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Cluster of Excellence of @uniheidelberg.bsky.social and @kit.edu. The Goal: Taking 3D Additive Manufacturing to the next level. Imprint: http://3dmm2o.de/legals.php
✨🎄Season's greetings from Cluster 3DMM2O! We are looking back on an outstanding year, marked by excellent research and the approval of our second funding period within the German Excellence Strategy. Thank you to everyone who made this milestone possible. We’re excited for the next chapter! 💫🥂
December 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Final call! 📢 Early Bird registration for the 3DMM2O Conference 2026 closes tomorrow, so don't miss out on this inspiring conference exploring the frontiers of 3D materials at Schöntal Monastery from 23–26 March 2026!
Register here👉 https://future3dam.org/registration-2026/
#3DMM2O
December 21, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We are thrilled that Stefanie Gräfe from @uni-jena.de will be presenting at the 3DMM2O Conference 2026.🙌 She will share her theoretical insights into molecular-plasmonic hybrid systems and their chemical and electromagnetic interactions. Register here 👉 https://future3dam.org/registration-2026/
December 17, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Early Bird registration for the #3DMM2O Conference 2026 is only available until 22 December - don’t miss the reduced rate!📢 Join us at Schöntal Monastery, from 23–26 March 2026 for cutting-edge insights into 3D additive manufacturing.
Register here 👉 https://future3dam.org/registration-2026/
December 15, 2025 at 8:30 AM
We are thrilled that Steven G. Johnson (@mit.edu) will speak at the #3DMM2O Conference 2026.🚀 He will share his perspective on how venturing into "unphysical" models can unlock new power in inverse design. Register here 👉
future3dam.org/registration...
@kit.edu @uniheidelberg.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:07 AM
We are excited to announce that Erika Tsingos from Utrecht University will be speaking at the #3DMM2O Conference 2026.🙌 She will share insights into the computational modeling of biological development. Register here 👉 future3dam.org/registration...
@kit.edu @uniheidelberg.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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Neue Fellow-Klasse am Marsilius-Kolleg: Zwölf Heidelberger Wissenschaftler widmen sich interdisziplinären Forschungsprojekten www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/... #universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #Marsilius #Forschung
December 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Registration is now open for the 3DMM2O Conference 2026!🚀 Join us at the Schöntal Monastery in March to explore the latest innovations in 3D additive manufacturing.
Register here 👉 future3dam.org/registration...
#3DMM2O #AdditiveManufacturing #3DPrinting @kit.edu @uniheidelberg.bsky.social
December 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
A new multiscale model accurately predicts the interaction of chiral #SURMOFs with light. Experiments confirm this approach, establishing SURMOFs as robust platforms for solid-state VCD and the design of future chiral materials. 🚀
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/adfm...

#3DMM2O #ChiralMaterials
November 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Congrats to Cluster PI Christian Koos on winning the 2025 Karl Heinz Beckurts Prize for advancing energy-efficient optical communication. 👏 The photonic microchip technologies developed by his team are paving the way for faster and greener digital infrastructure. 💡🌍
#3DMM2O #Photonics
@kit.edu
November 19, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Scientists, incl. Cluster Alumnus Marcus H. Dodds and PI @blascolab.bsky.social, present a breakthrough in light-based 3D printing with redox-active polymers, enabling fully switchable and electrochromic 3D structures for future smart electronic and optical devices.🚀
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/adfm...
November 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Zwei ERC Synergy Grants für Wissenschaftler der Universität Heidelberg: Europäischer Forschungsrat vergibt hochdotierte Förderungen für komplexe Vorhaben in der Forschung www.uni-heidelberg.de/de/newsroom/...
#universität #heidelberg #uniheidelberg #erc #forschungsrat #eu @erc.europa.eu
November 6, 2025 at 11:28 AM
🚀A new Cluster paper introduces a 4D printing approach that uses self-immolative polymers to enable printed objects to shrink and regrow reversibly when chemically triggered. @blascolab.bsky.social
👉 https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202520642
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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This week, I had the honor of partipating in an event the Spanish Embassy in Berlin. Together with @claravamar.bsky.social, Juan Luis (Banco Español de Algas) and Mar (MacroCarbon), we discussed the exciting potential of (micro)algea 🌱 ♻️. Moderation: @sherezademr.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Scientists have developed a plug-and-play fiber interface for photonic chips, almost like adding a USB port for light. Nearly all of the light reaches the chip, enabling scalable photonic computing with ultra-low loss. 💡
🔗 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Now, two colors of light can control how polymers solidify.
Researchers developed a photochemical system in which materials only form when two specific wavelengths act together, opening new possibilities for precise, light-guided #3DPrinting. 🚀
🔗 doi.org/10.1002/anie...

#3DMM2O #Photochemistry
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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🙏 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
October 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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
October 1, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🔬 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
September 23, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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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
September 11, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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
September 12, 2025 at 9:32 AM
🚀 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
September 3, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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.
August 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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)
August 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
📽️ 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
August 19, 2025 at 11:20 AM