The Vogel Lab

Self-assembly and materials for optical, biological, repellent and more interfaces/applications. Lab of Prof Nicolas Vogel @UniFAU. PostDoc run account.

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We are happy to launch our new webpage: https://t.co/4ke8w4vpZ2 It will provide: information about lectures, news about recent publications, highlights from the lab, (soon) a (popular) science section, current open positions, and our brand new particle and monolayer shop 👩‍🔬🏐🦋

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Why does the hydrophobicity of nanogels influence whether oil-in-water or water-in-oil emulsions are stabilized and how can it be predicted? Find out more in our last paper in collaboration with @klinger_lab
https://t.co/wp9a2dq3MX

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This method is reported in: J. Wang, S. Hahn, E. Amstad, N. Vogel, Tailored Double Emulsions Made Simple. Adv. Mater. 2022, 34, 2107338. https://t.co/VWHK8p9FXP

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Double emulsions are great for many different experiments, but their fabrication is challenging, right? In this video-tutorial, we show you how to make well-defined single-core double emulsions in the simplest possible way, following only a few easy steps. https://t.co/LrsZi7xcNO

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Little budget, no microfluidic experience, but want to make water-in-oil-in-water droplets? No problem! With @SMaL_EPFL, @_Wang_JW_ developed a method to make double emulsions of a single core and a micrometre-thick shell, using centrifuge tubes and a vortex mixer. In Adv. Mater.

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Johannes won the best presentation award at the “Particles at Liquid Interfaces” conference.
Hooray and congratulations, Johannes!

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read the full paper on @NatureComms here: https://t.co/VfA9aGjnQY

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Clean up after your experiments! What helps in the lab is even more important in the real world! We show how we can remove colloidally stable submicron-particles from wastewater by a synergetic combination of electrophoresis and particle-stabilized foams.

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In out last paper on @ChemCommun we propose a new inverse opals sensing concept, which does not rely on a change in the proprieties of the wetting liquid but on changes to the surface upon binding of the analyte. This method will allow to expand the range of molecules detected!

[Giulia Magnabosco @g_magnabosco]

Inverse opals are more than just shiny materials! We combined smart surfaces changing their wettability in different environment with the structural color of IOs to prove the feasibility of a new colorimetric sensing concept. Read more here: https://t.co/m1najDuKeO

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Prof. Vogel (@VogelLab) explained the origin of color during the opening of the exhibit “Schillernd Schön” at the #Bionicum Nürnberg. The team of CRC1411 complemented the beautiful pictures of Thomas Büchsemann with a video 🦋and with lab-made structural color materials.

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Die Farben der Natur faszinieren das @VogelLab @UniFAU und den Fotografen Thomas Büchsemann. In der Ausstellung “Schillernd schön” im #Bionicum treffen Forschung und Kunst aufeinander.
Zur Eröffnungsfeier hat Prof. Vogel Regenbogenschokolade dabei!🤩@SNSB_Aktuell @museen_nbg

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Researchers @VogelLab mimic nature’s striking colors using colloidal photonic crystals containing polydopamine.

Polydopamine, a synthetic analog of natural melanin, removes scattered light, enhancing light-matter interaction.

Learn more: https://t.co/EYJ7LjrLWD

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These findings underscore the significance of absorber integration, offering efficient methods for preparing colloidal photonic crystals with saturated structural colors.

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Carina's and Gudrun’s recent article has been featured on the cover of Advanced Materials Interfaces! In this paper, we demonstrate how to enhance optical effects by integrating Polydopamine (PDA), a synthetic melanin, into photonic crystals. PDA is incorporated in two ways 1/n

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Chromaticity analysis in the L*a*b* color sphere reveals structures with optimal color saturation. Simulations suggest that homogeneous absorber distribution is most efficient, yet heterogeneous incorporation outperforms it, allowing for precise adjustment of absorber content.

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1- gradually increasing PDA shells in core-shell particles, maintaining a constant total diameter, to create homogeneous crystals, and co-assembling varying ratios of polystyrene (PS) and 2- absorbing PS@PDA particles for heterogeneous crystals.

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Last Monday Niki presented how structural color works at the science slam "Um uns die Nature" organized by the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung and the Frankfurter Museums-Gesellschaft e.V. at the Opera house in Frankfurt and won the second Prize for his presentation!

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Our Master Student Sonja won the🥇 first prize 🥇 for her poster "Determining the Organization of Binary Colloidal Supraparticles by matters of Diffusiophoresis and Channel Formation” at the Spray Drying Symposium Würzburg. 🤹‍♀️We are very proud of her achievement!🎉🎉

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Are you passionate about climate change? Then join the event organized by Bionicum at the Planetarium in Nuremberg on April 26th for exciting presentations and discussion on the topic!

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@M_Sobhkhiz International students are also encouraged to apply!

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And the last of our job openings is here! We're looking for a PhD candidate to work on the synthesis of hierarchical porous materials for nanoparticle chromatography. Read more on our website https://t.co/3jyu9JDu1A and in the comments below⬇️⬇️

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Contact us via DM for more info!

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Skills required:
✔️Knowledge of colloidal and interface science,
✔️Expertise in colloidal synthesis, self-assembly, and surface functionalization
✔️Experience in the fabrication andcharacterization of porous material
✔️Knowledge of chromatography