Group Devi

A new cover page in Journal of Materials Chemistry C designed by Jan. This research work on thin WS₂ layers demonstrates the potential of 2D-type of materials for sensing and electrocatalytic applications.
A productive output and collaboration between Prof. Schuhmann’s group at RUB, the ZGH (Zentrum für grenzflächendominierte Höchstleistungswerkstoffe), RUBION, our industry partner Paragon GmbH and Co. KGaA and our group.

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Congratulations Lukas! You deserve it!
We are proud that Lukas Mai was awarded the GDCh best thesis award for his interdiscplinary PhD thesis involving chemistry, material science and engineering.
Precursors are building blocks for CVD and ALD of nanostructured functional films. At times, simple chemistry makes a big change!
When new metalorganic complexes are in par with the standard precursors (commercially available) and have additional advantages, then it is a big step forward for a precursor chemist. This was the case for Al and Zn precursors for ALD of Al₂O₃ and ZnO covered in Lukas’ PhD thesis. A further motivation for our group to look for new and advanced precursors.
The two research projects SFB-TR-87 and EFRE-FunALD focused on this theme.
Another feather in the cap for Lukas after his success with the SDW and FCI fellowships (declined) for doing his PhD.

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We welcome Chan-Mi Cho joining our IMC team as a new Master student. Chan-Mi will be working at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) in cooperation with the Department of Information and Electronics Materials led by Prof. Taek-Mo Chung.
We wish her a productive time!

We are very excited to announce a new international collaborative project NATOENER – Nanostructures with atomic Precision for next generation Energy Harvesting Devices.
The project is funded by i-Link+, a Grant coordinated by Dr. Mariona Coll at ICMAB in Barcelona, Spain.
NATOENER is looking into the development of multisource energy harvesters, devices that can convert energy from a variety of sources, like solar, kinetic, and temperature. The goal is to achieve the self-powering operation of electronic devices through multiferroic oxide materials.
Anna Borrás and Mariona Coll from CSIC will focus on the synthesis of 1D-3D multishell architectures and the team at Ruhr-University Bochum (Germany) David Zanders and Anjana Devi, will concentrate on the synthesis of tailored metalorganic precursors. The Queen Mary University of London (UK) team, led by Prof. Joe Briscoe, will perform multifunctional properties using vibration energy harvester testing, and the one at CEA-LETI (in Grenoble, France), led by Dr. Zineb Saghi, will use STEM for structural characterization of the materials.
We look forward to a successful collaboration on this exciting research topic and hope to pave the way for long-lasting research adventure.