Active Materials

The interviews with experts from the natural sciences included in this volume develop new understandings of ‘active matter’ and active materials in relation to a range of research objects and from the perspective of different scientific disciplines, including biology, physics, chemistry, and materials science. These insights are complemented by contributions on the activity of matter and materials from the humanities and the design field.

• Discusses the mechanisms of active materials and their various conceptualizations in materials science.
• Redefines conceptions of active materials through interviews with experts from the natural sciences.

• Contextualizes, historizes, and reflects on different notions of matter/materials and activity through contributions from the humanities.
• A highly interdisciplinary approach to a cutting-edge research topic, with contributions from both the sciences and the humanities.