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Sustainable Polymer Synthesis group

Research Overview

The Sustainable Polymer Synthesis group explores both the synthesis of the building blocks through (bio)organic chemical methods, as well as their incorporation into polymer materials. New properties of new materials are being investigated for possible further development towards targeted applications.

Research

Main research focus is on the design and synthesis of sustainable polymer materials with tuneable properties for the circular economy. Sustainability entails biobased building blocks (but no biorefinery) instead of fossil raw materials, green routes for polymer synthesis and processing, as well as chemical recycling/reprocessing methods (biodegradability, depolymerization, dynamic bonds) to make the end-of-life of polymers more sustainable. Structure-property relationships of the resulting polymers are evaluated in several fields of application e.g. stimuli-responsive polymers, coatings, fibres, engineering plastics and biomedical materials. Growing focus on the use of artificial intelligence techniques to support and accelerate the experimental work, e.g. data interpretation and prediction of structure-property relationships.

Academische Staf

Assoc. Prof. Dr. Katrien Bernaerts
Universiteit Maastricht
Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials (AMIBM)
Brightlands Chemelot Campus
Urmonderbaan 22
6167 RD, Geleen
The Netherlands
+31 (0)43 38 82296
  • Amsterdam (UvA)
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    • Institute for Lasers, Life and Biophotonics Amsterdam (LaserLaB)
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    • MNEXT
    • Nieuwe Materialen en hun Toepassing
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    • Optoelectronic Materials Section
    • Novel Aerospace Materials
    • Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies
    • Advanced Soft Matter
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    • 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
  • Eindhoven (Fontys Hogeschool)
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    • ThermoPlastic composites Application Center
    • Lectoraat Sustainable & Functional Textiles
  • Enschede (UT)
    • Biomaterials Science and Technology
    • Membrane Surface Science
    • Films in Fluids
    • Molecular NanoFabrication
    • Sustainable Polymer Chemistry (SPC)
  • 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
    • Product Technology
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    • Aachen-Maastricht Institute for Biobased Materials
    • Sustainable Polymer Synthesis group
    • Polymer Physics and Technology
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    • Systems Chemistry
    • Bone Biochemistry
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    • Advanced Drug Delivery and Drug Targeting
    • Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science
    • Condensed-Matter Theory, Statistical and Computational Physics (Institute for Theoretical Physics)
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