Research Team
History
The main research topics of Division Macromolecular Chemistry match in large parts the topics of the former 'Institut für Chemische Technologie Organischer Stoffe'. It merged with other institutes in the course of the administrative reform of the chemical institutes of the University of Technology 2002, to form the Institute of Applied Synthetic Chemistry (IAS).
TU WIEN PCT-Group News
On the Annual Meeting of the Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, Antonella received the Best Presentation Award for her talk "Novel aliphatic photoinitiators"
Congratulations to Katharina Ehrmann. She received the prestigious Elise Richter Award for her proposal: "Orthogonal synthesis strategies for vat photopolymerization"
Lisa Sinawehl received the prestigious Ressel prize for her PhD thesis entiteled "Small molecules for the improvement of mechanical properties and degradation of photopolymers". Congratulations!!!!
Foto: (c) kusebauch
In September, some members of our group attended the first Young Polymer Researchers Austria Meeting (YPRA), which was held in the charming surroundings of Weiz, Styria.
Gratifyingly, Edma was awarded the Klaus Hummel Prize for the best oral presentation about her diploma thesis project. Congratulations!
In the beginning of July a congregation of the PCT group (left to right: Kathi, Klaus, Patrick, Michael, Kaja, Florian and Beni) ventured to Britain, attending the IUPAC Macro 2024, which was held at the University of Warwick. Interesting talks and posters from all over the world were inspiring food for new ideas and discussions. However, not only the scientific program was enriching, also the social activities including a visit to the Warwick Castle, a pubcrawl and pubquizes were highlights of this trip.
A small congregation of the FBMC attended the European Symposium of Photopolymer Science (ESPS) in the picturesque village Stresa, Italy. Carola, Antonella, Markus, Florian M., Kathi, Patrick and Robert gave excellent talks on our hottest photopolymer topics and presented wonderful posters. Carola was awarded the third place for her poster on photbase-catalyzed Oxa-Michael reactions. Congratulations!
We look forward to the ESPS 2026 in Vienna!
In June, Danijela, Tina, and Chrissie, accompanied by Stefan, travelled to the beautiful city of Utrecht to attend this year’s Conference for Advanced Functional Polymers for Medicine. The picturesque canals and historic charm of Utrecht provided a stunning backdrop for the event, which brought together researchers from around the world to share their latest advancements.
At the conference, the group’s research was presented through engaging poster presentations and pitch talks, and Stefan delivered an insightful talk about our exciting research. The event proved to be a great success, with Chrissie and Danijela receiving the Best Poster Award! It was an inspiring experience filled with cutting-edge science and valuable networking opportunities. Congratulations to all!
Antonella has been rewarded with the second place for her PhD Pitch entitled „Two-in-one biomaterials: exploring photo-induced polymerization and photodegradation of disulfide-based hydrogels“ hat the TCH Science Days 2024.
Danijela received the “Best Presentation Young Investigator Award” at the Annual Meeting of the Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration, presenting novel biodegradable biomaterials for 3D-printing. Congratulations!
Congratulations to Markus Kury. Is paper on regulated acrylate networks is one of the most downloaded work during 2023.
Danijela’s first publication about “Stereolithographic 3D printing of pure poly(ether–ester) networks from spirocyclic monomers via cationic ring-opening photopolymerization at high temperatures” has been published in “Polymer Chemistry”. This article is featured on the cover of the 42th Issue of Polymer Chemistry. Its also is included in the selection of most cited and downloaded Polymer Chemistry articles of 2023.Check it out: DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D3PY00787A. Congrats to Danijela and Katharina Ehrmann!
Florian just published his first paper in JPS: "Group transfer polymerization in bulk methacrylates", Congratulations!!!!
Florian proved that aprotic monomers can be polymerized by group transfer polymerization in a highly controlled manner with polydispersities well below 1.2.
Congratulations to Antonella for her 3rd paper from the diploma work published in ACS Sustainable Chemsitry & Engineering!
She showed that epoxy based step growth polymer networks can have outstanding mechanical properties.
Congratulations to our Kathi for her Oral Presentation Award on the EPF "Dynamic Polymer Networks" Confernce in Bertinoro, Italy.
Congratulations to Antonella! At the Annual Meeting of the Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regeneration Antonella received the „Best Presentation Young Investigator Award”
On the 25th of April, Kathi received for her PhD thesis entiteled "Development of thermoplastic elastomers for
cardiovascular tissue regeneration" the well recognized VICEM award. Congratulations!
Congratulations, Kathi!
This week Dr Katharina Ehrmann was chosen as a “CAS Future Leader 2023” by the Chemical American Society.
CAS annually selects young scientists who have the potential to become scientific leaders. They enable the Future Leaders Fellows’ participation in the ACS Fall Meeting (San Francisco, USA), one of the biggest US conferences in chemistry. Before that, all Fellows are invited to the CAS headquarter in Oregon to attend a leadership training and they get a unique glance behind the scenes of SciFinder-n, one of the leading science information tools in chemistry.
We like to welcome Kathi back at the institute after her succesfull stay at Christopher Barner Kowollik's lab at QUT, Australia. Highlights of her stay are:
- Invited lecture at UNSW about SLA-Printing
- Invited lecture at RACI Polymerbranch Queensland Symposium 3D-Printing
- PPC-Lecture
- Distinction from QUT: "significant external recognition"
Congratulations to Anna for her Poster with the title "Hydrogels based on Human Platelet Lysate" at the Austrian Chemistry Days
The Paper “Exploring the Limits of Toughness Enhancers for 3D Printed Photopolymers as Bone Replacement Materials.” has been accepted in “Journal of Polymer Science”. Congratulations to Barbara Dellago!!
Katharina Ehrmann received the “Christiane Hörbiger” Award for her Post Doc stay in Brisbane in the Labs of Christopher Barner-Kowollik, Congratulations!!!
The paper “Synthesis and Photochemical Investigation of Novel Tetraacylgermanes” has been accepted in “ChemPhotoChem”: Congratulations to Carola Haslinger!!
The Editorial Board of “Polymer Chemistry” selected the Paper “Photo-chemically induced polycondensation of a pure phenolic resin for additive manufacturing” as a “HOT Polymer Chemistry article”. Congratulations to Raffael Wolff.
Florian Mayer received the first Poster Award (out of 400 posters) for his contribution on low viscosity reactive diluents for 3D printing. The corresponding paper can be found here. Congratulations!!!
Lisa Sinawehl received the "Best presentation Young Investigator Award" at the "Austrian Cluster for Tissue Regneration" Cluster Meeting. Congratulations to her!!!!