Prof. Dr. Hans Zappe

Projects within livMatS

• The Autonomous Eyeball: how optically controlled optics can use light to steer light
• Volumetrically-programmable four-dimensional actuators – V4DA
• Autonomous light-actuated LCE actuators
  
  

Doctoral Researchers (first supervisor)

• Sruthy Dinesh
• Shalini Soman

Completed Doctoral Researchers (first supervisor)

• Dr. Jasleen Kaur Lall
  
  

Publications in livMatS

• Understanding Photomechanical Behavior of Liquid Crystalline‐Based Actuators*
  Lall, J., & Zappe, H. (2023). Understanding Photomechanical Behavior of Liquid Crystalline‐Based Actuators. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2300063. doi: 10.1002/mame.202300063
• MEMS-compatible structuring of liquid crystal network actuators using maskless photolithography*
  Lall, J., & Zappe, H. (2022). MEMS-compatible structuring of liquid crystal network actuators using maskless photolithography. Smart Materials and Structures, 31(11), 115014. doi: 10.1088/1361-665X/ac95e5
• In situ, spatially variable photoalignment of liquid crystals inside a glass cell using brilliant yellow
  Lall, J., & Zappe, H. (2022, May). In situ, spatially variable photoalignment of liquid crystals inside a glass cell using brilliant yellow. In Photosensitive Materials and their Applications II (Vol. 12151, pp. 91-97). SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2621178
• Structuring of liquid crystal elastomer actuators with selective polymerization for MEMS devices
  Lall, J., & Zappe, H. (2022, March). Structuring of liquid crystal elastomer actuators with selective polymerization for MEMS devices. In Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics XV (Vol. 12012, pp. 30-37). SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2608696
• High-throughput injection molding of transparent fused silica glass*
  Mader, M., Schlatter, O., Heck, B., Warmbold, A., Dorn, A., Zappe, H., Risch, P., Helmer, D., Kotz, F., Rapp, B. E. (2021). High-throughput injection molding of transparent fused silica glass. Science, 372(6538), 182-186. doi: 10.1126/science.abf1537
  
  
  * Funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) under Germany's Excellence Strategy – EXC-2193/1 – 390951807