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]

On her quest to decipher how her organic crystals are forming, Celine visited the crystallography facility at the University of Vienna to perform electron crystallography  with Dr. Tim Grüne. We are indebted to Dr. Grüne for this fantastic opportunity and for hosting Celine! [Read more]

Celine visited  the headquarters of STOE in Darmstadt to perform PXRD measurements. These measurements will help us to deepen our understanding of the formation of organic salt crystals. We thank STOE very much for hosting Celine and for the opportunity to perform these measurements! [Read more]

Jessica was selected to present her work at the Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals, which took place in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. In her poster entitled “Synthesis strategies of colloidal metal semiconductor nanocrystal heterostructures with defined anisotropy and composition”, Jessica presented the results of her PhD project. Congratulations Jessica! [Read more]

We are thrilled to announce that Danica was selected to present our project “watER dyes” at the xbio final pitch event. xbio is a Viennese platform dedicated to helping scientists working in biological and medical research to potentially translate their research findings into commercial applications. The watER dyes project presented by Danica focuses on developing cell dyes that are synthesized in environmentally friendly ways. [Read more]

Our manuscript entitled “Covalently linked pigment@TiO2 hybrid materials by one-pot solvothermal synthesis” was accepted in Small Structures. In this work we present hybrid materials where pigment molecules and TiO₂ components are synthesized and linked simultaneously. Exploiting this approach 2D lepidocrocite-like TiO₂ structures spaced by covalently linked pigment molecules are obtained. [Read more]

Miriam gave an invited talk entitled “Exploring the Chemical Space for Sustainable Materials” at the faculty of sciences, section of chemistry and biochemistry, of the University of Geneva. In her talk, Miriam shared her views on the vast array of materials yet to be discovered and how automation  can help support this discovery process. [Read more]

Miriam gave a talk at the event “SciBiz connect: Science meets Business 2024” (Wissenschaft trifft Wirtschaft 2024) organized by the BioLAGO health network and the University of Konstanz. In her talk entitled “Automation-supported search for sustainable chemical synthesis processes”, Miriam shared her views on how water can be the universal medium to synthesize novel sustainable advanced materials and why integrating automated technologies is an imperative tool for this goal. [Read more]