Polymer materials and coatings
While often innoculous, polymers materials and coatings are everywhere. These materials are often described by the chemical components, but their function arises from assembly and structure across multiple length scales from the molecular, mesoscopic, millimeter, to macroscopic.
The research at PCC focuses on designing the molecular structure to elicit a macroscopic response, while also understanding how that reponse manifests across multiple length scales. We employ both synthetic and computation techniques to bridge these length scales.
Topics
Topics includes:
- Recyclable complex coacervate coatings
- Controlling network topology for soft materials
- Using biobased polymers for adhesives
Our Projects
Breaking Bad, Healing Smart: What Happens Inside Self-Healing Materials?
Adaptive materials, also known as smart materials, typically found in nature and living organisms, have the capability of responding to external or biological triggers, such as temperature, pH, magnetic field, enzymes, mechanical stress, etc., by altering their physical and chemical features. Conversely, most synthetic chemically cross-linked materials lack adaptive responsiveness due to the inability of their static covalent bonds to reestablish after rupture. Thus, designing synthetic materials with dynamic bonds with the goal of mimicking the self-healing ability of natural materials has garnered attention in the scientific community.
Breaking Bad, Healing Smart: What Happens Inside Self-Healing Materials?
Adaptive materials, also known as smart materials, typically found in nature and living organisms, have the capability of responding to external or biological triggers, such as temperature, pH, magnetic field, enzymes, mechanical stress, etc., by altering their physical and chemical features. Conversely, most synthetic chemically cross-linked materials lack adaptive responsiveness due to the inability of their static covalent bonds to reestablish after rupture. Thus, designing synthetic materials with dynamic bonds with the goal of mimicking the self-healing ability of natural materials has garnered attention in the scientific community.
Contact us
Do you have a question about Polymer materials and coatings or do you want to get in touch? Please contact Thomas Kodger.
Research themes
Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter
Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, led by Jasper van der Gucht, is interested in phenomena at the nanoscale.
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