Researcher
Niko Van den Brande
- Keywords:Materials engineering, Chemistry (incl. biochemistry)
- Disciplines:Polymer processing, Polymeric materials not elsewhere classified, Thermal analysis, Physical chemistry of materials, Polymer composites, Solid state and soft matter chemistry, Functional materials, Chemical characterisation of materials, Polymers and plastics, Molecular and organic electronics
Affiliations
- Physical Chemistry and Polymer Science (Research group)
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From30 Sep 2015 → Today - Materials and Chemistry (Department)
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From1 Oct 2023 → Today - Materials and Chemistry (Department)
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From8 Apr 2019 → 30 Sep 2023 - Materials and Chemistry (Department)
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From1 Oct 2018 → 20 Oct 2022 - Faculty of Engineering (Faculty)
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From22 Jun 2017 → 7 Sep 2017 - Materials and Chemistry (Department)
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From15 Oct 2013 → 30 Sep 2018 - Chemistry (Department)
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From1 Oct 2009 → 30 Sep 2013 - Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences (Faculty)
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From7 Aug 2007 → 3 Jul 2009
Projects
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- Towards fast self-healing reversible covalent elastomeric and thermosetting networks for sustainable applications. Synthesis and characterization of new Diels-Alder building blocks with fast dynamics and tunable reversibilityFrom1 Nov 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO junior postdoctoral fellowship
- Design of self-healing living mycelium materials at the intersection between biology and materials science.From1 Jan 2023 → TodayFunding: FWO visiting post-doctoral fellowship
- Elucidating the structure-property relations and crystallization kinetics of sustainable polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymers. Production and analysis of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-4-hydroxybutyrate)From1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- Accelerating the Diels-Alder kinetics of self-healing polymer network: new insights from a combined density functional theory and molecular dynamics approachFrom1 Nov 2022 → TodayFunding: FWO fellowships
- GEAR: Sustainable Material Technologies (SuMaT).From1 Jan 2021 → TodayFunding: IOF - technology validation in real environment, IOF - mandates
- Diffusion- and mobility-controlled self-healing polymer networks with dynamic covalent bonding. Fundamental study of reversible thermosets from bulk to thin layers.From1 Nov 2019 → 31 Oct 2023Funding: FWO fellowships
- Molecular design and characterization of adaptive polymers derived from biomassFrom1 Oct 2018 → 31 Oct 2023Funding: FWO fellowships
- Solution-processed bulk heterojunction organic cavities for near-infrared photodetection - rational combinations of novel donor and acceptor materials and dedicated solution processing for high performance devicesFrom1 Jan 2018 → 31 Dec 2021Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
- On the importance of structural disorder in combination with eutectic mixing for conjugated polymer/fullerene solar cellsFrom1 Jan 2014 → 31 Dec 2017Funding: IWT personal funding - strategic basic research grants
- RADESOL - RAtional DEsign of blends for bulk heterojunction SOLar cellsFrom1 Jan 2014 → 31 Dec 2016Funding: FWO research project (including WEAVE projects)
Publications
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- LignoSwitch: A Robust Yet Reversible Bioaromatic Superglue for Enhanced Materials Circularity and Ecodesign(2023)
Authors: Marlies Thys, Joost Brancart, Guy Van Assche, Niko Van den Brande, Richard Vendamme
Pages: 17941–17950 - On the Importance of Chemical Precision in Organic Electronics(2023)
Authors: Jochen Vanderspikken, Zhen Liu, Xiaocui Wu, Omar Beckers, Stefania Moro, Tyler James Quill, Quan Liu, Arwin Goossens, Adam Marks, Karrie Weaver, et al.
- Separating Kinetics from Relaxation Dynamics in Reactive Soft Matter by Dielectric Spectroscopy(2023)
Authors: Jessica Mangialetto, Hailong Pan, Niko Van den Brande, Michael Wübbenhorst
Pages: 1-6 - A tetrathienopyrrole-based ladder-type donor polymer for high-performance organic near-infrared cavity detectors(2023)
Authors: Kaat Valkeneers, Jorne Raymakers, Quan Liu, Jochen Vanderspikken, Yuming Wang, Jurgen Kesters, Tyler James Quill, Zhen Liu, Niko Van den Brande, Laurence Lutsen, et al.
Pages: 5704-5711 - Bioaromatic-Associated Multifunctionality in Lignin-Containing Reversible Elastomers(2023)
Authors: Marlies Thys, Görkem Eylül Kaya, Lise Soetemans, Guy Van Assche, Serge Bourbigot, Bilge Baytekin, Richard Vendamme, Niko Van den Brande
Pages: 5846-5856 - Real-Time Determination of the Glass Transition Temperature during Reversible Network Formation Based on Furan–Maleimide Diels–Alder Cycloadditions Using Dielectric Spectroscopy(2023)
Authors: Jessica Mangialetto, Niko Van den Brande, Bruno Van Mele, Michael Wubbenhorst
Pages: 4727-4737 - Studying the concentration of polymers in blended microplastics using 2D and 3D Raman mapping(2023)
Authors: Mehrdad Lotfi Choobbari, Jennifer Ferguson, Niko Van den Brande, Tim Smith, Tatevik Chalyan, Wendy Meulebroeck, Heidi Ottevaere
Pages: 1-8 - A new exploration of quality testing technique for the wafer-scale graphene film based on the terahertz vector network analysis technology(2023)
Authors: Chen Cheng, Ali Pourkazemi, wu zhao, Niko Van den Brande, Tom Hauffman, Zhiyong Zhang, Johan Stiens
- Phase behavior and state diagrams of push-pull conjugated systems for organic optoelectronics(2023)
Authors: Zhen Liu, Niko Van den Brande, Bruno Van Mele
Number of pages: 162 - Impact of doubling peptide length on in vivo hydrogel stability and sustained drug release(2022)
Authors: Julie Heremans, Lucie Chevillard, M Mannes, Jessica Mangialetto, Kaat Leroy, Jacinta F. White, Mathieu Vinken, James Gardiner, Bruno Van Mele, Niko Van den Brande, et al.
Pages: 514-524