Exchange Fraunhofer CPM – Functional Print Cluster

During this exchange, Prof. Dr. Chris Eberl, Scientific coordinator of the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Programmable Materials (CPM) and Deputy institute director at the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (IWM), will give an overview of research and applications with programmable materials. Some of these involve additive manufacturing with 3D and 4D printing, and functional and multi-material integration.

Programmable materials are materials or material compositions, which are structured such that their properties can be specifically controlled and reversibly changed. Complex and locally different functions can be programmed into these materials. Depending on the application and situation, the material then adopts different conditions and material properties initiated by external triggers.

Programmable materials introduce a unique potential for new system solutions because they themselves adopt important system functionalities, thus making additional system components such as sensors or actuators redundant.

Contrary to Smart Materials, programmable materials go beyond the mere checking of material properties. For example, if-then relationships can be used to program and control the entire material behavior in a reversible and locally variable manner.

More information can be found at: https://cpm.fraunhofer.de/en.html

The agenda

Friday, 24. January 2025, 11:00-12:00, MS-Teams

Welcome and brief introduction participants

Introduction to programmable materials by Prof. Dr. Christoph Eberl

Discussion