Our publicaton on Electropolymerization of Polydopamine at Electrode-Supported Insulating Mesoporous Films in Chem. Mater: Published as part of the Chemistry of Materials virtual special issue “In Honor of Prof. Clement Sanchez”

Our Publication on Grafting and controlled release of antimicrobial peptides from mesoporous silica in J. Mater B. is part of the Special Issue: Celebrating 10 years of Emerging Investigators in Journal of Materials Chemistry B.

Please check out our new article on Laser-Writing of Fluorescent Copolymers in Mesoporous Silica Thin Films.

We are proudly presenting the Cerasleeve Team who won the first-ever UNITE Startup Award yesterday. CONGRATULATIONS!!

We spent an inspiring time on the sol-gel conference in Berlin last week. Alex presented his work on Bio-ATRP in mesopores, Annette gave a talk on sol-gel chemistry in paper and with DLP and Mathias was awarded the ISGS PhD thesis award 2022.

We welcome Nikita Jha as new group member. She is working on nanopores to control communicating reaction cascades in networks of cotton threads and paper.

We are searching for new PhD student team members.

We are searching for a team assistant to manage the secretariat. Please apply by 31 August 2024.

At the ScotChem Polymer and Soft Materials III conference in Glasgow, our group member Oleksandr Moskalyk received the award sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry for the Best Nanoscience Presentation. The presented work is based on the copolymerization using hemoglobin as a catalyst for targeted adjustment of silica particle mesopore functionality and was made possible in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Nico Bruns from the chemistry department at TU-Darmstadt.

Please check out our new article Grafting and controlled release of antimicrobial peptides from mesoporous silica