Design Ideas from Nature
Peter Fratzl Chaired Symposium within International Fraunhofer Conference on Programmable Materials
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From July 12th-14th, 2022, the International Conference on Programmable Materials, organized by the Fraunhofer Cluster of Excellence Programmable Materials took place as a hybrid event in Berlin at the Fraunhofer-Forum. MoA Director Peter Fratzl chaired together with Alexander Böker (Fraunhofer IAP) the symposium »Design Ideas from Nature«. The symposium with talks by MoA members Christiane Sauer and Richard Weinkamer, focused on various examples from nature, including the design principles and detailed understanding of their programmed functions as well as the mimicking of these natural functions by purely synthetic materials.
For more information, the complete program and registration see the conference website.