2016

Ofer successfully defended his PhD on In-situ High-Resolution X-ray Spectroscopy of Light Rare-Earth Compounds - congratulations!

Felix' review article and front cover on aerogels is highlighted in the series 'Under the Covers' by RSC

Felix' review article on aerogels is featured on the inside front cover of Nanoscale Horiz.  

Paola publishes her work on Nanofibrillated Cellulose Templated Membranes in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces

Professor Markus Niederberger, currently Associate Professor at ETH Zurich, has been appointed by the ETH Board upon application of ETH President Lino Guzzella as Full Professor of Multifunctional Materials

Guobo wins a Poster Prize at ISACS21: Challenges in Nanoscience, Beijing, China

Dery publishes her work on Magnetoelectric Thin Film Heterostructures for Voltage Control of Magnetism in ACS Nano

Prof. Caseri receives Goldene Eule in appreciation of his excellence in teaching.

Felix' ATO article is featured on the front cover of in J. Sol-Gel Sci. Technol.

Murielle organized the Foxtrail group event: great success!

Walti publishes his Review article on Polystannates in Chem. Soc. Rev.

Dorota accepted a professorship in experimental physics with a focus on hybrid nanomaterials at University of Hamburg. 

Sandra publishes together with Felix her work on correlating photocurrent with oxygen evolution from photoanodes obtained by commercially available WO_x nanopowders in ChemPlusChem.

Murielle Schreck started her PhD in our group on Aerogel materials!

Tian Liu started her PhD in our group on battery materials!  

We have a new group picture!

Wei publishes together with Felix his work on WO_x aerogels in Nanoscale.

In collaboration with the Morbidelli group Guobo published his work on poly-(styrene-acrylonitrile) copolymer-derived electrode materials in J. Mater. Chem. A

Sandras paper on WO_x photoanodes is highlighted by ChemistryViews

Rupali publishes together with other group members her work on Cu₃N particle based aerogels.

Dorota`s perspective was highlighted in the editorial by Jillian Buriak, Editor in Chief of Chemistry of Materials

Malwina successfully defended her PhD on Puzzling Mechanisms of Nanoparticle Formation – In Situ Studies of Non-aqueous Sol-gel Syntheses - congratulations!

Darinkas paper in Chemistry of Materials is a top download for the past month.

Darinka publishes together with other group members and in collaboration with the University of Freiburg her work on aligning the surface potentials for efficient charge transport in nanocrystalline TiO₂ photocatalysts.

Guobo successfully defended his PhD on Rational Electrode Materials Synthesis & Design Towards Better Li-/Na- Ion Batterias - congratulations!

Alessandro publishes together with other group members and in collaboration with the University of Milano his work on Size-Dependent Luminescence in HfO₂ Nanocrystals.

The "Need a burger" team performed well at the SOLA Race 2016!

Rupalis paper on Cu₃N Aerogels is highlighted by ChemistryViews

Guobo wins a 2016 Young Scientist Award by the European Materials Research Society

Dorota`s perspective is part of the Up-and-Coming series in Chemistry of Materials

Christophs and Ofer`s work is a highlight in Polymer and Colloids and Interfaces Section of a Division of the Swiss Chemical Society.

Derya successfully defended her PhD on Synthesis and Properties of Functional Nanoparticle Thin Films - congratulations!

Derya's article has been selected as a Hot Article for 2015 in J. Mater. Chem. C

Derya publishes her work on CoFe₂O₄ Thin Films with Magneto-Optical Applications

Wei publishes his work on Ultraviolet photodetectors based on Ultrathin Tungsten Oxide Nanowires

Niks paper on in situ synchrotron studies of formation of copper heterostructures is featured as a highlight on the webpage of the Swiss Norwegian beamline at ESRF

Wei successfully defended his PhD on Metal Oxide Nanostructures with High Aspect Ratio - congratulations!

Sandra successfully defended her PhD on WO₃ photoanodes for photoelectrochemical water splitting - congratulations!