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Bio-Inspired Synthetic Materials Science

Research Overview

Our group implements various approaches involving synthetic polymers in new or improved biomedical applications in particular involving cell-material interactions. By looking at nature’s design with respect topography/structure dimensions, mechanical properties/stiffness, and (bio)chemistry insights are obtained on how to design new implant materials, coatings and diagnostics/delivery systems.

Materials involved are mostly of polymeric origin and entails macroscopic, mesoscopic, and nanoscopic structures. One of the primary aims is to develop a screening platform which allows us to optimize the current polymer-based medical technology where we tackle the demand of companies which are bound by the limitation of FDA-approved polymers and production lines but still want to improve their performance. Additional research lines involve polymeric microgels for cell scaffolds, delivery and diagnostics and artificial virus structures composed of protein-polymer hybrids.

The group is embedded within the University Medical Center Groningen but operates in close collaboration with the Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials and thereby bridging fundamental materials science with medical technology and applications.

dr. P. (Patrick) van Rijn

University Medical Center Groningen                  
Biomedical Engineering/W.J. Kolff Institute         
A. Deusinglaan 1                                              
9731 AV Groningen                                          
The Netherlands                                              
T  + 31 50 361 6066                                         
e-mail: p.van.rijn@umcg.nl
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University of Groningen
Zernike Institute for Advanced Materials
Nijenborgh 4 9747 AG Groningen
The Netherlands 
T  + 31 50 363 7888
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  • Eindhoven (TU/e)
    • Theory of Polymers and Soft Matter
    • Supramolecular Polymer Chemistry
    • Physical Chemistry
    • Stimuli-Responsive Functional Materials and Devices
    • Polymer Technology
    • Polymer Performance Materials
    • Bio-Organic Chemistry
  • Delft (TUD)
    • Optoelectronic Materials Section
    • Novel Aerospace Materials
    • Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies
    • Advanced Soft Matter
  • Nijmegen (RU)
    • Systems Chemistry
    • Bone Biochemistry
  • Enschede (UT)
    • Biomaterials Science and Technology
    • Membrane Surface Science
    • Films in Fluids
    • Molecular NanoFabrication
    • Sustainable Polymer Chemistry (SPC)
  • Utrecht (UU)
    • Advanced Drug Delivery and Drug Targeting
    • Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
    • Condensed-Matter Theory, Statistical and Computational Physics (Institute for Theoretical Physics)
  • Groningen (RUG)
    • Macromolecular Chemistry and New Polymeric Materials
    • Polymer Physics/Physical Chemistry of Polymer Systems
    • Bio-Inspired Synthetic Materials Science
    • Organic-Materials Chemistry and Devices
    • Polymer Science
  • Wageningen (WUR)
    • Organic Chemistry
    • Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter 1
    • Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter 2
    • Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter 3
    • Molecular Surface Engineering
  • Maastricht University (UM)
    • Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials
    • Biobased Polymers
    • Polymer Physics and Technology
    • Polymer Engineering
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    • AMOLF
    • Van t' Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences
    • Institute for Lasers, Life and Biophotonics Amsterdam (LaserLaB)
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