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⚡️Femtosecond Spectroscopy of Organic Electronic Materials
🧐 Natalie Banerji 🏠 University of Bern
✍️ Maxi at the keyboard
We are thrilled to announce our new publication by Priscila! She studied why P3HT outperforms more polar analogues in OECTs. Thanks to the groups of Sahika Inal and Christian Nielsen for the great collaboration on this project!
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Why P3HT Outperforms More Polar Analogues in OECTs
Materials that can conduct both ionic and electronic charges are known as mixed conductors. They are relevant for applications ranging from bioelectronics to neuromorphic circuits. A widely used strat...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:16 AM
New PhD in the house! Last Friday, Cedric successfully defended his PhD thesis on excitation-energy and field-driven ultrafast charge processes in organic semiconductors! You did a great job, and we wish you all the best for the future!
November 2, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Last week, Dimitra travelled to the #MATSUS25 Fall Meeting in Valencia! There, she presented our research on mixed conductivity in electrochemically and chemically doped polymers and connected with the community! Thanks a lot Dimitra for the nice presentation!
October 28, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We are happy to announce our new publication by Eva! She investigated the distance–resilient conductivity in p-doped polythiophenes. Many thanks to the groups of Christian Müller and Martijn Kemerink for the collaboration on this project!
doi.org/10.1039/D5MH00620A
Distance–resilient conductivity in p-doped polythiophenes
Scalable organic electronic devices necessitate effective charge transport over long distances. We assess here the conductivity and its distance–resilience in doped polythiophene films with alkyl and ...
doi.org
October 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
We are happy to announce that Gopika Suresh started her PhD with us in September! Gopika obtained her integrated BS–MS degree from IISER Thiruvananthapuram, India and she will join our photocatalysis subgroup. All the best for the start!
October 7, 2025 at 9:03 AM
We have a new Bachelor student! Yunjeong joined our group in September after completing her Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Sogang University, Korea. She will investigate the dynamics of electrochemical doping with us. We wish you a good start!
October 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Christian presented his spectro-electrochemical studies on the structure–property relationships in organic mixed ionic–electronic conductors (OMIECs) at the SCS Fall Meeting in Zurich. Congratulations for the inspiring talk!
October 6, 2025 at 1:39 PM
About two weeks ago, our PhD student Alan Ávila presented his First Year Symposium. Congratulations on achieving this milestone! We wish you a lot of success on your academic journey!
September 23, 2025 at 6:41 AM
HIRING! We are happy to announce that we are able to fill a PhD position in the field of spectroscopic characterization of doped organic thin films! Get more information in the attached pictures! Apply directly to natalie.banerji@unibe.ch
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August 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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➡️ Paper out in Adv. Mater. ⬅️ Want to boost the IDS output of an OECT? By aligning the chains of a high-perf' single-ether PBTTT, we reached an unprecedented signal amplification (gmL/Wd = 2 580 S cm-1). Collab:
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June 19, 2025 at 9:29 AM
New PhD in the house! Last Friday, Eva successfully defended her PhD thesis on the conductivity of doped organic semiconductors! Thanks so much for the incredible insights into the charge transport on different length and temperature scales! You did a great job and we are very proud of you!
March 25, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Yesterday, FemtoMat started the official ice cream season 2025, all while the ski season is still ongoing. This is only possible in Switzerland!
March 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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We have open PhD positions @unibern.bsky.social

If you are interested in organometallic synthesis, transition metal and cluster chemistry, novel materials, and spectroscopy, this position is for you. Check the ad below and get in touch. #chemsky
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March 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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🚨 PhD Position Available! 🚨

Join our group at FAU as part of RTG 2861! 🎓🔬 We are looking for a PhD candidate to study carbon planar lattices via transient spectroscopies.

📌 Details & application: rtg2861-pcl.chm.tu-dresden.de/joboffer/

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#chemsky #pisky #PhD #Spectroscopy
PCL — Open Positions
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March 11, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Check out our new group photo 2025! We were growing over the past months and in the next weeks, we will present our new group members in detail. Stay tuned!
March 10, 2025 at 1:10 PM
We are happy to announce our new publication by Kaishuai about the differences between copolymerization and physical mixing of glycolated and alkoxylated polymers in their OECT performance. Many thanks to the group of Wouter Maes for the collaboration on this project!
doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202423913
Organic Electrochemical Transistor Channel Materials: Copolymerization Versus Physical Mixing of Glycolated and Alkoxylated Polymers
This work discusses the use of blended channel materials in OECTs. It explores how mixing glycolated and alkoxylated polymers in various ratios offers a simpler and more efficient route to tuning OEC...
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February 18, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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🚨To anyone feeling unwell during their academic journey. Science is supposed to be humanitarian, open, diverse and enriching! Alert, get support, make a report... Never give up!
Today at the #GlobalWomenBreakfast at University of Strasbourg.
February 11, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Check out our open PhD Position in Solar Cell Photophysics!
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Open Positions – FemtoMat Research Group
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February 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Hello everybody! FemtoMat is embarking on its journey away from X!
February 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM