2018

We would like to welcome Xavier as our new PhD student. Xavier will work on metal oxide nanoparticles for optical applications.

Andy successfully defended his PhD on "Poly(phenylene methylene) - Synthesis, Characterization, Processing" - Congratulations!

We are happy to welcome Madeleine Fellner as our new PhD student. Madeleine will work on metal oxide nanoparticles for optical applications.

We would like to welcome Sajad as our guest, who will work on polymer-enzyme conjugates.

Long publishes his work about surface energy-driven hierarchical assembly of low-dimensional nanomaterials on graphene aerogels in Journal of Materials Chemistry A.

Our former member Mattia published his work on a TiO₂-cellulose hybrid for solar driven water purification in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.

Haruyuki Ishii joins our group as a guest to work on enzyme-nanoparticle conjugates. Welcome!

Christoph successfully defended his PhD on "Poly(Ionic Liquid)-Based Hybrids for CO₂ Sensing Applications" - Congratulations!

We are pleased to welcome Kai Sasaki, who is joining our group to work on polymer enzyme conjugates.

The work of Alessandro and colleagues from Ghent University about the heterogeneous broadening of NMR lines as a tool for probing solvent-ligand interactions in nanoparticles was published in Chemistry of Materials.

Andy published his work about high molar mass poly(phenylene methylene)s isolated by polymerization of benzyl chloride catalyzed with tungsten(II) compounds and subsequent fractionation in Polymers (MDPI).

Marco published his work about new hybrid-like materials containing poly(phenylene methylene) and polysiloxanes for anticorrosive and photoluminescence coatings in Coatings (MDPI).

We would like to welcome Weina as our guest, who works on polymer-enzyme conjugates.

We would like to welcome Alexandre as a new PhD student, who is working on the surface engineering of inorganic nanoparticles for medical applications at Empa St. Gallen.

We are happy to welcome Prof. Dr. Makoto Yoshimoto who joins our group to work on enzyme-polymer conjugates for biotechnological applications.

We are happy to welcome our new PhD student Marco, who will work on luminescent polymers for optical applications. 

Linda publishes her work about a new synthesis method of thin CNT-polymer membranes for gas separation and water desalination in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.

Former group member Rupali publishes her work about copper nanowires for flexible transparent electrodes in ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces.

Alessandro publishes his recent work in collaboration with collegues from University of Milano-Bicocca about defect-related ultrafast X-rays stimulated emission in HfO₂ in Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.

Alessandro publishes his work together with collegues from University of Milano-Bicocca proving the use of luminescent hafnia particles as effective inorganic dyes for in-vitro bioimaging in Nanoscale.

Prof. Caseri publishes his work about superhydrophobic nanofibrillated cellulose in the Journal of Cellulose.

Alessandro publishes his work together with the Laboratory of Wood Material Science about the use of nanoparticles for tracking water pathways in biological hierarchical superstructures in Front Chem.

Former group member Felix was nominated for the MaP Award 2018, a prize which honors the best interdisciplinary PhD thesis of ETH Zurich in the area of Materials and Processes. Congratulation!

Our team "Need a burger" performed well at the SOLA Race 2018!

Haijian publishes his paper about disordered metal oxide nanoparticles as high-power anodes material for lithium-ion hybrid supercapacitors in ACS Nano.

Dipan published his paper about the desolvation energy barrier in aqueous and nonaqueous Zn-ion batteries in Energy Environ. Sci.

We are happy to welcome Nicolas Ghéczy as a new member of our team! During his PhD, Nicolas will work on enzyme-polymer conjugates.

We have a new group picture!

We buckled our skis and snowboard boots and enjoyed three beautiful days together on the slopes of Scuol.

Trond joins our group to investigate the atomic mechanisms of nucleation phenomena in collaboration with the Electron Microscopy Center at Empa Dübendorf. Welcome!

Prof. Niederberger is honored by Chemistry of Materials as top 1% reviewer of 2017 with the Chemistry of Materials Reviewer Excellence Award. Congratulations!

We are happy to welcome Junggou, who joins our group to work on aerogels.

Dipan published his article on a novel sodium ion battery cathode material in Advance Energy Materials.

Erlantz Lizundia joins our group to work on cellulose-inorganic nanoparticle based aerogels for catalytic, energy storage and water purification applications.

Prof. Caseri published his review article about dichroic nanocomposites in Polymer International.

Andy published his work on the synthesis of poly(phenylene methylene)s in Polymer Chemistry.

Prof. Niederberger published his feature article about multiscale nanoparticle assembly in Advanced Functional Materials.

Our former member Darinka published her work on multicomponent Sb­-Nb:TiO₂ mesocrystals in Chemistry of Materials.