NanoElectrolyte

01.09.2022 Aqueous Electrolytes in Nanoporous Media: Structure, Dynamics and Electrochemo-Mechanical Actuation: See press release of the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) on a new collaborative DFG-NSF project between the group of Gennady Gor (NJIT), Michael Fröba (University of Hamburg) and us.

 

 

CXNS Inauguration

12.04.2022 Feierliche Eröffnung des Centre for X-ray and Nano Science (CXNS) Gebäudes in der Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld. Hier gibt es eine Aufzeichnung des offiziellen Teils mit den Forschungsministerinnen Stark-Watzinger, Prien und Fegebank. DESY-Pressemitteilung. Three research ministers open Centre for X-ray and Nano Science at DESY, see the DESY press release here.

 

Web page moved to new domain

31.03.2022 Our web page moved to a new domain: www.mxp.tuhh.de. Update your bookmarks!

 

 

Article 'Impact of confinement and polarizability on dynamics of ionic liquids' published

08.02.2022 The simulation study 'Impact of confinement and polarizability on dynamics of ionic liquids' by the group of Robert Meißner related to our experimental work was published in the Journal of Chemical Physics and is featured by the editor and on the cover page of the current issue.

 

EHAWEDRY in the DESY research magazine femto

12.2021 Our project on "Energy harvesting via wetting/drying cycles with nanoporous electrodes" (EHAWEDRY) was presented in the DESY research magazine femto (English/German version).

 

  1. DESY Science Day 2021
  2. Article "Dynamic Kerr and Pockels electro-optics of liquid crystals in nanopores for active photonic metamaterials " published
  3. Article published: Wafer-Scale Electroactive Nanoporous Silicon: Large and Fully Reversible Electrochemo-Mechanical Actuation in Aqueous Electrolytes
  4. Article "How water wets and self-hydrophilizes nanopatterns of physisorbed hydrocarbons" published

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News

  • 06.10.2026 Multimodal synchrotron X-ray analysis of palm-leaf manuscripts

    Combining synchrotron X-ray scattering and fluorescence with machine learning, we identified structural and compositional signatures in historical palm-leaf manuscripts that discriminate between botanical genera and reflect their processing. The non-destructive approach provides a material science basis for provenance studies, complementing codicological and historical evidence. See our publication in npj Heritage Science and the press release.

  • 17.09.2026 A Tale of Two Waters: H₂O and D₂O Electrify Surfaces Differently

    Hydrophobic nanoporous silicon acts as a single platform for comparing three solid–liquid triboelectrification regimes: immersion–emersion, droplet contact, and pressure-driven pore intrusion, with H2O and D2O highlighting isotope-dependent electrical responses. Rather than providing one simple mechanism, the study published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C opens new questions about the molecular origins of water–solid electrification—and shows how isotope substitution can help uncover them. 

    J. Phys. Chem. C (2026) 130 (36): 12748–12756.
    https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.6c04134

     

  • 05.06.2026 Water, Clay and Carbon: A New Route to Sustainable Energy Storage

    🌎 Water, Clay and Carbon: A New Route to Sustainable Energy Storage - we demonstrate an all-water supercapacitor stable over 60,000 charging cycles. 

    💧⚡Can pure water store electrical energy? A research team within the Cluster of Excellence BlueMat – Water-Driven Materials has now shown that it can.

    🔋 By confining water within nanometer-sized channels in clay minerals, the team developed a supercapacitor capable of efficiently storing and transporting electrical charge with remarkable stability.

    💡 Read more in our latest press release ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dttmcBcQ

    Publication:
    Artemov, V. et al., All-water supercapacitor enabled by 1-nm clay channels, Nat Commun 17, 5014 (2026).

    https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-73924-1

  • 23.04.2026 Lehmann Prize awarded to Patrick Huber

    🏆 Congratulations to Patrick Huber on receiving the Volker Lehmann Prize for the most outstanding talk at the 2026 Porous Semiconductors Science and Technology Conference (PSST2026) in Naples, Italy.

    💧 His presentation, “Nature’s Blueprint: Water-Enabled Functions in Hierarchically Porous Silicon,” showcased key research directions of the Cluster of Excellence BlueMat: Water-Driven Materials. 

    🏆 The Lehmann Prize honors Volker Lehmann, who—together with Leigh Canham and Ulrich Gösele - co-discovered the quantum confinement effect in silicon.

  • 22.10.2025  Water as an energy carrier: nanoporous silicon generates electricity from friction with water

    Exciting news! Our new publication in Nano Energy presents a novel way for converting mechanical energy into electricity – by harnessing water confined in nanometre-sized pores of silicon as the active working fluid (press release).