Hydraulic transport across hydrophilic and hydrophobic nanopores: Flow experiments with water and n-hexane

4.1.2016 Our study "Hydraulic transport across hydrophilic and hydrophobic nanopores: Flow experiments with water and n-hexane" has been published in Physical Review E.

 

pH-Dependent Selective Protein Adsorption into Mesoporous Silica

10.11.2015 Study on pH-Dependent Selective Protein Adsorption into Mesoporous Silica published in The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

 

Capillary rise dynamics of liquid hydrocarbons in mesoporous silica as explored by gravimetry, optical and neutron imaging

2.11.2015 Our Study on the capillary rise dynamics of liquid hydrocarbons in mesoporous silica as explored by gravimetry, optical and neutron imaging: Nano-rheology and determination of pore size distributions from the shape of imbibition fronts has been published in Colloids and Surfaces A.

 

26.9.2015 Photowalk at Deutsche Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) in Hamburg (Germany)

26.9.2015 PhotoWalk at Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)

Pictures can be found here.

Elastic Response of Mesoporous Silicon to Capillary Pressures in the Pores

29.6.2015 Study on the elastic response of mesoporous silicon upon capillary condensation of water published in Applied Physics Letters.

 

  1. Invited Topical Review on Soft Matter in Hard Confinement
  2. Switchable imbibition in nanoporous gold
  3. Towards bio-silicon interfaces with chitosan
  4. Flow-induced pattern formation in organic thin films

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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.