Research at DCIM

Mission – Vision – Groups

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The Lab Dresden Centre for Intelligent Materials is focused on novel materials and structures which, as a central component of intelligent systems, feel, think and act autonomously through integrated sensory and actuator functionalities. Besides the individual research groups of the DCIM members, there are two research groups:

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Materials Informatics Group

Data-driven approaches for materials research

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The research group Materials Informatics is concerned with data-driven approaches for the description and integration of novel tailor-made materials. Modern materials research requires an integrative and multidisciplinary approach, which increasingly relies on methods from mathematics and computer science in addition to traditional approaches from chemistry, physics and engineering. In particular, machine learning and the evaluation of "big data" are essential for tomorrow's materials research and related engineering sciences. The development of strategies for materials discovery and development are therefore the focus of Materials Informatics.

Hierarchical Topologies Group

Structures with material-inherent control functions

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The research group Hierarchical Topologies deals with new concepts and methods for the creation of novel topologies.
  • Based on complex hierarchical structures, we use existing material-based effects for intelligent systems with controllable and adjustable properties.
  • The functionality on system level is based on the complex interaction of material-inherent and topology-inherent effects.
  • The work aims at: complex functions, such as actively controllable deformations as well as function integration of advanced properties, e.g. magnetic permeability, electrical conductivity or radiation transparency.
  • We are a group with expertise at:
    • Engineering
    • Computer Science
    • Material science