IWW Canoe tour

19.9.2016 Impressions of our Alster canal canoe tour

 

Dynamic mechanical analysis of supercooled water in nanoporous confinement

14.9.2016 Dynamic mechanical analysis of supercooled water in nanoporous confinement published in Europhysics Letters.

 

Excursion to DESY

22.7.2016 TUHH@DESY

Excursion to the Deutsches Elektronen Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg. Pictures can be found here.

SXNS 14 at Stony Brook, NY

10.7.-14.7.2016 SXNS 14 - 14th International Conference on Surface X-ray and Neutron Scattering at Stony Brook, New York
Pictures of the conference and banquet honouring Peter Pershan's and Ian Robinson's contributions to the field can be found here.

 

Karl H. Ditze-Prize

6.7.2016 Karl H. Ditze-Prize 2016
Birthe Kist received the Karl H. Ditze-Prize for her outstanding Bachelor thesis "Design of a Crystal Bender for a Spectrum Analyser at the Materials Imaging and Dynamics Beamline of the European X-Ray Free Electron Laser", performed in cooperation with Anders Madsens's research group at European XFEL (see also the press release of TUHH).

 
  1. Chiral Phases of a Confined Cholesteric Liquid Crystal: Anchoring-Dependent Helical and Smectic Self-Assembly in Nanochannels
  2. Minisymposium on "Fluids in Nanoporous Media"
  3. Formation of Periodically Arranged Nanobubbles in Mesopores
  4. Hydraulic transport across hydrophilic and hydrophobic nanopores: Flow experiments with water and n-hexane

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News

  • 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).

  • 29.09.2025 Colossal Effect of Nanopore Surface Ionic Charge on the Dynamics of Confined Water

    In a recent publication, we report a particularly rewarding result from a French-German collaboration linking Hamburg, Rennes, Grenoble and Paris, with key neutron scattering experiments carried out at the high-flux neutron reactor of the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France. 

    We show that water behaves very differently when confined to tiny nanopores—and that surface charge makes all the difference. Adding ionic charges to pore walls dramatically slows down water motion, not just in the vicinity of the pore wall but throughout the entire pore. This long-range control goes far beyond simple wetting effects and highlights surface charge as a powerful tool for using water as a nanoscale working fluid in water-driven materials, membranes, and nanotechnologies.

  • 09.09.2025 When symmetry breaks in tiny spaces

    Nanopores unlock hidden chirality in exotic liquid crystals – with the observation now made by us within an international cooperation with Ukraine, France and Poland, they might find even wider usage in energy storage or conversion or tunable lenses (see press release).

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

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

    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.