Scientific Group Retreat 2023
We recently organized our first-ever group retreat, thanks to the initiative of four of our PhD students: Lisa, Jana, Onur, and Regina. Over the course of five days in the picturesque Eifel region, we enjoyed a mix of informative presentations, engaging workshops, team-building exercises, and evenings filled with (friendly) Mario Kart races and lively table soccer tournaments.
Welcome Katrin
Join us in welcoming Katrin, the newest member of our research group, as she embarks on her Ph.D. journey with us.
Conference Lisa
Lisa recently participated in the 18th International Conference on Organized Molecular Films (ICOMF) in Frankfurt, where she was a awarded a poster price for her excellent presentation on the swelling processes of amphiphilic zwitterionic polymer coatings. Congratulations to Lisa on this well-deserved achievement!
Climbing excursion
The whole group came together for a day of tree-climbing adventure, and even with the rainy weather, the outing was a great opportinuty for team bonding!
Florida Field Experiments
Our cooperation partner from the Florida Institute of Technology (Dr. Kelli Hunsucker and Dr. Geoffrey Swan) guided in conducting on-site experiments and provided our group members, Onur and Jana, with the wonderful opportunity to enhance our ongoing research through field experiments.
New Paper
Interested in the analysis of biological matter with XRF? Check out our latest publication!Single-Slice XRF Mapping of Light Elements in Frozen-Hydrated Allium schoenoprasum via a Self-Absorption-Corrected Hyperspectral Tomographic Reconstruction Approach Gräfenstein, A.; Brückner, D.; Rumancev, C.; Garrevoet, J.; Galbierz, V.; Schroeder, W. H.; Schroer, C. G.; Falkenberg, G.; Rosenhahn, A. Analytical Chemistry, 2023, 95, 27, 10186–10195
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.3c00188
New Paper
Discover how we used light-induced polymerisation to craft perfluoropolyether brushes of varying film thicknesses and how this impacts their antifouling performance. Congratulation to Emily on her latest publication!Visible light-induced surface grafting polymerization of perfluoropolyether brushes as marine low fouling materials Manderfeld, E.; Balasubramaniam, A.; Özcan O.; Anderson C.; Finlay J.A.; Clare, A. S.; Hunsucker, K.; Swain, G. W.; Rosenhahn, A. Polymer Chemistry, 2023, 14, 1791-1800.
http://doi.org/10.1039/D3PY00126A
Welcome Louisa
We’re excited to have Lousia on board as a Ph.D. student, contributing her skills and talents to our group.
Conference AVS 2022
Jana and Lisa attended the AVS68 in Pittsburgh, both giving a talk. Jana presented her work on tuning the amphiphilicity of alginic acid-based polyelectrolyte multilayers to enhance marine fouling resistance, and Lisa talked about the anti-fouling properties of amphiphilic zwitterionic hydrogels.
New Paper
Interested in fouling-inhibiting plastrons? Emilys new paper is finally out, congratulations!
Thermoregeneration of Fouling‐Inhibiting Plastrons on Conductive Laser‐Induced Graphene Coatings by Joule Heating Manderfeld, E.; Nunes Kleinberg, M.; Thamaraiselvan, C.; Arnusch, C. J.; Rosenhahn, A.; Rosenhahn, A. Advanced Materials Interfaces 2022, 2201336. https://doi.org/10.1002/admi.202201336.
Conference
Jana, Onur and Regina attended the Biointerfaces International Conference in Zurich and presented their research with poster contributions.
Congratulations!
Emily successfully passed her PhD defense. Her work focused on antifouling strategies using carbon and silicone based coatings which form surface active species.
Welcome Lejla
We’re thrilled to welcome Lejla, our new Ph.D. student, who will be a valuable addition to our research team!