Students from Tampere University and beyond – we are here for you! Be it a short special assignment, summer internship or BSc/MSc Thesis, be in contact if you want to do it in our group and let’s see what can be arranged.
Our general philosophy is that every student to join the team will be involved in experimental lab work, and that every BSc/MSc Thesis conducted in the SPM group is scientifically relevant and ambitious enough to be used in a scientific publication. In addition to students majoring in chemistry, we also welcome students with physics major, and Thesis topics can be tailored for both needs.
The work topics can be tailored based on what is motivating for YOU, accounting for the needs of ongoing projects. Some general topical areas to choose from are listed below. For more information, you may contact Arri.
- Liquid crystals: properties and characterization
- Synthesis and characterization of photoswitchable molecules
- Light-responsive materials for cell mechanobiology
- Making materials move with light
- Laser-based micropatterning of polymer thin films
- Photoalignment of liquid crystals
Bachelor and Master theses
Here you can find main stages of Bachelor and Master theses processes with the actions needed from students, supervisors, faculty administration and support services at each stage according to Tampere University guidelines.
Summer students/Research assistants
Are you interested in gaining experience in lab work during you studies? You are welcome to apply for a position as research assistant, where you can work side by side with us at the frontiers of current research. During the long summer break we can offer summer jobs where you can work full time on your own project in the field. We will decide together where your skills can best be used and you can take responsibility for a complete project from planning to reporting.
Theses completed in SPM group.
Master theses
- Kimiya Tajik – 2024 – Tropism in filamentous fungi on light-responsive substrates
- Islam Arida – 2023 – Mechanical Adaptability for Light-Responsive Liquid Crystal Networks via Incorporating Acrylic Acid
- Matias Paatelainen – 2021 – Towards Hydrogel Based Organic Distributed Feedback Laser Utilizing Supramolecular Host–Guest Complex
- Jani Viljakka – 2021 – Synthesis and characterization of indigo photoswitches
- Jani Patrakka – 2020 – Azobenzene photoisomerisation in humidity sensing
- Hamzah Mukhtar – 2019 – Light driven surface pattering of supra-molecular photo-active polymers
- Essi Tervola – 2019 – Characterization of carbazole derivatives and modulation of their luminescence
- Md Aman Khan – 2019 –Locomotion Optimization of Photoresponsive Small-scale Robot: A Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach
- Kuntze, Kim – 2019 – Synthesis and Characterization of Organic Photoswitches for Functional Liquid Crystalline Materials
- Emma Rajala – 2018 – Halogeenisidoksen muodostavan stilbeenijohdannaisen Langmuir- ja Langmuir-Schaeffer-kalvojen valmistaminen ja karakterisointi
- Markus Lahikainen – 2016 – The Effect of Gold Nanorod Doping in Optical-to-Mechanical Energy Conversion in Liquid-Crystal Elastomers
Bachelor theses
- Altti Mäkelä – 2023 – Valokemiallisen efektin valoterminen tehostaminen vedessä
- Lotta Kääriäinen – 2022 – Optimization of thin films preparation for the light-responsive cell culture platform
- Matias Paatelainen – 2019 – Valoaktivoituvan nestekidepolymeeriverkoston mekaaniset ominaisuudet eri valaistuksissa
- Seidi Helanterä – 2019 – Valoaktiivisen aineen sitoutumistavan vaikutus nestekide-elastomeerin liikkeeseen ja ominaisuuksiin
- Jani Viljakka – 2018 – Orto-fluoronoidun ja -aminoidun atsobentseenin synteesi ja spektroskooppinen karakterisointi
- Jani Patrakka – 2017 – Thermoactuated twist in liquid crystal elastomer for temperature sensing