Intelligent Materials Chemistry Group

University of Turku

Long time no see: Prof. Lucas C. V. Rodrigues visits IMC

Posted on February 28, 2024 by Sami Vuori

Last week, IMC alumnus and honorary member Professor Lucas Carvalho Veloso Rodrigues visited us to conduct research and promote potential student exchange opportunities between UTU and the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil, focusing on Chemistry and Molecular Science programs. As the largest university in Latin America, USP welcomes students at all levels. Explore exchange details at bit.ly/visitUSP

From left to right: Prof. Mika Lastusaari, Dr. Minnea Tuomisto, Prof. Lucas C. V. Rodrigues, Dr. Sami Vuori

Mc students’ presentation day

Posted on December 13, 2023 by Sami Vuori

From left to right: Samu, Ella-Roosa, Anni, Oskari, Madara, Josh, Araz, and Bettiina.

The students of the Master’s phase of IMC gave a presentation about the results of their project works today. Interesting presentations and results from our enthusiastic scientists!

Meet Josh, a master’s project student from Durham

Posted on November 29, 2023 by Sami Vuori

Introducing Joshua Baggott from Brighton, UK, who came to IMC this autumn from Durham University. Josh comments: “I came to the IMC to do my masters project because of your hackmanite research, with the material itself being really interesting to me, particularly because of its versatility.“

Honorary Citizenship awarded to Ian

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Sami Vuori

Dr. Ian Pompermayer Machado is leaving IMC soon, so today Mika and Ari presented him with IMC’s highest honor, which has been given to fewer people than the Nobel Prize: the IMC Diploma of Honorary Citizenship i.e. Civis IMC Honoris Causa.

Thank you Ian for your service at IMC, and you are always welcome to visit us in the future!

Kemistin työkalupakki: osa 5 ja 6

Posted on November 23, 2023 by Sami Vuori

OSA 5: LUMINESENSSISPEKTROMETRI

Kemistin työkalupakin viidennessä osassa tohtori Sami Vuori esittelee Lasersäde-labrassa sijaitsevaa luminesenssispektrometriä.

OSA 6: PYYHKÄISYELEKTRONIMIKROSKOOPPI

Kemistin työkalupakin kuudennessa osassa tohtori Ian Pompermayer Machado esittelee pyyhkäisyelektronimikroskooppia (SEM). Laite sijaitsee Fysiikan ja tähtitieteen laitoksella, ja se on myös keskeinen osa Turun yliopiston materiaalitutkimukseen suunnattua MARI-laitekantaa.

Kemistin työkalupakki: osa 3 ja 4

Posted on October 25, 2023 by Sami Vuori

OSA 3: KUITUSPEKTROMETRI

Kemistin työkalupakin kolmannessa osassa tohtori Sami Vuori esittelee Lasersäde-labrasta löytyvän kuituspektrometrin.

OSA 4: ULTRAVIOLETTILAMPUT

Kemistin työkalupakin neljännessä osassa professori Mika Lastusaari esittelee Lasersäde-labran UV-lamppuja sekä materiaaleja, jotka reagoivat UV-säteilyyn.

Introducing the new BSc students

Posted on September 25, 2023 by Sami Vuori

Say hello to our new BSc students! This year we have a lot of them, as can be seen from the photo! From left to right: Aino Kärsämänoja, Timo Laukkanen, Tommi Mäenpää, Jenni Ali-Penttilä, Ossi Mustonen, Kaisa Miller, Pekka Piivek, Miika Mäkipää and Aaron Söderlund.

Meet the on-the-job learners from Turku Vocational Institute

Posted on August 28, 2023 by Sami Vuori

Meet IMC’s new on-the-job learners Parinita Sharma, Kristiina Jounolainen and Anna Lehtinen from the Vocational Institute of Turku. Parinita and Kristiina are doing hackmanite-related work, while Anna concentrates on metal-organic syntheses. They will be working until October 13, 2023.

Dr. Minnea Tuomisto rejoined IMC as a postdoc

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Sami Vuori

Dr. Minnea Tuomisto has started at IMC as a Postdoctoral Researcher in the JÄMOMAT project (“from waste to next generation molecular materials”) funded by Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation and Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation. Minnea obtained her PhD in 2019 at IMC and worked for a while in our research group. After this, she moved to work for Neste as a researcher. However, now our alumnus has come back to do research until at least 31 August 2025.

Hannah’s article in Advanced Functional Materials

Posted on August 8, 2023 by Sami Vuori

Dr. Hannah Byron‘s latest article “Highly Tuneable Photochromic Sodalites for Dosimetry, Security Marking and Imaging” was published in the prestigious journal Advanced Functional Materials with a whopping impact factor of 19.924! The article discusses e.g. about how modifying the structure of synthetic hackmanite enables the adjustment of its absorption maxima throughout the whole visible range, which leads to different colored, wonderful hackmanites.

The article can be read at https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/adfm.202303398