Martina Schroffenegger joined the team for her MSc thesis. Her project focuses on solid-state polymerizations of preorganized precursors. We are glad to have Martina and wish her a lot of success! [Read more]

During the last two days we learned how to use PEAXACT, a powerful spectroscopy analysis software. We would like to thank Clemens Minnich for his instructions and are looking forward to our collaboration with S-PACT. [Read more]

Olya Guselnikova‘s Erasmus internship has come to an end. We thank her for her work in our lab during the last months and wish her all the best for the future!  [Read more]

Sofia Torres Venegas joined us as research intern. Sofia will be working on the applications of polymer blends in collaboration with Nick Virgilio. We are glad to have Sofia and wish her all the best for her work! [Read more]

Today our brand-new FT-IR-ATR reaction monitoring system was finally installed! The system will allow for the real-time monitoring of chemical reactions, i.e. the consumption of starting compounds, and the formation of intermediate compounds and product species. We very much appreciate the financial support of the Institute of Materials Chemistry of TU Wien. [Read more]

We are very glad to have Denis Gebauer, Assistant Professor at the University of Konstanz in Germany as a guest today. His seminar is entitled “Toward a Better Understanding of Biomineralization? –  Prenucleation Clusters, Liquid Precursors, and Polyamorphism” and will take place in room GM5 Hörsaal Chemie, 1st floor, building BE, campus Getreidemarkt, TU Vienna, at 10.30am. [Read more]