FRM Highlight

11.5.2011


Evidence of sticky boundary layers and anisotropic diffusion in nanochannels published as Scientific Highlight in the annual report of the Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Neutron Research Reactor (Munich).

Dr.-Eduard-Martin award to Simon Gruener

19.10.2011 Dr.-Eduard-Martin Award

Simon Gruener received the Dr.-Eduard-Martin award for his Ph.D. thesis from the friends of Saarland University.

Capillary Condensation and Crystallisation of Nitrogen in SBA-15

6.2.2012 Capillary Condensation and Crystallization of Nitrogen in an Ordered Mesoporous Silica (SBA-15)

Sorption and calorimetric study on capillary condensation, freezing and melting of nitrogen in mesoporous silica published in Physical Review B (pdf).

SoftMatControl Poznan (Poland)

27.2. - 9.3.2012 SoftMatControl, Poznan (Poland)



The international school “SoftMatControl” is a European ERASMUS Intensive Programme proposed by the universities of Rennes 1, Poznan and Saarbrücken. It offers a unique opportunity to European master and young PhD students in physics to gain exclusive skills in the understanding of out-of-equilibrium phenomena, by mastering control parameters of complexity in soft and molecular materials.
 
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SoftMatControl Rennes (France)

4.2. - 14.2.2013 SoftMatControl, Rennes (France)



The international school “SoftMatControl” is a European ERASMUS Intensive Programme proposed by the universities of Rennes 1, Poznan and Saarbrücken. It offers a unique opportunity to European master and young PhD students in physics to gain exclusive skills in the understanding of out-of-equilibrium phenomena, by mastering control parameters of complexity in soft and molecular materials.
 
 
  1. Quasi-elastic neutron scattering on bulk and confined hexane
  2. Imbibition Front Broadening in Mesoporous Vycor Glass
  3. Confinement effects in rod-like LCs
  4. Imbibition of water and a liquid crystal in nanoporous silica

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News

  • 22.05.2025 Cluster of Excellence "BlueMat: Water-driven materials" approved

    BlueMat has been awarded funding through the Cluster of Excellence program (ExStra)!

    Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) and its partner institutions will receive funding totalling 70 million Euro. The application process was challenging: out of a total of 143 draft proposals for new clusters of excellence, only 41 were invited to submit a full proposal. In this second round, the new applications competed with the 57 already established clusters. Of a total of 98 applications submitted, only 70 were approved. The Cluster of Excellence will initially be funded for seven years until 2033.

    We would like to thank all of our partners for their hard work. The whole team is energized and eager to begin bringing our vision to life. Stay tuned for updates as we embark on this exciting journey!

  • 26.02.2025 Centre for Molecular Water Science (CMWS) inaugurated

    The DESY-initiated CMWS is a Europe-wide research network in the field of molecular water research. The CMWS declaration has been signed by forty-seven founding members from twelve countries – including fourteen German universities and eight Helmholtz Centres. See also the corresponding press release.

  • 18.11.2024 Ultrafast X-ray imaging at the European XFEL of a water droplet sucked into a porous silicon membrane by capillary action

  • 12.09.2024 Article "Deformation dynamics of nanopores upon water imbibition" published in PNAS

    Our article shows by a combination of experiments and computer simulations of water imbibition in nanopores that the competition between expansive, surface stress release at pore walls and negative, contractile Laplace pressures of nanoscale menisci lead to an unusual macroscopic behavior of the porous medium, which is generic for any liquid/nanoporous solid combination. The results allow one to quantify surface and Laplace stresses and to monitor nanoscale flow and infiltration states by relatively simple length measurements of the porous medium.

  • 17.05.2024 - New publication: "Self-Assembly of Ionic Superdiscs in Nanopores"

    Our study on discotic ionic liquid crystals has been published in ACS Nano - see also the DESY press release.