The Sebastijan Kovačič had a great time at Sorbonne University at #APME2023, where we exchanged ideas with Prof. Myungeun Seo KAISTPR and many others. Thank you for having us Sebastijan Kovačič & Tomaž Kotnik as one of the speakers to present our work on π-conjugated foams!

Different porous morphology compared to PDCPD polyHIPE foams (doi.org/10.1039/C2TA00… or doi.org/10.1016/j.poly…) but similar mech.prop. Very cool PEKK foams! 💪

What a great few days at the Polymers Gordon Research Conference #polymersGRC, Mount Holyoke College, MA! Learning, sharing, hanging with lots of inspiring scientists. Thanks Barney Grubbs and Meyer Chemistry for the opportunity to present some of our work on macroporous polymers

Emulsion-templated macroporous polymers and Prof. Silverstein - something not to miss!!

📢This time we report on the synthesis of conjugated aliphatic (not aromatic!!) polyazine-based foams. Congrats to PhD student Tomaž Kotnik-brilliant idea, well done! #proudsupervisor. Many thanks also to the Zoran Novak Team at #UniversityofMaribor! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

New paper out 📢- By Simplex optimization procedure to highly active g-C3N4-based photocatalysts! Joint work Kemijski inštitut, Jožef Stefan Institute and Centre for Energy Research, Institute of Technical Physics and Materials Science Budapest! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

📢Pleasure to share new collaborative work on '3D surface functionalization of porous polymer beads' - jointly by Kemijski inštitut (Sebastijan Kovačič Tomaž Kotnik Albin Pintar), #UniMaribor (Matjaž Finšgar) and #UniSzeged (Gergő Ballai Zoltán Kónya Andras Sapi) pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

Something not to miss!!

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Finally - Tomorrow - Energizing!! 🤩

📢New paper out: Plasmonic Au@TiO2 photocatalysts for visible light water treatment! Joined forces with Prof. Nataša Novak Tušar et al. doi.org/10.1016/j.catt…

📢We are marching on - New adsorptive photocatalysts that combine a hierarchical porous structure and a semiconducting polyacetylene framework - is it good or bad for photocatalysts to adsorb pollutants before oxidizing them? pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac…

First He refill - done! 🫡

Bacteriaaa it's not safe anymore, the photo-bactericidal polyHIPEs come to you..😬 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Jointly with with Dr. Davy-Louis Versace from Institut de Chimie et des Matériaux Paris-Est and Dr. Antoine Debuigne from #UniversityofLiege

The binder is almost as important to electrolysis as the catalyst - take a look: pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ac… Jointly with with Balázs Endrődi and JanakyLab Team from University of Szeged (Department of Physical Chemistry and Materials Science)!

Porous Materials@Work for Sustainability is organizing a networking event at @TUGraz in 2025. Are you interested? Any questions? Then sign up or ask me if you need more information.

#EurJOC Modern Methods for Conjugated Polymers Preparation: A Concept of Transition Metal-Free Synthesis (Sebastijan Kovacic and co-workers) • onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…

Catch up at our first paper from 2025, where we reviewed the use of transition metal-free chemistry to synthesize conjugated polymers. Now out in EurJOC! Big thanks to Dr. Tomaž Kotnik Tomaž Kotnik for his massive work! 💪💪…mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ej…

🚀In our new work, we "unlock" the potential of the azide-phosphine Staudinger reaction for the synthesis of various poly(arylene-iminophosphorane) networks. Massive work done by Tomaž Kotnik! 💪 nature.com/articles/s4200…

Preparation of iminophosphorane-linked polymers, producing poly(arylene iminophosphorane)-based glassy films, foams, and metallo-polymers, reported by Sebastijan Kovačič and Tomaž Kotnik nature.com/articles/s4200…