Generated by All in One SEO v4.9.10, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # UnterlassLAB Sustainable Advanced Materials ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://unterlasslab.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Daniel presents his Bachelor thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2026/07/17/daniel-presents-his-bachelor-thesis/) - We are happy to share that Daniel successfully presented his Bachelor's thesis entitled "Synthesis and characterization of core-substituted perinones as functional pillars for layered metal oxide frameworks." We thank Daniel for his contributions to the project and wish him every success in his future academic and professional endeavors. - [Welcome Kuzey!](https://unterlasslab.com/2026/07/13/welcome-kuzey/) - We are delighted to welcome Kuzey Önçeken to the UnterlassLAB. Kuzey is currently pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at Middle East Technical University (METU) in Ankara, Türkiye. He joined our group for an internship in late June 2026 as part of the Erasmus+ Program. In his project, Kuzey works with Celine - [New ChemRxiv Preprint | Green Chemistry for the Classroom](https://unterlasslab.com/2026/06/30/new-chemrxiv-preprint-green-chemistry-for-the-classroom/) - Our latest publication is now available as a ChemRxiv preprint. In this work, we present a classroom-friendly approach to hydrothermal synthesis that introduces students to green chemistry using only water as the reaction medium and a standard kitchen pressure cooker. The study combines sustainable organic synthesis with key concepts such as cyclocondensation reactions, the properties - [Visit of Prof. Dr. Nick Virgilio to Würzburg](https://unterlasslab.com/2026/05/25/visit-of-prof-dr-nick-virgilio-to-wurzburg/) - We recently welcomed Prof. Dr. Nick Virgilio from École Polytechnique Montréal as a Guest Professor at the Chair of Chemical Technology of Materials Synthesis at Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. During his visit, Prof. Virgilio engaged in scientific discussions with PhD students from our group and with scientist from the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research - [UnterlassLAB XAS research at DESY Synchrotron](https://unterlasslab.com/2026/04/21/unterlasslab-xas-research-at-desy-synchrotron/) - Celine, Florian and Frank recently performed XAS measurements at the DESY (Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron) in Hamburg, Germany. The experiments focused on analyzing the local structure and electronic properties of their samples using synchrotron radiation. The beamtime allowed the team to collect high-quality data and further advance their ongoing research. In addition, the stay at DESY - [Welcome Elisha and Rafael!](https://unterlasslab.com/2026/05/11/welcome-elisha-and-rafael/) - We are thrilled to welcome Elisha and Raphael, who joined the group in April to work on their Bachelor theses. Elisha works on the synthesis layered metal oxide-based inorganic-organic hybrid materials, while Rafael's work focuses on covalent organic frameworks. We are very happy to welcome both and wish them lots of successful materials syntheses! - [Open MSc Research Internship (Würzburg, DE)](https://unterlasslab.com/2026/04/29/open-msc-research-internship-wurzburg-de/) - We are inviting applications for a MSc research internship in organic chemistry at the Chair of Chemical Technology of Materials Synthesis, Julius Maximlian University of Würzburg. This project focuses on the synthesis of novel small molecules targeting Liver Receptor Homolog-1 (LRH-1), a biologically important protein involved in metabolism, inflammation, and cancer-related signaling pathways. We look - [ New Gas Sorption Device](https://unterlasslab.com/2026/03/26/new-gas-sorption-device/) - We are happy to announce the successful delivery and installation of a new gas sorption device, by Microtrac Retsch GmbH. With this device we are significantly enhancing our experimental capabilities in materials characterization. The system enables high-precision analysis of surface area, pore size distribution, and adsorption properties, supporting a wide range of research activities within - [Tilman successfully defended his MSc Thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2026/03/19/tilman-successfully-defended-his-msc-thesis/) - We are proud to celebrate a significant milestone in our group: the successful defense of the very first Master’s thesis completed within our team since we moved to Würzburg. Tilman presented his research, carried out in collaboration with Fraunhofer ISC. We congratulate him on this success and wish him all the best for his future - [New group member in Vienna](https://unterlasslab.com/2026/03/10/new-group-member-in-vienna/) - We are extremely excited to welcome Parisa to the team. She joined our group in March 2026 as a research technician in our lab at CeMM in Vienna. Parisa will work together with Danica and Lukas in our watERdye project funded by the Christian Doppler Society. We wish her all the success in this new - [Welcome Vanessa!](https://unterlasslab.com/2026/03/05/welcome-vanessa/) - We are happy to welcome Vanessa, who is doing her master’s degree in chemistry at Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. She joined our group in March 2026 for a research internship, which focuses on the hydrothermal synthesis of heterocyclic organic molecules as precursors for high-performance polymers. We are looking forward to your contributions to the project! - [Welcome Lukas!](https://unterlasslab.com/2026/02/22/welcome-lukas-2/) - We are delighted to welcome Lukas, who is currently pursuing a master’s degree in math and chemistry education at Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. Lukas joined us for an internship in February 2026 and he is working on the synthesis of layered metal oxide materials. We are excited to have him on board and look - [Miriam Opens Winter Showcase 2026](https://unterlasslab.com/2026/02/05/miriam-opens-winter-showcase-2026/) - Miriam recently participated as an invited speaker at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Chemistry - Winter Showcase, held on February 2-3 and hosted jointly by University College Dublin and the University of Nottingham. The annual event brought together doctoral researchers and academic and industrial partners to discuss transformative science aimed at making chemical - [Two Awards at Symposium Nano-BW 2025](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/12/30/two-awards-at-symposium-nano-bw-2025/) - We are happy to announce that Lea received two awards at the Symposium Nano-BW 2025, organized by the Kompetenznetz Funktionelle Nanostrukturen Baden-Württemberg and held on December 9–10, 2025, in Bad Herrenalb. Her contribution, “Utilizing Novel Phase Transfer Polymers and Galvanic Replacement to Engineer Multi-Elemental Heterostructures on Anisotropic Nanoparticles”, was recognized with both the Best Presentation - [Unterlass Lab Christmas Party 2025](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/12/22/unterlass-lab-christmas-party-2025/) - Our Christmas party took place last December 18th. It was a wonderful moment to take a step back and reflect on the year behind us. We spent many wonderful hours filled with laughter, warmth, music, great food, and most importantly, the people who make our group what it is. We sincerely thank every group member - [Poster Prize for Frank at ChemSyStM 2025](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/12/15/poster-prize-for-frank-at-chemsystm-2025/) - We are delighted to share that Frank was awarded a Poster Prize at the 9th ChemSyStM 2025 for his PhD project "Layered hybrid materials with highly conjugated guests". His poster was recognized in the category Functional Materials and Chemistry Education (Funktionswerkstoffe und Chemiedidaktik). Congratulations to Frank for his achievement! - [UnterlassLAB at the 9th ChemSyStM 2025](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/12/03/unterlasslab-at-the-9th-chemsystm-2025/) - Our team took part in the 9th ChemSyStM 2025 (Chemie Symposium der Studierenden Mainfrankens - Chemistry Symposium for Students in Main Franconia), organized by the JungesChemieForum (JCF) of the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. This event brought together students and doctoral researchers from across Mainfranken, offering a platform to present their work, exchange scientific ideas, - [Welcome Lia!](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/11/04/welcome-lia/) - We are happy to welcome Lia Scheuring, who is currently pursuing a master's degree in Bioscience at Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. Lia joined our group in November 2025 for an internship in collaboration with Fraunhofer ISC. Her research focuses on the encapsulation of lactic acid in bacteria. We wish Lia a rewarding and inspiring - [Grant awarded for "watER dyes" project](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/10/10/grant-awarded-for-water-dyes-project/) - We are excited to share that we have been awarded a grant from the Christian Doppler Research Association’s Transfer.Science to Spin-off program - an initiative focused on advancing innovative research projects toward commercialization. The project “watER dyes – The hydrothermal synthesis of fluorescent dyes” focuses on a new class of fluorescent dyes, which are synthesized - [Welcome Leonard!](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/10/10/welcome-leonard/) - We are pleased to welcome Leonard Moritz, who is currently pursuing a master's degree in chemistry at Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. He joined the research group of Torsten Staab at the Chair of Chemical Technology of Material Synthesis in September 2025. In his research, Leonard studies the effects of different dopants on solid-state electrolytes. - [Frederic and Frank attend 10th ESSEE2025](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/10/10/frederic-and-frank-attend-10th-essee2025/) - Frederic and Frank attended the 10th European Summer School on Electrochemical Engineering (ESSEE2025), promoted by the Italian Association of Chemical Engineering (AIDIC) and hosted in Cagliari, Italy. The program covered a wide range of electrochemical topics, including fundamentals, fuel cells, electrolyzers, and batteries. During their stay, Frederic and Frank took a deep dive into electrochemical - [UnterlassLab at the AiMat Summer School on “Machine Learning for Materials”](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/09/15/unterlasslab-at-the-aimat-summer-school-on-machine-learning-for-materials/) - From September 8–12, Celine and Hannah took part in the AiMat Summer School Machine Learning for Materials, hosted in Karlsruhe, Germany. Celine presented her PhD research on the development of an automated platform for the preparation and characterization of polyimide coatings. Hannah contributed with a poster presentation on her PhD work, focusing on an automated - [New spokesperson for Science, Art and Design](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/09/23/new-spokesperson-for-science-art-and-design/) - Miriam was recently selected as the new spokesperson of the Fraunhofer - Network for Science, Art and Design (Fraunhofer - Netzwerks Wissenschaft, Kunst und Design). The network serves as a catalyst where science and art interact - unlocking creative synergies and amplifying the social impact on both fields. By fostering dialogue between researchers, artist, and - [Welcome Giulia !](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/09/05/welcome-giulia/) - We are happy to welcome Giulia Sinesi to our team. Giulia studied chemistry at the University of Como (IT) and is currently pursuing her PhD at Milano-Bicocca University (IT). She joined the group in September 2025 for a research internship, where she explores sustainable treatments on different materials for cosmetic applications. We wish her all - [Celine participates at 6th International School on Aperiodic Crystals](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/09/08/celine-participates-at-6th-international-school-on-aperiodic-crystals/) - We are pleased to share that Celine presented the poster "Controlled Crystallization and Morphological Studies of All-Organic Salt Particles" at the 6th International School on Aperiodic Crystals, held September 1-5, 2025 in Dresden (DE). The event, organized by the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, provided a valuable opportunity for productive discussions and - [Governor General’s Academic Medal Award Ceremony for Olivier Gazil’s Doctoral Thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/09/05/governor-generals-academic-medal-award-ceremony-for-olivier-gazils-doctoral-thesis/) - We are pleased to share photos from the Governor General’s Academic Medal Award ceremony for students, who graduated in 2024 academic year at the University of Engineering – Polytechnique Montréal. During this event, Olivier received a special mention and a scholarship in recognition of the excellence of his doctoral thesis entitled Interfacial Synthesis of Metal - [MSc GRADUATION: congratulations to Diplomingenieurin Schroffenegger!](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/07/29/msc-graduation-congratulations-to-diplomingenieurin-schroffenegger/) - Martina successfully defended her MSc thesis today. We congratulate Martina and wish her all the best for her future! - [Marianne defends her PhD thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/04/14/marianne-defends-her-phd-thesis/) - Marianne successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “the hydrothermal route to imide-linked network and framework materials”. The whole team congratulates Marianne for her impressive work and wishes her all the best for her future endeavors! - [Elias defends his PhD thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/11/03/elias-defends-his-phd-thesis/) - Elias has defended his doctoral thesis entitled "Polyimides - Non-Classical Synthesis and Comprehensive Correlation of Material Properties with Chemical Structure". The entire team extends their warmest congratulations to Elias for his remarkable achievements and wishes him all the best for his future endeavours! - [Florian defends his Master thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/12/01/florian-defends-his-master-thesis/) - Florian Vollstädt has successfully defended his master thesis entitled "Solvothermal synthesis of organic materials". The entire team expresses immense pride and extends heartfelt congratulations! - [Margherita defends her MSc thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/09/03/margherita-defends-her-msc-thesis/) - Margherita Balma has successfully defended her master’s thesis “Synthesis of Zircon (ZrSiO4)-based materials”. The entire team extends heartfelt congratulations on this significant accomplishment and wishes her all the success for future endeavours!! - [Lena defends her MSc thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/09/25/lena-defends-her-msc-thesis/) - Lena successfully defended her master’s thesis “Development of Sequential One-Pot Hydrothermal Synthesis”. The team congratulates her on this achievement and wishes her every success in her future endeavors - [Musthafa defends his PhD thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/09/15/musthafa-defends-his-phd-thesis/) - Musthafa successfully defended his doctoral thesis “Hydrothermal Synthesis as Green Route towards Amide- and Imidazole-based Organic Materials”. The entire team extends their heartfelt congratulations on this significant achievement and wishes him continued success in the future. - [Simon defends his MSc thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/12/20/simon-defends-his-msc-thesis/) - Simon successfully defended his master’s thesis, “Synthesis of complexed Oxides-based inorganic-organic hybrid materials.” The team congratulates him on this achievement and wishes him every success in his future endeavors. - [Tobias defends his  MSc thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/02/14/tobias-defends-his-msc-thesis/) - Tobias defends his MSc thesis entitled „Synthesis of sterically hindered organic fluorophores”. The team congratulates him on this achievement and wishes him every success in his future endeavors. - [Celine defends her MSc thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/02/22/celine-defends-her-msc-thesis/) - We are delighted to share amazing news of Celine’s successful MSc thesis defense entitled “Controlled crystallization studies of organic cocrystals.” The entire team sends heartfelt congratulations on this achievement! We wish Celine endless success and exciting opportunities ahead! - [Fabián successfully defends his PhD thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/06/11/fabian-successfully-cefends-his-phd-thesis/) - We are proud to announce that Fabián has successfully defended his PhD thesis at University of Konstanz, marking a major academic and scientific milestone. Fabián's thesis entitled "High-Temperature water as reaction medium towards heteroaromatic compounds and contributions to assess chemical greenness", explored the synthesis of small molecules featuring optical properties using benign reaction conditions. His research - [Hannah defends her MSc thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/07/02/hannah-defends-her-msc-thesis/) - Hannah successfully defended her master’s thesis “Developing an Automated Platform for Optimizing Chemical Reactions in Flow Based on Green Metrics”. The team congratulates her on this achievement and wishes her every success in her future endeavors. - [Welcome back Hannah, Bastian and Frederic!](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/08/23/welcome-back-hannah-bastian-and-frederic/) - We are thrilled to announce the comeback of three former group members: Hannah Mehringer, Bastian Jehle and Frederic Hallmann. Hannah will perform her MSc thesis in the field of automation of hydrothermal synthesis, Bastian his MSc thesis on bio-inspired inorganic-organic hybrid materials, and Frederic will work on the synthesis of sulfur-containing materials for his PhD - [Special mention for doctoral thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/03/26/special-mention-for-doctoral-thesis/) - We are proud to share that Olivier Gazil received a special mention and a scholarship for his doctoral thesis entitled ‘Interfacial Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles in Soft Matter Systems’. This recognition was awarded for the quality of his doctoral thesis submitted during the academic year 2024 by the University of Engineering - Polytechnique Montreal. The - [New paper on selective chemical recycling published!](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/08/14/new-publication-on-selective-chemical-recycling-published/) - We are proud to share that "Selective chemical recycling of polyhydroxybutyrate into high-value hydroxy acid using the taurine organocatalyst" has been published in Chemical Science, as part of the themed collection "15th anniversary: Chemical Science community collection". This publication describes an innovative method for selectively recycling polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB), a biodegradable bioplastic, using naturally occurring taurine as - [Welcome new group members!](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/08/07/welcome-new-group-members/) - Four new group members to the UnterlassLab this August: Isabelle Eggers (PhD Student), Hannah Mehringer (PhD Student), Dr. Fabián Andrés Amaya García (Postdoc), and Dr. Krystyna Albrecht (Senior Councillor). Isabelle performs her PhD thesis on the sustainable synthesis and structure-property correlations of photo-structureable, high-temperature stable materials; and Hannah's PhD project focuses on the automation of hydrothermal - [Welcome to our new team members](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/07/14/welcome-to-our-new-team-members/) - We welcome three new group members to the UnterlassLab this July: Daniel Rieger (BSc Student), Tamara Piock (PhD Student), and Tilman Stark (MSc Student). Daniel performs his BSc thesis with Frank on the synthesis of inorganic-organic hybrid materials for battery applications; Tilman’s MSc project focuses on inorganic supraparticles; and Tamara’s PhD thesis focuses on the development - [Celine wins a poster prize at ECS10!](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/07/01/celine-wins-a-poster-prize-at-ecs10/) - We are thrilled to share that Celine attended the 10th European Crystallography School (ECS10), held in Ohrid, North Macedonia. The thematic for this year was From Nano to Macro: Elucidating Structures at Different Length Scales. Celine presented her recent research in a poster titled “Controlled Crystallization and Morphological Studies of All-organic Salt Particles”. Her outstanding work - [Conference participation at ICSC-NZ](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/06/13/conference-participation-at-icsc-nz/) - Frank and Alonso participated in the International Conference on Sustainable Chemistry for Net Zero (ICSC-NZ) in St. Andrews, UK, an international meeting focused on advancing green chemistry and sustainable solutions for a low-carbon future. Alonso contributed to the Sustainability and Circularity session with a flash talk titled “Commercial Polyester Depolymerization through Hydrothermal Techniques”, where he showcased how hydrothermal conditions can effectively - [Conference participation at ISSF-ISHA 2025](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/06/20/conference-participation-at-issf-isha-2025/) - Our team attended the 14th International Symposium on Supercritical Fluids and the 9th International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association (ISHA) Conference - ISSF-ISHA 2025, held in Bali, Indonesia. The joint scientific event gathered leading experts and early-career researchers from around the world to discuss the latest advances in hydrothermal, solvothermal, and supercritical fluid technologies. Florian, Celine, Frank, - [Miriam's first lecture at JMU](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/04/24/miriam-first-lecture-at-jmu/) - Miriam gave her first lecture at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg (JMU) for the Bachelor program Functional Materials. In addition to the participants of this lecture, a class of the high school Bertha-von-Suttner-Gymnasium of Neu-Ulm joined us as part of a visit they did at the Chair of Chemical Technology of Materials Synthesis. - [5th Joint Symposium on Nanotechnology](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/05/14/5th-joint-symposium-on-nanotechnology/) - Miriam gave the opening address at the Joint Symposium on Nanotechnology hosted by Fraunhofer Institut and the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) and gave a talk on materials acceleration for sustainable nanomaterials. This two-day event addressed the opportunities and risks associated with this rapidly evolving field of nanomaterials as a core technology utilized - [Research stay in Madrid](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/04/28/research-stay-in-madrid/) - Jessica spent two weeks in the research group of Dr. Guillermo González-Rubio at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, in Madrid, Spain. During her stay Jessica was able to perform ultra-fast laser experiments and optoelectronic characterization of quantum dots. We are thankful to Dr. González-Rubio for hosting Jessica! - [We moved to Würzburg!](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/04/18/we-moved-to-wurzburg/) - As of mid-April, all scientific equipment and samples of the UnterlassLAB have been successfully transferred from the University of Konstanz to the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg. With the laboratory fully set up at the new location, we are now able to resume our research activities! - [Farewell, Elana!](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/04/25/farewell-elana/) - After joining our group at the University of Konstanz in 2021, Elana has been an essential part of the UnterlassLAB, investigating co-crystals for sustainable materials and managing PXRD and SAXS equipment. She also served as one of our radiation protection officers. As our group transitioned to the University of Würzburg, Elana moved to new challenges - [Congratulations to Dr. Iqbal](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/04/22/congratulations-to-dr-iqbal/) - We are proud to share that Musthafa received the diploma for his doctoral thesis entitled "Hydrothermal synthesis as green route towards amide- and imidazole-based organic materials". The entire team warmly congratulates Musthafa and wishes him continued success in all his future endeavours! - [Frank participates in the 4th Conference of the GDCh Division of Chemistry and Energy](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/04/11/frank-participates-in-the-4th-conference-of-the-gdch-division-of-chemistry-and-energy/) - Frank presented his work entitled “Synthesis of Layered Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Vanadium Oxides for Electrochemical Applications” at the 4th Conference of the GDCh Division of Chemistry and Energy in Duisburg, Germany. In his poster, he presented the synthesis of hybrid materials consisting of organic pigments and bilayered vanadium oxides using high-temperature water, highlighting their potential use as electrode materials for post-lithium-ion batteries. Congratulations - [Lena participates in the 4th GDCh Specialist Group Conference on Sustainable Chemistry](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/04/14/lena-participates-in-the-4th-gdch-specialist-group-conference-on-sustainable-chemistry/) - At the 4th GDCh Specialist Group Conference on Sustainable Chemistry, held at Merck in Darmstadt, Germany, Lena gave a talk entitled “Development of One-Pot Multi-Step Hydrothermal Syntheses”. She presented a green approach for the synthesis of polyfunctionalized heteroaromatic compounds in high-temperature water with emphasis on its sustainable aspects. Congratulations to Lena for her contribution! - [Front cover on Green Chemistry](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/10/14/front-cover-on-green-chemistry-issue-20/) - We are happy to share: our publication “High-temperature water unlocks urea as nitrogen-sourcetowards imidazoles” was selected as front cover of the 25 year anniversary of Green Chemistry 2024, 26! Congratulations to all authors for the great work! - [Passion for sustainable material development](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/02/20/passion-for-sustainable-material-development/) - Read the "einBLICK" article of Uni Würzburg featuring Miriam in her dual role as Head of Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research in Würzburg and Chair of Chemical Technology of Materials Synthesis at the University of Würzburg. In this article, Miriam shares key insights on the importance of environmentally friendly and resource-efficient processes, the value of an - [Presentation at Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie in Leuven](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/03/28/presentation-at-vlaams-instituut-voor-biotechnologie-in-leuven/) - As part of the EU Life Mentorship Program for Female Scientists, Danica gave a presentation at the Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie in Leuven, Belgium. Her talk, titled “In vitro characterization of the hydrothermally synthesized fluorescent dyes”, provided insights to an audience of microscopy researchers and opened discussions on future exploration on selective cell staining. Congratulations - [Paper on fluorescent probes accepted for ChemComm](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/03/03/paper-on-fluorescent-probes-accepted-for-chemcomm/) - We are proud to share that "Lophine analogues as fluorophores for selective bioimaging of the endoplasmic reticulum" has been accepted for Chemical Communications as part of the themed collection: Chemistry for a Sustainable World - Celebrating Our Community Tackling Global Challenges.The content: Fluorescent probes for endoplasmic reticulum (ER) labelling generally feature a well-established albeit limited - [RSC is celebrating the International Women’s Day  2025](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/03/07/rsc-is-celebrating-international-womens-day-2025/) - In a special collection celebrating the International Women's Day, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is showcasing recent research led by women in green and sustainable chemistry around the world. We are proud to share that the paper "High-Temperature Water Unlocks Urea as Nitrogen-Source Towards Imidazoles" (authors: F. A. Amaya-García,* L, Schittenhelm and M. M. Unterlass*) has been selected for - [Exciting beginnings in Würzburg!](https://unterlasslab.com/2025/03/03/exciting-beginnings-in-wurzburg/) - Today marks the beginning of a thrilling new chapter! Frank, Tobias, Frederic, Lena, and Celine have joined the Chair of Chemical Technology of Materials Synthesis (LCTM - Lehrstuhl für Chemische Technologien der Materialsynthese) as PhD students at the Julius-Maximilian University of Würzburg. Meanwhile, Alonso has taken on a new role as a scientific advisor to - [Miriam at NGI - Next-Generation-Immunologists Summer School](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/09/19/miriam-participation-at-ngi-next-generation-immunologists-summer-school/) - Miriam gave a one-day workshop entitled “Scientific storytelling & graphic design” in the Summer School for PhD students in Immunology. This event was organized by the Austrian Society for Allergology and Immunology (ÖGAI - Österreichische Gesellschaft für Allergologie und Immunologie) and took place in Vienna, Austria. - [Publication accepted in Green Chemistry](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/09/20/publication-accepted-in-green-chemistry/) - Our publication “High-temperature water unlocks urea as Nitrogen-source towards imidazoles” was published in Green Chemistry 2024, 26. We dive into the synthesis of small heteroaromatic compounds in hot water and show that the urea aquathermolysis can propel the Debus-Radziszewski multicomponent reaction of lophines. - [Front cover on Nanoscale](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/10/01/front-cover-nanoscale-issue-38-2024/) - We are excited to share: our publication “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles@Hydrogels and Statistical Evaluation of Reaction Conditions’ Effects on Nanoparticle Morphologies” was selected as front cover of Nanoscale! - [Alonso participated in Polycondensation 2024](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/09/18/alonso-participated-in-polycondensation-2024/) - Alonso showcased his research at Polycondensation 2024 conference in Lyon, France. He presented his poster “A novel approach towards waterbone polyimides”, where he drew attention to innovative ways to synthesize high-performance polyimides and process them from water. Congratulations to Alonso for your contribution! - [New inside back cover page on Small Structures](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/09/10/new-inside-back-cover-page-on-small-structures/) - Our recent article on pigment@TiO2 hybrid materials is featured on the inside back cover of the latest issue of Small Structures! The article details the synthesis of new hybrid materials and explores their potential as electrode materials." - [Miriam participation at SALSA 2024  - School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/09/11/miriam-participation-at-salsa-2024-school-of-analytical-sciences-adlershof/) - At the “SALSA Make and Measure 2024” conference, Miriam gave a plenary lecture titled “Interfacing and Exchanging Features Typical for Inorganic and Organic Solids”. Miriam addressed the intersection of materials chemistry with other scientific disciplines, emphasizing the role of interfaces in connecting physical and chemical fields to broader aspects of life; cross-disciplinary connections that drive - [Miriam appointed Director of Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC in Würzburg](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/10/03/miriam-appointed-director-of-fraunhofer-institute-for-silicate-research-isc-in-wurzburg/) - As of 1 October, Miriam takes over as the director of the Fraunhofer Institute for Silicate Research ISC in Würzburg. She also joins the University of Würzburg, where she will hold the Chair for Chemical Technology of Materials Synthesis. Fraunhofer ISC is one of Europe's leading centres for materials-based research and development in the fields - [Frank participates in ICCC 2024 at Fort Collins, CO, USA](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/08/14/franks-participates-in-iccc-2024-at-fort-collins-co-usa/) - Frank presented his research work entitled “The role of metal-oxo clusters in the controlled synthesis of pigment@metal oxide hybrid materials” at the 45th International Conference on Coordination Chemistry at Fort Collins. In his poster, Frank discusses the characteristics of stable metal-oxo intermediates generated by the reaction of aromatic carboxylic acids and vanadium alkoxides under solvothermal - [Plenary talk at the networking meeting of the German and the Austrian Academic Scholarship Foundation](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/08/12/plenary-talk-at-the-networking-meeting-of-the-german-and-the-austrian-academic-scholarship-foundation/) - Miriam gave the plenary talk at this year’s Summer Networking Meeting of the the German and the Austrian Academic Scholarship Foundation (in German: Sommer Vernetzungstreffen der Österreichischen Studienstiftung mit der Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) organized by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW). In her talk, entitled “Breaking Boundaries - Water as Near-Universal Solvent for Chemical - [New publication in Nanoscale](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/08/08/new-publication-in-nanoscale/) - Our latest publication entitled “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Metal Nanoparticles@Hydrogels and Statistical Evaluation of Reaction Conditions’ Effects on Nanoparticle Morphologies”, was recently accepted in Nanoscale. In this work, we report the synthesis of monoliths of hydrogels decorated with noble metal nanoparticles using only water, a polysaccharide, and a metal salt precursor. We congratulate first author Olivier - [Paper accepted in Inorganic Chemistry](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/08/06/paper-accepted-in-inorganic-chemistry/) - Our joint work with the research group of Professor Rainer Winter entitled "Dual Fluorescence and Phosphorescence Emissions From Dye-Modified (NCN)-Bismuth Pincer Thiolate Complexes" was published in the journal Inorganic Chemistry. In this project we describe the synthesis, characterization and photophysical properties of four new dye-modified (NCN)Bi pincer complexes with two mercaptocoimarin or mercaptopyrene ligands. We - [Short research stay at the University of Vienna](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/07/19/short-research-stay-at-the-university-of-vienna/) - On her quest to decipher how her organic crystals are forming, Celine visited the crystallography facility at the University of Vienna to perform electron crystallography with Dr. Tim Grüne. We are indebted to Dr. Grüne for this fantastic opportunity and for hosting Celine! - [Visit at STOE headquarters](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/07/15/visit-at-stoe-headquarters/) - Celine visited the headquarters of STOE in Darmstadt to perform PXRD measurements. These measurements will help us to deepen our understanding of the formation of organic salt crystals. We thank STOE very much for hosting Celine and for the opportunity to perform these measurements! - [Paper accepted in Small Structures](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/06/18/paper-accepted-in-small-structures/) - Our manuscript entitled “Covalently linked pigment@TiO2 hybrid materials by one-pot solvothermal synthesis” was accepted in Small Structures. In this work we present hybrid materials where pigment molecules and TiO2 components are synthesized and linked simultaneously. Exploiting this approach 2D lepidocrocite-like TiO2 structures spaced by covalently linked pigment molecules are obtained. Serving as a composite electrode - [Jessica participates at Gordon conference](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/07/01/jessica-participates-at-gordon-conference/) - Jessica was selected to present her work at the Gordon Research Seminar and Conference on Colloidal Semiconductor Nanocrystals, which took place in Les Diablerets, Switzerland. In her poster entitled “Synthesis strategies of colloidal metal semiconductor nanocrystal heterostructures with defined anisotropy and composition”, Jessica presented the results of her PhD project. Congratulations Jessica! - [Danica presenting at xbio](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/06/27/danica-presenting-at-xbio/) - We are thrilled to announce that Danica was selected to present our project “watER dyes” at the xbio final pitch event. xbio is a Viennese platform dedicated to helping scientists working in biological and medical research to potentially translate their research findings into commercial applications. The watER dyes project presented by Danica focuses on developing cell dyes - [Miriam gives talk at the University of Geneva](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/06/13/miriam-gives-talk-at-the-university-of-geneva/) - Miriam gave an invited talk entitled “Exploring the Chemical Space for Sustainable Materials” at the faculty of sciences, section of chemistry and biochemistry, of the University of Geneva. In her talk, Miriam shared her views on the vast array of materials yet to be discovered and how automation can help support this discovery process. We - [Miriam gives talk at SciBiz Connect 2024](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/06/13/miriam-gives-talk-at-scibiz-connect-2024/) - Miriam gave a talk at the event “SciBiz connect: Science meets Business 2024” (Wissenschaft trifft Wirtschaft 2024) organized by the BioLAGO health network and the University of Konstanz. In her talk entitled “Automation-supported search for sustainable chemical synthesis processes”, Miriam shared her views on how water can be the universal medium to synthesize novel sustainable - [Nick performed a research stay in Madrid](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/06/03/nick-performed-a-research-stay-in-madrid/) - Nick spent two weeks in the research group of Dr. Guillermo González-Rubio at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, in Madrid, Spain. During this short research stay Nick was able to perform advanced characterizations of polymers for new synthesis routes for nanoparticles. We are indebted to Dr. González-Rubio for being a fantastic host! - [ULAB Science Day May 2024](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/05/16/ulab-science-day-may-2024/) - Our second Science Day of 2024 took place on May 16th, 2024, in Konstanz. We spent a productive day with presentations of some of our group members, who displayed their latest research findings. Moreover, we engaged in thorough discussions on future projects over a wide array of topics. Following our tradition, we concluded the event - [Jessica gives invited talk in Rostock](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/05/31/jessica-gives-invited-talk-in-rostock/) - Jessica gave an invited talk as part of the seminar “Physical Chemistry” at the Institute of Chemistry of the University of Rostock. In her talk entitled “Synthesis and characterization of multielemental colloidal nanocrystals”, Jessica presented the latest results of her PhD project. Congratulations Jessica and we are very thankful to Prof. Klaus Boldt for his - [Visit of high school students](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/05/15/visit-of-high-school-students/) - As part of the BOGY - Career Orientation at high school () program, we recently had the pleasure of welcoming a group of high school students to our lab. This initiative is designed to give students from grades 9 to 11 a hands-on experience and deeper insight into various career paths. During their visit, the - [Welcome back Yurii](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/06/10/welcome-back-yurii/) - We are thrilled to welcome Yurii back in the group. Yurii will be working on his Bachelor thesis with Florian, focusing on the synthesis of f-block-element based inorganic-organic hybrid materials. We wish Yurii successful experiments and an amazing time with us! - [International Women’s Day 2024](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/03/08/international-womens-day-2024/) - Our article “Urethane functions can reduce metal salts under hydrothermal conditions: synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles on flexible sponges applied in semi-automated organic reduction” was featured as part of the celebrations of the international Women’s Day 2024 in the article collection “Celebrating International Women’s Day 2024: Women in Materials Science” with our publication. - [Welcome Claudia!](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/03/18/welcome-claudia/) - We are thrilled to welcome Claudia, who joined our group in March 2024. Claudia is performing a MSc research internship and works together with Jessica on pulsed laser-assisted doping of CdS Nanocrystals. We wish Claudia an amazing time in our group! - [Max defends his master thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/03/27/max-defends-his-master-thesis/) - Today, Max Schuermann defended his master thesis entitled “Development and Implementation of a Photometric Analysis System for Closed Loop Hydrothermal Synthesis”. We congratulate Max for his great work and presentation, and wish him all the very best for his future endeavours! - [Olivier defends his PhD thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/03/25/olivier-defends-his-phd-thesis/) - On March 22nd 2024, Olivier successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled „Interfacial synthesis of metal nanoparticles in soft matter systems“, which he performed in co-tutelled between the École Polytechnique de Montréal and the University of Konstanz. We congratulate Olivier for his amazing work and output. We wish him all the very best for his future - [Lisa attends JCF Sommer Meeting](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/03/16/lisa-attends-jcf-sommer-meeting/) - Lisa participated at the Spring Symposium 2024 (Frühjahrsymposium 2024) of the young chemists section (Jungchemikerforum, JCF) of the German Chemical Society(Gesellschaft deutscher Chemiker, GDCh). She presented a poster entitled “Shape-anisotropic palladium nanoparticles synthesized hydrothermally on polyurethane sponges for heterogeneous catalysis” featuring the results of her bachelor thesis. - [Scientific Graphic Design course](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/03/15/scientific-graphic-design-course/) - For the PhD students of the graduate school of microbiology, Dept. of Biology of the University of Vienna, Miriam taught her 3-day Scientific Graphic Design (SGD) course. In this course, the students learned to effectively convey complex scientific concepts of their own research through clear and engaging graphics. We are grateful to the students for - [Miriam gives an invited talk at ACD’24](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/03/13/miriam-invited-talk-at-acd24/) - Miriam gave an invited talk at the first Austrian Crystallographer Days (ACD’24), which took place in Bad Aussee, Austria. Her talk was entitled “Unlocking novel hybrid materials through hydrothermal synthesis”. - [Welcome back Celine](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/03/11/welcome-back-celine/) - We are thrilled to announce that Celine has rejoined the group for her master thesis. In her project Celine will be working on the controlled crystallizations of organic compounds. We extend our best wishes to Celine for successful experiments and an enriching time with us! - [Welcome back Tobias](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/03/04/welcome-back-tobias/) - We are very happy to announce that Tobias has rejoined the group for his master thesis. His project focuses on the synthesis of functional small molecules. We wish Tobias successful experiments and an amazing time with us! - [Miriam gives a talk at POPs 2024 at KAUST](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/02/13/miriam-gives-a-talk-at-pops-2024-at-kaust/) - Miriam gave a talk at the International Symposium on Porous Organic Polymers (POPs 2024), which took place at the King Abdullah University of Science of Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. In her talk entitled Green Chemistry and Beyond - Navigating the Chemical Space for Sustainable Materials, she gave a glimpse on the exploration of the - [Welcome Hannah](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/02/12/welcome-hannah/) - We are excited to welcome Hannah to our group at the University of Konstanz as a research intern. She will be working with Fabián on the characterization of structure-fluorescence property relationships of small molecules. We wish you a very successful and enjoyable time in our group! - [Visit of PD Dr. Sven Barth](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/01/12/visit-of-pd-dr-sven-barth/) - PD. Dr Sven Barth (Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) visited us in January in Konstanz. He gave a talk as part of the lecture series of the Konstanz local chapter of the German Chemical Society (Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker - GDCh) entitled “Nano-printing: Precursor Development and Hybrid Processes”. We thank PD Dr. Barth for an - [Welcome Patricia, Jessica, Lukas and Nick!](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/02/02/welcome-patricia-jessica-lukas-and-nick/) - We are thrilled to welcome 4 new group members in our group at the University of Konstanz: Patricia is joining us for her Master’s thesis and Jessica, Lukas, and Nick are joining us for their PhD theses. We wish you all successful experiments and a great time with us! - [Unterlass Lab Christmas Party 2023](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/01/01/unterlass-lab-christmas-party-2023/) - On December 14th, 2023, we gathered for our long-awaited Christmas celebration. We spent many wonderful hours with home-cooked dishes contributed by all group members and even several hours of karaoke. We are indebted to the group members who joined in 2023 and as per our tradition organized this event. We wish everyone a wonderful holiday - [Funding for Augmented Reality in Teaching](https://unterlasslab.com/2024/01/12/funding-for-augmented-reality-in-teaching/) - We recently were awarded a grant by the German Chemical Industry Fund (VCI) for using augmented reality in Miriam’s solid-state chemistry lectures at the University of Konstanz. We are indebted to the Chemical Industry Fund for supporting our efforts and to our collaboration partners in this endeavor, Dr. Sabrina Syskowski and Prof. Johannes Huwer. - [Materials Horizons article highlighted as Spotlight ](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/12/12/materials-horizons-article-highlighted-as-spotlight/) - Our article "Dual redox-active porous polyimides as high performance and versatile electrode material for next-generation batteries" resulting from our collaboration with the group of Professor David Mecerreyes (POLYMAT - San Sebastian) has been highlighted as Spotlight in the themed collection Materials Horizons 10th anniversary regional spotlight collection: Europe. - [Welcome Nicola](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/11/06/welcome-nicola/) - We extend a heartfelt welcome to Nicola Scherer, who just joined us for a research internship focused on the hydrothermal synthesis of hybrid materials. The team is truly excited to have Nicola on board and wishes her successful syntheses! - [New paper published in Inorganic Chemistry ](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/11/09/new-paper-published-in-inorganic-chemistry/) - The article “A Dibenzotetrathiafulvalene-Bridged Bis(alkenylruthenium) Complex and Its One- and Two-Electron-Oxidized Forms” just appeared in Inorganic Chemistry (ACS). We are grateful for this exciting collaboration and glad that we could contribute to this project led by Prof. Rainer Winter (University of Konstanz). - [Graphic Design Course at CeMM](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/10/25/graphic-design-course-at-cemm/) - Miriam gave a two-date scientific graphic design course in the framework of CeMM’s PhD introductory program in Vienna. Frank and Alonso joined as tutors, and together we taught the students the use of graphic design softwares and introduced them to the effective communication of complex ideas, technical details, and research approaches through engaging and accessible - [Welcome new team members](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/10/17/welcome-new-team-members/) - In October we welcome four new group members: Danica (CeMM) as a project scientist and Lena, Simon, and Margherita (UniKN) for their master theses. We wish you lots of success with your projects! - [Presentation to MSc Students](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/10/17/presentation-to-msc-students/) - Fabián delivered an exceptional presentation, providing an overview of our research topics for students about to start on their Master's curriculum. Congratulations, Fabián! - [Welcome Tejasvi](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/08/01/welcome-tejasvi/) - We would like to extend a warm welcome to Tejasvi Singh, who joined our group for a three months research internship on waterborne processing of high-performance materials. We are thrilled to have Tejasvi join our team and wish her lots of success with her project! - [Welcome Bastian](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/09/22/welcome-bastian/) - We are delighted to welcome Bastian Jehle, our newest team member working on the synthesis of high-performance polyimides together with Florian. We are excited to have Bastian join our team and wish him lots of success with his project! - [Talk at OeAW Science Day Life 2023](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/09/19/talk-at-oeaw-science-day-life-2023/) - The Science Day 2023 of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), celebrating the 15th aAnniversary of the Young Academy took place today in Vienna. Miriam gave a talk entitled “The Chemistry of the Abiotic-Biotic Interface”, contributing a chemical perspective on the emergence of life to the conference’s topic: Life. We thank - [Talk at HolzOberflächenTag 2023 in Vienna](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/09/19/talk-at-holzoberflachentag-2023-in-vienna/) - Miriam gave an invited talk at the HolzOberflächenTag 2023 (Wood surfaces day) organized by Holzforschung Austria (Austrian Forest Products Research Society), which took place in Vienna, Austria on September 19th, 2023. Her talk focused on sustainable coating approaches and was entitled “Green organic chemistry - Opportunities and Challenges” (Grüne organische Chemie - Potentiale und Herausforderungen). - [Roy-Somiya Award 2023](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/09/15/roy-somiya-award-2023/) - Miriam has been bestowed with the Roy-Somiya Award by the International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association (ISHA) ”in recognition for her commendable effort, achievements and scientific contributions in the solvothermal and hydrothermal research fields”. - [Participation at the ISHA conference 2023](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/09/13/participation-at-the-isha-conference-2023/) - Our group participated in the International Solvothermal and Hydrothermal Association Conference (ISHA 2023), which took place in Valladolid, Spain. We presented our latest results in the field of hydrothermal synthesis with 9 contributed talks (by Alonso, Celine, Fabián, Florian, Frank, Lukas, Olivier, Robert, and Tobias, respectively), one poster (by Lisa) and Miriam’s plenary lecture. We - [Fabián receives Best Talk Award at Kors-CB Retreat 2023](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/08/02/fabian-receives-best-talk-award-at-kors-cb-retreat-2023/) - Fabián gave a talk entitled “Fluorescent probes for intracellular pH based on heteroaromatic containing compounds” at the retreat of the graduate school Konstanz Research School Chemical Biology (Kors-CB). He was awarded with the Best Talk Award by the jury of invited speakers. Congratulations Fabián! - [Front cover on special issue](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/07/10/front-cover-in-special-issue/) - We are thrilled that our latest paper “Urethane functions can reduce metal salts under hydrothermal conditions: synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles on flexible sponges applied in semi-automated organic reduction“ was selected as front cover of the 10 year anniversary issue of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A! - [Welcome Sonja](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/07/04/welcome-sonja/) - We are happy to welcome Sonja Schinko, who join us for a summer internship. She is currently studying Biology at the University of Vienna, Austria. Sonja will be working with Frank and Alonso in different research projects. We wish Sonja an amazing time in Konstanz and all the best for her internship! - [Welcome Claire and Luca](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/07/03/welcome-claire-and-luca/) - We are thrilled to welcome Claire and Luca, who recently joined our group to perform their bachelor theses. Claire will work with Frank on functional pigments and Luca will work with Alonso and Tobias on the hydrothermal synthesis of polyimide materials. We wish successful experiments and a great time with us! - [Participation in the 16th International Materials Chemistry Conference MC16](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/07/07/participation-in-the-16th-international-materials-chemistry-conference-mc16/) - Miriam and Alonso participated in the 16th International Materials Chemistry Conference organized by the Royal Society of Chemistry in Dublin, Ireland. Miriam gave an invited keynote talk entitled “Dissolving boundaries: Water as near-universal solvent for materials”. Alonso gave a contributed talk entitled “A near-universal design concept for waterborne high-performance polyimides”. We thank the organizers for - [Visit and invited lecture by Dr. Fabienne Gauffre at University of Konstanz](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/06/22/visit-and-invited-lecture-by-dr-fabienne-gauffre-at-university-of-konstanz/) - Dr. Fabienne Gauffre (Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR) - UMR CNRS 6226 Chimie Organique et Interfaces (COrInt), visited us this week in Konstanz. She gave an exciting invited talk in the institute seminar entitled “From surfactant free emulsions to hybrid nanocapsules: an Odyssee into Ouzo”. We are indebted to Dr. Gauffre and thank - [Miriam gives talk in Mainz](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/06/21/miriam-gives-talk-in-mainz/) - Miriam was invited to give a talk entitled “Accessing organic materials through hydrothermal synthesis” in the framework of the Makromolekulares Kolloquium jointly organized by the Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz and the MPI for Polymer Research in Mainz. We thank the organizers for hosting Miriam and excellent discussions. - [Welcome Yurii](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/06/19/welcome-yurii/) - We are thrilled to welcome to Yurii Kolbediuk, who just joined our team as a research assistant working on minerals. We look forward to working together and wish Yurii all the best for his project! - [Welcome Frederic](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/06/12/welcome-frederic-2/) - We would like to extend a warm welcome to Frederic Hallmann, who just joined us for his master thesis on Sulfur-containing advanced materials. We are thrilled to have Frederic join our team and wish him successful syntheses! - [Miriam gives talk at BAM](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/04/25/miriam-gives-talk-at-bam/) - Miriam kicked-off the Focus Area Materials Open House 2023 of the Federal Institute for Materials Research and Testing (BAM - Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung) with a presentation on sustainable design and materials synthesis. - [Welcome Lisa](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/04/17/welcome-lisa/) - We are happy to welcome Lisa Bernhard, who joins our lab for her BSc thesis. Lisa will work with Olivier Gazil on in situ hydrothermal synthesis of metallic nanoparticles in soft matter. We wish Lisa a wonderful and successful time with us. - [ULAB Science Day March 2023](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/03/30/ulab-science-day-march-2023/) - Our group’s Science Day took place on March 29th in Konstanz. We enjoyed a full day of presentations by all group members on their latest findings and future projects along with in-depth discussions. As usual, we celebrated the success of the event with a group dinner in our favorite restaurant. We thank all group members - [Frank starts his PhD thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/03/20/frank-starts-his-phd-thesis/) - We are very happy to that Frank Sailer joined us as PhD candidate. Frank will focus his research in the synthesis of hybrid materials based on silicates. We wish Frank an amazing PhD research time and maximal successes for this new chapter in his career. - [Frank presents his Master thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/03/07/frank-presents-his-master-thesis/) - Frank presented his MSc thesis entitled “Synthesis of dye@metal oxide hybrid materials”. The whole team congratulates Frank for his impressive work! - [ULAB Science Day February 2023](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/02/16/ulab-science-day-february-2023/) - Our group’s Science Day took place on February 15th in Konstanz. We had a full day of discussion on sustainable science and a long brainstorming session for future projects. We enjoyed an impromptu gathering afterwards and a nice dinner in one of our favorite restaurants. Thanks to all group members for your participation and especially - [Brendan presents his Master thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/02/08/brendan-presents-his-master-thesis/) - Brendan presented his MSc thesis entitled “Hydrothermal synthesis of spirobifluorene-based polyimides”. The whole team congratulates Brendan for his work and wishes him all the best for his next endeavors! - [Invited talk at ICMAB](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/02/24/invited-talk-at-icmab/) - Miriam will give an invited talk entitled “Water as near-universal solvent for materials synthesis and processing” at the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC) on February 27th, 2023. - [New paper in Materials Horizons](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/01/17/new-paper-in-materials-horizons/) - Our manuscript "Dual redox-active porous polyimides as high performance and versatile electrode material for next-generation batteries" was just published in Materials Horizons. We synthesized the presented advanced polyimide material in a sustainable fashion, i.e., in solely water. We thank all co-authors for their contributions and Prof. David Mecerreyes (POLYMAT, San Sebastián) for the fantastic collaboration! - [New paper in Journal of Materials Chemistry A](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/02/24/new-paper-in-journal-of-materials-chemistry-a-2/) - Our latest publication entitled "Urethane functions can reduce metal salts under hydrothermal conditions: synthesis of noble metal nanoparticles on flexible sponges applied in semi-automated organic reduction" just appeared in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Congratulations to all co-authors and especially to first author Olivier! - [Welcome Max!](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/02/21/welcome-max/) - We are happy to welcome Max Schürmann, who joins our lab for his MSc thesis. Max will work with Robert Pazdzior on in-line/on-line spectroscopy for flow chemistry. We wish Max a wonderful and successful time with us. - [Welcome Josiah!](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/01/09/welcome-josiah/) - We are very excited to welcome Josiah Walker to our team! Josiah joins our group as a research assistant working together with Alonso on the synthesis of porous polyimide materials. We wish Josiah maximal successes and fun with his research project! - [Welcome Celine!](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/02/01/welcome-celine/) - We are beyond happy to welcome back Celine Kuchler, who joins our lab as a research assistant on a project on morphology control of microparticles. We wish Celine a wonderful time with us and maximal success for her research! - [Welcome Arthur](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/01/16/welcome-arthur/) - We are very happy to welcome Arthur, who joins our group as an exchange PhD student. Arthur is carrying out his PhD at Polytechnique Montréal working on high-performance polymer processing in the group of Prof. Nick Virgilio. We are thrilled to have Arthur stay with us for 4 months and we wish him a great - [Christmas Party 2022](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/12/16/christmas-party-2022/) - We celebrated our much-anticipated Christmas party on December 16th. We enjoyed a whole day of conversations, laughter, drinks and awesome home-cooked food provided by all participants. We wish everyone happy holidays and a most happy and scientifically successful year 2023! - [Summer Academy Fellows of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation at CeMM](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/08/01/summer-academy-fellows-of-the-german-academic-scholarship-foundation-at-cemm/) - Today we had a visit by the Fellows of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation attending the summer academy “Drug Discovery” in Vienna. Hosted by Miriam, 25 undergraduate students visited CeMM to learn more about cancer drug research and cutting-edge drug discovery technologies at CeMM. - [Scientific Graphic Design on the road: An excursion along the Danube's street art](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/08/02/scientific-graphic-design-on-the-road-an-excursion-alongside-the-danubes-street-art/) - As part of our scientific graphic design club, Miriam took alumni and alumnae of her scientific graphic design workshops for an excursion along the Donaukanal (Danube canal) to discuss design at the hand of street art and graffiti. We had a great excursion and thank all the attendees for their participation. - [Associate editor of Colloid and Polymer Science](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/08/05/associate-editor-of-colloid-and-polymer-science/) - We are happy to announce that as of today Miriam joins the team of Colloid and Polymer Science as an associate editor. Miriam is very much looking forward to handling articles in the field of colloid and polymer chemistry. - [Visit of Professor Susanta Banerjee](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/08/05/visit-of-professor-susanta-banerjee/) - We were very happy to have Professor Susanta Banerjee of the Institute of Technology Kharagpur as a guest in our group today! Professor Banerjee gave an inspiring talk entitled "Semi-fluorinated polymers and their membrane properties" and we had great discussions on high-performance materials. We thank Susanta for his visit! - [New paper in Macromolecules](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/08/17/new-paper-in-macromolecules-2/) - New paper published in Macromolecules entitled “Highly crystalline, nanostructured polyimide microparticles via green and tunable solvothermal polymerization”, where we show how nanostructured polyimides can be generated using solely the required monomers and non-harmful alcohols. Congratulations to first author Michael! - [Austrian Academy of Sciences poster prizes at ECM32](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/08/22/austrian-academy-of-sciences-poster-prizes-at-ecm32/) - Miriam represented the Austrian Academy of Science (ÖAW) at the 32nd European Crystallographic Meeting (ECM32) in Vienna, where she handed over the ÖAW poster awards. Congratulations to all awardees and participants. - [Talk at the International Symposium on Dyes and Pigments 2019](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/09/08/talk-at-the-international-symposium-on-dyes-and-pigments-2019/) - Fabián attended the International Symposium on Dyes and Pigments (ISDP 2019) in Sevilla and gave a colorful talk entitled “Synthesis of novel imidazole derivatives exhibiting solid state fluorescence”. - [International Symposium on Porous Organic Polymers 2019](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/09/09/international-symposium-on-porous-organic-polymers-2019/) - We are delighted to have participated in the International Symposium on Porous Organic Polymers (POPs 2019) in Heidelberg. Miriam gave a talk entitled “Green Synthesis of Porous Polyheterocyclics by Hydrothermal Polymerization” and Marianne and Musthafa each presented their posters: “Monodisperse Porous Polyimide Network Particles: No Need for Crystallinity?” (Marianne) and “Synthesis and Characterization of PBI-COFs - [Miriam visits the University of Liverpool with two talks](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/09/11/miriam-visits-the-university-of-liverpool-with-two-talks/) - Miriam visited the University of Liverpool this week and gave an inspirational talk at the career event “What do you want to be when you grow up? ” for PhD students and postdocs. Moreover, Miriam also gave a talk on our research at the chemistry department’s seminar entitled “Hydrothermal Synthesis of Organic Materials”. - [Welcome to our new interns](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/09/17/welcome-to-our-new-interns-2/) - We welcome Eleonora and Johannes, who will be working together with Marianne and Musthafa respectively on hydrothermal synthesis of high performance materials. We wish you all the best with your syntheses! In the picture from left to write: Musthafa, Johannes, Eleonora, and Marianne. - [Marwan receives a VATAT Fellowship!](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/09/17/marwan-receives-a-vatat-fellowship/) - Marwan was awarded with the prestigious VATAT Fellowship by the Israeli Ministry of Higher Education for his postdoc research on hydrothermal synthesis of dyes. The whole team is very proud - congratulations Marwan! - [Marianne receives conference travel scholarship!](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/09/17/marianne-receives-conference-travel-scholarship/) - Marianne was awarded with the FemChem travel grant for attending the International Symposium on Porous Organic Polymers (POPs 2019) in Heidelberg. Well done Marianne! - [Welcome Jenny](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/09/19/welcome-grzegorz/) - We are very delighted to present our new PhD student Jenny, who is pursuing his PhD on automation of hydrothermal synthesis. Jenny is part of the CeMM PhD Program. The team is very happy to have you and wish you all the best for your research, Jenny. - [Miriam gives invited talk at the 18th Blue Danube Symposium on Heterocyclic Chemistry in Ljubljana](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/09/20/miriam-gives-invited-talk-at-the-18th-blue-danube-symposium-on-heterocyclic-chemistry-in-ljubljana/) - Miriam gave an invited talk entitled “Nothing but Water: Hydrothermal Synthesis of N-Heterocycle-Based Materials” at the 18th Blue Danube Symposium on Heterocyclic Chemistry (BDSHC2019) of the University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. Great conference - thanks much to the organizers! - [Miriam gives talk at the University of Leeds](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/09/26/miriam-gives-talk-at-the-university-of-leeds/) - This week, Miriam visited the group of Prof. Richard Bourne and gave a talk in the seminar of the School of Chemical and Process Engineering of the University of Leeds entitled: "Hydrothermal Synthesis of Organic Molecules". - [CeMM Outing 2019](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/10/04/cemm-outing-2019/) - Miriam, Hipassia, Fabián, Grzegorz, and Alonso participated in the CeMM Outing 2019. In this years outing alongside with Joachin Rajek from TÜV Austria, Miriam introduced the attendees to the world of materials, their origin, classes and relevance to science. What a great day in science! - [13th Run for Cancer Research 2019](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/10/05/13th-run-for-cancer-research-2019/) - As runner for CeMM, Miriam participated in the “13. Lauf für die Krebsforschung” (13th Run for Cancer Research) organized by the Medizinische Universität Wien in cooperation with different entities. Miriam ran 22 miles (35 km) corresponding to a donation of 220 €. - [Polgar Gymnasium Vienna visits our lab](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/10/07/polgar-gymnasium-vienna-visits-our-lab/) - A school class of the Polgar Gymnasium Vienna visited our lab today. Miriam gave them a lecture on hydrothermal synthesis of organic materials, followed by a lab tour of our facilities at the TU Wien. It was great to have them! - [Tobia’s FuNMat 2019 presentation award featured in Advance Science News](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/10/09/tobias-funmat-2019-presentation-award-featured-in-advance-science-news/) - Tobia received the Best Presenter Award at the Functional Nanomaterials Symposium - FuNMat2019 sponsored by Wiley in May. The award is now being featured in the latest Advanced Science News. Congratulations Tobia! Read more here. - [Welcome back Lukas](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/10/15/welcome-back-lukas/) - We are very happy to announce the return of Lukas Leimhofer to our team . Lukas re-joins for his MSc thesis working on hydrothermal multicomponent reactions. Prior to his MSc thesis, Lukas did his BSc thesis with us and has also worked in the group as research assistant. Welcome back Lukas, we’re glad to have - [Patrick defended his MSc thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/10/31/patrick-defended-his-msc-thesis/) - We congratulate our dear team member Patrick for successfully defending his MSc thesis. Patrick passed his viva with flying colors - congratulations from the whole team! - [3rd Scientific Graphic Design Workshop](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/11/05/3rd-scientific-graphic-design-workshop/) - We were very excited to hold our 3rd Scientific Graphic Design workshop at CeMM. This time we had more than 30 passionate participants with their exciting research and visualization tasks - we thank them all for participating! The 3rd 2-day workshop was taught by Miriam and tutored by Hipassia and Alonso. We are already looking - [Michael gave the final presentation of his PhD thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/11/27/michael-gave-final-presentation-of-his-phd-thesis/) - Michael gave an amazing final year presentation of his PhD thesis on the hydrothermal synthesis of high-performance polymers in our Institute of Materials Chemistry seminar. Very well done - congratulations Michael! - [Xmas party 2019](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/12/09/xmas-party-2019/) - We had an amazing Xmas dinner celebrating yet again another awesome year! Thanks to all the members of our team for their great research and hard work throughout 2019. We are very much looking forward to the scientific discoveries of 2020! - [Hydrothermal polymerization as one of 10 top green technologies in Austria](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/01/14/hydrothermal-polymerization-as-one-of-10-top-green-technologies-in-austria/) - The Austrian newspaper Der Standard featured our research on hydrothermal polymerization in the article entitled “Grüne Technik für einen blauen Planeten” (Green techniques for a blue planet). Read the article here. - [Welcome Patricia](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/01/21/welcome-patricia/) - We welcome our new team member Patricia Brandl, who joins us for her BSc Thesis. Patricia will be working alongside Hipassia on the hydrothermal synthesis of mesostructured hybrid materials. We wish you a very successful work, Patricia! - [Marianne receives a fellowship for a research stay at POLYMAT](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/01/31/marianne-receives-a-fellowship-for-a-research-stay-at-polymat/) - Marianne was awarded with the TU Wien research grant “Kurzfristige Wissenschaftliche Arbeiten”(Short-term scientific projects) for a research stay in the lab of Prof. David Mecerreyes (Innovative Polymers Group) at the Institute for Polymer Materials of the University of the Basque Country and the Basque Center for Macromolecular Design and Engineering (POLYMAT). Congratulations Marianne! - [Participation in the FIT Info days 2020 (“Women in Science”)](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/01/28/participation-in-the-fit-info-days-2020-women-in-science/) - Hipassia participated in the `Speed dating with Scientists’ event within the FIT Days in Vienna. This program is sponsored by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) and allows female high school students to chat with female scientists and engineers about their careers. Hipassia was bringing wonderful self-made book signs featuring famous female - [Scientific Graphic Design Club First Meeting](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/02/26/scientific-graphic-design-club-first-meeting/) - Miriam kicked off the 1st monthly meeting of the Scientific Graphic Design Club with a workshop on the topics of brainstorming and formstorming. All participants were very eager to challenge their own creativity on illustration design. We had a great time and are already looking forward to the next meeting! - [Miriam gives a talk at HETCHEM200](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/02/27/miriam-gives-a-talk-at-hetchem200/) - Miriam gave an invited talk entitled "Hydrothermal Synthesis of Heterocycle-based High-Performance Materials" at the 200 Years Symposium on Heterocyclic Chemistry hosted by the TU Wien. We thank the organizers of this symposium for a great conference. - [Hipassia was selected for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2020](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/03/02/hipassia-was-selected-for-the-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting-2020/) - Hipassia is one of the young participants selected from all over the world to participate in the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting! This is an amazing honour and we are tremendously proud of Hipassia! - [Michael defended his PhD Thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/03/04/michael-defended-his-phd-thesis/) - We are very proud of Michael, who passed his PhD viva with flying colours today! Michael's PhD Thesis is entitled "Imide- and Benzimidazole-based Organic High-Performance Materials via Hydrothermal Synthesis". Congratulations Michael, very, very well done! - [Talk by Professor Shinji Ando](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/03/05/talk-by-professor-shinji-ando/) - Professor Shinji Ando of the Tokyo Institute of Technology visited us this week at TU Wien as external examiner for Michael's PhD defense. Moreover, Professor Ando gave a wonderful lecture entitled "Control and Enhancement of Anisotropic Thermal Diffusivity of Boron Nitride and Zinc Oxide Filled Polyimide Films" at the Institute of Materials Chemistry seminar. We - [Talk by Professor Ryohei Ishige](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/03/06/talk-by-professor-ryohei-ishige/) - Professor Ryohei Ishige of the Tokyo Institute of Technology visited our Lab this week and gave a very interesting talk entitled "Control of Molecular Orientation for Rigid Polyimides Based on Lyotropic Liquid Crystalline Precursors" at the Institute of Materials Chemistry seminar. We are very grateful to Professor Ishige for his contribution! - [Jenny attending AI REACT 2020](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/03/09/jenny-attending-ai-react-2020/) - Jenny attended the "AI Reaction Outcome & Synthetic Route Prediction 2020" (AI REACT) Conference in Gloucestershire, UK. Jenny had a great time there and learned a lot about the current state-of-the-art of AI in chemistry through great talks, posters and discussions. - [Special issue “Polymers for the future”](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/04/17/special-issue-polymers-for-the-future/) - Together with Laura Hartmann and Mara Staffilani, Miriam is guest editing a special issue in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics entitled “Polymers for the Future”. Read the editorial to the issue here. The issue celebrates the 100th anniversary of polymer science by providing a collection of feature articles. In this collection of articles, scientists from academia - [Finalist for the Austrian patent of the year](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/07/10/finalist-for-the-austrian-patent-of-the-year/) - One of our patents on hydrothermally producing polyimides was selected as on of three finalists for Austrian patent award “Staatspreis Patent”! We are very happy about being among the finalists and are crossing fingers for the results, which will be revealed at the award ceremony on November 9th. Read TU Wien’s press release here. - [Hipassia participates in the online Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2020](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/07/01/hipassia-participates-in-the-online-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting-2020/) - Hipassia participated in this years extraordinary online version of the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, the “Online Science Days 2020”. The entire Unterlass Lab is very proud of Hipassia, and congratulates her for being selected for participation! - [New review article in Biomimetics](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/06/23/new-review-article-in-biomimetics/) - Our review article “Biogenic metal oxides” just appeared in Biomimetics! We summarize how and why the materials class of metal oxides is generated by living organisms. Congratulations to the first author Hipassia! - [Back cover page of Angewandte Chemie](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/07/22/back-cover-page-of-angewandte-chemie/) - Our paper entitled “Hydrothermal Generation of Conjugated Polymers on the Example of Pyrrone Polymers and Polybenzimidazoles” published in Angewandte Chemie is featured on the back cover page! Congratulations to the first author Michael and all co-authors! - [Perspective “The next 100 years of polymer science” now online](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/08/05/perspective-the-next-100-years-of-polymer-science-now-online/) - 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of Nobel prize winner Hermann Staudinger’s conceptualization of polymers. On this occasion the board members of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics (founded by Staudinger in 1953) have joint forces to write a perspective article (read here) on the future of polymer science entitled “The next 100 years of polymer science”. - [Comment “A diverse view of science to catalyse change”](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/08/31/comment-a-diverse-view-of-science-to-catalyse-change/) - A group of 31 chemists have come together to articulate the value of diversity and inclusion in science. The article: “A diverse view of science to catalyse change” was published simultaneously in several chemistry journals including Nature Chemistry, JACS, Angewandte Chemie, and Chemical Science. Miriam is one of the co-authors of the paper. - [Podcast “Versuch und Irrtum” (trial and error) in Austria’s national radio station Ö1](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/09/24/podcast-versuch-und-irrtum-trial-and-error-in-austrias-national-radio-station-o1/) - The radio station Ö1 publishes a podcast featuring young Austrian scientists. Miriam is featured in episode one (listen to the podcast here) Thanks much to Irmi Wurtscher and Ruth Hufsteiner for having Miriam! - [Musthafa wins two autoclaves at MOF2020](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/10/05/musthafa-wins-two-autoclaves-at-mof2020/) - PhD student Musthafa won two Berghof autoclaves at the conference MOF2020, which took place this year. We thank Berghof and are excited about the hydrothermal materials syntheses to come in these vessels! - [Miriam featured in Monsterfreunde pixi book](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/10/20/miriam-featured-in-monsterfreunde-pixi-book/) - In a cooperation between the popular childrens’ program “Die Monsterfreunde” and TU Wien a pixi book was published in which the protagonists visit the labs of excellent female PIs and discover their science. We are thrilled that Miriam is featured in the book! - [Scientific graphic design workshop 2020 at CeMM  ](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/10/27/scientific-graphic-design-workshop-2020-at-cemm/) - Our 2-day scientific graphic design workshop for 1st year PhD students of CeMM - Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences took place and was a great success. What a great group of new PhD students! - [Statement of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences on the consequences of the COVID pandemic for early career scientists](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/10/30/statement-of-the-young-academy-of-the-austrian-academy-of-sciences-on-the-consequences-of-the-covid-pandemic-for-early-career-scientists/) - Together with Christoph Bock, Elisa Davoli, Simone Gingrich, Astrid Weiss, and Marie-Therese Wolfram, Miriam co-authored a statement by the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences on the effects of the pandemic for early career scientists and their careers. Read the full statement here. - [Michael wins state award for one of the best doctoral theses in Austria in 2020](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/11/04/michael-wins-state-award-for-one-of-the-best-doctoral-theses-in-austria-in-2020/) - The Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research distinguished Michael (press release by TU Wien) with the state award “Award of Excellence” for his doctoral thesis on new and environmentally friendly synthetic methods towards special high-performance polymers. We congratulate Michael for this amazing recognition! - [We won the Staatspreis Patent 2020!](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/11/09/we-won-the-staatspreis-patent-2020/) - Our team won the “Staatspreis Patent 2020”, the bianually awarded Austrian state award for the best patent, for our work on the synthesis of highly crystalline high-performance polymers in nothing but ‘hot water’. Our work was selected out of more than 300 candidates. We congratulate the whole team for the joint work! Read more here - [Happy New Year from the UnterlassLAB!](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/01/01/happy-new-year-from-the-unterlasslab/) - We wish all collaborators, students, and friends of our work the very best for 2021! May the force be with you! - [New article on hydrothermal synthesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/01/08/new-article-on-hydrothermal-synthesis/) - We are very happy to share Miriam's editorial article entitled "Recent advances in hydrothermal materials synthesis", which accompanies her editor's choice collection on works on hydrothermal materials synthesis published in either the Journal of Materials Chemistry A or Materials Advances. The collection can be found here. - [Science Ball 2021 - Corona Edition](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/02/05/science-ball-2021-corona-edition/) - We are very excited to share Miriam’s participation on the 7th Vienna Science Ball 2021 (Wiener Ball der Wissenschaften 2021), which took place as a special Corona edition featuring six scientists, among them Miriam and the Science Busters. The Corona edition was broadcast on TV and can be watched on YouTube - [New paper on epoxy reinforced with crystalline polyimide particles](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/02/24/new-paper-on-epoxy-reinforced-with-crystalline-polyimide-particles/) - We just published the first example of a composite reinforced with crystalline polyimide particles in Materials Advances. The high crystallinity of the polyimide particles was achieved by hydrothermal polymerization. This publication resulted from a collaboration with Thomas Konneger’s lab and is entitled “High modulus polyimide particle-reinforcement of epoxy composites” . We congratulate all co-authors!. - [New paper in ChemSusChem!](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/04/08/new-paper-in-chemsuschem/) - We are very excited to share our latest publication entitled “Green hydrothermal synthesis of fluorescent 2,3-diarylquinoxalines and large-scale computational comparison to existing alternatives''. This work is the result of a great collaboration with Stefan Kubicek’s Lab (CeMM - Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences) and Jörg Menche’s Lab (Max Perutz - [New inside cover page in Materials Advances!](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/04/14/new-inside-cover-page-in-materials-advances/) - Our article on crystalline polyimide-reinforced epoxy composites, a collaboration with Thomas Konegger’s lab, was selected to be featured on the inside cover of Materials Advances! The coverpage was designed by Miriam and is intended to reflect both joining forces in a collaboration and joining materials properties in a composite. - [Our quinoxaline manuscript is featured on the front cover of ChemSusChem!](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/04/23/our-quinoxaline-manuscript-is-featured-on-the-front-cover-of-chemsuschem/) - We are delighted to share our latest cover page of the 8th issue of ChemSusChem which comes with an author profile and accompanies our publication on hydrothermally synthesized quinoxalines. Our manuscript reports the rapid (10 minutes!) hydrothermal synthesis of quinoxalines, a large-scale computational comparison of all existing reported synthetic alternatives, and the testing of the - [New paper published in Journal of Polymer Science!](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/05/14/new-paper-published-in-journal-of-polymer-science/) - Our recent publication entitled “Tuning the glass transition of siloxane-based poly(ionic liquid)s towards high ion conductivity” is now available online! This work resulted from a collaboration with Jiayin Yuan’s Lab (Stockholm University). We congratulate all co-authors, especially first author Manuel Reiter, who carried out this impressive work during his Masters thesis. - [Virtual talks in May and June!](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/06/18/virtual-talks-in-may-and-june/) - Miriam gave several online talks in June and is grateful to the respective hosts and organizers, as well as audiences for great discussions! A big thank you to the Austrian Young Chemists Association, JCF (Talk: “Nothing but water: Hydrothermal synthesis of N-Heterocycle-based materials”, May 3rd, 2021), the Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Chemistry at - [We have moved to the University of Konstanz!](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/06/02/we-have-moved-to-the-university-of-konstanz/) - As of June 1st , 2021, Miriam has assumed the professorship of solid-state chemistry at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Konstanz. We are indebted to all students, coworkers, collaboration partners, mentors, friends, family, and supporters who accompanied us along the way during the last years. We are very excited for future endeavours - [Bürgenstock Junior Scientist Participation Fellow](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/06/23/burgenstock-junior-scientist-participation-fellow/) - Miriam was elected as a Bürgenstock Junior Scientist Participation (JSP) fellow 20/21 of the Division of Fundamental Research of the Swiss Chemical Society. This award recognizes young promising European scientists at the beginning of their academic careers. - [Interview with the Austrian Patent Agency](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/05/06/interview-with-the-austrian-patent-agency/) - The Österreichisches Patentamt (Austrian Patent Agency) published an interview with Miriam, since our team has received the Austrian patent of the year 2020 award. The prize was awarded for one of our patents on the hydrothermal synthesis (HTS) of crystalline polyimides. HTS is an environmentally friendly method towards high-performance polymers. [Photo by Loacker] - [Postdoc opening!](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/07/01/postdoc-opening/) - We are currently looking for a postdoc excited about COFs and related small molecules at the interface of materials chemistry and biology. The opening is available within the framework of CeMM's Pre-ERC Postdoc Program. Applications are to be submitted until July 31st, 2021. To submit your application and find out more about the program, click - [Miriam interviewed for LEICHT! magazine](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/07/07/miriam-interviewed-for-leicht-magazine/) - Miriam was recently interviewed on her views on innovation in materials science. The interview appeared in the section portraits with a focus on innovation (Porträts zum Schwerpunkt Innovation) in the latest edition of the online magazine LEICHT!. To read the interview on page 14-15, please access here. [available only in German] Photo by Nathan Murrell. - [Hipassia participated in Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting 2021](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/07/02/hipassia-participated-in-lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting-2021/) - Hipassia participated among 600 young scientists from all over the world in the 70th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting, which was live streamed from Lindau. Congratulations Hipassia for this well-deserved honor! - [PhD opening!](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/07/27/phd-opening/) - We are looking for a PhD student excited about automation of chemical synthesis and artificial intelligence (AI)-supported prediction. Applications are to be submitted until August 25th, 2021. To find out more about the position, please access here. - [Miriam’s must-have items (Interview in Der Standard)](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/07/31/miriams-must-have-items-interview-in-der-standard/) - Miriam was recently interviewed about her must-have items. The interview appeared in the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard in the section lifestyle . To read the interview online please access here. [available only in German] Photo by Nathan Murrell. - [New publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry A](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/09/08/new-publication-on-journal-of-materials-chemistry-a/) - PhD student Marianne Lahnsteiner’s first author publication “Hydrothermal polymerization of porous aromatic polyimide networks and machine learning-assisted computational morphology evolution interpretation”, just appeared in the Journal of Materials Chemistry A. The article is the result of an intensive study and collaboration with Prof. Arne Thomas group (TU Berlin), Prof. Thomas Konegger’s group (TU Vienna), and - [Our latest publication on hydrothermal synthesis of polyimide networks featured in several news and press articles](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/09/14/our-latest-publication-on-hydrothermal-synthesis-of-polyimide-networks-featured-in-several-news-and-press-articles/) - Several press releases and articles have been published, featuring our latest study on the hydrothermal polymerization of porous aromatic polyimide networks including the use of artificial intelligence for deciphering complex morphology evolutions. Press coverages have appeared in Kurier, Chemeurope.com, Solarify / Max-Planck-Institut für chemische Energiekonversion, CeMM, and the Austrian Press Agency APA. - [New paper in Macromolecules](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/09/14/new-paper-in-macromolecules-3/) - We proudly present our latest publication entitled “Compression and Thermal Expansion Behaviors of Highly Crystalline Polyimide Particles Prepared from Poly(amic acid) and Monomer Salts”. This study is the result of our collaboration with Prof. Shinji Ando’s Group from Tokyo Institute of Technology. - [New Paper in ACS Polymer Au](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/12/09/new-paper-in-acs-polymer-au/) - We are very excited to share our latest publication entitled “Siloxane-based main-chain poly(ionic liquid)s via Debus-Radziszewski reaction”. The article is the result of our collaboration with the research group of Prof. Jiayin Yuan (Stockholm University). We would like to congratulate all co-authors, especially first author Manuel! - [Invited talk](https://unterlasslab.com/2021/12/09/invited-talk/) - Miriam gave an invited talk entitled “Towards highly crystalline polyimides by hydrothermal synthesis” at the 29th Japan Polyimide and Aromatic Polymers Conference held at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. Thank you very much to the organizers and to all participants! - [Welcome Daniel , Suman and Rob](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/02/07/welcome-daniel-suman-and-rob/) - We very warmly welcome our three new team members Daniel Block, Suman Chandra, and Robert Pazdzior, who all join us as postdocs. Daniel will be working with novel polymer materials and their processing, and Rob will work on the exploration of new hydrothermal syntheses at the University of Konstanz. Suman joins us in the framework - [Invited talk at EYCheM2022](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/01/20/invited-talk-at-eychem2022/) - Miriam gave an invited talk entitled “Making and breaking heterocyclics- and aromatics-based materials with hot water” at the European Young Chemists’ Meeting 2022 held at the Universität Fribourg. Thank you very much to the organizers for the invitation and to all participants for their interest! - [UnterlassLAB at Expo 2020 Dubai](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/02/07/unterlasslab-at-expo-2020-dubai/) - We are very happy to have contributed to the Austrian pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai! The electron microscopy images of sand taken by Hipassia are projected onto sand sculptures in the pavilion. We are grateful for the fantastic collaboration with Ars Electronica Solutions. To read more, access here. - [Welcome Pauline!](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/04/04/welcome-pauline/) - We are very happy to welcome Pauline, who is joining our group for her Bachelor thesis on materials processing. We wish Pauline all the success for her project! - [Welcome Brendan!](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/04/06/welcome-brendan/) - We warmly welcome Brendan, who is joining us as our first MSc student at the University of Konstanz. Brendan will be developing hydrothermal syntheses of framework materials. We wish him all the best for his MSc thesis research! - [Welcome Frank!](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/04/27/welcome-frank/) - We are very happy to welcome Frank, who joined our group for his MSc thesis on the hydrothermal synthesis of hybrid materials. We wish Frank lots of success for his project! - [New Paper in Frontiers in Oncology](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/06/02/new-paper-in-frontiers-in-oncology/) - Our latest publication “Clickable Cisplatin Derivatives as Versatile Tools to Probe the DNA Damage Response to Chemotherapy” just appeared (open access) in Frontiers in Oncology. In collaboration with Joanna Loizou’s lab we report click-able cis-platin derivatives can be employed as tools to investigate the repair of DNA crosslinks. Congratulations to all co-authors, especially our former - [New Paper in Synthesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/06/07/new-paper-in-synthesis/) - Our latest publication “Synthesis of 2,3-Diarylquinoxaline Carboxylic Acids in High-Temperature Water” just appeared (open access) in Synthesis. We performed a detailed parameter study finding that quinoxaline carboxylic acids suffer from decarboxylation when hydrothermally synthesized, and how this side-reaction can be avoided. Congratulations to first author Fabián! - [New Paper in Journal of Materials Chemistry A](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/06/13/new-paper-in-journal-of-materials-chemistry-a/) - Hipassia’s first author publication “Green Hydrothermal Synthesis Yields Perylenebisimide-SiO2 Hybrid Materials with Solution-Like Fluorescence and Photoredox Activity” just appeared online (open access) in J. Mater. Chem A! We show that dye-metal oxide hybrid materials can be generated, with covalent linking of the components, in one pot in solely hot water. The resulting materials show fluorescence - [Our paper on the green hydrothermal synthesis of hybrid materials is featured on the front cover of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A!](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/06/26/our-paper-on-the-green-hydrothermal-synthesis-of-hybrid-materials-is-featured-on-the-front-cover-of-the-journal-of-materials-chemistry-a/) - We are excited to share our latest cover page! The cover of the 24th issue of the Journal of Materials Chemistry A accompanies our latest publication on hydrothermally synthesized perylenebisimides-SiO2 hybrid materials. In our manuscript, we report the intricacies of synthesizing hybrids in one-pot using nothing but water. The synthesized hybrids feature the solution-like fluorescence - [Welcome Katharina!](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/06/24/welcome-katharina/) - We are very happy to welcome Katharina, who joined our group in June 2022 to perform her bachelor thesis on the exploration of synthesis and processing of polyimide-based compounds. We wish Katharina all the success for her project! - [Our latest paper featured in the newspaper Südkurier](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/07/28/our-latest-paper-featured-in-the-newspaper-sudkurier/) - Our most recent publication entitled “Green Hydrothermal Synthesis Yields Perylenebisimide-SiO2 Hybrid Materials with Solution-Like Fluorescence and Photoredox Activity ” was recently featured in the German newspaper Südkurier. To read the article, please access here [only available in german] - [Welcome Tobias!](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/07/28/welcome-tobias/) - We are delighted to welcome Tobias, who recently joined our group to perform his bachelor thesis on the hydrothermal synthesis heteroaromatic-based polyimides and their processing. We wish Tobias lots of success for his project and a cheerful time in the lab! - [Welcome Frederic!](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/08/09/welcome-frederic/) - We are very happy to welcome Frederic to our group for a short research stay on the design and development of 3D printed devices for flow reactor synthesis. We wish Frederich a great time in the lab! - [KoRS - CB Retreat 2022 - Best Poster Award for Fabián](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/08/11/kors-cb-retreat-2022-best-poster-award-for-fabian/) - Fabián’s poster entitled “Imidazole containing compounds as intracellular pH sensors” was awarded the Best Poster Award at the Konstanz Research School - Chemical Biology Retreat 2022. Congratulations to Fabian for his amazing work! - [Frank presenting at ZEISS workshop](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/10/06/frank-presenting-at-zeiss-workshop/) - Frank gave a talk about his master thesis research project entitled “Structural analysis of organic inorganic dye@TiO2 hybrid materials” at this year’s Electron Microscopy in Sciences Workshop organized by ZEISS. We congratulate Frank for a great and inspiring talk! - [Welcome Lukas!](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/11/08/welcome-lukas/) - We are very excited to welcome Lukas back to our research group! Lukas joins our lab at CeMM as research technician working on the hydrothermal synthesis of bioactive small molecules. - [Welcome Olivier!](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/11/08/welcome-olivier/) - We are very happy to welcome Olivier back to our group. Olivier stayed in our group for 6 months in 2018, and is now back with us for 10 months as part of his PhD. His research stay is focusing on inorganic-organic nanomaterials and is a joint effort with Polytechnique Montréal (Prof. Virgilio’s group) and - [ULAB Science Day December 2022](https://unterlasslab.com/2022/12/15/ulab-science-day-december-2022/) - Our lab’s Science Day took place on December 14th in Konstanz. We enjoyed a full day of talks by all group members on their research projects along with in-depth discussions. We concluded the event with a group dinner in our favorite restaurant. Thanks to all group members for their presentation and contributions, and especially to - [Welcome Florian!](https://unterlasslab.com/2023/01/09/welcome-florian/) - We are excited to welcome the latest member of our group, Florian Vollstädt, who joins our group for his master thesis on the hydrothermal synthesis of organic high-performance nanomaterials. We wish Florian an exciting time in the lab and maximal success for his research! - [Teaching in times of Corona](https://unterlasslab.com/2020/04/14/teaching-in-times-of-corona/) - Dear students, this is an update regarding all courses offered by our lab in summer semester 2020. We have been working hard on adapting all content to distance learning. We will offer all lectures taught by Prof. Unterlass as video courses. Furthermore, we offer all oral exams as online exams. Please see the teaching section - [Party at CeMM - Miriam promoted to tenure track Assistant professor](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/07/20/party-at-cemm-miriam-promoted-to-tenure-track-assistant-professor/) - As of June 1st 2019, Miriam was promoted to tenure track Assistant Professor at TU Wien. To celebrate this, CeMM - the Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, where Miriam is an Adjunct PI, hosted a wonderful party. We are indebted to CeMM and all guests for this amzing party! - [Invited talk at Europe Korea Conference (EKC 2019)](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/07/18/invited-talk-at-europe-korea-conference-ekc2019/) - Miriam gave an invited talk at the Europe Korea Conference (EKC 2019), in Vienna, Austria, entitled: "Fully Crystalline High-Performance Polymers for Composites". - [Science Days of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/07/05/science-days-of-the-young-academy-of-the-austrian-academy-of-sciences/) - Miriam participated with fellow members of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) in their annual retreat, the "Science Days", where she gave a talk entitled "Hot water as reaction medium for organic syntheses". The retreat was simply great, with exclusively very interesting talks and great discussions! - [Michael awarded Lions Prize 2019](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/07/04/michael-awarded-lions-prize-2019/) - Michael was awarded the Lions Prize 2019! The prize will enable Michael's second stay during his PhD thesis in the lab of our cooperation partner Prof. Shinji Ando at Tokyo Tech in Japan. Michael's first stay was enabled through winning a competitive Christiana Hörbiger fellowship. Congratulations Michi for winning the Lions prize, well done! - [Video "plastics revolution" on our research by FWF](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/07/03/video-plastics-revolution-on-our-research-by-fwf/) - The FWF (Austrian Science Fund) published and amazing video on our research on synthesizing covalent organic frameworks by hydrothermal synthesis within the framework of Miriam's FWF START prize. Watch the video here in English and here in German. - [Welcome to our new diploma students Alexandra and Emily!](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/07/01/welcome-to-our-new-diploma-students-alexandra-and-emily/) - We proudly present our new diploma students Alexandra and Emily who join us from the Higher Technical Institute for Chemical Industry (HBLVA Rosensteingasse) for their diploma theses. Alexandra and Emily will work on the hydrothermal synthesis of novel high-performance pigments with Hipassia, and also study the economical aspects of these syntheses with our spin-off UGP - [New bachelor student: welcome Idil!](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/06/25/new-bachelor-student-welcome-idil/) - We extend a warm welcome to our new bachelor student Idil. Idil will be working on the green synthesis of hybrid materials with Hipassia for the next 2 months. We wish you all the best for your project, dear Idil! - [International Paris Air Show 2019](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/06/18/international-paris-air-show-2019/) - Alonso, Tobia, and Miriam presented our research on high-performance composites using hydrothermally synthesized fully crystalline polyimides as reinforcements at the International Paris Air Show (SIAE - salon international de l'aéronautique et de l'espace) in Paris - Le Bourget, France, as part of the TU Wien booth. We are commercializing these materials with our spin-off company - [New Postdoc Marwan Simaan](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/06/14/new-postdoc-marwan-simaan/) - We extend a warm welcome to our new postdoc Marwan Simaan who joins our efforts in synthesizing novel dyes fro cell staining within the WWTF (Vienna Science and Technology Fund) project "3C - the cellular color chart". We wish you all the best of success with your syntheses! - [Invited talk at Colloid and Interface Symposium (COINS 2019)](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/06/13/invited-talk-at-colloid-and-interface-symposium-coins-2019/) - Miriam gave an invited talk entitled "Fully Crystalline Polymers, Liquid Crystals, And Shape-Anisotropic Particles From a Prototypical Rigid-Rod Polymer" at the Colloid and Interface Symposium (COINS 2019) in Hong Kong. Thanks to the organizers Anderson Shum (HKU Mechanical Engineering) and Yufeng Wang (HKU Chemistry) for putting together such a great symposium with lots of interesting contributions! - [Keynote at European Polymer Congress 2019](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/06/11/keynote-at-european-polymer-congress-2019/) - Miriam attended the European Polymer Congress 2019 (EPF 2019) in Heraklion, Greece, and gave an invited keynote lecture "Hydrothermal Synthesis of Polyheterocyclics – Generating Organic High-Performance Polymers in Nothing But Hot Water" in the framework of the Europe-Australia symposium. Great conference! - [20th International Symposium on Intercalation Compounds](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/06/06/20th-international-symposium-on-intercalation-compounds/) - Hipassia gave a talk at the 20th International Symposium on Intercalation Compounds (ISIC 2019) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, entitled "Hydrothermal synthesis of light-harvesting organic-inorganic hybrid materials". - [STEPI 11 – 11th Symposium on Polyimides & High-Performance Polymers](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/06/04/stepi-11-11th-symposium-on-polyimides-high-performance-polymers/) - Alonso, Michael, and Miriam attended the 11th Symposium on Polyimides & High-Performance Polymers (STEPI 11) in Montpellier, France. Alonso and Michael gave contributed talks, and Miriam an invited keynote lecture. - [CeMM Scientific Advisory Board Meeting](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/05/22/cemm-scientific-advisory-board-meeting/) - The CeMM - Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences scientific advisory board meeting took place from May 19-22. Miriam is an Adjunct PI at CeMM and gave a talk at the SAB meeting. The meeting featured >30 excellent talks mainly by PhD students and postdocs, and we received very helpful - [Functional Nanomaterials Symposium 2019 - Best presenter prize for Tobia!](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/05/19/functional-nanomaterials-symposium-2019-best-presenter-prize-for-tobia/) - Alonso, Fabián, Hipassia, Musthafa, Tobia, and Miriam attended the Functional Nanomaterials Symposium (FuNMat 2019) in Berlin. All gave contributed talks, and Miriam gave an invited keynote talk. Tobia won the Best Presenter Award sponsored by Wiley, with his talk "Controlling the Crystallization of All-Organic Salts". Well done, Tobia! - [Article in Die Presse](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/05/18/article-in-die-presse/) - The Austrian daily newspaper Die Presse published an article about our research on hydrothemal synthesis of organic materials entitled "Wasser, Druck und Wärme statt giftiger Chemie" (Water, pressure, and heat instead of toxic chemistry). Read the article here. - [Photography competition "La preuve par l'image"](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/05/12/photography-competition-la-preuve-par-limage/) - Olivier's optical micrograph of a gold-polymer foam hybrid material prepared by hydrothermal synthesis was selected as on of the fianlists of the Canadian photography competition "La preuve par l'image". Very cool, congratulations Olivier! - [6th International Symposium Frontiers in Polymer Science](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/05/07/6th-international-symposium-frontiers-in-polymer-science/) - Olivier attended the Frontiers in Polymer Science 2019 symposium in Budapest and presented his poster "Facile green hydrothermal synthesis of gold nanoparticles immobilized onto porous polyurethane foam monoliths". - [High Polymer Research Group Meeting 2019](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/04/28/high-polymer-research-group-meeting-2019/) - Miriam attended this year's High Polymer Research Group (HPRG) meeting in Pott Shrigley, UK. The meeting's topic was "Polymers for Sustainability and Energy". What an amazing conference! - [Plenary lecture at 15th European Chemistry Teachers Conference](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/04/27/plenary-lecture-at-15th-european-chemistry-teachers-conference/) - Miriam gave a plenary lecture entitled "Environmentally Friendly and Geomimetic Syntheses of Organic High-Performance Materials" at the 15th European Chemistry Teachers' Conference in Vienna, Austria. - [Talk at 20th Austrian Climate Day](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/04/24/talk-at-20th-austrian-climate-day/) - Miriam gave a talk entitled "Are There Alternatives to Chemical Solvents That Are Harmful to the Earth’s Climate?" at the 20th Austrian Climate Day of the Climate Change Center Austria (CCCA). - [Advertisement for Women in STEM](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/04/11/advertisement-for-women-in-stem/) - Tu Wien published an advertisement for Women in STEM in the Austrian lifestyle magazine miss. Miriam was featured among other women in STEM working at TU Wien. - [Article in FWF SciLog](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/04/10/article-in-fwf-scilog/) - The FWF (Austrian Science Fund) just published an article on Miriam and our work on hydrothermal synthesis of organic materials, entitled "Hochleistungsmaterialien aus dem Druckkochtopf" (High-performance materials from the pressure cooker). Read the article here. - [Symposium Global Sustainable Development Goals in a Mediatized World](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/04/05/symposium-global-sustainable-development-goals-in-a-mediatized-world/) - Marianne attended the symposium "Global Sustainable Development in a Mediatized World" by the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW) and presented her poster "Chemical Synthesis in Hot Water - A Method for Sustainable Chemical Production?". - [Welcome Simon!](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/04/04/welcome-simon/) - We welcome our new intern Simon who will be working with Patrick on the synthesis of novel heterocyclic monomers and their solid-state polymerization to polyheterocyclics. - [School on Reticular Chemistry](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/03/31/school-on-reticular-chemistry/) - Hipassia and Musthafa attended the "School on Reticular Chemistry: description and design of framework materials" in Stockholm (Sweden). Both presented a poster and enjoyed great workshops and talks! - [Welcome to our new interns](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/03/12/welcome-to-our-new-interns/) - We warmly welcome our new interns Livia and Florian who will work on hydrothermal synthesis with Hipassia and Marianne, respectively, during the next week. We wish you all the best with your syntheses! - [11th NESY Winterschool - Poster prize for Tobia!](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/03/08/11th-nesy-winterschool-poster-prize-for-tobia/) - Hipassia and Tobia attended the 11th European NESY (neutron and synchrotron radiation) Winterschool in Altausee (Austria). Hipasssia gave a talk entitled "The Conundrum of Organic Dye-Silica Hybrids: How Can Neutrons and Synchrotron Radiation Techniques Assist Us?", and Tobia presented his poster "Synthesis and Characterization of Crystalline Shape-Anisometric Polymer Particles as Model Systems for Self-Assembled Materials" - [German Zeolite Conference - Poster prize for Marianne!](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/03/08/german-zeolite-conference-poster-prize-for-marianne/) - We attended this year's Deutsche Zeolithtagung (German Zeolite Conference) in Dresden and contributed 3 posters (presented by Marianne, Musthafa, and Patrick, respectively) and a talk by Miriam. Marianne won the poster prize with her poster "The Hydrothermal Route to Porous Polyimide Networks". Congratulations! - [Vienna Biocenter Recess 2019](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/02/24/vienna-biocenter-recess/) - Miriam attended this year's Vienna Biocenter (VBC) recess that took place in Hernstein Castle Feb 22-23, and gave a talk entitles "Dyes for the Life Sciences". - [CeMM Scientific Recess 2019](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/02/21/cemm-scientific-recess-2019/) - Our team was represented by Patrick, Fabían, and Miriam at this year's Scientific Recess of CeMM - the Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. We enjoyed to fabulous days filled with stimulating discussions. - [New paper accepted!](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/02/21/new-paper-accepted/) - Just accepted: "High performance functional composites by in-situ orientation of carbon nanofillers." We are glad that we could contribute to this study lead by Prof. Helga C. Lichtenegger! - [Scientific illustration course at CeMM](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/02/14/scientific-illustration-course-at-cemm/) - For the last 2 days, Miriam, Hipassia, Alonso, and Tobia were teaching a scientific illustration workshop at CeMM - the Research Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. We had a great time with >30 enthusiastic participants! - [Talk at the Austrian Angel Investors Association](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/02/12/talk-at-the-austrian-angel-investors-association/) - Miriam gave a talk tonight a the Austrian Angel Investors Association (aaaia) meeting entitled "Making high-performance materials in hot water" summarizing our efforts to translate hydrothermal polymerization to industrial implementation. - [Article in Young Academy blog](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/02/05/article-in-young-academy-blog/) - Miriam's article "Chemistry in hot water" was just published on the blog of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. - [Review on environmentally friendly dye syntheses](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/02/05/review-on-environmentally-friendly-dye-syntheses/) - Fresh from the press: the print copy of Alonso's review article on green syntheses of organic dyes just arrived and it looks amazing! - [New reactors!](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/02/04/new-reactors/) - Our new reactors for hydrothermal synthesis just arrived - we, especially Patrick, Marianne, Musthafa, Hipassia, and Michi are very much looking forward to using them! - [Welcome to our new intern](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/02/04/welcome-to-our-new-intern/) - We welcome our new intern Vivien, who will be working with postdoc Hipassia for the next couple of weeks. We wish Vivien a great time and successful syntheses! - [Article in Viennese magazine](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/01/31/article-in-viennese-magazine/) - On the occasion of the Vienna Science Ball, the Viennese magazine Wiener Bezirkszeitung featured one scientist per each of the 23 Viennese districts. Miriam, huge fan of the Science ball and one of its ambassadors in 2018, was chosen to representing the 6th district. - [Unterlass Lab at Vienna Science Ball 2019](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/01/26/unterlass-lab-at-vienna-science-ball-2019/) - What a great event! Part of us were enjoying this years Science Ball, which celebrates the Viennese science landscape ion style, at the city hall of Vienna. - [Commencement speech MSc graduation](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/01/23/commencement-speech-msc-graduation/) - Today, Miriam gave the commencement speech for the MSc graduation in technical chemistry, chemistry and technology and materials, and biomedical engineering at TU Wien. - [Visit by Prof. Magda Titirici](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/01/14/visit-by-prof-magda-titirici/) - Prof. Magda Titirici, Chair in Sustainable Energy Materials at Imperial College London visited us and gave a wonderful and inspiring talk in the framework of the Institute of Materials Chemistry's seminar. We are very grateful to Magda for visiting us! - [Tobia gives BIOINTERFACE seminar](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/01/11/tobia-gives-biointerface-seminar/) - Today, PhD student Tobia Cavalli gave his presentation "Synthesis of Angular Polymer Particles as Building Blocks for Advanced Materials by Self-Assembly" at TU Wien's BIOINTERFACE seminar. - [Happy New Year!](https://unterlasslab.com/2019/01/01/happy-new-year-2/) - We wish all our friends and collaborators an excellent year 2019! May 2019 bring lots of great happiness, great discoveries and successes! - [New paper accepted in Polymer Chemistry!](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/12/30/new-paper-accepted-in-polymer-chemistry/) - We end the year with the great news that the article "Thioalkyl- and sulfone-substituted poly(p-phenylene vinylene)s" was accepted for publication in Polymer Chemistry. We are happy to have contributed to this study lead by our collaboration partner Florian Glöcklhofer! - [PhD position available! Apply to CeMM PhD program!](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/12/30/phd-position-available-apply-to-cemm-phd-program/) - We have a PhD position available within the CeMM - the Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences PhD program "Molecular Technologies and Systems Medicine". Deadline for application is January 7, 2019. Apply! - [Podcast on Failure in Science](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/12/27/podcast-on-failure-in-science/) - The latest Austrian Academy of Sciences' podcast Makro Mikro dealt with the topic failures in science and academia. The discussion entitled "Fucked-up Science" betwee archeologist Julia Budka and Miriam can be listened to here. - [UnterlassLab Xmas dinner](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/12/11/unterlasslab-xmas-dinner/) - We had a wonderful Xmas dinner today celebrating a great year 2018! Thanks to all coworkers for their hard work in 2018, which lead to great scientific discoveries, several new advanced materials, very nice publications, conference contributions, and successful public outreach events! Thank you Alonso, Elias, Fabián, Hipassia, Lukas L., Lukas P. L., Marianne, Michael, - [Two MSc thesis presentations by Lukas](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/11/30/two-msc-thesis-presentations-by-lukas/) - Lukas P. Leutgeb did an excellent job presenting his MSc thesis work twice this week: in the seminar of the Institute of Materials Chemistry of TU Wien (Nov 28), and in the seminar of the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry of TU Wien (Nov 30). Well done Lukas! - [Talk at POLYMAT Day in San Sebastián (ES)](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/11/29/talk-at-polymat-day-in-san-sebastian-es/) - POLYMAT, the Basque Center for Macromolecular Design and Engineering, invited Miriam to give the opening talk, entitled "Non-classical Syntheses of Polyheterocyclics" of this years POLYMAT Day. The event was wonderful, with great talks by POLYMAT postdocs and inspiring discussions! Thanks much to David Mecerreyes for the invitation! - [PreSeed Funding for UGP materials!](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/11/28/preseed-funding-for-ugp-materials/) - Great news: Our company UGP materials, which is aiming at bringing high-performance polymers generated by hydrothermal polymerization to the market, just received PreSeed funding by the aws (Asutria Wirtschaftsservice)! - [Generous book donation by the city of Vienna!](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/11/26/generous-book-donation-by-the-city-of-vienna/) - We are very grateful for a generous book donation by the city of Vienna (MA7 - culture department)! All books we received are publications of lectures held in the framework of the Wiener Vorlesungen (Vienna Lectures) - we will distribute these books to students enrolled in Tu Vienna's MSc in chemistry and read them in - [Miriam participated in US State Department's International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP)](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/11/19/miriam-participated-in-us-state-departments-international-visitor-leadership-program-ivlp/) - From October 28 to November 18, Miriam was one of the 49 women invited by the US State Department to participate in the International Visitor Leadership Program (IVLP) - thematic program "Women in STEM". Grateful for this wonderful and inspiring opportunity! - [Article in themed collection "Women in Materials Science"](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/11/14/article-in-themed-collection-women-in-materials-science/) - Our article "Green one-pot synthesis and processing of polyimide–silica hybrid materials" was selected for the themed collection "Women in Materials Science" of Journal of Materials Chemistry A (Royal Society of Chemistry)! - [Interview in "Chemiereport"](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/11/14/interview-in-chemiereport/) - The magazine Chemiereport - trade magazine of the Austrian chemical and life science industries - just published an interview with Miriam on our research. Read the interview here (page 22). - [Radio interview on academic start-ups](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/11/14/radio-interview-on-academic-start-ups/) - Miriam was interviewed in Radio NJoy's radio show "start me up" on her experiences in founding her own company UGP materials. Listen to the show here. - [New paper in Nanomaterials](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/11/14/new-paper-in-nanomaterials/) - The study "Acid Free Oxidation and Simple Dispersion Method of MWCNT for High-Performance CFRP" lead by Prof. Helga Lichtenegger (Chair of Materials Physics, BOKU - University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna) just got published in the journal Nanomaterials! We are happy to have contributed to this study! - [Tobia attends Falling Walls Labs in Berlin](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/11/08/tobia-attends-falling-walls-labs-in-berlin/) - As prize for Miriam winning the science slam at the FWF (Austrian Science Fund) Be Open Festival, we obtained a ticket (sponsored by the FWF and the I.E.C.T. - the Institute for Entrepreneurship Cambridge Tyrol Hermann Hauser) to the Falling Walls Labs in Berlin. PhD student Tobia attended the event - thanks to the FWF - [Miriam announced Adjunct PI at CeMM](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/11/06/miriam-announced-adjunct-pi-at-cemm/) - We are extremely happy to share that Miriam is one of the newly appointed Adjunct PIs at CeMM - Center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences! - [UnterlassLab attends Green Chemistry Conference Vienna 2018](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/11/05/unterlasslab-attends-green-chemistry-conference-vienna-2018/) - Lukas, Patrick, Marianne, Hipassia, and Musthafa (from left to right) attended the Green Chemistry Conference Vienna 2018, held in the framework of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. - [New review article on environmentally friendly synthesis of colorants](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/10/28/new-review-article-on-environmentally-friendly-synthesis-of-colorants/) - Alonso's & Miriam's review article on environmentally friendly synthesis of colorants just appeared in Revista de Quimica and is featured on the cover page! The review "Ecofriendly synthesis of colorants" (Síntesis ecoamigables de colorantes) is open access and can be downloaded here. - [Elias participates in Infineon Campeon Innovation Week 2018](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/10/24/elias-participates-in-infineon-campeon-innovation-week-2018/) - Elias presented at poster at the Infineon Campeon Innovation Week 2018 in Munich. His poster was entitled: "High-Performance Polyimides for Microelectronics". - [Wiener Vorlesung on "Curiosity in Science"](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/10/22/wiener-vorlesung-on-curiosity-in-science-2/) - Tonight, the Vienna lecture (Wiener Vorlesung) on "Curiosity in Science" took place. Together with Helga Nowotny, Elisabeth Oberzaucher, and Michael Eichmair, Miriam participated as one of the panelists. - [Unterlass Lab attends ACS Polycondensation 2018](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/10/18/unterlass-lab-attends-acs-polycondensation-2018/) - We attended the Polycondensation 2018 conference, held in Alexandria, VA, and hosted by the American Chemical Society (ACS). Alonso, Lukas, and Patrick presented their posters entitled "Fluorescent Polyimide Films from Aqueous Monomer Salt Solutions" (Alonso), "Green Synthesis and Characterization of Polyimides Derived from Extensively Fused Aromatic Monomers" (Lukas), and "Polyimide Networks by Hydrothermal Polymerization" (Patrick), - [Michael wins poster prize at Japan Polyimide Conference 2018](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/10/13/michael-wins-poster-prize-at-japan-polyimide-conference-2018/) - We congratulate Michael J. Taublaender on winning a poster prize at the Japan Polyimide Conference 2018 in Tokyo - well done Michael! - [Feature in TU Wien's innovation booklet](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/10/05/feature-in-tu-wiens-innovation-booklet/) - The Innovation and Incubation Center (i2c), TU Wien's start-up incubator, published their innovation booklet featuring Miriam as i2c alumna. - [Miriam obtains her habilitation decree](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/10/04/miriam-obtains-her-habilitation-decree/) - TU Wien's vicerector for teaching, Prof. Dr. Kurt Matyas, officially delivered Miriam's habilitation (venia docendi) decree today! - [Miriam gives talk at WTZ conference on technology transfer](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/09/27/miriam-gives-talk-at-wtz-conference-on-technology-transfer/) - Today Miriam gave an invited talk at WTZ (Wissens- und Technologietransfer der Wiener Universitäten - Knowledge and Technology Transfer Center of the Viennese Universities) conference on technology transfer. Miriam's talk was entitled "Beyond (Basic) Research - Key Factors of Technology Transfer for Researchers" and summarized her main learnings from patent applications, prototype funding and founding - [Interview with Miriam in the Austrian newspaper Kurier](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/08/25/interview-with-miriam-in-the-austrian-newspaper-kurier/) - On the occasion of Vienna being named the city with the highest quality of life in the world, the Austrian newspaper Kurier interviewed Miriam regarding the quality of Vienna as workplace for both scientists and entrepreneurs. Read the interview here. - [Wiener Vorlesung on "curiosity in science"](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/09/22/wiener-vorlesung-on-curiosity-in-science/) - On the 22nd of October, Miriam will participate in the Wiener Vorlesung (Vienna Lecture) on "curiosity in science", with Helga Nowotny, Elisabeth Oberzaucher and Michael Eichmaier. Sign up for the event here. - [Visit to the Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/09/20/visit-to-the-leibniz-institute-for-polymer-research/) - Miriam visited the Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research (IPF) in Dresden today - very grateful to Dr. Anett Müller and Dr. Astrid Drechsler for organizing this great day, and very impressed by the IPF's cutting-edge plastics engineering facilities! - [Materials innovation day at TU Wien](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/09/19/materials-innovation-day-at-tu-wien/) - We participated in today's materials innovation day at TU Wien organized by TU Wien and the Viennese Chamber of Commerce. Miriam gave a talk entitled "Polyimide Synthesis and Processing", Alonso presented a poster entitled "Synthesis of Polyimide Films from Aqueous Solutions", and Dietmar presented our company UGP materials. - [Tobia wins poster prize at SACS 2018](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/09/21/tobia-wins-poster-prize-at-sacs-2018/) - We congratulate PhD student Tobia who won a poster prize (2nd place) at the Self-Assembly of Colloidal Systems (SACS) conference 2018 in Bordeaux with his poster "Synthesis of Angular Polymer Particles as Building Blocks for Advanced Materials by Self-Assembly". - [Public outreach: Wiener Forschungsfest](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/09/17/public-outreach-wiener-forschungsfest/) - During the last 3 days, the whole team was communicating with the Viennese public at the Wiener Forschungsfest (Vienna Science Festival). We explained various aspects of color chemistry - ranging from the origin of color to dye synthesis and the use of dyes for cell labelling - illustrated by several hands-on experiments. We had a - [Miriam obtains her habilitation](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/09/10/miriam-obtains-her-habilitation/) - Miriam successfully defended her habilitation and obtained her venia docendi in materials chemistry.Congratulations from the whole team! - [Participation in the FWF BeOpen festival](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/09/08/participation-in-the-fwf-beopen-festival/) - On the occasion of the Austrian Science Funds 50th anniversary, the science festival BeOpen is held this week. Today, Miriam participated in two events at BeOpen: the panel discussion on "pioneering spirit", and the science slam on the theme "failure in science". Miriam won the science slam - congratulations from the whole team! - [Feature in the magazine Wien Wissen](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/09/04/feature-in-the-magazine-wien-wissen/) - The magazine Wien Wissen, magazine on science by the city of Vienna, just published a feature on our booth on color chemistry at the upcoming "Wiener Forschungsfest" (Vienna Science Fair), which will be held from September 12-15. We are looking forward to interacting with the public! - [Welcome to our new team members Hipassia and Olivier](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/09/03/welcome-to-our-new-team-members-hipassia-and-olivier/) - We are very happy that Hipassia M. Moura (Postdoc) and Olivier Gazil (visiting MSc student) joined our team. Both will be working on hydrothermal synthesis, Hipassia in the framework of our FWF START project "The hydrothermal route to functional covalent organic frameworks", and Olivier funded by a MITACS Canada fellowship. Welcome to both! - [Conference participation: Tobia attending ECIS 2018](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/09/02/conference-participation-tobia-attending-ecis-2018/) - This week, Tobia will be attending the European Colloid and Interface Society (ECIS) Meeting in Lljubljana. He will be presenting a poster entitled: "Synthesis of Anisometric Polyhedral Homopolymer Particles". - [Conference participation: EuCheMS 2018 in Liverpool](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/08/29/conference-participation-euchems-2018-in-liverpool/) - Miriam participated in this years European Chemistry and Molecular Sciences (EuCheMS) conference in Liverpool and gave three talks entitled "Green Synthesis of High-Performance Polymers and Their Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials" (sustainable chemistry session), "Green Hydrothermal Synthesis of N-heterocycle-based materials" (organic chemistry session), and "Hairy-Rod Polyimides from Liquid-Crystalline Monomers" (materials chemistry session). - [Article in The Chemical Engineer](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/08/21/article-in-the-chemical-engineer/) - The Chemical Engineer, the monthly news magazine by the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), just published the feature article "`Green` high-tech dye synthesis" on our recent report on the synthesis and crystallization of high-performance dyes in nothing but high-temperature water. Read the article here. - [New paper in Angewandte Chemie](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/08/08/new-paper-in-angewandte-chemie-2/) - Our paper "Green and Rapid Hydrothermal Crystallization and Synthesis of Fully Conjugated Aromatic Compounds" got accepted for publication in Angewandte Chemie and is featured on the inside cover page! Congratulations to first author Michael and all co-authors! Read the press release by TU Wien here. - [Job opening: Head of production of our company UGP materials](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/07/23/job-opening-head-of-production-of-our-company-ugp-materials/) - Our company UGP materials, which aims at bringing high-performance polymers generated by hydrothermal polymerization to the market, is looking for a head of production. Read the job description here. - [Interview with Miriam on Austrian Academy of Sciences webpage](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/07/07/interview-with-miriam-on-austrian-academy-of-sciences-webpage/) - This year, the Austrian Academy of Sciences publishes a series of interviews with the newly elected members of the Young Academy. Read the interview "Materials research without poison" with Miriam on our work on the environmentally friendly synthesis of organic high-performance materials here. - [Welcome to our new BSc student Matthias](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/07/04/welcome-to-our-new-bsc-student-matthias/) - We are very happy that Matthias Bergthaler joined us for his BSc thesis! Matthias will work on the synthesis of high-performance co-polyimides. Welcome Matthias! - [Michael awarded a Christiana Hörbiger Fellowship](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/06/28/michael-awarded-a-christiana-horbiger-fellowship/) - We warmly congratulate PhD student Michael who was a awarded with a Christiana Hörbiger fellowship to support his 3-months research stay working on polyimide composite films with Prof. Shinji Ando at Tokyo Institute of Technology! - [Welcome to our new PhD students Marianne and Fabián](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/06/20/welcome-to-our-new-phd-students-marianne-and-fabian/) - We are very happy that Marianne Lahnsteiner and Fabián Andrés Amaya García joined us for their PhDs! Marianne will work on the hydrothermal synthesis of organic frameworks within our FWF START project "The hydrothermal route to functional organic frameworks", and Fabián will work on the synthesis of novel fluorescent dyes within our WWTF project "3C - [Miriam's TEDx talk is now online](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/06/19/miriams-tedx-talk-is-now-online/) - Miriam's TEDxTUWien talk "Under pressure - How to create materials inspired by nature" is now online. Watch the video here. - [Vienna Young Scientist Symposium: Best presenter award for Tobia](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/06/08/vienna-young-scientist-symposium-best-presenter-award-for-tobia/) - Elias and Tobia participated in this year's Vienna Young Scientist Symposium (VSS 2018). Elias gave a talk entitled "Environmentally Friendly Generation of High-Performance Polyimide Foams Using Monomer Salts", and Tobia gave a pitch talk and presented his poster "Design of Non-Spherical Colloidal Polymer Particles for Self-Assembled Materials". Tobia was awarded the best presenter award - - [Sallinger Fonds S&B award for UGP materials!](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/06/06/sallinger-fonds-sb-award-for-ugp-materials/) - With our company UGP materials, we won this years S&B (Science and Business) award by the Sallinger Fonds! The S&B award is the most important Austrian award for early stage start-up companies derived from university research. Watch the video of the award ceremony here, and read the press releases by the Sallinger Fonds and TU - [Public outreach: "Forschung bewegt" at TU Wien](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/06/04/public-outreach-forschung-bewegt-at-tu-wien/) - The evening event "Forschung bewegt" at TU Wien is showing selected research areas via guided tours. This years focus was "Materials and Matter". Miriam hosted guided tours in our labs entitled "Environmentally friendly syntheses of high-performance materials". Thanks to all the visitors for their interest! Read more about the event here. - [Synthesis of Organic Materials Symposium (SOM) 2018](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/06/01/synthesis-of-organic-materials-symposium-som-2018/) - Today's one-day symposium SOM2018 was a great success! We are very grateful to our keynote speakers Prof. Dr. Luisa De Cola (Univ. Strasbourg) and Prof. Dr. Helma Wennemers (ETH Zürich) and our invited speakers Dr. Michael J. Bojdys (HU Berlin), Prof. Dr. Christian Müller (Chalmers), Dr. Tom Hasell (Univ. Liverpool), Dr. Florian Glöcklhofer (TU Wien) - [Conference participation: Michi at Bordeaux Polymer conference](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/05/28/conference-participation-michi-at-bordeaux-polymer-conference/) - Michi J.T. is participating in the Bordeaux Polymer Conference (BPC 2018) and presenting our work on polyimides with his poster "Towards Materials Applications of Polyimides Generated by Hydrothermal Polymerization" - looking forward to an outstanding lineup at BPC 2018! - [Admission ceremony of new Austrian Academy of Sciences members](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/05/18/admission-ceremony-of-new-austrian-academy-of-sciences-members/) - Today the newly elected members of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), among which Miriam, received their decrees at the admission ceremony. We are honored that Miriam was elected member of the Young Academy! Read the official OeAW press release here. - [Participation in the VDE conference "Polymeric insulators for applications in electrical engineering"](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/05/17/participation-in-the-vde-conference-polymeric-insulators-for-applications-in-electrical-engineering/) - Michi J. T. and Elias are attending the conference "Polymeric Insulators for applications in electrical engineering" (Polymere Isolierstoffe in der Elektrotechnik) hosted by the Association for Electrical, Electronic & Information Technologies (Verband der Elektrotechnik, Elektronik und Informationstechnik e.V., VDE) in Zittau. Today, Michi J. T. gave a great talk entitled "Composites of highly crystalline polyimides". - [Miriam gives TEDxTU Wien talk on geomimetic polymer synthesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/05/05/miriam-tedxtu-wien-talk-on-geomimetic-polymer-synthesis/) - Today Miriam gave the talk "Under pressure - How to create materials inspired by nature" at TEDxTUWien. The video of Miram's talk will be online soon - we'll keep you posted. - [Sino-German Young Scientist Forum "Polymer Chemistry in Functional Materials"](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/05/09/sino-german-young-scientist-forum-polymer-chemistry-in-functional-materials/) - This week, Miriam is in Shanghai participating in the Sino-German Young Scientist Forum "Polymer Chemistry in Functional Materials", funded by the Sino-German Center for Research Promotion (SGC). Looking forward to a great meeting! - [Miriam is elected member of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/04/30/miriam-is-elected-member-of-the-young-academy-of-the-austrian-academy-of-sciences/) - We are honored that Miriam has been elected member of the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW). Read the official OeAW press release here. - [We are among the 10 S&B award finalists!](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/04/28/we-are-among-the-10-sb-award-finalists/) - We are very happy that our company, the TU Wien spin-off UGP materials is among the 10 finalists of this years S&B award of the Sallinger fonds! Read more here. - [UGP materials at Hannover Messe](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/04/23/ugp-materials-at-hannover-messe/) - Dietmar, Michi J. T. and Miriam are presenting our high-performance polyimide CRYS - fabricated by hydrothermal polymerization by our company UGP materials - at the Hannover fair this week. If you are there, visit us in hall 5 at booth D18! - [New team member: Welcome Musthafa!](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/04/19/new-team-member-welcome-musthafa/) - We are very glad that Musthafa joined our team as PhD student! Musthafa will be working on the hydrothermal synthesis of covalent organic frameworks within our FWF START project HYDROCOF. Check out Musthafa's team member page here. - [Long Night of Research 2018](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/04/14/long-night-of-research-2018/) - The "Lange Nacht der Forschung 2018" was a full success! We had many curious visitors that enjoyed our booth on color - especially the UV room, where they could look at many different luminescent objects under UV light. We are looking forward to our upcoming public outreach events this year! - [New team member: Welcome Miriam!](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/04/16/new-team-member-welcome-miriam/) - We are happy that Miriam joined our team as research assistant. Miriam will be working on hydrothermal polymerization of high-performance polymers. Check out her team member page here. - [Talk by Stefano Tonzani (Cell Press) on publishing](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/04/07/talk-by-stefano-tonzani-cell-press-on-publishing/) - We invited Cell Press lead editor Stefano Tonzani to give a talk. On Monday 9th of April, he'll speak about "Submit a paper, get published. But what happens in between?" at 5pm at TU Wien. Find the abstract here and join us for his talk. - [New team members: Welcome Lukas and Patrick!](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/04/06/new-team-members-welcome-lukas-and-patrick/) - We are very happy that Lukas (right) joined us for his MSc thesis, and that Patrick (left) joined us as research assistant. Check out their team member pages of Lukas and Patrick! - [What is color? - booth at the Long Night of Research 2018](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/03/29/what-is-color-booth-at-the-long-night-of-research-2018/) - We will answer that question with experiments and a lot of hands-on materials at our booth at the Long Night of Research 2018. Visit us on Apr 18th from 5pm on at our booth. Read more about our booth on the Long Night of Research Homepage, and in TU Wien's announcement. - [Article on our high-performance polyimides in Maschinen Markt](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/03/28/article-on-our-high-performance-polyimides-in-maschinen-markt/) - The German industry magazine Maschinen Markt just published a feature about our outstandingly stable polyimide particles that we will present at this year's Hannover Messe. Read the feature here. - [Presentation of High-performance Polyimide Particles at Hannover Messe](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/03/13/presentation-of-high-performance-polyimide-particles-at-hannover-messe/) - We are presenting the outstandingly stable polyimide particles that can be generated by our technology hydrothermal polymerization at this year's Hannover Messe. Visit us there from April 23-27 at booth D18 in hall 5 - Miriam, Michi JT and Dietmar will be there during the entire tradeshow. For more information, read TU Wien's press release on our - [Symposium participation: UnterlassLAB at 1st Vienna Polymer Meeting](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/02/27/symposium-participation-unterlasslab-at-1st-vienna-polymer-meeting/) - The whole team participated in the 1st Vienna Polymer (ViP) group meeting held at University of Vienna and hosted by Prof. Alexander Bismarck's group. Michi J.T. and Tobia gave a talk, and Alonso, Lukas L, Manuel and Elias presented posters on their projects. Great event showcasing the breadth of Viennese polymer research! - [Interview with Miriam in TU's magazine frei.haus](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/02/08/interview-with-miriam-in-tus-magazine-frei-haus/) - Miriam answered 5 questions in TU Wien's staff magazine frei.haus - read the interview here. - [Special Issue "Polymer Morphology and Characterization" now online](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/02/06/special-issue-polymer-morphology-and-characterization-now-online/) - The special issue "Polymer Morphology and Characterization" of Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics guest edited by Ophelia K. C. Tsui, Shinji Ando and Miriam is now online. We are indebted to all authors for their fabulous contributions! Have a look at the issue here, and also read our editorial here. - [New paper in Angewandte Chemie](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/01/29/new-paper-in-angewandte-chemie/) - The highlight article "Hot water generates crystalline organic materials" is now online at Angewandte Chemie International Edition. Also available in German - read it here: "Heißes Wasser ermöglicht Kristallinität in organischen Materialien" - [Miriam gives talk at the University of Cologne](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/01/28/miriam-gives-talk-at-the-university-of-cologne/) - Today, Miriam gave a talk entitled "Geomimetic Synthesis of Crystalline N-Heterocycle-based Materials" within the "Physikalisch-Chemisches Kolloquium" at the Department of Chemistry of the University of Cologne. Had a great day and excellent discussions - many thanks to Sabrina Disch for the invitation! - [UnterlassLab attends Vienna Ball of Sciences](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/01/26/unterlasslab-attends-vienna-ball-of-sciences/) - Part of the team attended this years Vienna Ball of Sciences in the beautiful town-hall of the city of Vienna. We had a wonderful evening celebrating with fellow Viennese scientists of all disciplines! - [Elias starts his PhD](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/01/05/elias-starts-his-phd/) - Elias started his PhD thesis this week. His project is dealing with the design of high-performance polymers for application in microelectronics. Welcome back Elias! We wish you all the best and lots of exciting discoveries! - [Happy New Year!](https://unterlasslab.com/2018/01/03/happy-new-year/) - We wish all our friends, colleagues and cooperation partners a happy New Year! - [Miriam joins editorial board of iScience (Cell Press)](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/12/22/miriam-joins-editorial-board-of-iscience-cell-press/) - Miriam was appointed to the editorial board of iScience, a new interdisciplinary open access journal launched by Cell Press. Looking forward to contributing to this great endeavor! - [2 PhD positions available](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/12/20/2-open-phd-positions-available/) - We are hiring! We have 2 PhD positions in organic synthesis with intended starting date April 1st 2018. Application deadline is January 31st 2018. For more details see the job opening on the sidebar. - [Rosa defends her BSc thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/11/23/rosa-defends-her-bsc-thesis/) - Rosa gave a great BSc presentation today. Congratulations from the whole team! - [Miriam is ambassador for Vienna Ball of Sciences 2018](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/11/26/miriam-is-ambassador-for-vienna-ball-of-sciences-2018/) - The Vienna Ball of Sciences brings together scientists of all disciplines to celebrate Vienna's scientific community. Miriam acts as one of the ambassadors for 2018's Ball of Sciences. Read Miriam's statement here. - [Austrian founders award PHÖNIX 2017 goes to Miriam](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/11/30/austrian-founders-award-phonix-2017-goes-to-miriam/) - Yesterday, Miriam received this year's PHÖNIX award in the category "prototypes" for our work on generating highly crystalline polymers by hydrothermal polymerization. The ceremony took place in the wonderful Haus der Industrie. Honored for receiving the PHÖNIX! Read the press release here. - [Michi H. defends his BSc thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/12/04/michi-h-defends-his-bsc-thesis/) - Today, Michi gave his BSc presentation on H-bonding in molecular co-crystals. Excellent presentation - the whole team remains impressed and congratulates! - [Welcome to new research intern Lukas](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/12/05/welcome-to-new-research-intern-lukas/) - We welcome our new research intern Lukas who joins us for an internship on hydrothermal polymerization. - [New project funded: Cellular Color Chart (3C) funded by WWTF](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/12/14/new-project-funded-cellular-color-chart-3c-funded-by-wwtf/) - Our project "Cellular Color Chart" (3C) in co-operation with Prof. Giulio Superti-Furga (PI) and Dr. Stefan Kubicek, both Research center for Molecular Medicine of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (CeMM), was approved for funding by the WWTF (Vienna Science and Technology Fund) within the Life Sciences 2017 Call on Chemical Biology. We are very excited to - [Conference participation: Michi & Elias attend materials for electronics workshop](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/11/23/conference-participation-michi-elias-attend-materials-for-electronics-workshop/) - This week, Michi and Elias were attending the workshop "Thermoplasts for Applications in High-Voltage Engineering and Microelectronics" at PCCL (Polymer Competence Center Leoben). Great workshop - thanks to Frank Wiesbrock for organizing! - [Talks: Tobia & Miriam give talks in BIOINTERFACE seminar](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/12/16/talks-tobia-miriam-give-talks-in-biointerface-seminar/) - Yesterday, Tobia and Miriam were giving talks in the seminar of the graduate school BIOINTERFACE at TU Wien. Tobia spoke about "Self-assembly of shape- and function-anisotropic colloidal particles" and Miriam's talk was entitled "Pigments & Polymers - Synthesis and applications of organic high-performance materials". - [UnterlassLab Christmas party](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/12/16/unterlasslab-christmas-party/) - We celebrated a wonderful team, exciting science and a great and successful year with great food at our Christmas party. Happy Christmas! - [Press coverage: Short portrait of Miriam in Heureka](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/11/15/press-coverage-short-portrait-of-miriam-in-heureka/) - In today's issue of the Austrian magazine Heureka, Miriam was featured in the category "Kopf im Bild". Read the feature here. - [Alonso wins poster prize!](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/09/08/alonso-wins-poster-prize/) - Alonso’s poster “Implications of Monomer Salt Structures for Their Solid-State Polycondensation to polyimides” was awarded with one of three poster prizes at DVSPM 2017. The whole team congratulates Alonso to this great success! - [NEWSPAPER ARTICLE in Die Presse](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/09/16/newspaper-article-in-die-presse/) - The Austrian newspaper Die Presse has published an article about Miriam and our research in the series “Junge Forschung”. Read the article entitled “Sie kocht doch nur mit Wasser” here. - [Symposium: Team attending FuNMat 2017](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/09/19/symposium-team-attending-funmat-2017/) - We are attending the Functional Nanomaterials (FuNMat) symposium 2017 in Pilsen, CZ, with a large number: Sophia, Manuel, Lukas, Elias, Alonso, Tobia, Michael J. T., Michael H. and Miriam are attending and all going to give talks. Looking forward to a great symposium, meeting old friends and making new ones! - [Best presentation award at FuNMat 2017 for Sophia!](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/09/23/best-presentation-award-at-funmat-2017-for-sophia/) - Sophia was awarded one of two best presentation awards at FuNMat 2017 in Pilsen. The other prize was awarded to Ivan Ilic from Prof. Arne Thomas group at TU Berlin. Congratulations to both! - [Elias wins poster prize at Austrian Chemistry Days 2017!](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/09/27/elias-wins-poster-prize-at-austrian-chemistry-days-2017/) - Elias’ poster “Synthesis of Ammonium Carboxylate Monomer Salts And their Solid-State Polymerization to Polyimides” was awarded a poster prize at the Austrian Chemistry Days 2017. Congratulations to Elias! - [Feature article about Miriam in Der Standard](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/10/18/feature-article-about-miriam-in-der-standard/) - The Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard published just published an article about Miriam and our work on hydrothermal polymerization today. Read the article here (in German). - [Sophia defends her BSc thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/10/23/sophia-defends-her-bsc-thesis/) - Sophia did an excellent job defending her Bsc thesis today. Congratulations from the whole team! - [Manuel defends his Bsc thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/10/30/manuel-defends-his-bsc-thesis/) - Manuel defended his BSc thesis today: great job! Congratulations from the whole team! - [Science as Art: Electron micrograph chosen for light sculpture](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/11/14/science-as-art-electron-micrograph-chosen-for-light-sculpture/) - TU Wien will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of its library building with a light, space and sound installation by Fabian Dembski. We are honored that one of our electron micrographs showing a spherulitic crystal has been chosen to be projected. Watch the video of the installation here (our micrograph is the first one shown). - [MSc graduation: Michael successfully defends his masters thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/02/07/msc-graduation-michael-successfully-defends-his-masters-thesis/) - Today, Michael defended his MSc thesis entitled ``Development of Novel Synthetic Routes Towards Polyimides and Poly(perinone)s’’. The whole team congratulates Diplomingenieur Taubländer! - [Comment on hydrothermal synthesis of perylene bisimides in Die Presse](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/02/04/comment-on-hydrothermal-synthesis-of-perylene-bisimides-in-die-presse/) - The Austrian daily newspaper published a small comment on our benign synthesis of perylene bisimide dyes today. Read the comment here (in German only). - [PARTICIPATION in the FIT Days (“Women in Science Days”)](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/01/31/participation-in-the-fit-days-women-in-science-days/) - Miriam participated in the “Speed dating with Scientists” event within the FIT Days in Vienna. This program sponsored by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT). The review of this event is now online: Read it here. - [PRESS RELEASE on Hydrothermal Synthesis of Perylene bisimides](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/01/30/press-release-on-hydrothermal-synthesis-of-perylene-bisimides/) - Our work on the hydrothermal synthesis of perylene bisimide fluorescence dyes has been featured in a press release by TU Wien. Picture: Fabian (left) and Max (right) demonstrate the fluorescence of a perylene bisimide solution. - [Two aws PRIZE projects funded!](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/01/25/two-aws-prize-projects-funded/) - Miriam receives an aws (Austria Wirtschaftsservice | Federal Ministry of Science Research and Economy) PRIZE grant for the project “Aqueous Polyimide Processing”. Press releases by the Austrian Press Agency and TU Wien can be read here: APA press release & TU Wien press release. Moreover, Miriam acts as work package leader in the aws project “Fluidized bed heat-exchanger” - [Michael starts his PhD thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/03/01/michael-starts-his-phd-thesis/) - We are glad that Michael Taubländer re-joined our team as PhD student and wish him all the best for his project. Michael’s thesis is carried out in the framework of the project “Polyimide Particle-Reinforced High-Performance Composites”, funded by the FWF (Austrian Science Fund) and the CDG (Christian Doppler Research Association). - [New paper accepted in Journal of Materials Chemistry C!](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/02/16/new-paper-accepted-in-journal-of-materials-chemistry-c/) - Florian’s article “Dicyano- and Tetracyanopentacene: Foundation of an Intriguing New Class of Easy-to-Synthesize Organic Semiconductors” (open access) has been accepted by J. Mater. Chem. C. Congratulations to first author Florian and all co-authors! - [Miriam gives lecture at the 10th NESY winter school](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/03/09/miriam-gives-lecture-at-the-10th-nesy-winter-school/) - The 10th European NESY Winterschool & Symposium on Neutron and Synchrotron Radiation took place this week in Altaussee - including loads of snow. Miriam gave an invited talk entitled “Highly crystalline polymers by non-classical syntheses”. Glad to have been invited to this great symposium! - [NEW TEAM MEMBER - we extend a warm welcome to Elias](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/04/03/new-team-member-we-extend-a-warm-welcome-to-elias/) - We are happy that Elias Bumbaris joined our team as project assistant and wish him all the best for his project. Elias’ project deals with green, aqueous polyimide processing, and is funded by the aws (Austria Wirtschaftsservice - Federal Ministry of Science Research and Economy). Welcome Elias! - [Kick-off symposium of BIOINTERFACE](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/04/05/kick-off-symposium-of-biointerface/) - Today, the doctoral school BIOINTERFACE was officially inaugurated. We celebrated both BIOINTERFACE and the doctoral school TU-D, which were both granted funding in the end of 2016, by a 1-day symposium at TU Wien. The program included, both presentations and pitch talks by the newly hired PhD students, invited lectures by Bharath Bhushan (Ohio State) - [NEW BSc STUDENT - Welcome Manuel!](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/04/09/new-bsc-student-welcome-manuel/) - We are very happy that Manuel Reiter joined our team for his BSc thesis. We wish you all the best of luck with your project! - [MSc graduation: Tobia successfully defends his masters thesis](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/04/20/msc-graduation-tobia-successfully-defends-his-masters-thesis/) - Tobia has defended his MSc thesis entitled ``The effect of pressure on the hydrothermal polymerization of polyimides’’. The whole team congratulates! Picture: Tobia with his relatore Silvia Gross - [New reactor installed](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/04/21/new-reactor-installed/) - Our new high-T-high-p reactor was installed today - we are all very excited to start working with the equipment! Picture: Alonso with the new set-up. - [New paper accepted in ACS Omega!](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/04/24/new-paper-accepted-in-acs-omega/) - Florian’s article “Extending the Scope of a New Cyanation: Design and Synthesis of an Anthracene Derivative with an Exceptionally Low LUMO Level and Improved Solubility” (open access) has been accepted by ACS Omega. Congratulations to first author Florian and all co-authors! - [New paper accepted in J. Mater. Chem. A!](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/04/28/new-paper-accepted-in-j-mater-chem-a/) - Lukas’ article “Green one-pot synthesis and processing of polyimide-silica hybrid materials” has been accepted by the Journal of Materials Chemistry A. Congratulations to first author Lukas and all co-authors! - [Miriam gives her first habilitation talk](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/04/28/miriam-gives-her-first-habilitation-talk/) - Miriam gave her first habilitation talk today and is indebted to the Faculty of Technical Chemistry at TU Wien, all cooperation partners, the funding agencies that support our research and - most importantly - her great and hardworking coworkers. Thank you! - [Tobia starts as project assistant](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/05/02/tobia-starts-as-project-assistant/) - We are glad that Tobia Cavalli re-joined our team as project assistant and wish him all the best for his project. Tobias’s project is carried out in the framework of the project “High-performance membranes”, funded by the aws (Austria Wirtschaftsservice - Federal Ministry of Science Research and Economy). Welcome back Tobia! - [New paper accepted in Biomimetics!](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/05/18/new-paper-accepted-in-biomimetics/) - Miriam’s review article “Geomimetics and Extreme Biomimetics Inspired by Hydrothermal Systems - What Can We Learn from Nature for Materials Synthesis” has been accepted for publication in Biomimetics! - [NEW BSc STUDENT - Welcome Michael!](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/05/29/new-bsc-student-welcome-michael/) - We are very happy that Michael Hahn joined our team for his BSc thesis. We wish you all the best of luck with your project! - [AWARD: Michael wins best presenter award at VSS 2017!](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/06/02/award-michael-wins-best-presenter-award-at-vss-2017/) - Michael Taubländer wins the “best presenter award” at the Vienna young scientist symposium (VSS) 2017. Congratulations from the whole team! Picture: Snapshot of Michael’s talk at the VSS. - [PUBLIC OUTREACH: Video and Photos of the TU Forum “Everything is chemistry (too)” now online](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/06/08/public-outreach-video-and-photos-of-the-tu-forum-everything-is-chemistry-too-now-online/) - On May 4th, Miriam participated in the 22nd TU Forum entitled “Everything is chemistry (too)”. There, four experts engaged in an active discussion with the interested public (audience of ca. 150 people) on chemistry in everyday life. Snapshots and a short video are now online at the TU Forum archive. - [Conference: Team attending DVSPM 2017](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/09/05/conference-team-attending-dvspm-2017/) - Several team members will attend and present their work at the Danube Vltava Sava Polymer Meeting (DVSPM 2017) held in Vienna, Austria. Michael is going to give a talk entitled “Influence of solvent composition and additives on polyimide microparticle morphology” and Alonso (Implications of Monomer Salt Structures for Their Solid-State Polycondensation to Polyimides), Manuel (From rigid-rod to hairy rod - [New paper accepted in MCP!](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/08/23/new-paper-accepted-in-mcp/) - Michael’s and Manuel’s full paper “Exerting Additive-Assisted Morphological Control During Hydrothermal Polymerization” has been accepted for publication in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics! Congratulations to both! - [ART & SCIENCE AWARD to Michael Caldera (Menche Lab)](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/06/29/art-science-award-to-michael-caldera-menche-lab/) - Michael Caldera’s beautiful visualization of a co-complex crystal network (a collaboration between the Menche Lab and the Unterlass Lab) won a prize in the art & science competition of this year’s YSA conference. Indeed, the network is beautiful! Congratulations Michael! - [NEW BSc STUDENT - Welcome Sophia!](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/06/27/new-bsc-student-welcome-sophia/) - We are very happy that Sophia Thiele joined our team for her BSc thesis. We wish you all the best of luck with your project! - [START prize of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) awarded to Miriam](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/06/21/start-prize-of-the-austrian-science-fund-fwf-awarded-to-miriam/) - Left picture: Dr. Harald Mahrer (Federal Minister for Science, Research and Economy; left) and Prof. Dr. Klement Tockner (President of the Austrian Science Fund FWF) awarding the START prize to Miriam. Copyright: FWF. Right picture: The team celebrating at the Wittgenstein & START gala; from left to right: Elias, Lukas, Manuel, Miriam Tobia and Alonso. Today, - [New paper published](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/07/02/new-paper-published/) - Gerald Singer’s paper “Processing of Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon Nanofibers towards High Performance Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers” just appeared in Key Engineering Matererials. The work results from our project Turbocomp (“Nanostructured Composites for Structural Applications in Aviation”) lead by Helga Lichtenegger and funded by the FFG. Congratulations to all co-authors! - [Michi's and Manuel's MCP paper now online](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/11/12/michis-and-manuels-mcp-paper-now-online/) - Our paper "Exerting Additive-Assisted Morphological Control during Hydrothermal Polymerization" has just been published online (open access). - [Invited seminar by Denis Gebauer](https://unterlasslab.com/2013/12/13/invited-seminar-by-denis-gebauer/) - We are very glad to have Denis Gebauer, Assistant Professor at the University of Konstanz in Germany as a guest today. His seminar is entitled “Toward a Better Understanding of Biomineralization? - Prenucleation Clusters, Liquid Precursors, and Polyamorphism” and will take place in room GM5 Hörsaal Chemie, 1st floor, building BE, campus Getreidemarkt, TU Vienna, at 10.30am. - [New equipment: FT-IR-ATR reaction monitoring system](https://unterlasslab.com/2013/12/16/new-equipment-ft-ir-atr-reaction-monitoring-system/) - Today our brand-new FT-IR-ATR reaction monitoring system was finally installed! The system will allow for the real-time monitoring of chemical reactions, i.e. the consumption of starting compounds, and the formation of intermediate compounds and product species. We very much appreciate the financial support of the Institute of Materials Chemistry of TU Wien. - [New group member - a warm welcome to Sofia](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/02/13/new-group-member-a-warm-welcome-to-sofia/) - Sofia Torres Venegas joined us as research intern. Sofia will be working on the applications of polymer blends in collaboration with Nick Virgilio. We are glad to have Sofia and wish her all the best for her work! - [Goodbye Olya](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/02/21/goodbye-olya/) - Olya Guselnikova's Erasmus internship has come to an end. We thank her for her work in our lab during the last months and wish her all the best for the future! - [Spectroscopy software training](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/03/12/spectroscopy-software-training/) - During the last two days we learned how to use PEAXACT, a powerful spectroscopy analysis software. We would like to thank Clemens Minnich for his instructions and are looking forward to our collaboration with S-PACT. - [New group member - a warm welcome to Martina](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/03/14/new-group-member-a-warm-welcome-to-martina/) - Martina Schroffenegger joined the team for her MSc thesis. Her project focuses on solid-state polymerizations of preorganized precursors. We are glad to have Martina and wish her a lot of success! - [New equipment: high-temperature high-pressure reactor](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/03/17/new-equipment-high-temperature-high-pressure-reactor/) - Our new stirred high-temperature high-pressure reactor has been installed. The 1 L vessel will allow for carrying out hydrothermal polymerizations in considerable volumes. In addition, the reactor has an inlet for our high-temperature FT-IR-ATR probe, which will enable the real-time monitoring of chemical transformations under hydrothermal conditions. We are very excited about our first experiments with the - [Press release on Hydrothermal Polymerization](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/03/19/press-release-on-hydrothermal-polymerization/) - Our work on hydrothermal polymerization has been featured in a recent press release by TU Vienna. The article explains our work on obtaining highly crystalline polymers in nothing but hot water in layman terms. - [New paper in Polymer Chemistry](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/04/01/new-paper-in-polymer-chemistry/) - Our latest contribution “Geomimetics for Green Polymer Synthesis: Highly Ordered Polyimides via Hydrothermal Techniques” has been accepted for publication in Polymer Chemistry! - [CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION - Austrian Workshop of Inorganic Chemistry](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/04/05/conference-participation-austrian-workshop-of-inorganic-chemistry/) - Catarina will be presenting her work on Calcium Phosphate crystallization at the “8th Austrian Workshop of Inorganic Chemistry” in Graz. She will give her talk “Biomimicry of Bone Biomineralization for Materials Chemistry” on Monday April 14th. - [SEMINAR TALK at the University of Konstanz](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/05/05/seminar-talk-at-the-university-of-konstanz/) - Miriam will present our work on solid-state transformations in the framework of the “Konstanz Kolloid Klub” at the University of Konstanz, Germany, hosted by Denis Gebauer. The talk entitled “Anisotropic Homopolymer Particles via Solid-State Polymerization” will be held on Wednesday May 7th. - [NEWSPAPER ARTICLE in Der Standard](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/05/07/newspaper-article-in-der-standard/) - Our research on hydrothermal polymerization has been highlighted by an article in the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard. The article “Der Kunststofftrick mit dem Druckkochtopf” (engl. “The plastics-trick with the pressure cooker”) can be found here. - [COVER PAGE of Polymer Chemistry!](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/05/20/cover-page-of-polymer-chemistry/) - Our recent article “Geomimetics for Green Polymer Synthesis: Highly Ordered Polyimides via Hydrothermal Techniques” is featured on the cover of the current issue of Polymer Chemistry! The article summarizes Bettina’s results on outstandingly crystalline polyimides synthesized under hydrothermal conditions. - [NEW GROUP MEMBER - we extend a warm welcome to Sebastian](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/07/01/new-group-member-we-extend-a-warm-welcome-to-sebastian/) - Sebastian España Orozco joined the team for his MSc thesis. His project focuses on mechanistic aspects of solid-state polymerizations, and will be co-supervised by Peter Blaha, Dept. of Theoretical Chemistry, TU Vienna. We are glad to have Sebastian and wish him a lot of success for his research! - [CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION at the Polymer Physics GRC 2014](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/07/13/conference-participation-at-the-polymer-physics-grc-2014/) - Bettina and Miriam will be attending the Polymer Physics GRC in Massachusetts this week. Bettina will present a poster on our research on hydrothermal polymerizations, and Miriam will present the groups’ current results in solid-state polymerizations. We are looking forward to a great conference! - [EXCELLENCE FELLOWSHIP for Bettina](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/07/18/excellence-fellowship-for-bettina/) - Bettina has been awarded the excellence fellowship of the faculty of Technical Chemistry of TU Wien, for her MSc research on hydrothermal polymerization. She and Elisabeth Kolar of Karin Föttinger’s group were the only awardees this year. We are very proud that both prizes go to the Institute of Materials Chemistry. Congratulations to Bettina and Elisabeth! - [ONFERENCE PARTICIPATION at the 5th EuCheMS](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/08/25/onference-participation-at-the-5th-euchems/) - Catarina and Miriam will be attending the 5th EuCheMS Chemistry Congress in Istanbul next week. Our group’s research will be presented in the form of two posters and a talk. We are looking forward to a great conference! - [WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION - Jülich Center for Neutron Scattering](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/09/01/workshop-participation-julich-center-for-neutron-scattering/) - Sebastian has successfully applied for participation in the 18th Jülich Center for Neutron Scattering (JCNS) Lab course taking place from Sept 1st-12th in Jülich and Garching. We wish him a great workshop! - [CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION at the Polydays 2014](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/09/25/conference-participation-at-the-polydays-2014/) - Miriam will be attending the Polydays 2014 (conference topic: “Beyond Self-Assembly - Making Polymeric Materials More Versatile”) held in Berlin, Germany, from Sept 30th to Oct 2nd. Miriam will give her talk “Monomer Pre-Organization in Salt Crystals and Their Solid-State Polymerizations to Anisotropic Homopolymer Particles” on Oct 1st. Looking forward to a great conference! - [NEW GROUP MEMBER - a warm welcome to Evgeniya](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/10/01/new-group-member-a-warm-welcome-to-evgeniya/) - Evgeniya Khaybulkina joined the team as a research intern. Her project deals with the synthesis and analysis of emulsions. We are glad to have Evgeniya with us and wish her a lot of success for her research! - [NOMINATION for the Austrian “Innovator of the year” award 2014](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/10/07/nomination-for-the-austrian-innovator-of-the-year-award-2014/) - Miriam has been nominated one of six finalists for the “Innovator of the year 2014” award by future zone We are honored by the nomination for our work on hydrothermal polymerizations! - [MIRIAM RECEIVES ANTON-PAAR-SCIENCE-AWARD](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/11/06/miriam-receives-anton-paar-science-award/) - Miriam has been awarded the Anton-Paar Science Award 2014 of the Austrian Society of Chemistry (GOeCH). The prize was awarded at this years general assembly on Nov 6th in Vienna. We are honored that our work receives that much appreciation! Link to the press release by TU Vienna, and the press release by Anton Paar. Picture: Prof. Dr. Hubert Huppertz (left, Vice-president of the GOeCH), Miriam (middle), Sylvia - [INVITED SEMINAR by Michael J. Bojdys](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/11/19/invited-seminar-by-michael-j-bojdys/) - We are glad to have our friend and collaboration partner Michael J. Bojdys, Assistant Professor at Charles University in Prague, as a guest today. His seminar is entitled “Layered functional materials - extending the ‘grapheme’ family” and will take place in room BA10B, 10th floor, building BA, campus Getreidemarkt, TU Wien, at 4.30pm. - [MAGAZINE ARTICLE in profil wissen](https://unterlasslab.com/2014/12/03/magazine-article-in-profil-wissen/) - In today’s issue, the Austrian magazine profil wissen published an article on creativity and improvisation in research labs. The article focusses on ’self-made’ equipment, and featured Alonso’s injection set-up, together with a description of our research and illustrated with very artistic pictures by photographer Reiner Riedler. The article can be found here (in German only). - [RADIO FEATURE of our research on hydrothermal polymerization](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/01/28/radio-feature-of-our-research-on-hydrothermal-polymerization/) - 2015 marks the 200 year anniversary of TU Vienna. On this special occasion the Austrian radio station Ö1 broadcasted a radio show featuring research carried out at TU Vienna. Among other researchers, Miriam was interviewed and explained our work on hydrothermal polymerization to the general public. The radio show can be found here. - [NEW GROUP MEMBERS - a warm welcome to Ana and Tobia](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/03/02/new-group-members-a-warm-welcome-to-ana-and-tobia/) - Ana Subotic and Tobia Cavalli joined the team. Ana’s internship project will deal with the synthesis of hybrid materials, and Tobia’s MSc project will focus on hydrothermal polymerizations. We are glad to have Ana and Tobia with us and wish them lots of success for their research! - [NEW PAPER in Materials Today](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/03/11/new-paper-in-materials-today/) - The paper “Creating geomimetic polymers” on hydrothermal polymerization just went online in Materials Today - it’s open access, so check it out! - [INTERVIEW in 2030 - Das Zukunftsmagazin](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/03/27/interview-in-2030-das-zukunftsmagazin/) - In the first issue of the new Austrian magazine 2030 - Das Zukunftsmagazin, Miriam was interviewed as one of 30 young researchers that might shape the Austrian research landscape in 2030. The interview can be found here. - [NEW BSc STUDENTS - a warm welcome to Thomas, Sophia and Heribert](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/04/05/new-bsc-students-a-warm-welcome-to-thomas-sophia-and-heribert/) - We are very happy that three students joined our team for their BSc theses. Thomas Roiss (left) will be working on high-performance polymers via preorganized precursors, and Sophia Steinbacher (middle) and Heribert Gerstner (right) will work on hydrothermal polymerization during their time in the UnterlassLab. We wish you all the best of luck with your projects! - [CONFERENCE TALK at the DVSPM 2015](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/05/05/conference-talk-at-the-dvspm-2015/) - Miriam will deliver a talk on the 12th of May at the DVSPM 2015 in Gmunden, Austria. Her talk will be entitled “Hydrothermal polymerization: towards highly crystalline high- performance polymers”. - [“WHY IS GLAS BREAKING THAT EASILY?” - big questions of children](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/05/16/why-is-glas-breaking-that-easily-big-questions-of-children/) - Miriam answers the question “Why is glas breaking so easily?” asked by a four-year old girl in the Austrian magazine “NEWS”. The short answer can be found here. - [NEW PAPER in Polymer Chemistry’s EMERGING INVESTIGATOR ISSUE 2015](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/05/20/new-paper-in-polymer-chemistrys-emerging-investigator-issue-2015/) - Polymer Chemistry has named Miriam one of the “Emerging Investigators 2015”. In this context we were invited to contribute a full paper, which appeared online today. We congratulate Bettina et al. to the paper: “Towards a General Understanding of Hydrothermal Polymerization of Polyimides”. - [CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION at the P2M meeting 2015](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/05/23/conference-participation-at-the-p2m-meeting-2015/) - Miriam will be attending the Precision Polymer Meeting (P2M) taking place from May 26th to 29th in Lacanau, France. - [CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION at the VSS 2015 in Vienna](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/06/20/conference-participation-at-the-vss-2015-in-vienna/) - Several members of our group will present their research projects at the Vienna young Scientist Symposium (VSS) taking place on June 25th-26th at TU Wien. Bettina will deliver her talk “Geomimetic polymer synthesis: Highly crystalline polyimides by hydrothermal polymerization”, Catarina will present her poster “Highly controlled magnetic iron oxide nano particle assemblies using tailored precursors”, and Martina will present - [LINDAU NOBEL LAUREATE MEETING 2015](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/06/20/lindau-nobel-laureate-meeting-2015/) - Miriam will be attending the 65th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting taking place from June 28th to July 3rd in Lindau, Germany. This year’s meeting is centered around chemistry, physics and medicine/physiology and will be attended by 65 laureates and over 650 young scientists from over 90 countries. Looking forward to a great week! - [PROFIL HIGH POTENTIAL DAY PARTICIPATION](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/06/29/profil-high-potential-day-participation/) - Bettina was selected for participation in the profil HIGH POTENTIAL DAY taking place on July 1st in the town hall of the city of Vienna. We congratulate Bettina to this achievement and wish her a great day! - [CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION at FuNMat 2015 in Prague](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/07/26/conference-participation-at-funmat-2015-in-prague/) - We are going to participate in the Functional Nanomaterials Symposium - FuNMat 2015 taking place on July 30th at Charles University in Prague. Bettina, Sebastian and Tobia are presenting posters and Miriam is going to give a talk on hydrothermal polymerization of polyimides. - [POSTER PRIZE (1st place) won by Bettina at FuNMat 2015](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/07/30/poster-prize-1st-place-won-by-bettina-at-funmat-2015/) - The poster jury at FuNMat 2015 has selected Bettina’s poster “Geomimetic Synthesis of Highly Crystalline Polymers: High-Performance Polyimides by Hydrothermal Polymerization” as best poster contribution and awarded it with the 1st poster prize sponsored by Wiley-VCH. Congratulations to Bettina! The press release can be found here. - [MAGAZINE ARTICLE on hydrothermal polymerization](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/09/07/magazine-article-on-hydrothermal-polymerization/) - The magazine Forschen & Entdecken by the city of Vienna features a lay article on hydrothermal polymerization in its current issue. The article appeared in the category “Science Slam - Viennese young researchers explain their projects” and is directed at a non-specialist audience. Read the article here (in German only). - [FFG PROJECT FUNDED](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/09/13/ffg-project-funded/) - The project “Nanostructured Composites for Structural Applications in Aviation (Turbocomp)” in cooperation with BOKU, MedUni Wien and Secar Technologies GmbH is going to be funded by the FFG! - [CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION at the Austrian Chemistry Days](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/09/17/conference-participation-at-the-austrian-chemistry-days/) - We are going to participate in the 16th Austrian Chemistry Days, taking place from Sept 21st-24th in Innsbruck. Alonso, Bettina, Martina and Tobia are presenting posters on their projects, and Miriam will give an invited lecture on hydrothermal polymerization. - [PROUD POSTER PRESENTERS at the Austrian Chemistry Days '15](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/09/28/proud-poster-presenters-at-the-austrian-chemistry-days-15/) - A very cool picture of the 4 proud poster presenters (from left to right: Bettina, Martina, Tobia and Alonso) in front of their “chefs-d’oeuvre”! - [INVITED GÖCH LECTURE by Miriam](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/10/23/invited-goch-lecture-by-miriam/) - Miriam is going to give a GÖCH lecture at the Johannes Keppler University in Linz on Tuesday 27th of October. Grateful to Prof. Christian Paulik at the Institute of Chemical Technology of Organic Materials for the invitation! - [NEW PAPER in Macromolecules](https://unterlasslab.com/2015/12/08/new-paper-in-macromolecules/) - Our latest study “Shape-Anisotropic Polyimide Particles by Solid-State Polycondensation of Monomer Salt Single Crystals” has just been accepted. The article is already online here. Congratulations to Konstantin and Alonso! We are grateful to our cooperation partner Berthold Stöger for the fruitful collaboration. - [NEW BSc STUDENTS - we extend a warm welcome to Lukas and Max](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/01/19/new-bsc-students-we-extend-a-warm-welcome-to-lukas-and-max/) - We are very happy that Lukas Leimhofer (left) and Maximilian Raab (right) joined our team for their BSc theses. We wish you all the best of luck with your projects! - [MSc GRADUATION: congratulations to Diplomingenieurin Baumgartner!](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/01/08/msc-graduation-congratulations-to-diplomingenieurin-baumgartner/) - Bettina successfully defended her MSc thesis today! We congratulate Bettina for an amazing presentation and viva! - [NEW POSTDOC - we extend a warm welcome to Josef](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/01/15/new-postdoc-we-extend-a-warm-welcome-to-josef/) - We are glad that Josef Wendrinsky joined our team as postdoc and wish him all the best for his project. Welcome Josef! - [PRESS RELEASE on angular polyimide particles](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/01/21/press-release-on-angular-polyimide-particles/) - Our results on the synthesis of angular polyimide particles of outstanding stability has been featured in a recent press release by TU Wien. The article describes results by Konstantin and Alonso recently published in Macromolecules. We have designed a short comic explaining our work, which can be found here. - [NEW PAPER in Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics - Young Talents issue](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/01/25/new-paper-in-macromolecular-chemistry-and-physics-young-talents-issue/) - Our paper “Design Strategies in Hydrothermal Polymerization of Polyimides” is now online. We were invited to contribute this work to the “Young Talents in Polymer Science Issue 2016” - the editorial to the issue can be found here. - [PARTICIPATION in the YO!TECH Science & Technology fair](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/01/27/participation-in-the-yotech-science-technology-fair/) - Today, Miriam participates in the fti…remixed speed dating taking place at the YO!TECH Science fair. In this program sponsored by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT) high-school students will be able to speak with different researchers in speed dating format. - [REVIEW ARTICLE on green synthesis of hybrid materials](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/01/29/review-article-on-green-synthesis-of-hybrid-materials/) - Miriam’s review article entitled “Green Synthesis of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials: State of the Art and Future Perspectives” is now online at the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry. - [Background of the official TU WIEN Facebook page](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/02/03/background-of-the-official-tu-wien-facebook-page/) - How awesome is that: our comic explaining our recent results on the solid-state-polymerization of angular polyimide particles has been selected as background image of the official TU Wien Facebook page! - [aws PRIZE project funded!](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/02/09/aws-prize-project-funded/) - Miriam receives an was (Austria Wirtschaftsservice) PRIZE grant for the project “High-performance membranes”. Press releases by the Austrian Press Agency and TU Wien can be read here: APA press release & TUW press release. - [PARTICIPATION in the YO!TECH Science & Technology fair](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/02/16/participation-in-the-yotech-science-technology-fair-2/) - In January Miriam participated in the YO!TECH Science fair. In this program sponsored by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology (BMVIT). The review of this event is now online: Read it here. - [i2c STARTACADEMY & INiTS START-UP CAMP AWARD](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/02/16/i2c-startacademy-inits-start-up-camp-award/) - This week, Miriam participated in the i2c (informatics innovation center) StartAcademy, which was really cool, and won the INiTS start-up camp award on friday 19th (again: really cool!). - [CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION at the Makromolekulares Kolloquium '16](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/02/24/conference-participation-at-the-makromolekulares-kolloquium-16/) - Sophia, Bettina and Miriam are attending the Makromolekulares Kolloquium 2016 in Freiburg, Germany. On Friday 26th, Bettina will be presenting her poster “Highly Crystalline Polyimides by Hydrothermal Polymerization: A Mechanistic Study”. - [FEATURE on hydrothermal polymerization on materialsviews.com](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/03/07/feature-on-hydrothermal-polymerization-on-materialsviews-com/) - Our recent paper “Design Strategies in hydrothermal polymerization of polyimides” has been featured by a layman summary on materialsviews.com. Read the summary here. - [COVER PAGE of the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry!](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/03/14/cover-page-of-the-european-journal-of-inorganic-chemistry/) - Our recent article “Green Synthesis of Inorganic-Organic Hybrid Materials: State of the Art and Future Perspectives” is featured on the cover of the current issue of the European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry! The cover image is accompanied by an author profile, which you may read here. - [VIDEO on the i2c networking friday now online](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/03/24/video-on-the-i2c-networking-friday-now-online/) - A video summarizing 2016s i2c networking friday at TU Wien is now online. Miriam, who participated in the event and won the INiTS StartUp Camp award also shares her view on the event in the video. - [We participate in the “LANGE NACHT der FORSCHUNG”](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/04/22/we-participate-in-the-lange-nacht-der-forschung/) - At the “Lange Nacht der Forschung” (“Long Night of Research”) numerous research institutions open their doors to the interested public. We show our work on high-performance polymers and hydrothermal polymerization in an exhibition at the Getreidemarkt campus. The exhibition features several poster, electronic tear-downs showing polyimides in everyday life objects, rocks with hydrothermal veins, our hydrothermal reactors and volcano - [Miriam wins two ProDidactica teaching awards for “Inorganic Chemistry 1”](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/05/25/miriam-wins-two-prodidactica-teaching-awards-for-inorganic-chemistry-1/) - The ProDidactica awards honor the best courses in the BSc curriculum “Technical Chemistry” at TU Wien. With the course “Inorganic Chemistry 1”, Miriam was awarded the 2nd place in both the category “lectures - best presentation” and “lectures - fairest exam”. We are honored, especially since the awards are based on students’ votes! - [Conference participation at STEPI 10 in Montpellier](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/06/02/conference-participation-at-stepi-10-in-montpellier/) - We attend the “STEPI 10 - Polyimides and High-performance Polymers” taking place from June 6th-9th in Montpellier, France: Alonso, Bettina, and Lukas will present their research work in the form of poster presentations, and Miriam is giving an invited lecture on “Non-classical approaches towards polyimides: Hydrothermal polymerization and solid-state polycondensation”. - [TU Wien Doctoral School BIOINTERFACE granted!](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/06/23/tu-wien-doctoral-school-biointerface-granted/) - Our proposal for a TU Wien Doctoral School “BIOINTERFACE” has been accepted and a call for applications for 10 PhD positions will be opened in due course! BIOINTERFACE explores the interface between inorganic and bioorganic systems, and is coordinated by, Gerhard Schütz, Gerhard Kahl and Miriam. Link to the press release by TU Wien (in German only). - [Conference participation at Polymer Physics GRC 2016 in South Hadley](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/07/24/conference-participation-at-polymer-physics-grc-2016-in-south-hadley/) - Miriam is attending the 2016 Polymer Physics Gordon Research Conference at Mount Holyoke College, MA, and presenting our work on crystalline polymers in the form of a poster entitled “Crystalline Polyimides by Non-classical Polymerization Techniques”. Looking forward to a great meeting! - [NEW MASTERS STUDENT - we extend a warm welcome to Michael](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/07/27/new-masters-student-we-extend-a-warm-welcome-to-michael/) - We are glad that Michael Taubländer joined our team as MSc student and wish him all the best for his project. Michael’s thesis will deal with non-classical synthesis of high-performance polymers. Welcome Michael! - [Bettina participates in the I.E.C.T. ALPBACH SUMMER SCHOOL ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP in Tyrol](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/08/16/bettina-participates-in-the-i-e-c-t-alpbach-summer-school-on-entrepreneurship-in-tyrol/) - Bettina was selected to participate in the I.E.C.T. Alpbach summer school on entrepreneurship. Her stay is financed by a scholarship from the Austrian Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation and Technology. - [JOB OPENINGS: WE ARE HIRING PHD STUDENTS!](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/08/23/job-openings-we-are-hiring-phd-students/) - The TU Wien Doctoral School “BIOINTERFACE” is hiring! We have total of 10 PhD student positions for 3 years, with starting date between October 1st 2016 and March 31st 2017! There will be 1 PhD position in our lab, and nine more are available in physics / chemistry / engineering. The DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION is September 30th 2016. The application - [VIDEOS “What is knowledge transfer?”](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/09/15/videos-what-is-knowledge-transfer/) - Miriam is featured as one of the Austrian researchers speaking about knowledge transfer in an awareness video campaign by the Wissens- und Technologietransferzentrum Ost (WTZ Ost). Watch the videos here. - [Miriam selected for the FAST TRACK program by the Robert Bosch Stiftung](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/09/22/miriam-selected-for-the-fast-track-program-by-the-robert-bosch-stiftung/) - Fast Track, the top-flight, intensive education program of the Robert Bosch Stiftung, is supporting excellent female scientists on their way to leadership positions in research. Miriam was selected to be part of the 10th year. Looking forward to the program! - [New FWF-CDG Partnership in Research Project funded!](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/10/05/new-fwf-cdg-partnership-in-research-project-funded/) - We are happy that Miriam’s project “Polyimide Particle-Reinforced High-Performance Composites“ was approved for funding. The project is funded under the Partnership in Research (PiR) program, a joint effort between the Christian Doppler Society (CDG) and the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), which supports application-driven basic research projects. PiR projects are intended to give rise to cooperations with industry, and to pave the - [Alonso’s article on angular polyimide particles now online](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/10/12/alonsos-article-on-angular-polyimide-particles-now-online/) - Alonso’s feature article “Polimidas de alto rendimiento con forma angular” (High-performance polyimide particles with angular shape) is now online on the webpage of Revisita de Química PUCP. Congratulations! Read the article here. - [NEW BSc STUDENTS - Welcome Rosa, Fabian and Daniel!](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/10/18/new-bsc-students-welcome-rosa-fabian-and-daniel/) - We are very happy that Rosa Hassfurther (middle), Fabian Zechmeister (right) and Daniel Glöcklhofer (left) joined our team for their BSc theses. We wish you all the best of luck with your projects! - [Bettina awarded diploma thesis award 2016 by the Austrian Chemical Society](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/11/03/bettina-awarded-diploma-thesis-award-2016-by-the-austrian-chemical-society/) - Bettina was awarded the diploma thesis award 2016 by the Austrian Chemical Society (GÖCH) for her MSc thesis ``Hydrothermal Polymerization: Towards Highly Crystalline Polyimides”. Congratulations from the whole group! Read the official TU Wien press release here (in German only). Picture: Prof. Dr. Hubert Huppertz (left, Vice-president of the GÖCH), Bettina (right). - [Presentation at the “George C. Marshall Visit to Austria”](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/11/14/presentation-at-the-george-c-marshall-visit-to-austria/) - Miriam presents our research today at the “George C. Marshall Visit to Austria” taking place today at TU Wien. The visit brings from the USA to Austria once a year, and this years theme is ``advanced materials’’. The Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation supports co-operation between Austrian and American universities and academics. Read the press release here (in - [Alonso’s article chosen for front and back cover of Rev. Quim. (PUCP)](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/11/23/alonsos-article-chosen-for-front-and-back-cover-of-rev-quim-pucp/) - Great news: Alonso’s recent Rev. Quim. (PUCP) paper has been chosen to be featured on both the front and the back cover! Congratulations to Alonso! check both covers here: front cover | back cover. Picture: Alonso reading in the print copy in a Viennese coffeehouse. - [New paper accepted in Chemical Communications!](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/11/25/new-paper-accepted-in-chemical-communications/) - Bettina’s article “Green and highly efficient synthesis of perylene and naphthalene bisimides in nothing but water” (open access) has been accepted by ChemComm. Congratulations to first author Bettina and all co-authors! - [Interview with Miriam on Radio NJOY Vienna](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/12/12/interview-with-miriam-on-radio-njoy-vienna/) - An interview with Miriam will be on the air on Dec 13th at 10 am on the show “Wissenschaftsradio” of radio NJOY Vienna, and can be listened to here. Watch the teaser video here. - [Lab Xmas Party](https://unterlasslab.com/2016/12/13/lab-xmas-party/) - The UnterlassLab Christmas Party was fantastic - celebrating a wonderful year with great people and delicious food prepared by Alonso and Lukas. Happy Christmas from the group! Picture (from left to right): Lukas, Miriam, Rosa, Daniel and Alonso. - [Feature article in TU Wien alumni magazine](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/01/08/feature-article-in-tu-wien-alumni-magazine/) - The December 2016 issue of TU Wien’s alumni club magazine is centered around research at the faculty of technical chemistry. Our work on shape-anisotropic particles by solid-state condensation is featured in the issue. Read the article (in German only) here (p.10). - [ChemComm inside front cover](https://unterlasslab.com/2017/01/20/chemcomm-inside-front-cover/) - Our recent ChemmComm paper “Green and highly efficient synthesis of naphthalene and perylene bisimides” has been selected to be featured on the issue’s inside front cover. Check out the cover here, and read the article (open access) here. ## Pages - [Team](https://unterlasslab.com/team/) - Miriam studied chemistry, process engineering and materials science in Germany, the UK, France, and obtained a PhD at the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in 2011. She worked as postdoc at the École Supérieure de Physique et de Chimie Industrielles in Paris, France, before starting her own group at Technische Universität Wien (TUW) - [Publications](https://unterlasslab.com/publication/) - Below please find: Articles, Patents, Datasets and Code, Talks, and Posters. Articles 2026 (3) 58) [Preprint] M. Lahnsteiner, D. A. Cerrón-Infantes, P. W. Fritz, H. M. Moura, M. M. Iqbal, E. K. Bumbaris, and M. M. Unterlass*: "Green Chemistry for the Classroom: Hydrothermal Synthesis of Organic Compounds”, ChemRxiv 2026. doi: 10.26434/chemrxiv.15004953/v2 57) [Preprint] F. Gallob, S. - [Presentations](https://unterlasslab.com/presentations/) - Talks by Prof. Unterlass 2026(7) 103) [UPCOMING] [invited keynote speaker] “TBD”, Zukunft.Ressourcen 2026, Advanced Materials: Zirkulär und nachhaltig, Voestalpine Stahlwelt, Linz, AT, November 5th, 2026. 102) [UPCOMING] [invited lecture] “Hydrothermal Synthesis to Accelerated Discovery of Water-based Advanced Materials”, Korean Society of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry (KSIEC) Collaborative Symposium with the Journal of Materials Chemistry A - [Outreach & Press Coverage](https://unterlasslab.com/outreach/) - We are very committed in communicating with the public interested in science. 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