His research interests are focused on supramolecular chemistry, molecular machines, and functional materials. FRIAS-Projekt Implementation of Light-Powered Nanomachines into Polymer Bulk: From Fundamentals of Active Matter to Functional, Life-Inspired Polymer Materials Since they work far from thermodynamic equilibrium, biological systems exhibit active and adaptive functionalities that surpass the passive properties of present-day synthetic materials. Molecular machines are at the core of such biological out-of-equilibrium systems, and transduce energy (e.g. light, chemical) into mechanical motion and produce functions (e.g. transport, movement) from their mechanics.