Research of the Department Marine Structures and Nanomaterials
Based on a long-standing expertise in the field of marine plankton organisms the section Marine Structures is investigating new high-efficient lightweight construction methods with the support of established partners. They are based on evolutionary optimized shells of diatoms.
Research projects
- ELiSE Research
Exploration of a method for improving lightweight structures by using different pre-optimized lightweight structure of marine planktonic organisms - Helmholtz Virtual Institute PlanktonTech
Basic research of evolutionary optimization of lightweight structures of marine plankton