Highlights in 2023

We propose and validate a concept for a multiparametric library of multi-droplet codes in fluidics, where information is stored in different physical and chemical properties like concentration of magnetic content, droplet volume and ionic concentration. The concept allows coding of more than 1 million droplets using available lab scale fluidic equipment, which makes it relevant for large high-throughput screening assays in drug discovery.

This work is result of fruitful cooperation with the group of Prof. Lior Klein (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) and Dr. Asaf Grosz (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel).

We developed a solvent-free chemical vapor deposition method to prepare high-quality films of the two-dimensional conjugated coordination polymer Cu-BHT (BHT = benzenehexanothiolate). The restricted metal ion mobility during the vapor–solid reaction enables high-resolution patterning via both bottom-up lithography, including the fabrication of micron-sized Hall bar and electrode patterns to accurately evaluate the conductivity and mobility values of the Cu-BHT films. Crystalline coordination polymers with high electrical conductivities and charge carrier mobilities might open new opportunities for electronic devices.

This work is a result of fruitful cooperation between the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf e.V., Dresden University of Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY.