3DPrining #Networking

🔬 Researchers developed intrinsically bistable #hydrogel microactuators using two-photon polymerization. Their dual light- and temperature-responsiveness enables stable, microscale actuation, which opens new doors for #softrobotics and #microfluidics.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/aisy...

#3DMM2O #2PP

Save the date and join the FREE livestream 🎥 of the Beilstein Organic Chemistry Symposium “Organic #semiconductor materials: Challenges and opportunities” in Frankfurt/Main, 🇩🇪, 📅 September 23–25, 2025.
Just register: 🔗 https://tinyurl.com/mvb6bktc
#BeilsteinSemiconductors2025 @sbraese.bsky.social