The progress in advanced medicine, medical technology and biotechnology and the newly developed techniques and therapies require customised materials which also meet the requirements of the clinical routine.

The Biomaterials department concentrates on the development of such materials. Our scientific portfolio ranges from the synthesis and/or modifying of biomaterials and their characterisation to an application testing. We provide fundamental research and in particular the development of novel materials and products beginning from the research concept to the point of market implementation.

Our core competences are:

• resorbable polymeres and composites
• polysaccharide derivates, especially functionalized glycosaminoglycans
• bone substitutes
• magnetic nanoparticles
• bioactive coatings
• electrospinning