UnterlassLAB

Sustainable Advanced Materials

Fabián successfully defends his PhD Thesis

We are proud to announce that Fabián has successfully defended his PhD thesis at University of Konstanz, marking a major academic and scientific milestone. Fabián’s thesis entitled “High-Temperature water as reaction medium towards heteroaromatic compounds and contributions to assess chemical greenness”, explored the synthesis of small molecules featuring optical properties using benign reaction conditions.  [Read more]

5th Joint Symposium on Nanotechnology

Miriam  gave the opening address at the Joint Symposium on Nanotechnology hosted by Fraunhofer Institut and the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and gave a talk on materials acceleration for sustainable nanomaterials. This  two-day event addressed the opportunities and risks associated with this rapidly evolving field of nanomaterials as a core technology utilized in numerous sectors.   [Read more]

Farewell, Elana!

After joining our group at the University of Konstanz in 2021, Elana has been an essential part of the UnterlassLAB, investigating co-crystals for sustainable materials and managing PXRD and SAXS equipment. She also served as one of our radiation protection officers. As our group transitioned to the University of Würzburg, Elana moved to new challenges in the Student Lab. [Read more]

Lena participates in the 4th GDCh Specialist Group Conference on Sustainable Chemistry

At the 4th GDCh Specialist Group Conference on Sustainable Chemistry, held at Merck in Darmstadt, Germany, Lena gave a talk entitled “Development of One-Pot Multi-Step Hydrothermal Syntheses”.  She presented a green approach for the synthesis of polyfunctionalized heteroaromatic compounds in high-temperature water with emphasis on its sustainable aspects. [Read more]

Frank participates in the 4th Conference of the GDCh Division of Chemistry and Energy

Frank presented his work entitled “Synthesis of Layered Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Vanadium Oxides for Electrochemical Applications” at the 4th Conference of the GDCh Division of Chemistry and Energy in Duisburg, Germany. In his poster, he presented the synthesis of hybrid materials consisting of organic pigments and bilayered vanadium oxides using high-temperature water, highlighting their potential use as electrode materials for post-lithium-ion batteries. [Read more]

Presentation at Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie in Leuven

As part of the EU Life Mentorship Program for Female Scientists, Danica gave a presentation at the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie in Leuven, Belgium. Her talk, titled “In vitro characterization of the hydrothermally synthesized fluorescent dyes”, provided insights to an audience of microscopy researchers and opened discussions on future exploration on selective cell staining. [Read more]