Please check out the new article on Characterization and Optimization of Vesicle Properties in bioPISA.

Our group celebrated the end of an eventful year. With two new PhD students, one successfully completed doctorate, several successfully completed student and internship projects, 10 Publications, many conferences, group members winning awards, and having a project on the way to found a startup – we are really proud of our last years achievements. Together with participants of all macromolecular chemistry groups in our Chemistry Department at TU Darmstadt, we had an enjoyable evening with food, drinks and a secret santa. We wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a happy new year! Let's keep pushing the boundaries of nanopores and polymer science in 2025!

Together with Prof. Omar Azzaroni and Prof. Galo Soler-Illia, we hosted the Scoping Workshop “Nanoconfinement in Chemistry” supported by the VolkswagenStiftung. For three days, participants from all over the world discussed the impact of nanoconfinement in science, technology and society. In many productive discussions we came up with numerous ideas to tackle important challenges in todays society inspiring future research. Thank you to all participants for sharing your valuable insight!

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.