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.
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...
We pioneer the design of magnetic supraparticles as information-providing objects that can be read-out via magnetic particle spectroscopy. The potential and the challenges from our experience are outlined in an invited article that was just accepted in Accounts of Materials Research. It nicely sums ...
Karl has been appointed by FAU President Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Hornegger to the Chair of Particle-Based Materials Chemistry (PBMC) at our Department!
With Karl Mandel’s appointment to the W3 professorship in Particle-Based Materials Chemistry, the Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy at FAU is als...
...on MOF nano thermometers in context of the CRC1411 (LINK)
Joshi M., Riesner M., Wang Z., Mireskandari S., Nanda R., Reber R., Huber C., Fischer M., Fainblat R., Mandel K., Wisser D., Segets D.,* Bacher G.,* Wisser F.M.,* Hartmann M.*
Europium(III)/Terbium(III) Mixed Metal-Organic Frameworks a...
