This month, Natalia started as PhD student in our group. Her PhD project will focus on polymer materials that contribute to a circular economy. Her position is part of our DynaBranch consortium that consists of partners from Wageningen University, Eindhoven University of Technology, Avans Hogeschool and SABIC as industrial partner/sponsor. Our consortium was awarded a…
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Annemieke’s paper published in Chem. Eur. J.
Annemieke’s computational research on metal-stabilised imine complexes was published in Chemisty – A European Journal. The work describes the results from a DFT study on condensation and transimination reactions of an Fe2+-coordinated diimine pyridine pincer. The full paper can be read here.
Simon is presenting at IUPAC Chains conference
At the upcoming IUPAC Chains conference in The Hague, Simon will present his latest research about a new dynamic covalent (TAAD) motif for more robust boronate-based materials. If you’re attending, please you can come to Simon’s talk on Tuesday August 22 at 13.20h, in parallel session 24 (room Amazon). What is more, Simon’s second paper has…
Paper by Sybren and Vahid out in Eur. Pol. J.
The work by Sybren and Vahid on the use of hydrogen bonding as additional, stabilising interaction in imine-based covalent adaptable networks (CANs) was accepted for publication in the European Polymer Journal. Their work revealed how intramolecular hydrogen bonding can reduce the creep in imine CANs. If you want to learn more, please read their paper…
Two papers out for Lucas
Congrats to Lucas for having two papers coming out in one week! His paper in Advanced Materials Interfaces presents a grafting-to coating approach that yields polymer brushes up to an unprecedented thickness of 19 nm. To this end, an easy-to-apply poly(dopamine) primer layer was optimised to promote binding of a block copolymer with a reactive…
Review on Phase Separation out in Soft Matter
Our recent review on Phase Separation in Supramolecular and Covalent Adaptable Networks has been published in Soft Matter. The review covers a broad range of important works and information regarding the developments and applications of phase separation in dynamic polymer networks. It highlights how material properties can be tuned and enhanced, but also discusses the…
Annemieke and Simon will present at Dutch Polymer Days 2023
At the upcoming Dutch Polymer Days, both Annemieke and Simon will present their research: On Monday (April 24) Simon will present his research on Covalent Adaptable Networks using Boronate Linkages by incorporating TetraAzaADamantanes. Next day (April 25) Annemieke will give a lecture on Self-Healing Antifouling Polymer Brushes. If you’re attending DPD2023, please check out their…
Welcome to Vahid
This week Vahid Asadi Alghalandis joined our group as a postdoctoral researcher. His research will focus on how the concept of phase separation can be used in covalent adaptable networks. Good luck, Vahid!
Sybren’s self-healing materials covered by the media
In the same week as Sybren’s PhD defence, his work on self-healing materials was covered by various media: Omroep Gelderland visited the lab to learn more about the self-healing imine polymers that Sybren developed during his PhD project. The corresponding article is available here, while the video can be seen here. Maarten was interviewed on…
Sybren successfully defended his PhD thesis today
Today, Sybren successfully defended his PhD thesis entitled Molecular Tuneability of Imine-based Covalent Adaptable Networks. Congrats to Sybren for this great achievement, and thanks his opponents, Filip Du Prez, Katja Loos, Hans Heuts and Jasper van der Gucht, for their participation in Sybren’s defence.