Cluster of Excellence Living, Adaptive and Energy-Autonomous Materials Systems (livMatS)

The Cluster of Excellence "Living, Adaptive, and Energy-autonomous Materials Systems" (livMatS) develops bioinspired materials systems that adapt autonomously to various environments and harvest clean energy from their surroundings. The intention of these purely technical-yet in a behavioral sense quasi-living-materials systems is to meet the demands of humans with regard to pioneering environmental, sustainability and energy technologies. The societal relevance of autonomous systems and their sustainability thus plays a crucial role in their development within the framework of livMatS. The current contribution provides an overview of the vision, research agenda and research goals of livMatS.