Alonso showcased his research at Polycondensation 2024 conference in Lyon, France. He presented his poster “A novel approach towards waterbone polyimides”, where he drew attention to innovative ways to synthesize high-performance polyimides and process them from water. Congratulations to Alonso for your contribution! [Read more]

Musthafa successfully defended his doctoral thesis “Hydrothermal Synthesis as Green Route towards Amide- and Imidazole-based Organic Materials”. The entire team extends their heartfelt congratulations on this significant achievement and wishes him continued success in the future. [Read more]

At the “SALSA Make and Measure 2024” conference, Miriam gave a plenary lecture titled “Interfacing and Exchanging Features Typical for Inorganic and Organic Solids”. Miriam addressed the intersection of materials chemistry with other scientific disciplines, emphasizing the role of interfaces in connecting physical and chemical fields to broader aspects of life; cross-disciplinary connections that drive innovation and discovery. [Read more]

Our recent article on pigment@TiO2 hybrid materials is featured on the inside back cover of the latest issue of Small Structures! The article details the synthesis of new hybrid materials and explores their potential as electrode materials.” [Read more]

We are thrilled to announce the comeback of three former group members: Hannah Mehringer, Bastian Jehle and Frederic Hallmann. Hannah will perform her MSc thesis in the field of automation of hydrothermal synthesis, Bastian his MSc thesis on bio-inspired inorganic-organic hybrid materials, and Frederic will work on the synthesis of sulfur-containing materials for his PhD thesis. [Read more]

Frank presented his research work entitled “The role of metal-oxo clusters in the controlled synthesis of pigment@metal oxide hybrid materials” at the 45th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry at Fort Collins. In his poster, Frank discusses the characteristics of stable metal-oxo intermediates generated by the reaction of aromatic carboxylic acids and vanadium alkoxides under solvothermal conditions, and their uses as precursors for hybrid material synthesis. [Read more]

Miriam gave the plenary talk at this year’s Summer Networking Meeting of the  the German and the Austrian Academic Scholarship Foundation (in German: Sommer Vernetzungstreffen der Österreichischen Studienstiftung mit der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) organized by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). In her talk, entitled “Breaking Boundaries – Water as Near-Universal Solvent for Chemical Production” (In German: “Grenzen auflösen – Wasser als nahezu universelles Lösungsmittel für die chemische Produktion”), Miriam shared her views on profiting of water’s properties as reaction medium in the  chemical discovery of new materials. [Read more]

Our latest publication entitled “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles@Hydrogels and Statistical Evaluation of Reaction Conditions’ Effects on Nanoparticle Morphologies”, was recently accepted in Nanoscale. In this work, we  report the synthesis  of monoliths of hydrogels decorated with noble metal nanoparticles using only water, a polysaccharide, and a metal salt precursor. [Read more]

Our joint work with the research group of Professor Rainer Winter entitled “Dual Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Emissions From Dye-Modified (NCN)-Bismuth Pincer Thiolate Complexes” was published in the journal Inorganic Chemistry. In this project we describe the synthesis, characterization and photophysical properties of four new dye-modified (NCN)Bi pincer complexes with two mercaptocoimarin or mercaptopyrene ligands. [Read more]