News
New paper on assays in liquid plugs
Tiny liquid plugs are perfect containers for bioanalytical assays. We have used such nanoliter compartments to monitor biomolecular reactions in a time-resolved way. The results were recently published in Analytical Chemistry.
Azubi gesucht!
Zum 1. September 2014 bieten wir engagierten und motivierten Schulabgängerinnen und Schulabgängern eine spannende und abwechslungsreiche Ausbildung zur Chemielaborantin / zum Chemielaboranten an.
Master position on dew-point sensor project available
We are currently accepting applications for a Master position on a dew-point/humidity project.
Joint Seminar with Biesalski group at TU Darmstadt
It was time to visit an old friend: Prof. Markus Biesalski, who heads the Macromolecular Chemistry and Paper Chemistry (MAP) group at TU Darmstadt.
CPI Fallschool 2013
The entire group recently went uphill to the Unihaus on the Schauinsland for the 10th CPI Fallschool. The event was packed with science, songs and a hike.
PhD position on the wetting of surfaces
We are currently accepting applications for a project on the wetting of surface. The studies include the fabrication and characterization of switchable surfaces which are superhydropobic and eventually also super amphiphobic.
Bachelor/Master position available
We are currently accepting applications for bachelor or master position for project on superamphipobic surfaces.
German Korean Polymer Symposium 2013
CPI just had a strong delegation at the 8th German Korean Polymer Symposium in Hamburg
CPI Group Seminars Winter 2013/2014
We continue our regular group meetings in winter 2013/2014. All interested IMTEK members are cordially invited. Check back for quite frequent updates to this schedule.
CPI at the Husemann-Cup 2013
CPI was the by far largest crowd at this year's Husemann-Cup. Two team were registered and both were quite successfull (at least by our own football standards).
Just accepted: Surface-attached polymer layers via diazoester groups
"Preparation of surface-attached polymer layers by thermal or photochemical activation of α-diazoester moieties" is the title of a manuscript that was now accepted by Langmuir. It is already available from their website.
Two PhD positions available
We are currently accepting applications for two PhD positions on collaborative research.
New project on the reduction of fibroblast adhesion
Scar formation is the most prominent complication after Glaucoma treatment via Trabeculectomy. It is usually triggered by tenon fibroblasts which quickly adhere to the opening and trigger unwanted wound healing. In an interdisciplinary project with the Ophthalmic Clinic Freiburg we plan to reduce scar formation by reducing fibroblast adhesion at the surgical site. The project has now gained funding by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG).
New publication on tailor-made polymer multilayers
Advanced Functional Materials has now published our work on the generation of tailor-made polymer multilayers via thermally reactive polymers. Monolithic surface architectures are generated via C,H insertion reactions.
Surface-attached hydrogels for microarray based immunoassays
A promising pathway to improve on the sensitivity of protein microarrays is to immobilize the capture antibodies in a three dimensional hydrogel matrix. We describe a simple method based on printing of an aqueous protein solution containing a photosensitive polymer and the capture antibody onto a plastic chip surface.
Prof. Dr. Christoph Naumann visiting
Prof. Dr. Christoph Naumann from the Chemistry Department of Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis is currently visiting CPI.
CPI at the 2013 IRTG Discussion Meeting
The International Research and Training Group on Soft Matter Science (IRTG SoMaS) had its third Discussion Meeting at the Hotel Vier Jahreszeiten in Schluchsee. "Challenges and Prospects of Soft Matter at Interfaces" was a topic that demanded a good share of people from CPI.
CPI Group Seminars Summer 2013
We continue our regular group meetings in summer 2013. All interested IMTEK members are cordially invited. Check back for quite frequent updates to this schedule.
Unusual tribochemical polishing
A DFG-funded project with collaborators from the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (IWM) and the Freiburger Materialforschungszentrum (FMF) has revealed a rather special case of tribochemical polishing which leads to a ultralow coefficient of friction between two steel surfaces.
New publication on bioinert hydrogel coatings
Any artificial surface that is brought into the blood stream may cause thrombus formation. We have developed surface coatings that may minimize this risk. Now we have reported some of the mechanisms that may prevent such dangerous complications and we are now in a better position to predict the behavior of many materials in this regard.
Artificial cilia and 2 Photon Crosslinking