Mesoscopic Supramolecular Assembly – 3D-patterned building blocks for colloidal self-organization

在这个项目中，我们将开发材料系统来生产微米范围的介观三维结构积木。构建块将被超分子主体和客体基团装饰，以促进程序化和定向自组装的多价相互作用。我们将使用对温度和其他刺激敏感的构建块材料，以实现在组装状态下的形状变形。此外，我们将使用光和氧化还原等正交触发器，以允许根据切换顺序将构建块分解和重新洗牌到不同的体系结构中。这样，我们将获得新的材料系统，用于未来在软机器人或可重构组织支架中的应用。

In this project, we will develop material systems to produce mesoscopic 3-dimensionally structured building blocks in the micrometer range. The building blocks will be decorated with supramolecular host and guest groups to facilitate multivalent interactions for programmed and directed self-assembly. We will make use materials for the building blocks that are susceptible to temperature and other stimuli to enable shape morphing in the assembled state. Furthermore, we will employ orthogonal triggers such as light and redox to allow disassembly and reshuffling of the building blocks into different architecture dependent on the sequence of switching. This way, we will achieve new material systems for future applications in soft-robotics or reconfigurable tissue scaffolds.