MATERIALS: News

The latest news from the field of MATERIALS for medical technology can be found here. The latest developments and research results from the world of research and companies provide insights into the future of material development and use. Enjoy reading!

Image: A gloved hand holds a small, flexible stent; Copyright: Fraunhofer IAP

06.11.2025

Biodegradable stent improves vessel healing

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Image: The picture shows a researcher holding up a white structural model with a curved element; Copyright: University of Stuttgart

06.10.2025

Stuttgart group studies soft robotics materials

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Image: The picture shows a large group of people standing together outside in front of building; Copyright: Universitat Politècnica de València

07.08.2025

HYDROHEAL project advances bone regeneration

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Image: A transparent container with circular compartments filled with red liquid, featuring 3D-printed structures; Copyright: University of Nottingham

11.12.2024

Materials for personalized regenerative implants

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Image: Fluorine-free coatings for medical technology applications; Copyright: Fraunhofer IFAM

08.11.2024

PFAS substitutes as solutions for safe surfaces

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Image: Person holding the antiviral coating material with tweezers; Copyright: Julia Siekmann, Kiel University

07.10.2024

New production method for an antiviral coating

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Image: A roll of PFAS-free polymer membrane; Copyright: Fraunhofer IAP / Till Budde

28.08.2024

Environmentally friendly PFAS-free polymer membranes

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Image: Various steel medical tools lying on a table; Copyright: Clayton D / peopleimages.com

20.08.2024

Steel solutions for medical requirements

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$Image: Edith Perret, woman with lab coat and long blonde hair, sits in a laboratory and smiles at the camera; Copyright: Empa$

22.07.2024

Smart fibers for precise drug delivery

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Image: A doctor with a beard and glasses holds a resorbable stent close to the camera; Copyright: Karin Kaiser/MHH

11.06.2024

Latest generation of self-dissolving stents conquers hearts

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Image: A smiling Ottobock employee processes a blank with patches made of flax fibers; Copyright: Ottobock

08.05.2024

Ottobock presents GreenLine: Sustainable materials

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Image: Man with black hair and dark-rimmed glasses wearing a light blue top; Copyright: PHOTO COURTESY OF YONGLONG XIE/RICE UNIVERSITY

21.03.2024

Rice physicist receives NSF CAREER award

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Image: The picture shows on the right three brown examples of hydrogel. To the left, there is a transparent hydrogel; Copyright: Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

18.03.2024

New hydrogel for seawater desalination

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Image: A microscopic image of the newly developed fibers; Copyright: Washington State University

12.12.2023

Conductive, cotton-based fiber for smart textiles

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Image: A printer applies the dopamine-based tissue adhesive to the three-dimensional titanium shaft of a hip joint; Copyright: Fraunhofer CMI

07.12.2023

Inspired by mussels: printable adhesives for tissues and bones

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Image: Prof. Martin Bertau (left) and doctoral student Paul Scapan with safety glasses in the laboratory; Copyright: TU Bergakademie Freiberg / Andreas Hiekel

06.12.2023

Basis for innovative PFAS filter made of clay

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Image: Used auto parts warehouse worker checks inventory in warehouse; Copyright: coffeekai

30.11.2023

Recycling model for the plastics industry

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Image: At the pilot plant, a 3D printer builds the scaffold from the composite material; Copyright: BellaSeno

09.11.2023

COMPAMED 2023: Bioactive composite supports healing

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Image: A Person (Felix Thelen) working in a lab; Copyright: RUB, Marquard

31.10.2023

Measuring instruments detect new materials

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Image: Various plastic waste on a pile; Copyright: Nick Fewings / Unsplash

17.10.2023

Plastic production via advanced recycling lowers GHG emissions

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Image: Visualization of state qualification in violet and green; Copyright: Fraunhofer IWM

11.10.2023

Using deep learning to classify steel materials objectively

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Image: The ball shapes are bacteria and the “sheet” is black phosphorus, under the microscope at RMIT University; Copyright: Aaron Elbourne and colleagues, RMIT University

14.09.2023

Ultrathin nanotech promises to help tackle antibiotic resistance

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Image: dr Margarethe Hauck (right) and Lena Saure, wearing glasses and a white coat, test the hydrogel in the laboratory; Copyright: Julia Siekmann, Uni Kiel

07.09.2023

Muscles for soft robots inspired by nature

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Image: Dr. Hu Tang, first author of the study, in front of a high-pressure press at the Bavarian Research Institute; Copyright: UBT / Chr. Wißler.

17.08.2023

New glass with supreme toughness

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Image: Light-activatable liquid metal nanostimulant in cancer therapy; Copyright: Eijiro Miyako from JAIST

09.08.2023

Cancer photoimmunotherapy: novel liquid metal nanoparticles

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Image: Close-up of a boy with a healed minor cut after surgical tape stitches; Copyright: ellinnur

27.07.2023

Biomaterials: toolbox for the development of bioadhesives

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Image: A man stands in front of a monitor showing the atomistic structure of a polymer with carbon atoms and hydrogen atoms; Copyright: UBT / Chr. Wißler

25.07.2023

Digital AI system for tailoring polymers

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Image: Intelligent rubber material that adapts to ambient humidity. This wristband shows the material's ability to adapt, in this case, to wrist movements.; Copyright: University of Stuttgart, FSM-Lab

20.07.2023

Intelligent rubber materials

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Image: Dynamics of the molecular precursor in the nanochannel during the MOCVD process (left in the picture) and typical SEM cross-sectional view; Copyright: Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology

11.07.2023

Functional surface refinement: control of growth dynamics of finest tin layers

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Image: A scientist in lab uniform inspects a smooth surface; Copyright: StreetOncamara_From_Twenty20

06.07.2023

NOVA project: next generation of antimicrobial coating technologies

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Image: The Collembola Tetrodontophora bielanensis in its natural habitat; Copyright: Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden/NATURE

04.07.2023

Bionics: What makes cholesterol-containing surfaces so repulsive?

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Image: Fraunhofer IAF’s wide-field magnetometer; Copyright: Fraunhofer IAF

27.06.2023

Materials science: fast magnetic imaging with diamond-based quantum sensor technology

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Image: The hydrogel composite is demonstratively stretched by Alexandre Anthis; Copyright: Empa

22.06.2023

Sensor patch for abdominal surgery

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Image: R2R printed electronic components on paper ; Copyright: K. Selsam/Fraunhofer ISC

06.06.2023

CircEl-Paper: Recyclable paper-based electronics

Image: Woman with glasses and gray-brown hair, Carole Planchette, stands by a pillar; Copyright: Fotogenia - Renate Trummer

01.06.2023

Tissue Engineering: TU Graz revolutionises production of biocompatible microfibres

Image: PhD student Maja Struczynska with the model of a single fibrinogen molecule; Copyright: Jens Meyer/Uni Jena

25.05.2023

Specially coated titanium reduces risk of clots on prostheses

Image: Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel and Vanessa Trossmann in a laboratory for the microscopic examination of cell structures; Copyright: UBT / Chr. Wißler.

11.05.2023

Regenerative medicine: cell-specific properties of novel spider silk materials

Image: the three-in-one hybrid material

09.05.2023

Smart artificial skin in application check stage

Image: Aligner made of shape memory polymers; Copyright: Fraunhofer IAP

25.04.2023

Smart materials for aligner therapy

Image: Group photo of the project partners in Sevilla / Spain; Copyright: DECHEMA e.V.

18.04.2023

Recovery of battery metals - project launch of Metallico

Image: Symbol image for artificial intelligence; Copyright: Gerd Altmann / Pixabay

11.04.2023

Using AI to design innovative materials

Image: Biopolyester food packaging; Copyright: MPI-IS

28.03.2023

Sustainability for biodegradable artificial muscles

Image: Schematic diagram of the construction of biomolecular glass and its unique properties; Copyright: XING Ruirui

22.03.2023

Researchers develop biodegradable, biorecyclable glass

Image:three rolls of lingin in gold and black; Copyright: DITF

14.03.2023

Carbon fibers based on wood

Image: Photograph of the semitransparent hydrogel used in this study; Copyright: Satoshi Tanikawa, et al. 2023

08.03.2023

Healing the brain: hydrogels enable neuronal tissue growth

Image: A smiling man with blue shirt, short grey hair and glasses is standing at the sea - Prof. Uwe Bornscheuer; Copyright: Laura Schirrmeister

14.02.2023

Degradation of plastic waste using newly developed biocatalysts

Image: An active fiber fabricated by the thermal drawing; Copyright: Sato et al

09.02.2023

Navigating complex biological systems with smart fibers

Image: Electrospun Renacer® membrane (5x5cm); Copyright: Fraunhofer ISC

08.02.2023

Bioresorbable membrane for healing internal and external wounds

Image: Man with dark hair and beard in lab coat wears blue disposable gloves, safety goggles and holds a small container in his hand - Amir Sheikhi; Copyright: Kelby Hochreither/Penn State

26.01.2023

Novel microneedle bandage could save lives

Image: Bio-granules and bio-filaments; Copyright: Fraunhofer WKI | Manuela Lingnau

18.01.2023

Bio-based flame retardants for bioplastics

Image: six gray blocks with different densities lie on a metal plate; Copyright: LZH

04.08.2022

DFG research group develops customized dental implants

Image: Man wearing a big facemask; Copyright: Adapted from ACS Nano 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c06204

30.09.2021

AI-driven dynamic face mask adapts to exercise, pollution levels

Image: yellow-black larva with net; Copyright: AVČR Biological Center

09.09.2021

Together to the new bioadhesive

Image: A piece of white wound dressing in a hand with a glove; Copyright: Fraunhofer IMWS

13.08.2021

Customized wound dressings made from tropoelastin

Image: a purple tangle of single strands; Copyright: © 2021 KAUST; Xavier Pita

07.07.2021

Building a better biosensor polymer

Image: left the nanofilter in a hand. On the right the filter under the microscope; Copyright: Yun Shen

19.05.2021

Coronavirus: Nanofiber filter captures almost 100% of aerosols

Image: A hand pulls off a transparent

12.05.2021

Wounds: New material can protect against resistant bacteria

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