PhD Position (m/f/x) in the field of synthesis of electrochromic chromophores PhD Position (m/f/x) in Organic Chemistry: Development of artificial organic light-harvesting systems for solar energy conversion into chemical products Lab Technician
Congratulations to Laura who presented her IrrevoChrom FFG Spin-off Fellowship topic and spin-off project at the Demo Day in front of the Science Minister Martin Polaschek and the Head of the FFG Henrietta Egerth. For more info: https://brutkasten.com/artikel/ffg-spin-off-fellowship-demoday
DoSChem awards with 24811.20 Euro the joint expertise of Martina Crosta (Institute of Organic Chemistry, Davide Bonifazi group) and David Hernández-Castillo (Institute for Theoretical Chemistry, Leticia González group) with the proposal “Conjugation-Induced TADF Emitters: A Theoretically-Driven Experimental Design”. Good luck Martina and David with their project!
At the European-Winter School on Physical Organic Chemistry (E-WISPOC 23, https://www.ewispoc.com/) that took place in Bressasone between February 5-10, Rúben Ferreira was awarded with the best flash talk award for his poster with the title “Dynamic Covalent Photowriting“ Congratulations to your prize!
The “IrrevoChrom” project is one out of total eleven recently granted FFG spin-off fellowships that will be led by FFG fellow Laura Maggini and host Davide Bonifazi at the Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Vienna. The FFG-funded IrrevoChrom Spin-off Fellowship will build on the patent developed in the Bonifazi group (EP application No EP22164076.6) within the framework of the Charisma Marie-Sklodowska Curie project they are coordinating, entailing the formulation of an irreversible EC matrix composed of both the chromogenic material, an anti-oxidant and electrolyte, to develop and scale-up a commercially viable and completely irreversible electrochromic ink compatible with industrial manufacturing processes. Upon activation, this ink will provide a stark and permanent color transition (colorless to black), impossible to reverse. Thanks to the new formulations developed in this Fellowship, we will match our technology with industrial ECDs productions processes, jump starting its commercial exploitation, and develop in collaboration with Silicon Austria Labs activatable tamperproof demos.
Organic electrochromic materials change colour with an electric current and have many applications as low energy visual indicators. Based on the innovative, sustainable and irreversible electrochromic (EC) materials developed in the group of Davide Bonifazi (Institute of Organic Chemistry) and patented (EP Nº EP22164076.6), this funding will enable the developement of chemically-ensured high-security tickets and labels. The innovative chemically-ensured high-security tickets and labels comprise an EC display affording unequivocal, irreversible and tamperproof color change upon secure activation. This affordable, additive manufacturing-compatible and easy to read out technology will prove very valuable in fighting counterfeiting from smaller to large-scale events. The project entitled “High-security irreversible electrochromic tickets prototype development” will be led by Laura Maggini and hosted by group leader Davide Bonifazi, and started at the beginning of December (until July 31st, 2023).
At the 5th International Caparica Conference on Chromogenic and Emissive Materials 2022, our PhD student Dong-Min (Diem) Lee was awarded with the “Excellent Shotgun Poster Prize”, prevailing over other 29 presenters. The conference took place in Caparica, Portugal July 4-7, 2022.
Sponsored by two of our on going EU projects, VIT and STiBNite, the summer school took place at the UniVie Skylounge conference room on 4-5 July 2022. We were delighted to host stimulating lectures both by external speakers and consortia representatives on the topic of self-assembled organic materials. Big thanks to our wonderful speakers Renaud Nicolay, Francesco Picchioni, Chiara Gualandi, Timothy Swager, Richard Kelly, Laura Maggini, Takuji Hatakeyama, Emilio Perez, Milan Kivala, Susana Otero, Alexander Kros! For more information about the STiBNite and VIT projects: https://stibnite.univie.ac.at/ and https://vit4europe.com/ These projects have received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie-Sklodowska-Curie grant agreements No 956923 and 101008237.
The Organic Synthesis Group of Prof. Bonifazi in the Faculty of Chemistry at the University of Vienna is currently seeking a Post-doctoral researcher in the field of organic synthetic chemistry to develop new controlled synthetic methods for preparing boron- and nitride-doped molecular graphenoids. Duration of employment: 3 year/s Extent of Employment: 40 hours/week Job Description: Development of organic synthetic methods for the preparation of molecularly defined and periodically BN-doped graphenoid molecules. The successful candidate will design and synthesize a series of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon resembling molecular graphene derivatives from borazine precursors and study their physical properties for optoelectronic applications. Participation in teaching and independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement, student services, and administration. Organic synthetic chemist with a proven experience in the development of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons i) air-sensitive and metal-catalyzed organic reactions, ii) synthesis and reactivity of borazines, iii) two-dimensional polymers using organic solvent-free functional liquids, iv) Photochemistry and photophysical characterization. Experience in the field of organic synthesis of borazine derivatives. Click here for more information
We are excited to announce that Bonifazi group is organizing the STiBNite/VIT Summer School: Self-assembled organic materials. The School will take place on July 6th-7th, 2022. Everyone is welcome to join us online. Click here to find more information.
