Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter
Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter at Wageningen University & Research is interested in phenomena at the nanoscale, where creative chemistry is essential, complex physics is a rule rather than an exception and biology comes to life.
Chair holder
Joris Sprakel wins ERC Consolidator Grant 2020
Joris Sprakel has received a major grant to study very strong chemical bonds. The title of the project is: "Synthetic Catch Bonds."
Read moreOur Research
- Self-assembled Polymer Networks - Prof. dr. ir. Jasper van der Gucht
- Self-consistent field theory and its applications - Prof. dr. ir. Frans Leermakers
- Colloidal and Optical Materials - Prof. dr. ir. Joris Sprakel
- Self-assembling Protein Structures - Dr. Renko de Vries
- Soft Multiphase Materials - Dr. Joshua A. Dijksman
- Designer Polymeric Materials - Dr. Thomas E. Kodger
- Emergence in Biological Systems - Dr. Siddharth Deshpande
- Nanoscale Microscopy and Spectroscopy - Dr. Francesco Simone Ruggeri
Latest Publications
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Chemical Design Model for Emergent Synthetic Catch Bonds
Frontiers in Physics 8 (2020). - ISSN 2296-424X -
Sheared Amorphous Packings Display Two Separate Particle Transport Mechanisms
Physical Review Letters 125 (2020)13. - ISSN 0031-9007 -
Particle Dynamics in Colloid-Polymer Mixtures with Different Polymer Architectures
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 12 (2020)37. - ISSN 1944-8244 - p. 42041 - 42047. -
Propagation and attenuation of mechanical signals in ultrasoft 2D solids
Science Advances 6 (2020)37. - ISSN 2375-2548 -
Complete microviscosity maps of living plant cells and tissues with a toolbox of targeting mechanoprobes
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 117 (2020)30. - ISSN 0027-8424 - p. 18110 - 18118.
News
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Joris Sprakel wins ERC Consolidator Grant 2020
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Siddharth Deshpande guest editor of membranes
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Interview Hanne van der Kooij in 'de ingenieur'
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Gels from droplets less stable than gels from solid particles
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Hanne van der Kooij wins DPI golden thesis award
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PCC investigates animal feed pellets
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PCC research helps Rijksmuseum with art conservation
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Illuminating the inner workings of active liquid crystal networks
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Molecular rotors help to probe the viscosity inside plant cells
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pH-Controlled Coacervate−Membrane Interactions within Liposomes