March 2019 Global Young Faculty

Within the Global Young Faculty V, Michael worked together with other young scientist on a project which aims to increase the interest of the society into science and research in the Ruhr area. The project “Entdecke dein Ruhrpot(t)enzial” launched a website featuring two short movies which showcase the role of research and higher education in the Ruhrgebiet. Check it out...

March 21th 2019 New Publication

Marco, Michael and Ellen published their work on "Hydrogen-Bonded Liquid Crystals with Broad-Range Blue Phases" in Journal of Materials Chemistry C. The study was highlighted on the front cover. Congratulations.

March 14th 2019 New Paper published

Janek (AG Gutmann) and Michaels work on “Polymorphism of hydrogen-bonded star mesogens – a combinatorial DFT-D and FT-IR spectroscopy study” has been published RSC Advances – well done.

January 9th 2019 New Group Member

Subrata Nath joins the Giese group to work on “Self-Assembly in Confined Spaces – A Tool for Responsive Photonic Materials?”. Welcome and good luck with your project.

January 8th 2019 New Research Article

Marcos, Matthias’ and Michaels work on “Photoresponsive Halogen-Bonded Liquid Crystals: The Role of Aromatic Fluorine Substitution” has been published in Chemistry of Materials – great work!

December 10th 2018 New Research Article

Giada, Marco and Matthias published their research on "Supramolecular Modification of ABC Triblock Terpolymers in Confinement Assembly". This collaborative project with Gröschel group has been accepted in Nanomaterials, Nice work!

December 6th 2018 Review on Cellulose Nanocrystals published

Michaels and Matthias’ review on “Cellulose nanocrystals in nanoarchitectonics – towards photonic functional materials” has been published in Molecular Systems Design & Engineering. Great Job!

November 28th 2018 Cenide Best Paper Awards 2018 go to...

Matthias was awarded with the CENIDE Best Paper Award 2018 for his Advanced Functional Materials publication “Hydrogen-Bonded Liquid Crystals in Confined Spaces— Toward Photonic Hybrid Materials”. Congratulations!

November 28th 2018 Teaching Award

For the lecture "Functional Supramolecular Materials" Jens, Jochen and Michael recieved this year's Teaching Award of the faculty. Thanks go to the students for their kind evaluation.

November 26th 2018 New paper published

The paper of Marco "Alkylated Aromatic Thioethers with Aggregation‐Induced Emission Properties—Assembly and Photophysics" has been accepted in Chemistry - An Asian Journal, Great Job!

August 2018 Funding by Boehringer Ingelheim Stiftung

The group receives funding an Exploration Grantby the Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation for our project on "Self-Assembly in Confined Spaces – A Tool for Responsive Photonic Materials?".

August 15th 2018 Michaels Paper

Michaels' paper "On the Impact of Linking Groups in Hydrogen-Bonded Liquid Crystals - A case study" was accepted for publication in Soft Matter and was highlighted on the Back Cover. Congrats!

August 1st 2018 New Paper!

Matthias' paper on "Hydrogen‐Bonded Liquid Crystals in Confined Spaces—Toward Photonic Hybrid Materials" was accepted by Advanced Functional Materials. Great work!

May 28th 2018 A new paper by Marco

Marco's work on "ortho-Fluorination of azophenols increases the mesophase stability of photoresponsive hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals" has been published in Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Congrats!

April 23rd 2018 New Group Members

Leona Postulka and Sascha Ernst joined our group for their Bachelor studies. Leona will investigate a modular approach towards new liquid crystals based on dynamic covalent bonds. Sascha will study halogen-bonded assemblies and their mesomorphic behaviour. Have fun and good luck for your projects!

February 1st 2018 New Group Member

Florian Malotke moved from the University of Düsseldorf to join the Giese group for his PhD works. He is intersted in photonic soft materials and their application in sensing. Good luck and have fun with your project!

February 1st 2018 New Group Member

Meik Blanke joined the Giese group for his PhD studies. He will investiagte a supramolecular approach to novel twist-bend liquid crystals. Good luck for your project!

October 10th 2017 Global Young Faculty V

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Michael was selected as a member of the Global Young Faculty 5, which connects young researchers from Essen, Bochum and Dortmund.

September 8th 2017 Paper accepted

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Michaels paper on "Structure-Property Relationships in Hydrogen-bonded liquid crystals" was accepted for publication by Chemistry of Materials. Congrats!

August 14th 2017 New Trainee

Christian joins our working group and will do his trainee in the field of organic chemistry. Welcome!

August 2017 New Master students joining

Ellen and Alexsander joining the group for their masters studies. Ellen is working on chiral liquid crystalline systems and blue phases and Alexsander is investigating a new design of supramolecular materials by applying orthogonal binding sites. Welcome and good luck for your work.

July 15th 2017 Group BBQ

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Michael Giese invites the members of the junior research groups to come to his place for, scary horror stories and breakfast. Welcome guys and enjoy the time.

July 10th 2017 DAAD RISE student joins the group

​Leigh joins our working group as a DAAD Rise student! She is currently a chemistry student in the University Hull (England) and will be working on the synthesis of azopyrazole-based liquid crystals. Welcome and good luck for your project.

May 2017 New Bachelor Students

​Kevin and Sven join our working group for their Bachelor studies. Kevin will work on the synthesis and study of the structure-property relationships of fluorinated core units on supramolecular liquid crystalline materials. Svens project deals with the synthesis of new functionalized phloroglucin derivatives and their impact on the liquid crystalline behaviour of hydrogen-bonded assemblies. Welcome and good luck.

May 2017 Additional Funding by CENIDE

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The Centre for Nanointergration Duisburg-Essen (CENIDE) supports the purchase of a sample heating stage with 10.000 €. Thank you!

April 26th 2017 Master Class in Mainz

​Matthias joins the Master Class “Supramolecular Functional Materials” in Mainz and shows his work on a poster.

April 2017 German British Liquid Crystal Conference - Würzburg

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Michael P., Matthias and Michael G. enjoy the German British Liquid Crystal Conference in Würzburg and Michael P. wins the Poster Prize for his poster on "Rationalizing the Impact of Subtle Structural Differences on the Properties of Hydrogen-bonded Assemblies" - Congratulations!

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April 2017 PhD Position available

We are looking for a new PhD student. The research project includes the synthesis, isolation and characterisation of supramolecular assemblies with liquid crystalline properties. For more details or sending your application package (including a cover letter, your CV and two letters of recommendation) please contact Michael Giese.

March 29th 2017 JCF Frühjahrssymposium

Matthias joins the “JCF Frühjahrssymposium” in Mainz and shows his work in a poster talk.

February 1^st 2017

We are looking for a new PhD student. The research project includes the synthesis, isolation and characterisation of supramolecular assemblies with liquid crystalline properties. For more details or sending your application package (including a cover letter, your CV and two letters of recommendation) please contact Michael Giese.

January 30^th 2017

Matthias' and Michaels paper "Fluorination of Supramolecular Liquid Crystals – Tuning Tool and Analytical Probe" was accepted for publication in Journal of Materials Chemistry C. Congratulations!

January 16^th 2017

Our group has received new funding bei the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG-Sachbeihilfe).

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September 1^st 2016

Michael G. publishes new research on "Magnetic Mesoporous Photonic Cellulose Films" from his postdoctoral project at the UBC (Vancouver, Canada).

August 15^th 2016

Michael received a startup grant of the Mercator Research Center Ruhr (MERCUR) supporting young researchers from the "Ruhr-area" at an early stage of their career.

June 20^th 2016

Michael's (P.) paper "A modular approach towards functional supramolecular aggregates – subtle structural differences inducing liquid crystallinity" was accepted for publication in Chemical Communications - well done and congratulations!

March 18^th 2016

Michael P. received additional funding from the Profesor Werdelmann-Stiftung for his PhD project. Congratulations!

January 12^th 2016

Michael's Advance Article on "Experimental investigations of Anion-π interactions - applications and biochemical relevance" was accepted for publication in Chemical Communications!