News Archive
News from 27.02.2023
Konrad Hotzel successfully defended his Master thesis on Dyedrogels - Covalent Decomposition of Perylene Photocatalysts in Hydrogels towards Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution and will continue with his PhD in our group.
News from 22.11.2022
Our Bachelor student Larissa Lichau successfully defended her Bachelor thesis on Thiosubstituted Perylene Monoimides for Photocatalytic Hydrogen Evolution.
News from 10.01.2022
Check out our newst publication with the Weigand group on the electrochemical understanding of [FeFe]-naphtalene monoimides.
The complementary investigation on the novel complexes includes spectroelectrochemistry, computational simmulations and electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
Find more information hereExternal link.
News from 24.11.2021
Our latest work on [Fefe]-hydrogenase mimics, covalently connected to the perylene scaffold has been published in Dyes and Pigments.
Our new series of perylene-[FeFe] dyads covers the visible light range from 450 to 650 nm by employing different synthetic strategies.
Find more information hereExternal link.
News from 11.11.2021
Our Bachelor Student Franz successfully his Bachelor Thesis on the Topic of Bipyridine bearing Perylene Tetracarboxylic Ester Noble Metal Complexes for photocatalytic applications.
Let's congratulate Franz for his outstanding Thesis, well done.
News from 07.10.2021
Check out our new paper with the the groups of Popp and Hager on self-healing of supramolecular polymers based on the π-π-interactions of perylene diimides farbicated by poylcondensation of perylene dianhydrides with polyether-based diamines. Find more information hereExternal link.
News from 01.10.2021
Check out our new paper with the the group of Martin Presselt on the fabrication of quasi-two-dimensional films from twisted amphiphilic perylene monoimides and their reassembly during Langmuir-Blodgett deposition. Click hereExternal link for more information.
News from 09.08.2021
We are hiring – if you are looking for a PhD position in a dynamic and exciting environment that is at the intersection of organic chemistry, physical chemistry, and biochemistry, check our new vacancy.
News from 02.08.2021
Check out the investigations on PEGylation of Guanidinium and Indole Bearing Poly(methacrylamide)s that can be applied as non-viral gene delivery agents. This workExternal link is a collaboration with the groups of Prof. Fischer and Prof. Heintzmann.
News from 01.07.2021
Markus Kötzsche joins us as our newest group member and PhD candidate within SFB 1278 PolyTarget. Markus joined our group after succesfully finishing his master program at the University of Bayreuth.
Welcome Markus and the best of luck for your research.
News from 04.06.21
Cerens latest publication was rewarded with yet another cover in Macromolecular Rapid Communications. Check out the cover and her work in collaboration with Prof. Fischers group.
More information click hereExternal link.
News from 28.01.21
Cerens latest work has been published in Macromolecular Rapid Communications. Check out the investigations on hydrophobic groups mimicking the side chains of aromatic amino acid for non-viral gene delivery agents in collaboration with Prof. Fischers group.
More information click hereExternal link.
News from 28.01.21
Check out Javiers collaborative work with prof. Neugebauers group in Journal of Materials Chemistry B on visualization of pH changes in lysosomes by his highly stable fluorescent naphtalene monoimides. Congrats Javier to a great result.
Find the article hereExternal link.
News from 26.11.2020
The work of Daniel and Artem on photocatalytic hydrogen production using perylene monoimides has been published in Chemistry – A European Journal. The successful combination of rylene photosensitizers with thiomolybdate cluster within a polymeric matrix is a great result of our interdisciplinary and highly collaborative work within the Collaborative Research Center CataLightExternal link. Check out the article in Chemistry – A European JournalExternal link.
News from 20.02.2020
The use of polymers in healthcare materials applications such as medical devices, protheses, dental materials and contact lenses is long established. Polymer-based materials are particularly attractive for healthcare because their structure and composition can be precisely tailored to the intended application. The Best of Healthcare External linksection in Macromolecular Rapid Communications is a showcase for articles that expand the available range of properties and functions of polymer-based materials for articles that expand the available range of properties and functions of polymer-based materials for healthcare.
Find the article hereExternal link.
News from 21.08.2020
Our Bachelor Students Dan and Konrad succesfully defended their thesis'. Of course, all hygene measures were followed.
Congrats to both for their great work.
News from 20.02.2020
Check out our new paper in Macromolecular Rapid Communications. Gene therapy relies on efficient delivery agents that can transport plasmin DNA inside living cells. We report on the first indole containing terpolymer that has transfection efficiency superior to guanidinium containing copolymers described before. Congratulations to Ceren for another excellent publication! https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.201900668External link
News from 06.01.2020
We are happy to welcome our newest group member: Gergely "Greg" Knorr from Budapest will support our team as a postdoctoral researcher in he field of molecular photocatalysts within TRR 234 Catalight. Welcome Greg, we wish you all the best in your research.
News from 14.10.2019
The work from Ceren and Ilja has being selected for a front cover in Journal of Materials Chemistry B.The picture was hand-drawn in just one evening by Ceren, one of the first authors of the paper. Lots of talent in our group, we are also very greateful to our collaboraters in Polytarget that participated in this work.
https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2019/tb/c9tb01269a?page=searchExternal link
News from 14.10.2019
In October, we participated in the 5th Seeing is Believing meeting in HeidelbergExternal link, we experts in advanced microscopy techniques gathered to discussed the latest advances in this field. Javier presented a poster on our rylene dyes for biological application.
News from 11.07.2019
On July 10th, Kalina gave this years Jena Star Lecture at the Jena School of Microbial Communication. She presented our work on making functional rylene dyes for various applications https://www.facebook.com/events/lecture-hall-erbertstra��e-3-gro��er-h��rsaal-jena/micoco-stars-prof-dr-kalina-peneva/644609362685108/External link
News from 05.08.2019
Ilja Tabujew successfully defended his PhD thesis on the topic of biocompatible polymers for siRNA delivery. Congratulations, Dr. Tabujew on an excellent PhD thesis and defense!
News from 17.06.2019
In June, we participated in the European Polymer Congress in Heraklion, CreteExternal link. Ceren and Kalina presented our recent work on guanidinium polymers and their application for gene delivery. If you want to read more, check our recent papers (Acta Biomater.2019 and J. Mater. Chem. B 2019,7, 5920-5929External link).
News from 22.03.2019
Daniel Costabel successfully defended his master thesis on the topic of rylene dyes as photosensitizers in photocatalytic water splitting. Congratulations!
News from 31.05.2018
Katja and Kalina participated in the 8th Jenaer FirmenlaufExternal link as members of the Univeristy team. The 5 km charity run had a record numbers of participatns (> 3000) and took place on the 30.05.2018 at the Jena Paradies Park.
News from 18.05.2018
The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) announced on the 18.05.2018 that it will fund the Joint Collaborative Research Center / Transregio (CRC / TRR) 234 "CataLight" over the next four years. The partners, including the University of Vienna, the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research in Mainz and the Leibniz Institute for Photonic Technologies e. V. in Jena, approx. ten million euros. The cross-regional research network intends to use the resources to investigate the basic functionality of innovative photocatalytically active materials.
Our research group will contribute in Project A3 that will focus on the synthesis of rylene photosensitizers for photocatalytic water splitting.
https://www.uni-jena.de/Forschungsmeldungen/FM180518_Catalight.htmlExternal link
News from 31.03.2018
Kalina, Artem and Hassan represented our group at the poster session and application for collaborative research center/ transregio (CRC/ TRR) 234 "CataLight".
News from 20.11.2017
On 07.11.2017, Kalina took part of the First Innovative Areas Lecture SeriesExternal link under the support of Smt. Prem Lata and Prof. D. V. S. Jain Research foundation, held at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India. The event was inaugurated by Prof. Arun Kumar Grover, Vice Chancellor of Panjab University in the Department of Chemistry.
As part of the CONNECT program sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt foundation, she visited the research group of Assist. Prof. Dr. Rohit Sharma. His groups is working on the self-assembling organic networks using short peptides and amino acids and the development of novel strategies for sensing of heavy metal ions and pesticides using peptides and aptamers. Our joined paper on the detection of malathion using quantum dots polymer based fluorescence aptasensor has been published recently in Biosensors and Bioelectronics.External link
News from 09.11.2017
In November 2017, Davide Botteri has received a prestigious scholarship from the Fiat Chrysler Automobile group. The Scholarship project, now in its twenty-second edition, was launched in Italy in 1996 as an incentive for young people to excel in their educational studies. On the picture Davide is receiving his award from the John Elkann (left), President of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, Elena Cattaneo, Stem cells researcher and politician, and Sergio Marchionne, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles.