Innovative Materials
Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks
Volume (3) of the digital magazine Innovative Materials (3, 2020) features an article by dr. Danqing Liu (Eindhoven Unversity of Technology). The Dutch version has been written in cooperation with prof. Dick Broer.
'Complex Soft Robotic functions formed in Liquid Crystal Networks' by Danqing Liu.
Innovative Materials, 2020, 3, pp. 34-37 (Pdf file)
Danqing Liu is Assistant Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry (Eindhoven University of Technology). As a postdoctoral researcher she has been working on the project 'Communicating Surfaces', funded by the 4TU.HTM research programme 'New Horizons in Designer Materials'. Her research encompasses the development of new responsive materials like silicones, hydrogels and liquid crystal polymers, structured on (sub-)micrometer length scales and adapting triggered pre-set deformations, leading to e.g. complex folding or unfolding (origami), self-propulsion (locomotion) or localized topographical changes of the surfaces (smart skins).
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Designer Polymers
Volume (3) of the digital magazine Innovative Materials (3, 2019) features an article by dr. Maciek Kopeć (University of Twente, currently University of Bath). The Dutch version has been written in cooperation with Mark Beerstra and dr. Joost Duvigneau.
'Control of Molecular Structure and Function for Designer Polymers' by Maciek Kopeć.
Innovative Materials, 2019, 3, pp. 24-28 (Pdf file)
Maciek Kopeć was a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Twente, supervised by prof.dr. Julius Vancso (Materials Science and Technology of Polymers, University of Twente), working on the project ''From Flatland to Spaceland': Towards Advanced, 3-Dimensional Materials Bottom-Up, from Polymer Decorated Nano- and Microstructures', funded by the 4TU.HTM research programme 'New Horizons in Designer Materials'.
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Understanding Structure Formation
Volume (6) of the digital magazine Innovative Materials (6, 2018) features an article by dr. Mohammad-Amin Moradi and prof.dr. Nico Sommerdijk (Eindhoven University of Technology). The Dutch version has been written in cooperation with Mark van Rijt MSc.
'Understanding Structure Formation in Hierarchical Hybrid Materials using Cryogenic Electron Tomography and Liquid Phase Electron Microscopy' by Mohammad-Amin Moradi and Nico A.J.M. Sommerdijk (TU/e). Innovative Materials, 2018, 6, pp. 38-40 (Pdf file)
Mohammad Moradi is a postdoctoral researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology, supervised by prof.dr. Nico Sommerijk (Materials and Interface Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry, Eindhoven University of Technology), working on the project 'Understanding structure formation in hierarchical hybrid materials through in situ liquid phase microscopies', funded by the 4TU.HTM research programme 'New Horizons in Designer Materials'.
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Acoustic metamaterials
Volume 4 (2018) of the digital magazine Innovative Materials (4, 2018) features an article by dr. Priscilla Brandão Silva (Eindhoven University of Technology).
'Acoustic metamaterials: Metamaterials for wave control and manipulation by exploring nonlinearity' by dr. Priscilla Brandão Silva (TU/e).
Innovative Materials, 2018, 4, pp. 30-35 (Pdf file)
Priscilla Brandão Silva is a post-doctoral researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology, supervised by dr. Varvara Kouznetsova and prof.dr. Marc Geers (Mechanics of Materials, Department of Mechanical Engineering), working on the project 'Dynamical Metamaterials', funded by the 4TU.HTM research programme 'New Horizons in Designer Materials'.
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Carbon Nanotube Array
Volume 3 (2018) of the digital magazine Innovative Materials (3, 2018) features an article by dr. Amir Mirza Gheytaghi (Delft University of Technology).
'Carbon Nanotube Array. Scaffolding Materials for Opto-, Electro, Thermo-, and Mechanical Systems' by dr. Amir Mirza Gheytaghi (TU Delft).
Innovative Materials, 2018, 3, pp. 22-25 (Pdf file) 
Amir Mirza Gheytaghi is a post-doctoral researcher at Delft University of Technology, supervised by prof.dr. Kouchi Zhang (Electronic Components, Technology and Materials group, Department of Microelectronics, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science), working on the project 'Super Conducting Nanotubes', funded by the 4TU.HTM research programme 'New Horizons in Designer Materials'. 
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Embracing Entropy in the Design of New Materials
Volume 2 (2018) of the digital magazine Innovative Materials (2, 2018) features an article by dr. Nicholas B. Tito (Eindhoven University of Technology).
'Embracing Entropy in the Design of New Materials' by dr. Nicholas B. Tito.
Innovative Materials, 2018, 2, pp. 28-31 (Pdf file)
Nick Tito was a post-doctoral researcher at Eindhoven University of Technology, supervised by dr. Wouter Ellenbroek and prof.dr. Cornelis Storm (Department of Applied Physics, Theory of Polymers and Soft Matter), working on the project 'Reversible Crosslinking', funded by the 4TU.HTM research programme 'New Horizons in Designer Materials'. Nick is studying how to optimize the properties of polymeric materials with dynamic reversible microscopic interactions.
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