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

Together we went on a Trip to to Hofgut Oberfeld and enjoyed coffee and cake to round off the afternoon

We welcome Lucía Pizarro from the Soft Matter Labratory (INIFTA, La Plata, Argentina) who will spend a DAAD funded guest stay in our group! Looking forward to inspiring collaborative research.

Our project team working on “SiliCoat Paper” was awarded with the Award for Sustainability and Interdisciplinarity from the “Freunde der TU-Darmstadt”. This is an example of a very fruitful collaboration between the MAP and Smartmem research group. We feel honored to receive this award and we will keep working on the understanding and real-world application of more sustainable paper materials by combining silica and paper.

Congratulations Dr. Lucy Zhao, who successfully defended her PhD thesis on hierarchical design in mesoporous silica using functional templates and digital light processing.

Please check out our new article on Local water management in cotton linter papers with silica-based coatings