# Events
# PhD defence of Dr. Chiara Mirabella
September 2022Chiara Mirabella from Prof. Pablo Ballester's group defended her PhD thesis “Dynamic Covalent Capsules based on Calix[4]pyrrole Scaffolds” on September 13th. Very interesting work, such a pleasure to be part of the evaluation committee with Prof. Dr. Rosa M. Gomila Ribas (Universitat de les Illes Balears) and Prof. Dr. Christopher A. Hunter (University of Cambridge).
Chiara Mirabella's PhD defence (opens new window)
# Nanoscience Days 2021
October 2021The annual Nanoscience Days (opens new window) conference in Jyväskylä was held in a hybrid format 5.-6.10. The plenary speakers were Pablo Ballester, Jeremy Baumberg, Rodolphe Clerac, Chiara Daraio, Lakmal Jayasinghe, Ken Dill, Vesa Hytönen, Anna Lähde, Andrea Morello and Cynthia Sharma.
# PhD defence of Dr. Qinqing Sun
July 2021Second time a vocal in a PhD evaluation committee for online PhD defence. The candidate Qingqing Sun defended her thesis “Aryl and Super Aryl-Extended Calix[4]pyrroles: Synthesis and Applications” on July 23rd 2021.
Qingqing Sun's PhD defence (opens new window)
# PhD defence of Dr. Ricardo Molina
February 2021It was a pleasure to serve in the evaluation committee of Ricardo Molina's PhD thesis “Calix[4]pyrrole Based Receptors for the Recognition of Ion Pairs” on February 4th 2021.
Ricardo Molina's PhD defence (opens new window)
# Researchers' Night 2019
September 2019# What can you do with nanosugar?
Our group has prepared a demonstration that shows how a lipophilic dye changes it colour when it is encapsulated inside a macrocyclic host, cyclodextrin ("nanosugar"). The demonstration gives a visual experience on a basic concept studied in supramolecular chemistry, the formation of a host-guest complex by weak interactions between two molecular species. We also look at the nanoporous crystals these sugars form when they organize into metal-organic frameworks with alkali metal cations (potassium, rubidium) and how the pores can be used to encapsulate the dye inside the crystal. The demonstration is part of the Nanoscience demonstrations (opens new window) that take place 27.9.2019 in the University of Jyväskylä, at Ylistönrinne campus.
# Prof. Pablo Ballester's course in the Jyväskylä Summer School 12.-16.8.2019
NANO2/CH4: Methods for the Characterization of Supramolecular Complexes