Azine- and imine-linked conjugated polyHIPEs through Schiff-base condensation reaction, Tomaž Kotnik et al., Kemijski inštitut, ow.ly/kNR150HCk7s

PolyHIPEs strike again - this time hybridized with Si-aerogel!! Delighted to share doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.… Congratulations to all, especially to Gabrijela Horvat Gabrijela Horvat from Zoran Novak Team at #UniversityofMaribor and Tomaž TomazKotnik from Sebastijan Kovačič Kemijski inštitut

PolyHIPEs rocking!! Congrats to PhD student Tomaž Kotnik (@TomazKotnik95) Sebastijan Kovačič from Kemijski inštitut for the best oral presentation and to MSc student Tilen Kos (Tilen Kos) for the poster presentation award at the 28th Slovenian Chemical Days (Slovenian Chemical Society). Way to go, guys!

The Sebastijan Kovačič Kemijski inštitut is very pleased that the article on the use of ROMP-derived polyHIPEs to produce carbon foams for Li-O2 batt. is finally online Adam Spangler Appl. Energy. Mater.! 🥁🥳Many thanks to all and especially to Slugovc Lab for pushing it forward..

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!

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

📢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…

Geckos🦎, Van der Waals forces, and materials science come together. A great video by Veritasium! youtu.be/vS0TuIPoeBs

Isolated groups of neurons trying to connect to each other through micro-tunnels, captured in time-lapse with a microscope. 📽: Dr. Renaud Renault

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…

Na Kemijski inštitut so leta 2016 razvili postopek, ki omogoča raztapljanje platine z manj agresivnimi snovmi in manj izpusti nevarnih plinov. Kako se razlikuje od običajnega postopka recikliranja in v katerih elektronskih napravah najdemo platino? V četrtek ob 17.15 na TV SLO 1.

#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…

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…