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Our research and teaching deal with the analysis of the composition of materials and the relationship to their properties. The focus here is on the synthesis and analysis of nano-objects of various kinds and their preparation for different application technologies. Furthermore, we investigate the properties of nanochannels in polymer membranes with respect to sensory applications.
Electrochem 2022 in Edinburgh
November 07, 2022
4 – 6 September 2022
On 6th September Prof. Ensinger gave a presentation at the Electrochem 2022 conference of the Royal Society of Chemistry in Edinburgh. The title of the presentation was „Single conical nanochannels as core of electrochemical biomolecular sensors“.
MA-XRF 2022 – Delft, The Netherlands
November 04, 2022
26 – 27 September 2022
Marco Colombo, within his PhD project research on large-area laboratory-based µ-XRF analysis of historical paintings, has recently presented a poster at the 3rd Workshop on MA-XRF scanning in Conservation, Art, and Archaeology. The poster is entitled “Investigations around the power of MA-XRF for identifying trace elements to distinguish different painting materials and to gather information on the production of copper panel paintings” and can now be found in the 2nd floor hall of the MaWi building (L2|01).
66th Annual Meeting of the Paleontological Association in Cork, Ireland
August 03, 2022
18 July – 24 July 2022
Marco Colombo, within his PhD project collaboration with the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum Frankfurt and Prof. Maria McNamara’s University College Cork research group, gave a poster presentation at the 66th Annual Meeting of the Paleontological Association in Cork. The poster is entitled “First in-situ spatially-resolved micro- X-ray Fluorescence imaging analysis of fossils from Messel preserved in different media using a large area micro-XRF scanner”. The poster is now hanging in the 2nd floor hall of the MaWi building (L2|01).
European Conference on X-ray Spectrometry 2022 (EXRS-2022) in Bruges, Belgium
August 03, 2022
26 June – 1 July 2022
Marco Colombo, in the context of his PhD project collaboration with the Städel Museum Frankfurt, recently gave a presentation at the European Conference on X-ray Spectrometry 2022. The title of the presentation was “Combining the optical and MA-XRF elemental information with advanced data processing routines to distinguish earth pigments in 17th century paintings”.
Congratulations to the successful PhD defense
July 26, 2022
Defense of Marvin Gröb
Marvin Gröb, external PhD student in our research group, has successfully completed his PhD studies on 22 July 2022.
Congratulations to Kristina to the successful PhD defense
June 21, 2022
We congratulate Kristina Fröhlich to her successful defense of her PhD dissertation. The topic of her defense is: “Fabrication and Ion-Conducting Behavior of Heavy Ion Track-Etched Nanochannels und Aqueous and Non-Aqueous Conditions”. For her future career we wish Kristina all the best.
Social get-together after a long break
June 21, 2022
On 3 June 2022 we met for a BBQ after a long pause. It was nice that a few former team members had also come.
22nd Annual Meeting of EUSPEN in Geneva
June 09, 2022
European Society of Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology
Marvin Gröb, external PhD student at Kern Microtechnik GmbH, held a presentation on 2nd June in Geneva at the 22nd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Precision Engineering and Nanotechnology (EUSPEN) on “Ductile cutting regime in ball milling of monocrystalline silicon”.
LOEWE final report has been published
May 16, 2022
iNAPO Ion Conducting Nanopores
The Hessian Ministry of Science and Art has published the final report of the LOEWE project iNAPO (ion-conducting nanopores), in which the Material Analysis group played a leading role.
World Congress on Recent Advantages in Nanotechnology (RAN’22)
Mai 04, 2022
Prof. W. Ensinger hielt am 5. April 2022 auf der 7th International Conference on Recent Advantages in Nanotechnology (RAN’22) eine Keynote Lecture zu „Ion Damage Tracks in Polymers – Fabrication of 1-Dimensional Nanostructures: Nanochannels, Nanowires and Nanotubes“