Chair of Particle-Based Materials Chemistry (PBMC)
Our research
In the Supraparticle Group, we design highly functional supraparticles, i.e., particles of a few µm in size that are composed of nanoparticle (and molecular) building blocks.
These complex entities are achieved via forced assembly of the (nano) building blocks, mainly by using the technique of spray-drying.
We study how structure, besides (multimaterial) composition, of such supraparticles affects the interaction among the building blocks of these entities and how this leads to unique functionalities.
We exploit these findings for designing highly innovative communicating / interactive supraparticles and multifunctional adsorber / carrier and catalyst entities.
Many different material systems are studied in the group, but a special focus is on iron oxide nanoparticle-based magnetic systems and their characterization in particularly via magnetic particle spectroscopy (MPS), a to date rather unexplored approach that we pioneer.
Find out more, here.
Ultimately, via smart supraparticles, we aim at contributing to sustainability.
Great to have had our colleagues from Japan, Prof. Takashi Ogi, Prof. Satoshi Watanabe, Eka Septiani and Syakirah Nabilah, at our labs for a visit and to discuss future collaborations!
After many years in our group, it is time to say goodbye to Susanne.
We wish her all the best for the future!
Our paper, where we studied together with our collaborators, Prof. Yuta Hatanaka, Prof. Yuichi Tozuka and Prof. Kazunori Kadota from Japan, the formation of filament-like supraparticles in confined vortex rings, has been accepted to the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science.
Kämäräinen T.,* D...
Our Department reorganized! Together with the Chair of Chemistry of Thin Film Materials, we now are the new section Materials Chemistry.
Jakob received one of the prestigious scholarships of Evonik to fund his PhD. Well done, Jakob.
Advanced Materials just accepted our latest article in which we report on the finding of programmable magnets for induction on demand with spatial control.
Raczka T., Luthardt L., Müssig S., Kent N., Lan Q., Denneulin, T., Dunin-Borkowski R.E., Mandel K.*
Magnetically “Programming“ Cob...
Nice collaborative work with the Fraunhofer IMM on continuous synthesis of carbon dots.
Lüdicke M.G., Oppmann M., Sperling R.A., Miller F., Mandel K., Rehm T.H.*
Controlled solvothermal flow synthesis and spray-drying of fluorescent carbon-based nanomaterials based on phenylenediamines...
Our team gets support! Welcome Marion Retter - happy to have you on board and seated in your new office!
Karl will from now on focus solely on his Chair at FAU and will no longer be affiliated with the Fraunhofer ISC.
We transferred the good old thermite reaction into the world of supraparticles! The article was just accepted in ACS Applied Nano Materials.
Raczka T., Groppe P., Hurle K., Moritz M.S., Papp C., Mandel K., Wintzheimer S.*
Thermite Reactions within Liquid Gallium/Iron Oxide Supraparticl...
