See here for a list of major research networks and projects with participation of the IPF sponsored by different organizations and bodies (selection)

Publically funded projects listed according to sponsoring organization or body....

LTBC-Low Thrombogenic Blood Circuit - Biofunctionalization by means of anchor polymers, 2/2019 - 1/2022
Prof. Dr. Carsten Werner, Inst. of Biofunctional Polymer Materials

Zwanzig20-Partnership for innovation.
RESPONSE: Partnership for innovation in implant technology, 1/2014 - 12/2014, 11/2015 - 12/2021
Prof. Dr. Carsten Werner, Inst. of Biofunctional Polymer Materials

WATER-LEGO; Era-Net: Lego-style approach for problematic water streams treatment, 10/2018 - 9/2021
Dr. Simona Schwarz, Dept. Functional Colloidal Materials

Hi-Water: Development of efficient and affordable technologies for drinking water treatment in rural areas
Development of polymer membranes for rejection of pathogens and low fouling tendency, 2/2018 - 1/2021
Dr. Jochen Meier-Haack, Dept. Reactive Processing

A physiological wound dressing material based on a hydrogel-polymer composite for continuous in-situ therapy monitoring, 4/2019 - 12/2020
Dr. Cordelia Zimmerer, Dept. Reactive Processing

Leibniz Research Cluster:  (Bio-)Synthetic Multifunctional Micro-Production Units - New Ways for Drug Development, 4/2015 - 9/2020
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery, Dept. Nanostructured Materials
Prof. Dr. Manfred Stamm, Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Strategies for the reduction of urban plastic emissions into limnic systems
sub-project: Development of a measurement method for the identification and quantification of microplastics in aquatic samples, 9/2017 - 8/2020
Dr. Dieter Fischer, Dept. Analytics

MicroCatch_Balt - One System: Analysing Microplastic Sinks and Sources from a typical Catchment area to the open Baltic, 08/2017 - 12/2020
Dr. Dieter Fischer, Dept. Analytics

BONUS BLUE BALTIC: MICROPOLL - Multilevel assessment of microplastics and pollutants in the Baltic Sea
sub-project: Identification and quantification of microplastics from field samples, 7/2017 - 6/2020
Dr. Dieter Fischer, Dept. Analytics

Suitable and effective Sorbents for Water Treatment and Medical Applications, 6/2019 - 5/2020
Dr. Simona Schwarz, Dept. Functional Colloidal Materials

Sustainable reactive compounding of polymer nanoclay composites, 4/2017 - 3/2020
Carsten Zschech, Dept. Reactive Processing

CNT-Membranes: Nanoporous membranes with high specific flow based on oriented CNTs for energy-efficient processing of waste and process waters from oil and gas industry, 3/2017 - 2/2020
Dr. Lothar Jakisch, Dept. Functional Nanocomposites and Blends
Dr. Jochen Meier-Haack, Dept. Reactive Processing

ISOMAT - Intelligent Sorption Materials for Water Treatment, 10/2018 - 1/2020
Dr. Simona Schwarz, Dept. Functional Colloidal Materials
Dr. Dana Schwarz, Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Practical Development of a Design and Manufacturing Process Suitable for Tailored Fiber Placement /TFP) Using Advanced Topology Optimization Theory (AniDO)
Subproject: Development of an automated path data design tool based on advanced anisotropic topology optimization and its practical verification, 7/2019 - 6/2021
Dr.-Ing. Axel Spickenheuer, Dept. Mechanics and Composite Materials

Self stratifying powder coatings, 2/2017 - 1/2020
Dr. Michaela Gedan-Smolka, Dept. Reactive Processing

Elastomeric Polydimethylsiloxane Endcaps to Achieve Solubility and Melt-Processability, 3/2020 - 2/2023
Dr. Fransiska Lissel, Dept. Polymer Structures

Dynamic surface coatings through the hierarchical self-assembly of responsive colloidal building blocks, 8/2019 -11/2022
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery, Dept. Functional Colloidal Materials
Dr. Martin Müller, Dept. Functional Colloidal Materials

Shape-changing polymer micro-origami with fully reprogrammable spatio-temporal folding, 9/2019 - 8/2022
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery, Dept. Functional Colloidal Materials

Amphiphilic Fouling-Resistant Surfaces Based on Janus Particles, 9/2019 - 8/2022
Prof. Dr. Carsten Werner, Inst. of Biofunctional Polymer Materials
PD Dr. Alla Synytska, Dept. Polymer Interfaces

Impact of co-nonsolvency effects on dynamic wetting, 6/2019 - 5/2022
Dr. Günter K. Auernhammer, Dept. Polymer Interfaces
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery, Dept. Nanostructured Materials
Dr. Petra Uhlmann, Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Kinetics of phase-selektive distribution of hybrid filler systems in heterogenous rubber blends and their synergistic effects on the physical properties, 6/2019 - 5/2022
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sven Wießner, Dept. Elastomers

Ultra-soft long range strain and self-powered touch sensors for soft robot segments, 5/2019 - 4/2022
Dr. Amit Das, Dept. Elastomers
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery, Dept. Polymer Interfaces

Poly(Propyleneimine) Transposon-Nanocarriers for Targeted Delivery of Therapeutic DNAs to Tumor Cells, 4/2019 - 3/2022
Dr. Dietmar Appelhans, Dept. Bioactive and responsive Polymers

Optically Reconfigurable Nanoscale Junctions for Organic Electronics, 3/2019 - 2/2022
Dr. Olga Guskova, Inst. Theory of Polymers

Antifouling surfaces with spatially alternating interfacial properties, 12/2018 - 11/2021
Dr. Ralf Helbig,  Inst. of Biofunctional Polymer Materials

Solid Lubrication of Worm Gears based on PTFE, 10/2018 - 9/2021
Dr. Michaela Gedan-Smolka, Dept. Reactive Processing

Coherent energy transfer in a self-assembled plasmonic lattice, 9/2018 - 8/2021
Dr. Tobias König, Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Controlled release of volatile mosquito repellents from nanostructured polymers to reduce infectious tropical diseases: Part II: Biocomponent fibers as drug-release device, 7/2018 - 6/2021
Dr. Andreas Leuteritz, Dept. Processing

Internal dynamics in concrete and model systems of concrete: 3D particle tracking, flow and density profiles, 12/2018 - 5/2021
Dr. Günter K. Auernhammer, Dept. Polymer Interfaces

Reversible Semicrystalline Polymeric Actuators, 5/2018 - 4/2021
Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Sommer, Inst. Theory of Polymers

Hydrodynamic reinforcement in filled polymer systems: numerical simulations and non-linear modeling, 1/2017 -12/2020
PD Dr. Marina Grenzer, Inst. Theory of Polymers

The formation of wrinkles in anisotropic systems, 9/2017 - 8/2020
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery, Dept. Polymer Interfaces

Modeling of strongly coupled magneto-mechanical behaviour in magneto-sensitive elastomers, 7/2014 - 7/2020
PD Dr. Marina Grenzer, Inst. Theory of Polymers

Polymer brushes in competing solvents: phase transitions and switching, 7/2017 - 6/2020
Prof. Dr. Jens-Uwe Sommer, Inst. Theory of Polymers

Structure-property-correlations in nanostructured block copolymer/carbon nanotube composites with selective localization of the nanofillers within the phase morphology, 5/2015 - 3/2020
Dr. Ulrike Staudinger, Dept. Functional Nanocomposites and Blends

Electrospun Nanofibers with Embedded York-Shell Particles for Catalytic Applications, 3/2017 - 2/2020
Dr. Andriy Horechyy, Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Investigations on the dynamics of polyelectrolyte multilayers by spin-labeling and EPR spectroscopy, 3/2017 - 2/2020
Dr. Uwe Lappan, Dept. Polyelectrolytes and Dispersions

3D measurement of field-induced deformations in magnetic hybrid materials, 2/2018 - 1/2020
Dr. Günter Auernhammer, Dept. Polymer Interfaces

DFG Transregio 67

Glycosaminoglycan-poly(ethyleneglycol) hydrogels for improved dermal wound healing, 8/2012 - 6/2021
Prof. Dr. Carsten Werner, Inst. of Biofunctional Polymer Materials
Dr. Uwe Freudenberg, Inst. of Biofunctional Polymer Materials

DFG Graduate College

Interactive fiber rubber composites, 11/2018 - 04/2023
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sven Wießner, Dept. Elastomers
PD Dr. Marina Grenzer, Inst.  Theory of Polymers

Mineral-bonded composites for enhanced structural impact safety,
subproject: Strain-rate dependent composite behavior of fiber reinforcement in mineral-based matrices, 5/2017 - 10/2021
Dr.-Ing. Christina Scheffler, Dept. Processing

ERC Starting Grant
3DPartForm - 3D-printing of Particulate Formulations utilizing polymer microparticle-based voxels, 4/2020 - 3/2025
Dr. Julian Thiele, Dept. Nanostructured Materials

PEPSA-Mate: Nanopeptides and Nanosaccharides for Advanced and Sustainable Materials, 3/2020 - 4/2024
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery, Dept. Nanostructured Materials

VolkswagenStiftung - Volkswagen Foundation

Cell-free enzymatic functionalization of synthetic polymers, 1/2020 - 12/2022
Dr. Julian Thiele, Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Self Organization of Cell shape - an essential prerequisite for complex cellular life, 12/2016 - 12/2021
Dr. Lars Renner, Inst. of Biofunfunctional Polymer Materials

3D printing of particulate formulations utilizing microgel-based voxels, 1/2019 - 6/2020
Dr. Julian Thiele, Dept. Nanostuctured Materials
Dr. Carola Graf, Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Freigeist-Fellowship
Unidirectional Light Propagation in Macroscopic Self-Assembled Gain-Loss Nanomaterials, 8/2017 - 12/2022
Dr. Tobias Anton F. König, Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Alexander v. Humboldt Stiftung

Design of Anti(bio-Fouling) Block Copolymer Membranes by Molecular functionalization for Clean Water Generation, 7/2019 - 6/2022
Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery, Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Bioinspired Co-assembled Microscopic Hydrogel Particles as Artifical Photosystem via Droplet Microfluidics, 3/2020 - 2/2022
Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Nacre-Inspired Stretchable Fibre Electrodes, 5/2018 - 4/2021
Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Dynamically Tunable Chiral Plasmonics of Strongly Coupled 3D Nano-Enantiomers, 3/2019 - 02/2021
Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Optically and Magnetically Responsive Three- Dimensional Printed Nanocomposite Hydrogels, 5/2018 - 7/2020
Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Charge-Transfer complexes within the Block Copolymer Domains via Directed Supramolecular Assembly, 3/2020 - 6/2020
Dept. Nanostructured Materials

Enhanced Hot Carriers Extraction by collective plasmonic resonances, 2/2018 - 2/2020
Dept. Nanostructured Materials