Sustainable Advanced Materials
The Science Day 2023 of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), celebrating the 15th aAnniversary of the Young Academy took place today in Vienna. Miriam gave a talk entitled “The Chemistry of the Abiotic-Biotic Interface”, contributing a chemical perspective on the emergence of life to the conference’s topic: Life. [Read more]
Miriam gave an invited talk at the HolzOberflächenTag 2023 (Wood surfaces day) organized by Holzforschung Austria (Austrian Forest Products Research Society), which took place in Vienna, Austria on September 19th, 2023. Her talk focused on sustainable coating approaches and was entitled “Green organic chemistry – Opportunities and Challenges” (Grüne organische Chemie – Potentiale und Herausforderungen). [Read more]
Miriam has been bestowed with the Roy-Somiya Award by the International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association (ISHA) ”in recognition for her commendable effort, achievements and scientific contributions in the solvothermal and hydrothermal research fields”.
Our group participated in the International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association Conference (ISHA 2023), which took place in Valladolid, Spain. We presented our latest results in the field of hydrothermal synthesis with 9 contributed talks (by Alonso, Celine, Fabián, Florian, Frank, Lukas, Olivier, Robert, and Tobias, respectively), one poster (by Lisa) and Miriam’s plenary lecture. [Read more]
Fabián gave a talk entitled “Fluorescent probes for intracellular pH based on heteroaromatic containing compounds” at the retreat of the graduate school Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology (Kors-CB). He was awarded with the Best Talk Award by the jury of invited speakers. Congratulations Fabián! [Read more]
We are thrilled that our latest paper “Urethane functions can reduce metal salts under hydrothermal conditions: synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles on flexible sponges applied in semi-automated organic reduction“ was selected as front cover of the 10 year anniversary issue of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A! [Read more]
Miriam and Alonso participated in the 16th International Materials Chemistry Conference organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry in Dublin, Ireland. Miriam gave an invited keynote talk entitled “Dissolving boundaries: Water as near-universal solvent for materials”. Alonso gave a contributed talk entitled “A near-universal design concept for waterborne high-performance polyimides”. [Read more]
We are happy to welcome Sonja Schinko, who join us for a summer internship. She is currently studying Biology at the University of Vienna, Austria. Sonja will be working with Frank and Alonso in different research projects. We wish Sonja an amazing time in Konstanz and all the best for her internship! [Read more]
We are thrilled to welcome Claire and Luca, who recently joined our group to perform their bachelor theses. Claire will work with Frank on functional pigments and Luca will work with Alonso and Tobias on the hydrothermal synthesis of polyimide materials. We wish successful experiments and a great time with us! [Read more]
Dr. Fabienne Gauffre (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR) – UMR CNRS 6226 Chimie Organique et Interfaces (COrInt), visited us this week in Konstanz. She gave an exciting invited talk in the institute seminar entitled “From surfactant free emulsions to hybrid nanocapsules: an Odyssee into Ouzo”. We are indebted to Dr. [Read more]