Our second Science Day of 2024 took place on May 16th, 2024, in Konstanz. We spent a productive day with presentations of some of our group members, who displayed their latest research findings. Moreover, we engaged in thorough discussions on future projects over a wide array of topics. Following our tradition, we concluded the event with a celebratory dinner at our favorite restaurant. [Read more]

As part of the BOGY – Career Orientation at high school () program, we recently had the pleasure of welcoming a group of high school students to our lab. This initiative is designed to give students from grades 9 to 11 a hands-on experience and deeper insight into various career paths. [Read more]

Today, Max Schuermann defended his master thesis entitled “Development and Implementation of a Photometric Analysis System for Closed Loop Hydrothermal Synthesis”. We congratulate Max for his great work and presentation, and wish him all the very best for his future endeavours! [Read more]

On March 22^nd 2024, Olivier successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled „Interfacial synthesis of metal nanoparticles in soft matter systems“, which he performed in co-tutelled between the École Polytechnique de Montréal and the University of Konstanz. We congratulate Olivier for his amazing work and output. We wish him all the very best for his future endeavors! [Read more]

We are thrilled to welcome Claudia, who joined our group in March 2024. Claudia is performing a MSc research internship and works together with Jessica on pulsed laser-assisted doping of CdS Nanocrystals. We wish Claudia an amazing time in our group! [Read more]

Lisa participated at the Spring Symposium 2024 (Frühjahrsymposium 2024) of the young chemists section (Jungchemikerforum, JCF) of the German Chemical Society(Gesellschaft deutscher Chemiker, GDCh). She presented a poster entitled “Shape-anisotropic palladium nanoparticles synthesized hydrothermally on polyurethane sponges for heterogeneous catalysis” featuring  the results of her bachelor thesis. [Read more]

For the PhD students of the graduate school of microbiology, Dept. of Biology of the University of Vienna, Miriam taught her 3-day Scientific Graphic Design (SGD) course. In this course, the students learned to effectively convey complex scientific concepts of their own research through clear and engaging graphics. We are grateful to the students for their active participation and thank the organizers! [Read more]

Miriam gave an invited talk at the first Austrian Crystallographer Days (ACD’24), which took place in Bad Aussee, Austria. Her talk was entitled “Unlocking novel hybrid materials through hydrothermal synthesis”. [Read more]

We are thrilled to announce that Celine has rejoined the group for her master thesis. In her project Celine will be working on the controlled crystallizations of organic compounds. We extend our best wishes to Celine for successful experiments  and an enriching time with us! [Read more]

Our article “Urethane functions can reduce metal salts under hydrothermal conditions: synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles on flexible sponges applied in semi-automated organic reduction” was featured as part of the celebrations of the international Women’s Day 2024 in the article collection “Celebrating International Women’s Day 2024: Women in Materials Science” with our publication. [Read more]