Publicaties

This paper presents the formulation, inkjet printing, and vacuum forming of a conductive and stretchable polymer, poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) polystyrene sulfonate (PEDOT:PSS), ink on a stretchable and transparent thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) substrate. The formulation of the conductive and stretchable ink is achieved by combining PEDOT:PSS with additional solvents, to achieve the right inkjet properties for drop-on-demand (DoD) inkjet ...

In this study, a new chiral α,ω-bifunctional polythiophene is synthesized and used as a nanoparticle linker molecule to synthesize the first layered conjugated polymer/nanoparticle (CP/NP) hybrid m...

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 ...

Click reactions are utilized widely to modify chain ends and side groups of polymers while click polymerizations based on step-growth polymerization of bifunctional monomers have recently attracted increased attention of polymer chemists. Herein, the combination of two highly efficient click reactions, namely para-fluoro-thiol click and thiol-bromo substitution reactions, is demonstrated to form fluorinated polymers with tuned hydrophobicity ...

Self-healing materials have been intensively studied as materials that can mimic healing properties of biological systems. Reversible polymer networks based on Diels-Alder thermoreversible covalent bonds exhibit great healing performance by controlling the temperature of the system. Despite the attractive applications of self-healing materials, most of them are restricted to the repair of narrow cracks due to their restricted mobility in the ...

Phosphonium‐based polythiophene conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) with three different counterions (dodecylsulfate, octylsulfate and perfluorooctane sulfonate) are synthesized to determine how the nature of the counterion affects the thermal properties, the self‐assembly in thin films and the performance as the cathode interfacial layer in polymer solar cells (PSCs). The counterion has a significant effect on the thermal properties of the CPEs, ...

The ambient-temperature self-healing potential of a poly(methacrylate) network, containing reversible furan- maleimide Diels-Alder crosslinks, is studied. A reversible bis(methacrylate) monomer, containing Diels-Alder bonds, is synthesized and characterized by means of 1H NMR spectroscopy. Subsequent polymerization via UV-cure yields a reversible polymer network, consisting of thermoplastic poly(methacrylate), crosslinked by Diels-Alder bonds. ...