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]
Miriam was invited to give a talk entitled “Accessing organic materials through hydrothermal synthesis” in the framework of the Makromolekulares Kolloquium jointly organized by the Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz and the MPI for Polymer Research in Mainz. We thank the organizers for hosting Miriam and excellent discussions. [Read more]
We are thrilled to welcome to Yurii Kolbediuk, who just joined our team as a research assistant working on minerals. We look forward to working together and wish Yurii all the best for his project! [Read more]
We would like to extend a warm welcome to Frederic Hallmann, who just joined us for his master thesis on Sulfur-containing advanced materials. We are thrilled to have Frederic join our team and wish him successful syntheses! [Read more]
Miriam kicked-off the Focus Area Materials Open House 2023 of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM – Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung) with a presentation on sustainable design and materials synthesis. [Read more]
We are happy to welcome Lisa Bernhard, who joins our lab for her BSc thesis. Lisa will work with Olivier Gazil on in situ hydrothermal synthesis of metallic nanoparticles in soft matter. We wish Lisa a wonderful and successful time with us. [Read more]