Posts from 2024

3.10.2024

Our new paper about azobenzene isomerisation in polymer thin films for hymidity sensing is out!

6 SPM people at once authored the paper and the biggest contributions are made by Sami Vesamäki and SPM alumnus Matti Virkki! The paper is also a collaboration with Prof Markus Linder within LIBER Centre of Excellence.

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2.10.2024

Dr. Kim Kuntze gets dissertation prize of 1500 euro!

Our alumnus Kim Kuntze is one of 32 awardees for his dissertation "Strategies for Red-Light Photoswitching"! Warm cogratulations from SPM!

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8.8.2024

A new PhD student Sudharsana Bhashyam Pillailokam starts in SPM. Welcome!

Sudharsana starts his PhD studies with SPM group within I-DEEP doctoral pilot and network of universities by PREIN.

People

9.7.2024

Our fresh review paper about photoswitching via indirect excitation in Chemical Science is out!

Sometimes a detour is the way to find a new exciting research direction and publish a review on it in Chemical Science.

Publication

31.5.2024

LIBER symposium and Matias's best poster award!

SPM group participated in LIBER Symposium 16-17.05.2024 and took one of top-3 poster awards. Congratulations, Matias!

Event

23.4.2024

Professor Arri Priimägi is invited to the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters!

Another merit to Arri's collection! Congratulations!

News

22.4.2024

New Doctor Alex Berdin in SPM!

Alex Berdin successfully defended his PhD on 19.04.2024. Warmest congratulations from the whole SPM!

Event

3.4.2024

A perspective paper about life-inspired materials written by LIBER PIs is available online!

Collaborative perspective article of 8 principal investigators of Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials (LIBER) Center of Excellence has been published in Advanced Functional Materials.

Publication

6.3.2024

Welcome to our new Senior Research Fellow Dr. Rijeesh Kizhakidathazhath!

Dr. Rijeesh Kizhakidathazhath has over-ten-year research experience in the fields of synthesis of cholesteric liquid crystal elastomer sheets/fibres for applications in LC-based wearable technologies; cholesteric liquid crystal shells production using microfluidics approach for making authentication or reflector tags; synthesis and characterization of azobenzene tethered prochiral molecules for chirality generation and enantiomeric excess studies using.

People

14.2.2024

Chiara Fedele's invention L-Cell for pharmaceutical industry’s R&D

L-cell (Light-reconfigurable Substrates for Cell Cultures) is smart light-controllable cell culture platform.

News

2.2.2024

Tero-Petri Ruoko appointed as Assistant Professor of Photochemistry at Tampere University

Dr. Tero-Petri Ruoko was appointed as an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) of Photochemistry at Tampere University starting from 1st of February, 2024. His research interests focus on ultrafast spectroscopy, semiconductors, organic electronic devices, and light-emitting materials.

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