Thin Polymer Films by Oxidative or Reductive Electropolymerization and Their Application in Electrochromic Windows and Thin-Film Sensors.

Electrically conducting and semiconducting polymers represent a special and still very attractive class of functional chromophores, especially due to their unique optical and electronic properties and their broad device application potential. They are potentially suitable as materials for several applications of high future relevance, for example flexible photovoltaic modules, components of displays/screens and batteries, electrochromic windows, or photocatalysts. Therefore, their synthesis and structure elucidation are still intensely investigated.

Thin Functional Polymer Films by Electropolymerization.

Intrinsically conducting polymers (ICPs) have been widely utilized in organic electronics, actuators, electrochromic devices, and sensors. Many potential applications demand the formation of thin polymer films, which can be generated by electrochemical polymerization. Electrochemical methods are quite powerful and versatile and can be utilized for investigation of ICPs, both for educational purposes and materials chemistry research.

Mehr Licht im Chemieunterricht! Experimentelle Zugänge zu Grundkonzepten der Photochemie.

On September 8, 2016, the Swiss Chemical Society (SCS) organized a symposium called the 'Future of Chemical Education' with lectures and workshops during the SCS Fall meeting at ETH Zurich. This article is a summary of the lecture and workshop that the author held at this event in which teachers carried out model experiments on photocatalysis and conversion of solar energy into stored chemical energy.

Bildung für das Lehramt Chemie in Deutschland. Didaktik bereits im Studium.

This article describes the training and further education of chemistry teachers in Germany. Specific features are highlighted and, in part, critically examined.