Polymers&Materials

The latest from the Polymer Chemistry & Materials group at the @MerkleInstitute, led by Prof. Chris Weder @WederChristoph.

[SupraLife @SupraLife_EU]

‼️#SAVE #THE #DATE‼️
👉#SupraLife #Final #Conference 🤩
📆29 Sept-3 Oct 2025
📍@UnivAveiro🇵🇹
🗣️ Fantastic line-up of plenary speakers 🤩
🔜Registration+abstract submission opening soon
🔗 https://t.co/ZmirgmcBDt

🫵 Do not not miss the chance to join us and share your research!

[SupraLife @SupraLife_EU]

‼️#SaveTheDate: #SupraLife #ThirdSchool will be held
@UnivAveiro 🇵🇹 from 9-14 March 2025!
🔜 We'll announce a fantastic line-up of speakers 🤩 ✍️ Join us to learn from distinguished peers, share your work & network with peers!
🖥️ The website of the event will be launched soon 👀

[AMI @MerkleInstitute]

Coming up tomorrow @ 11:00 @MerkleInstitute @unifr - #seminar with Rachel Evans (@Cambridge_Uni): Photon conversion #materials for #photovoltaic & #imaging technologies https://t.co/QaDhuGnlck #research #materialsscience

[Polymers&Materials @AMI_PolyChemMat]

Shoutout to @DerekKiebala for spearheading this @NCCRbioinspired collaboration with @hes_so @StephenSchrettl and @CelineCalvino

[AMI @MerkleInstitute]

New @AMI_PolyChemMat paper just out, in collaboration with iPrint (@hes_so): multimaterial, mechanochromic #polymer films with pre-programmed stiffness profiles, made via #inkjet #printing of polymer inks containing a mechanochromic additive. https://t.co/mgX9wXOJWd

[Polymers&Materials @AMI_PolyChemMat]

Our group has advertised four internships through this program that include new mechanochromic hydrogels, artificial muscles, bio inspired batteries, and new supramolecular materials. Check them out!

[AMI @MerkleInstitute]

Join us for one of the many projects available @MerkleInstitute @unifr. This is a great opportunity to get some hands-on experience in our labs with real-world, cutting-edge #research! #internships #summerexperience

[Polymers&Materials @AMI_PolyChemMat]

Freshly minted PhD from the group! Congratulations to Ilaria Onori @ilariaon

[AMI @MerkleInstitute]

Coming up tomorrow @MerkleInstitute @ 16:30 - #PhD defense with Ilaria Onori (@AMI_PolyChemMat): Healable supramolecular double #polymer network elastomers https://t.co/Iw0GO6H6oB #research

[ChemEurJ: Chemistry - A European Journal @ChemEurJ]

Toughening Healable Supramolecular Double Polymer Networks Based on #HydrogenBond|ing and Metal Coordination (Christoph Weder, Jose Augusto Berrocal @JA_Berrocal and co-workers at @AMI_PolyChemMat and @MerkleInstitute) #OpenAccess https://t.co/UuDYQ5BKAX

[AMI @MerkleInstitute]

Coming up tomorrow @MerkleInstitute @ 11:00 : #seminar with Laura Hendriks (HEIA-FR) - The when of colour: tailored radiocarbon analysis of natural organic #dyes and #pigments in #heritage science https://t.co/UIYtMWbDao #research

[AMI @MerkleInstitute]

Come join us @MerkleInstitute on November 8 for the NanoARTS event - where #arts meet #nanoscience. Find all the details and how to sign up right here: https://t.co/qZqkiNrzxV #ProHelvetia

[Polymers&Materials @AMI_PolyChemMat]

New PhD from the @MerkleInstitute polymer group! Congratulations to Claudio Cappelletti @cappelletticla on surviving the ‚project of death‘ and his great contributions to metal np/polymer nanocomposites!

[Celine Calvino @CelineCalvino]

It has been quite a journey, but I am excited to share the first research contribution from the Calvino Group @livMatS_UniFR, @FitFreiburg, @UniFreiburg.
Check out how we have turned these quinolinones into an effective wavelength-gated system!

https://t.co/2ouiwpdtlc

[AMI @MerkleInstitute]

#Job alert: we have an open position for a laboratory technician (50%) in the @MerkleInstitute #biophysics group. Get all the details and see how to apply here: https://t.co/3bSosfsZIe

[Polymers&Materials @AMI_PolyChemMat]

Finally out! Is it a binding indicator? A mechanophore? Both! Super-nice work spearheaded by Derek!

[Polymers&Materials @AMI_PolyChemMat]

Great interdisciplinary collaboration that afforded the highest-aspect-ratio objects our group has ever dealt with.

[AMI @MerkleInstitute]

Just out in @Nature: @MerkleInstitute researchers and colleagues describe a novel technique for creating large, thin, energy-converting membranes that mimic the structure and function of biological cell membranes. https://t.co/QXdMB1axL0 #openaccess

[Polymers&Materials @AMI_PolyChemMat]

Great to see our shape-memory polymers go places - see them here: https://t.co/fx7MhOwjIb ! Hats off to Anita Roulin and Véronique Buclin for the scale-up and coloration and @wedropirz for the metamorphosis into art!

[Christoph Weder @WederChristoph]

Excited about the upcoming exhibit SUBSTANCE SHIFTS https://t.co/EWXgKHgloG by Pedro Wirz @wedropirz Pedro uses our adaptive polymers to express paradigm-shifting ideas for materials circularity. Tx to AMI & Pro Helvetia for supporting our art/sci collab. https://t.co/RQLK7O53lk

[Christoph Weder @WederChristoph]

Excited about the upcoming exhibit SUBSTANCE SHIFTS https://t.co/EWXgKHgloG by Pedro Wirz @wedropirz Pedro uses our adaptive polymers to express paradigm-shifting ideas for materials circularity. Tx to AMI & Pro Helvetia for supporting our art/sci collab. https://t.co/RQLK7O53lk

[Polymers&Materials @AMI_PolyChemMat]

Great to see (ex) polymer group members @JA_Berrocal @marta_oggioni and Philip Scholten take the stage on the first night of #PINT24 in #FRIBOURG and talk about fantastic plastics!

[AMI @MerkleInstitute]

Not to be missed: starting tonight in #Fribourg and across #Switzerland - @pintofscienceCH ! https://t.co/6Glc1DDqvF #outreach #scicomm

[Polymers&Materials @AMI_PolyChemMat]

@Maxwell_Robb @Caltech @CaltechCCE Congratulations Max! Well deserved!

[Polymers&Materials @AMI_PolyChemMat]

Liquid-nanodroplet-containing polymers make great scintillators that allow pulse shape discrimination! The study led by @hu_xueqian was supported by @snsf_ch & is a result of a productive collab. with Angelo Monguzzi and team @unimib. Details: https://t.co/Z4oos1as7i @AdvSciNews.

[NCCR Bio-Inspired Materials @NCCRbioinspired]

Coming up this Friday @MerkleInstitute @ 11:00 - @NCCRbioinspired #seminar with Anja Palmans (@TUeindhoven): Folding single #polymer chains in functional single chain polymeric #nanoparticles https://t.co/NiDjhE87w4 #hybrid #research