Selhuber-Unkel group

Conductive hydrogels are highly interesting materials with applications ranging from bioelectronics to cardiac tissue engineering. Based on recent success in the fabrication of microengineered conductive hydrogels with 3D printing and electrospinning, we particularly plan to go beyond the basic material characterization in this project. Therefore, we want to focus on exploring the function of the materials in the context of devices, such as electrochemical transistors (ECTs) and biosensors. A detailed analysis of the properties of such devices in relation to the employed materials, material structures, and their dimensions should be carried out.

This project requires a background in materials science, polymer chemistry or similar. It involves direct laser writing in a cleanroom, electrospinning in a chemistry lab, electrical characterization, basic biological work in an S2 lab, and microscopy techniques.