The Self-organized Complexity and self-assembling Materials Group (SOC&SAM) performs basic research in the field of soft Nanotechnology.
A significant part of the current effort is in the context of active soft materials, where the group have studied the aqueous gel that forms in-vitro when the molecular motor protein kinesin is combined with self-assembled microtubules of the cytoskeleton protein tubulin.
In the context of colloidal transport, the group has developed a strategy to command the self-assembly and to drive ensembles of microscale solid or liquid inclusions in confined geometries.