Bachelor- and Master-theses 2019
You are interested in supramolecular functional materials and liquid crystals? - Then contact Michael Giese for more details on prospective Bachelor- and Master-projects or stop by in his office (room S07 S04 C25)
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The Junior Research Group is affiliated with the Institute of Organic Chemistry at the University of Duisburg-Essen and was started in June 2014. Our research field is the synthesis and analysis of supramolecular functional aggregates, especially those with liquid crystalline properties. A major goal is to utilize and control the molecular self-assembly of discotic aggregates and understand the underlying principles in detail in order to develop novel supramolecular liquid crystals for potential applications in optical and electronic devices such as organic solar cells or light-emitting diodes (OLEDs).
Contact
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Michael R. A. Giese
Institute of Organic Chemistry
University of Duisburg-Essen
Universitätsstraße 7
45141 Essen, Germany
Room: S07 S00 C21
Phone: +49 201 183-2087
Email: michael.giese@uni-due.de
News
July 1st 2019 Intramolecular Hydrogen-bond makes a difference
Michael‘s and Marco’s paper “Improving the Mesomorphic Behaviour of Supramolecular Liquid Crystals by Resonance-assisted Hydrogen Bonding" was published online in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C. Congratulations!
June 2019 ISMSC 2019 in Lecce
Michael, Marco, Meik, and Matthias attended the ISMSC 2019 in Lecce in southern Italy, successfully presented posters on their current research and had a meet and greet with Nobel Prize Winner Ben Feringa.
June 24th 2019 Dies Academicus Teaching Award
Michael Giese receives together with Jens Voskuhl and Jochen Niemeyer the University Duisburg-Essen teaching award for their extraordinary engagement for students. The price was presented by Marco Schmiedtchen and Louisa Waasmann during the DIES Academicus celebrations and is endowed with 5.000 EUR. Congratulations to the Young Group Leaders of the Organic Chemistry department!
May 23th 2019 MSDE most-read articles
Matthias and Michael's Review article "Cellulose nanocrystals in nanoarchitectonics – towards photonic functional materials" was recently highlighted as one of the ten most read MSDE articles for the first quarter of 2019. The collection of all articles can be found here as Open access until June 30th.
April 5th 2019 New Paper published
Marco’s paper „Structure–property relationships in aromatic thioethers featuring aggregation-induced emission: solid-state structures and theoretical analysis“ was published in CrystEngComm – Congratulations!
April 5th 2019 New Publication
Together with the group of Dr. Marcel Albrecht from the University of Saarland Meik and Marco published their studies on “Alkyloxy modified pyrene fluorophores with tunable photophysical and crystalline properties”. Congratulations!
March 2019 GLCC 2019 in Paderborn
The Giese group and Jens Voskuhl enjoy the German Liquid Crystal Conference in Paderborn.
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
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Prospective Students, PhD students and Post-Docs
We are looking for motivated students who are interested in supramolecular materials. Students interested in joining the group for their bachelor or master theses or for a research project (Vertiefungspraktikum) are encouraged to apply.
Applications of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers are welcome and we are happy to help highly qualified prospective coworkers with their scholarship applications. For details please contact Michael Giese.