Simon’s joint work with Ellen was accepted for publication in Computer Physics Communications. Their paper describes a user-friendly graphical user interface software that can be directly used by materials scientists for Ideal Adsorption Solution Theory (IAST) calculations. Such calculations are highly useful when trying to understand and predict the gas separation performance of (nano)porous materials,…
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Collaborative paper with Du Prez group accepted in Eur. Pol. J.
The research that Maarten Smulders undertook during his sabbatical leave in the fall of 2021 in the group of Filip Du Prez has been published in the European Polymer Journal. The work, jointly performed with PhD students Filip van Lijsebetten and Stephanie Engelen, describes how epoxy-based coatings can be made recyclable without affecting their barrier…
Sybren presented his work during BPC2022
During the Bordeaux Polymer Conference 2022 Sybren presented his recent work on phase separation in covalent adaptable imine networks. Despite the heat outside, Sybren kept his head cool and gave a great presentation on his work!
NWO Circularity Grant awarded
Maarten was awarded an NWO Circularity Grant for a project entitled “Dynamic Branching for Circularity (DYNABRANCH)”. A consortium of WUR, TUE, AVANS Breda and SABIC, lead by Maarten, will take on two PhD students and a postdoc to: 1) achieve chemically modification of engineering plastics with dynamic covalent chemistry to improve their recyclability, and 2)…
Latest paper of Esther published in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
The collaborative work by Esther van Andel with the WUR groups of Cell Biology and Immunology and Biochemistry has resulted in a publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces. In this work, Esther nicely demonstrates how magnetic beads, equipped with an antifouling coating and an antibody can be used to very specifically identify relevant protein–protein…
Two UCo grants awarded
Two consortia that Maarten Smulders is part of, have been awarded an Unusual Collaborations (UCo) Grant. Unusual Collaborations Grants are designed to take an idea or project further by enabling innovative, interdisciplinary science and scholarship that aims for societal impact. The UCo grants are awarded by the Centre for Unusual Collaborations (CUCo), which is one…
Three papers published on antifouling brushes
The year has been off to a good start, with three papers being published on antifouling coatings. Andriy and Lucas jointly published two papers in Advanced Materials Interfaces, while Annemieke had a paper accepted in Applied Surface Science. The Advanced Materials Interfaces paper (lead by Andriy) reports on random and diblock copolymer brushes with antifouling…
Postdoc vacancy on Covalent Adaptable Networks
Are you a polymer chemist with an interest to apply your expertise for the development of covalent adaptable polymer networks to create mechanically robust, yet processable polymer materials? Do you have a background in synthesis and characterisation of polymers, including rheology and/or dynamic-mechanical analysis? And would you like to work together in a multidisciplinary team…
Maarten joins PCR group (headed by Filip Du Prez) for a sabbatical stay
Last month Maarten joined the Polymer Chemistry Research group at the University of Ghent (Belgium), headed by Filip Du Prez, for a 3-month sabbatical stay. During this stay Maarten will have the opportunity to extend his experience and expertise in covalent adaptable networks and sequence-defined macromolecules, which are two research areas in which the PCR…
Welcome to Zhen Yang
We welcome Zhen Yang as new PhD student in the group. Zhen, who obtained his MSc degree in Analytical Chemistry from Uppsala University (Sweden), will work on the development of an ingestible sensor. His project is a a collaboration of imec, the Synthetic Organic Chemistry group at Radboud University in Nijmegen and our Laboratory of…