🙏 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

Fluorescent #MOF thin-film arrays enable stable, multiplexed sensing of pH and disease-related molecules like dopamine. A step toward next-gen diagnostics, environmental monitoring, and food safety. 👉 doi.org/10.1002/smll...
📷Wang et al., Small 2025, CC BY

#3DMM2O #Nanotechnology #Sensors

🚀 A new study shows that organotin sulfide clusters can be inkjet-printed without losing function, paving the way for optical data storage. 👉 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43246-025-00922-z

📷Nier et al., Communications Materials, 2025, CC BY 4.0

#3DMM2O #NonlinearOptics #InjektPrinting

A new study used multi-photon #3DLaserPrinting to explore how the shape of carrier particles affects drug delivery in inhalers, finding that the spiked Pharmacone performed best. 👉 https://www.nature.com/articles/s43246-025-00913-0#Sec7.
📷Wostry et al., Communications Materials 2025, CC BY 4.0.

A new Cluster publication presents a single-component resin for 3D microprinting that makes structures from soft to stiff in one step, opening possibilities for soft robotics, microfluidics, and biofabrication.🔗 doi.org/10.1002/adfm...
📷T. N. Eren, et al., Adv. Funct. Mater., 2025, e02876 (CC BY)

📽️ New video out!📢 How can #BrainOrganoids — tiny, lab-grown models of the human brain — help us understand neurological disorders? Lízia Branco from @kit.edu explains how she uses them to study brain development. Watch on YouTube👉 https://youtu.be/NjrFh7FWh_k
#ELI5 #Neuroscience

🚀A big step for MOF-based electronics! A research team, incl. Chatrawee Scheiger, Mariana Kozlowska, and PIs Christof Wöll and Wolfgang Wenzel, reports the first #MOF thin film with metallic conductivity.🔗 doi.org/10.1039/D5MH...

📷 Scheiger et al., Materials Horizons, 2025 (CC BY 3.0)

New deep eutectic inks (DEIs) for multiphoton #3Dprinting enable soft, elastic microstructures with high resolution. A step forward for soft robotics, bioengineering & photonics.🙌
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/adma...
#3DMM2O #MaterialsScience
📷 © Mainik et al., 2025, Adv. Mater., CC BY 4.0

Shaping the Future of Research 🎉 We are proud to share that PI Stefanie Dehnen has been elected to the Senate of @dfg.de. Taking up her position in January 2026, she will be one of six newly elected members who will contribute to key decisions in Germany’s research landscape. Congratulations! 👏

🎉Congratulations to Cluster PIs Wolfram Pernice and Jana Zaumseil from @uniheidelberg.bsky.social on being awarded ERC Advanced Grants! Pernice is exploring photonic computing using physical randomness, while Zaumseil is developing sustainable methods for processing semiconducting carbon nanotubes.👏

Hochdotierte Förderung für fünf Forscherinnen und Forscher der Universität Heidelberg – Der Europäische Forschungsrat fördert mit ERC Advanced Grants bahnbrechende Projekte
www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #förderung #ercadvancedgrant #erc

Metallische Leitfähigkeit bei MOF-Dünnschichten eröffnen neue Perspektiven in der Elektronik- und Energieforschung. - Copyright KIT

Materialien: Metallorganische Gerüste mit metallischer Leitfähigkeit
Metallorganische Gerüstverbindungen (MOFs) zeichnen sich durch hohe Porosität und eine anpassbare Struktur aus. Sie besitzen enormes Potenzial, etwa für Anwendungen in de...
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🚀 This new study introduces electrospun V₂O₅ nanofibers annealed at 500°C, enabling ultra-fast, sensitive, and energy-efficient room-temperature humidity sensors. This innovation opens new possibilities for smart homes, agriculture, and healthcare. 👉 doi.org/10.1002/adsr... #3DMM2O

🎉Exciting news! 3DMM2O’s second funding phase is approved! Thanks to our amazing team & partners, we’re continuing to innovate in 3D #AdditiveManufacturing at @kit.edu & @uniheidelberg.bsky.social, supported by the #GermanExcellenceStrategy. More groundbreaking projects ahead!🚀🙌 #3DMM2O #3DPrinting

Map of Germany with the Clusters of Excellence

The #ClustersOfExcellence have been selected: today, the Excellence Commission approved 70 projects for funding. 45 clusters will continue and 25 will be newly established. Funding starts on 1 Jan 2026 for 7 years, with €539 million per year. The full list: www.dfg.de/resource/blo... 1/3

Universität Heidelberg mit drei Anträgen für Exzellenzcluster erfolgreich – Förderung für interdisziplinäre Forschungsvorhaben auf international höchstem Niveau
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#uniheidelberg #universität #heidelberg #exzellenzstrategie #exzellenzcluster

Universität Heidelberg Successful With Three Applications for Clusters of Excellence – Funding for research projects at the highest level internationally
www.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/...

Präsidium und Angehörige des KIT jubeln bei der Bekanntgabe der Ergebnisse

#Exzellenzcluster: #KITKarlsruhe mit Anträgen zu Batterieforschung und 3D-Designermaterialien erfolgreich – Weg frei für die Erneuerung des Status als Exzellenzuniversität.
www.kit.edu/kit/pi_2025_...
@cluster3dmm2o.bsky.social @uniheidelberg.bsky.social
@uniulm.bsky.social @jlugiessen.bsky.social

How can #nonlocality reshape the physics of wave propagation? A new article in Nature Reviews Physics featuring Cluster Postdoctoral Researcher Yi Chen & PI Martin Wegener explores the power of engineered nonlocal interactions in metamaterials.🔗 doi.org/10.1038/s422...
#Metamaterials #Nature

New OEGMA-based hydrogels enable 4D microprinting with tunable temperature responsiveness (33–66 °C).🌡 Ideal for soft robotics, smart sensors & biomedical microdevices.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/mame... #4DPrinting #Hydrogels #SoftRobotics
@blascolab.bsky.social

Scientists, inc. @senneseneca.bsky.social and Joachim Spatz, developed a droplet-based microfluidic platform that screens and isolates cytotoxic natural killer (NK) cells. It uses AI and image-based sorting to identify "serial killer" cells, improving cancer immunotherapy.👉 doi.org/10.1002/smtd...

Researchers, incl. Stefan Hengsbach & Jan Korvink, #3DPrinted micro-optics that can precisely shape complex light beams across a wide range of wavelengths. These compact, low-cost tools enable advanced imaging, sensing, communication, and quantum technologies. 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/adom...
#Photonics

The exciting future of 3D printing The history of 3D printing 3D printing has been a fixture in science fiction since the late 1940s and 1950s. Perhaps the most iconic example is the replicator from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987...

From Sci-Fi to the Lab: #3DPrinting is transforming science with shape-shifting materials, tools for cell research, and eco-friendly resins. Read this Cluster article to learn how light-based 3D printing is advancing research and #sustainability.👉
www.scienceinschool.org/article/2025...

🌱 Scientists, including Cluster Alumnus Dennis Reinhard and PIs Rasmus R. Schröder & Michael Mastalerz, report a new rigid hexakis(salicylaldehyde) precursor for improved porous materials with better CO₂ selectivity. 👉 doi.org/10.1002/ceur... #3DMM2O #MaterialsScience #GreenChemistry

In this new Cluster publication, researchers developed a groundbreaking #3DNanoprinting method combining two-step absorption and dynamic multi-focus control for faster, scalable printing with high resolution. Ideal for #Photonics, #Metamaterials, and #MicroOptics. 👉 doi.org/10.1002/lpor...

🔙 #ThrowbackThursday to an inspiring #3DMM2O Conference 2025! ✨Three days of cutting-edge research, great discussions & networking at Schöntal Monastery. Thanks to all who participated! Save the Date🚀 #Future3DAM 2026 is set for March 23-26 - stay tuned for registration this fall!🙌 #SaveTheDate

Pionierarbeit auf dem Gebiet des neuromorphen photonischen Rechnens: Wolfram Pernice erhält Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz-Preis der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
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