The 2023 #NobelPrize in Chemistry rewards the discovery and development of quantum dots, nanoparticles so tiny that their size determines their properties. These particles have unique properties and now spread their light from television screens and LED lamps. They catalyse

“Whatever you’re meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible.” — Doris Lessing

Today Zofia and Jens defended their master theses in the NanoSensing Group on hybrid nanothermometers for biomedical applications 🥳🥳🥳Celebrating with some coffee and donuts!

2024 brings new challenges of combining science with parenthood. Our daughter Marie Josephine Rose was born 30/01 and has changed our lives forever already ❤️ most important shared "project" with Kristof Van Hecke - XStruct ❤️

Check out our (Kristof Van Hecke - XStruct Anna M. Kaczmarek ) latest work on "Photosynthesis of Organoboron Polymer Single Crystals with Dynamic Effects"- in J. Am. Chem. Soc. doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4… #Organo_Boron #DynamicCrystals #RTP Thanks to FWO Ghent University Research

Please join us in congratulating our #ChemistryEuropeFellows 2022/2023! We are very grateful for their support and contributions to Chemistry Europe. GDCh Société Chimique de France (SCF) RSEQ Swiss Chemical Society KNCV SPQ Kemisamfundet | The Swedish Chemical Society Österreichische Chemische Gesellschaft (GÖCH) @EEX_AGC KVCV.be

Congratulations to Kristof on this award!

A colorful paper, just published #OpenAccess in Royal Society of Chemistry #JMatChem C: a Curcumine PMO with Rhodamine B as a sensor and as a ratiometric thermometer. Read it here: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Art… Anna M. Kaczmarek

Supplementary cover art for our latest article (10.1021/jacs.4c00978) is now published in Journal of the American Chemical Society pubs.acs.org/toc/jacsat/146… ACS for Authors #MyACSCover Kristof Van Hecke - XStruct Anna M. Kaczmarek UGent FWO

Congratulations to dr. Chunhui Lui, who defended his PhD dissertation last Friday on the use of #PMO modified with lanthanides as luminescent ion and temperature sensors for a large jury. Anna M. Kaczmarek @UGentLumiLab sl1111 Pieter Geiregat

Just out and #open_access in #RSC J. Mater. Chem. family A: our new "acac-PMO". First report on this new functional #PMO, that we used as a temperature sensor and as a catalyst. Read it here: pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/Art…. Congrats sl1111

Today, on the 90th anniversary of her passing, we remember Maria Curie-Skłodowska. At Polonium we honour and celebrate her legacy, by “being among those who think that science has great beauty”. #KeepCalmAndCurieOn

Check out the newest research out from the NanoSensing group - using inorganic yttrium oxofluorides hollow particles for thermometry as well as drug delivery! pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… Sonali Mohanty Kristof Van Hecke - XStruct Mirijam Lederer Simona Premcheska Hannes Rijckaert

We have an open post doctoral position at the NanoSensing group at Ghent University in Belgium in the field of hybrid materials/thermometry/drug release/dye luminescence: jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-Post… Please share with anyone that might be interested.

📣 Out now! First results of the 2025 ERC Proof of Concept call. 150 grants – each worth €150,000 – will help ERC grantees to bridge the gap between the discoveries stemming from their frontier research and their practical application. More 👉 europa.eu/!hBbFwx #ERCPoC

Two chemists from Ghent University both win an ERC Proof of Concept Grant. Congratulations to Filip Du Prez and Anna M. Kaczmarek! 👉 Read more about their research on ugent.be/en/news-events… European Research Council (ERC) #ERCPoC