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

Together with the MAP group (AK Biesalski) we finally spent again some days in Hirschegg strengthening scientific exchange and group feeling by this year's hiking tour to the Walmendingerhorn and games evenings. Thanks to Darmstädter Haus and looking forward coming back soon!

The Cerasleeve team won the 3rd place in the Science4Life Venture cup Businessplan competition. CONGRATULATIONS!

Please check out our new article on Inverse opals with reactive surface chemistry as sensors for aqueous pollutants

Please check out our new article on 3D Printing of Ordered Mesoporous Silica Using Light-Induced Sol-Gel Chemistry