Publicaties

Nitric oxide (NO•) is a free radical gas, produced in the human body to regulate physiological processes, such as inflammatory and immune responses. It is required for skin health; therefore, a lack of NO• is known to cause or worsen skin conditions related to three biomedical applications- infection treatment, injury healing, and blood circulation. Therefore, research on its topical release has been increasing for the last two decades. The ...

Time-temperature-transformation (TTT), temperature-conversion-transformation (TxT), and continuous-heating-transformation (CHT) diagrams are studied for a set of reversible elastomeric and thermosetting covalent networks, based on Diels–Alder (DA) furan–maleimide cycloaddition reactions using different concentrations of furan and maleimide functional groups. Microcalorimetry, modulated temperature differential scanning calorimetry, and dynamic ...

Extreme ultra-violet lithography (EUVL) is the leading-edge technology to produce advanced nanoelectronics. The further development of EUVL is heavily based on implementing the so-called high numerical aperture (NA) EUVL, which will enable even smaller pitches up to 8 nm half pitch (HP). In anticipation of this high NA technology, it is crucial to assess the readiness of the current resist materials for the high NA regime to comply with the ...

Star-shaped polymers have unique physical properties and they are sought after materials in industry. However, the ease of synthesis is essential for translation of these materials into large-scale applications. Herein, a highly efficient synthetic method to prepare star-shaped polymers by combination of Cu-mediated reversible deactivation radical polymerization (Cu-RDRP) and thiol-bromo click reaction is described. Well-defined linear and block ...

The supramolecular organization of star-shaped polythiophenes was investigated in a solvent/nonsolvent system and upon cooling. Both systems yield entirely different supramolecular aggregates. Classical characterization techniques can give some insight; the exact mechanism is currently not understood. By introducing second- and third-harmonic light scattering and its combination with other optical techniques, we were able to fully investigate ...