special materials

Materials engineered for unique properties such as high temperature resistance, electrical conductivity, or specific mechanical characteristics. These special materials are applied in areas where standard materials do not meet the required performance criteria.

Committees

  • Working Group

    Antimicrobial Biomaterials

    Committee members: 22
    Chair
    Dr.-Ing. Jörg Bossert
    Friedrich Schiller University Jena
  • Expert Committee

    Bioinspired and interactive materials

    Committee members: 98
    Chair
    Prof. Dr. Thomas Scheibel
    University of Bayreuth
    Chair
    Prof. Dr. Andreas Fery
    Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden (IPF)
  • Expert Committee

    Biomaterials

    Committee members: 220
    Chair
    Univ.-Prof. Dr. Klaus D. Jandt
    Friedrich Schiller University Jena
    Vice Chair
    Dipl.-Ing. Norman Stark
    Straub Medical AG
  • Working Group

    Biomimetic Biomaterials

    Committee members: 50
    Chair
    Prof. Dr. Günter Tovar
    Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB
  • Expert Committee

    Cellular Materials

    Committee members: 79
    Chair
    PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Tobias Fey
    Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
  • Working Group

    Certification approval normalization and right

    Committee members: 4
    Chair
    Dr. Oliver Pullig
    Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC
  • Working Group

    Degradable, absorbable Biomaterials for Implants

    Committee members: 90
    Chair
    Prof. Dr. Frank Witte
    Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  • Working Group

    Dental Materials

    Committee members: 3
  • Expert Committee

    Hybrid Materials and Structures

    Committee members: 130
    Chair
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim M. Hausmann
    Leibniz-Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH
    Vice Chair
    Dr.-Ing. Daniel Hülsbusch
    Vanderlande Industries
  • Working Group

    Interfaces

    Committee members: 65
    Chair
    Dr.-Ing. Thomas F. Keller
    Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
  • Working Group

    Materials in Ophthalmology

    Committee members: 2
    Chair
    Dr. Izabela Firkowska-Boden
    Aesculap AG
  • Joint Committee

    Refractories

    Committee members: 70
    Chair
    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christos G. Aneziris
    TU Bergakademie Freiberg
  • Working Group

    Tissue Engineering

    Committee members: 50

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