Functionalization of hierarchical materials via active organic films (B10*)

Project B10 aims to investigate approaches for the surface functionalization of hierarchical nanoporous gold by stimulation-sensitive organic layers in order to improve existing material concepts for multifunctional hard-soft hybrids as sensor and actuator materials and to develop novel material concepts. Two types of organic coatings are used here: a conductive layer of polypyrrole and a monolayer of self-assembling organic thiols. The targeted control of the behavior of hybrid materials by electrical signals and chemical stimuli is investigated with experimental methods on the macroscale and simultaneously with atomic simulation methods. The simulations are intended to build a bridge between the experiments and the processes taking place at the atomic level.

DFG Programme Collaborative Research Centres

Subproject of SFB 986:  Tailor-Made Multi-Scale Materials Systems - M3

Applicant Institution Technische Universität Hamburg

Project Heads Dr.-Ing. Nadiia Mameka; Professor Dr.-Ing. Robert Horst Meißner; Dr. Gregor Vonbun-Feldbauer