University for children 2023 – open afternoon on Wednesday, July 19, at the Faculty of Natural and Life Sciences
University for children 2023
At our interactive materials chemistry station children, aged between 8 and 12 years, gained an insight with hands-on experiments why some plants, animals or everyday objects glow in the dark. Furthermore they investigated which fruits and vegetables are suitable for generating electricity.
Group activities and dissemination efforts
Recent events
The working group is regularly undertaking team-building activities such as hiking days, cooking & baking and sports. Frequently attending scientific gatherings such as conferences and seminars is paramount to establishing and maintaining our scientific partnerships and collaborations.
PhD Defense: Miralem
Miralem Salihović
mastered his thesis defense and finished his PhD after some quite productive years! We tip our not so flashy hats to you, Miralem!
New paper
New Paper published
We developed a powerful, fluorine free surface modification method to hydrophobize biogenic tannin foams. By increasing the contact angle to water from 70° to 145°, sustainable tannin-foams could be applied in high humidity areas, used for water-oil separation or column chromatography. Further infos can be found here: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2023.111936
New paper
New Paper published
Here we show organic and related carbon aerogel monoliths based entirely on sustainable precursors, namely tannin and 5-HMF. More details can be found in the online version : https://doi.org/10.1007/s10971-022-06015-4
PhD Defense: Ann-Kathrin
Ann-Kathrin Koopmann
successfully defended her Dissertation, finished her PhD and, as is tradition, had herself a fancy hat tailored. Congrats to you by the whole group Ann!
International Seminar on Aerogels
Ann-Kathrin, Florian, Michael and Richard
visited the International Seminar on Aerogels in Hamburg end of September 2022 anb presented their work in oral presentations and posters.
