A paper with Jiangtao (a visitor and member of the FRG in 2011) and colleagues from Xi’an Jiaotong University was accepted for publication in the Journal of Materials Chemistry B.
The paper focusses on the preparation of tetra(aniline) microcapsule through a facile solution-based process. More news on this soon!
Charl visited the Xi’an Jiaotong University earlier this week to meet up with a former FRG group member and collaborator Jiangtao Feng! Jiangtao is now a member of faculty at the Department of Environmental Science and Technology.
Charl gave a lecture, met with several of the students in Prof Yan’s group, and discussed various joint projects! It was great to catch up with Jiangtao again!
Charl contributed to a paper with our collaborators, Prof Acad Xi Zhang and his group, at Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, investigating the self-assembled structures of bolaamphiphiles.
The study, exploring a facile counterion-directed structure switch from 0D/1D to 2D planar structures by a simple counterion exchange to tosylate ions, appeared online in Chemical Science recently. More to follow soon!
Chinwe’s paper (with James, Ben and Patrice, our collaborator from Grenoble) on tuning conductivity and structure of tetra(aniline)-based triblock structures appeared online on the Journal of Materials Chemistry C’s website!
In this paper we reported on our investigations into the aggregation behaviour and optoelectronic properties of these π-conjugated rod–coil–rod triblock materials. Well done!
A paper by Chinwe on the assembly and control of TANI triblock structures, and two order-of-magnitude tuning of conductivity was just accepted for publication in the Journal of Materials Chemistry C! This paper further strengthens the cooperation the FRG has with Dr Patrice Rannou (Grenoble), who is one of the co-authors. More details to follow soon, but in the meantime – well done to all involved!
A great new blog has been launched by our Drs Natalie Fey and Jenny Slaughter. The idea is that “a picture can be worth a thousand words”. In this project they have combined interesting and striking photographs of familiar objects with representations of some of the molecules they contain, which contribute to their properties and uses.
It already contains some very interesting and exciting entries on plants, so please go ahead and take a look!
Tom’s paper, a collaborative efforts between the Briscoe and Faul research groups, appeared online at Soft Matter today!
The study, entitled “Oligo(aniline) nanofilms: from molecular architecture to microstructure” demonstrates that through a simple processing route the morphology of electroactive oligomer films can be tailored by molecular design. These findings from detailed GIXS studies are important to future applications where thin film structure is a crucial consideration for device function and performance. Congrats to Tom and all other colleagues involved!
A detailed structural study by Tom of oligo(aniline) thin films using grazing incidence X-ray scattering has been accepted for publication in Soft Matter. This was a joint effort between the Faul and Briscoe research groups and other collaborators. More details to follow!
Tom contributed to a paper from the Briscoe group investigating the formation and structure of surfactant bilayers at the mica-water interface. This detailed study was recently accepted for publication in Soft Matter!
Congrats to Tom, Wuge and other contributors!
Ben’s review entitled “Opportunities in high-speed atomic force microscopy” was published online in Small earlier this week! Congrats Ben!
Faul Research Group 