• Skip navigation
  • Skip to navigation
  • Skip to the bottom
Simulate organization breadcrumb open Simulate organization breadcrumb close
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
  • FAUTo the central FAU website
  1. Friedrich-Alexander University
  2. Faculty of Sciences
  3. Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Suche öffnen
  • Deutsch
  • Campo
  • StudOn
  • FAUdir
  • Jobs
  • Help
  1. Friedrich-Alexander University
  2. Faculty of Sciences
  3. Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy

Navigation Navigation close
  • Department
    • Administrative Office
    • Boards
    • Sections
    • Centers
    Portal Department
  • Research
    • Sections
    • Research areas
    • Research groups
    • Young investigators
    Portal Research
  • Study
    • Chemistry / Molecular Science
    • Pharmacy
    • Food Chemistry
    • PhD studies
    Portal Study
  • Events
  1. Home
  2. Mandel group

Mandel group

In page navigation: Mandel group
  • Group head
  • Group
  • Research
  • Publications
  • Equipment
  • Teaching
  • News
  • Open positions
  • Funding
  • Imprint
  • Contact | How to reach us

Mandel group

Chair of Particle-Based Materials Chemistry (PBMC)

Karl Mandel

Prof. Dr. Karl Mandel

Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy
Chair of Particle-Based Materials Chemistry (PBMC)

Room: Room A 2.20
Egerlandstraße 1
91058 Erlangen
  • Phone number: +49 9131 85-27396
  • Email: karl.mandel@fau.de
  • Website: https://www.chemistry.nat.fau.eu/mandel-group/

Our research

Chair ‘Particle-Based Materials Chemistry’

At the Chair ‘Particle-Based Materials Chemistry’, 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.

A first direction in which we harness this knowledge is the field of magnetic materials, where we aim to realize information-providing or magnetically responsive systems. Here, we focus on iron oxide-based systems and pioneer techniques such as magnetic particle spectroscopy (MPS) to gain information from magnetic materials or induction heating to trigger a response or reaction magnetically.

A second direction, we are interested in, deals with designing architectures that enable confined (inter)active chemistry. There, we try to develop supraparticles in which chemistry is given a home in confinement and can actively run, i.e., we try to turn the supraparticles into little active, reactive and interactive units.

Find out more, here.

Section Materials Chemistry

The Chair is based in the Section Materials Chemistry within our Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy.

The Section Materials Chemistry at FAU focuses on the chemical design, synthesis, and understanding of materials from the molecular and nanoscale upward.

Its research combines particle-based and thin-film approaches to tailor structure, composition, and interfaces for targeted functions in areas such as energy, sustainability, and information technologies. Distinct from classical materials engineering, the section emphasizes bottom-up chemical control to create materials whose properties arise from precise nanoscale architecture and interfacial chemistry rather than bulk processing.

Find out more, here.

  • Chair of PBMC at Long Night of Science

    Towards entry "Chair of PBMC at Long Night of Science"

    Our Chair had a lot of fun being part of the program of the Long Night of Science and we were delighted to see that we could infect the broader public with our fascination for magnetic nanoparticles.

  • STAEDTLER PhD Award for Jakob

    Towards entry "STAEDTLER PhD Award for Jakob"

    Many congratulations to Jakob for having received the STAEDTLER PhD Award! Well deserved! Read more here.

  • Karl has been a liaison lecturer for the German National Academic Foundation since October

    Towards entry "Karl has been a liaison lecturer for the German National Academic Foundation since October"

    It is a great honor and, at the same time, a responsible task: Karl is now a liaison lecturer at FAU for scholarship holders of the German National Academic Foundation, the scholarship organization for highly gifted students.

  • Particle-Based Materials Conference (PBM 2025) at FAU

    Towards entry "Particle-Based Materials Conference (PBM 2025) at FAU"

    It was a great pleasure to once again host the Particle-Based Materials Conference (PBM) here in Erlangen. Together with our colleagues Prof. Nicolas Vogel and Prof. Michael Engel, we organized this year’s meeting under the motto “Particle Design,” fitting perfectly with our ongoing CRC 1411 “Desig...

  • Visit from Japan

    Towards entry "Visit from Japan"

    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!

  • Goodbye, Susanne!

    After many years in our group, it is time to say goodbye to Susanne. We wish her all the best for the future!

  • New article accepted

    Towards entry "New article accepted"

    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...

  • Materials Chemistry Group Retreat 2025

    Towards entry "Materials Chemistry Group Retreat 2025"

    Our Department reorganized! Together with the Chair of Chemistry of Thin Film Materials, we now are the new section Materials Chemistry.

  • Congratulations to Jakob!

    Towards entry "Congratulations to Jakob!"

    Jakob received one of the prestigious scholarships of Evonik to fund his PhD. Well done, Jakob.

  • New article accepted

    Towards entry "New article accepted"

    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...

Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy

Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Str. 10
91058 Erlangen
Germany
  • Imprint
  • Privacy
  • Accessibility
  • RSS Feed
  • Instagram
Up