Discover the future of functionalized surfaces with our bio-inspired laser textures. Suitable for the automotive industry, aerospace, medical technology and much more.
Awards & Nominations
Inspired by nature
After 10 years of joint and intensive cooperation between the Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology IWS and the Technical University of Dresden, we offer a unique solution to improve the surface performance of products, applications and components using our new standard: DLIP - Direct Laser Interference Patterning.
Our engineered solution is inspired by natural surfaces such as the lotus leaf, sharkskin, collembola and morpho butterfly, which allows for advanced surface features such as self-cleaning, anti-icing, antibacterial, decoration, drag reduction and more. We transfer these diverse effects to technical surfaces through laser-based surface functionalization.
Industrial applications
Aerospace
The use of laser-based functional surfaces can lead to numerous advantages and cost savings in the aerospace industry. These include improved anti-icing behavior, reduced energy consumption for de-icing and reduced noise pollution.
Instead of coating or foiling surfaces as before, functional microstructures can be textured directly into the surface using a laser.
In this way, time-consuming maintenance work and expensive new purchases can be avoided.
Automotive industry
There are numerous savings and improvement potentials in the automotive industry.
Reduced friction between surfaces, reduced wear, longer lubricant life, or reduced contact resistance between electrical connectors are just some of the benefits of our DLIP method.
This means that established, cost-intensive or complex process steps can be partially replaced.
Medical technology
There is huge potential in medical technology.
Healing times, quality of life and well-being can be decisively improved through improved biocompatibility of implants, tailor-made wettability, non-stick effects and antibacterial functionalities.
In addition, the surface improvement of medical components reduces costs in the long term.
More applications
Our functionalized surfaces are also widely used in other areas such as energy generation, production processes and in the consumer sector.
The topics of glass finishing, cost reduction in mechanical manufacturing processes, resistance to environmental influences and increased performance of energy systems play a major role here.
Fast, flexible, functional
- No clean room or vacuum required
- No additional chemicals required
- Extremely high process speed
- Functional surfaces in one process
CORE series
Highly flexible interference modules
- Modular solution for surface functionalization
- Wavelengths from IR to UV
- Various pattern geometries
- Structure sizes from 0.5 to 12.0 µm
- Structural features adjustable via software
- Decoration
- Holograms & Matting
- Light control
- Self cleaning & wetting
- Biocompatibility
CORErapid Series
Scanner-based interference modules
- Modular solution for high-speed surface functionalization
- Wavelengths from IR to UV
- Various pattern geometries
- Structure sizes from 1.5 to 30.0 µm
- Structural features adjustable via software
- Decoration
- Holograms & Matting
- Light control
- Self cleaning & wetting
- Biocompatibility
COREultra Series
Highly flexible interference modules
COMING SOON…
- Modular solution for surface functionalization
- Wavelengths from IR to UV
- Various pattern geometries
- Structure sizes from 0.5 to 12.0 µm
- Structural features adjustable via software
- Decoration
- Holograms & Matting
- Light control
- Self cleaning & wetting
- Biocompatibility
Let's develop your full potential together!
Let's develop your full potential together!
Consulting
Take advantage of more than 20 years of experience in laser surface functionalization.
Individual solutions
We advise and support in process development and optimization.
Integration
Integrate our advanced laser technology into your existing production lines and developments with the help of our experts.
R & D cooperation
Work with our specialists to push the boundaries of possible surface effects in joint R&D projects.
Production
Save investment costs by using our ready-made solutions.
Training & Support
Train your employees, either at your site or in our application center.
Founder
As a spin-off of the Fraunhofer IWS, we founded Fusion Bionic GmbH in April 2021 with a team from science and industry.
With more than 20 years of experience in using advanced laser technologies, we are redesigning the performance of numerous products.
We draw on unique expertise consisting of surface know-how, sophisticated system technology and the passion to get the most out of every surface.
Dr. Tim Kunze
Chief Executive Officer
Laura Kunze
Chief Financial & Operation Officer
Dr. Sabri Alamri
Chief Research Officer
Benjamin Krupop
Chief Technical Officer
Fusion Bionic stands for the combination of nature-inspired effects in technical product surfaces. Following the example of bionics, we create a symbiosis of technology and biology.
Career
Shaping the future together. We are always looking for talented applicants.
Our complete job offer can be seen on our career portal.
"Great things in business are never done by one person. They´re done by a team of people."
News & Events
and press releases can be found on our blog.
Optical solutions from Fusion Bionic and MOEWE start joint product development
The German high-tech startup Fusion Bionic, which develops and sells systems for the production of biomimetic surfaces, is starting a strategic cooperation with
Fusion Bionic's funding round closed
The German high-tech startup Fusion Bionic, which enables technical surfaces through laser-assisted biomimetics, closed its first seed financing with a comfortable seven-figure amount led by the Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) as well as the Fraunhofer Technology Transfer Fund (FTTF) and Avantgarde Labs Ventures.
Heraeus and Fusion Bionic start close cooperation
Fusion Bionic was selected by Heraeus as part of its 2021 accelerator program from more than 1800 global startups.
