dr.ir. C.W. Visser (Claas Willem)

Claas Willem Visser develops multi-scale functional materials, by converting fluid droplets or bubbles into solid "building blocks" and stacking these. The multi-scale nature of these materials enables optimizing their mechanical, acoustic, electrical, and biological properties for various applications.

From 2016 to 2018, Visser worked as a Rubicon Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering. Here, he developed a new method for additive manufacturing of polymer foams in the lab of Prof. Jennifer A. Lewis.

Before that, as a post-doc at the University of Twente, Visser co-developed a new technology for particle fabrication and 3D printing named "In-air microfluidics". This technology is now commercialized in spinoff company IamFluidics, of which Visser is co-founder and chief scientific officer.

Visser pursued his Ph.D. (2011-2015) under the supervision of Prof. Chao Sun (now at Tsinghua University) and Prof. Detlef Lohse, in the Physics of Fluids group at the University of Twente. Here, he contributed to fundamental studies on micro-scale droplet impact as well as applications such as laser-induced transfer of metals and droplet-based cell deposition.

From 2006 to 2011, Visser worked at Tata Steel Research, Development, and Technology as a researcher and project leader. He initiated several national and international research projects on hot rolling of metal strip.

Visser received his MSc degree in Applied Physics from the University of Twente in 2006, and completed his internship in Prof. Ke-Qing Xia's group at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Faculty of Engineering Technology (ET), Engineering Fluid Dynamics (EFD)

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The Fluid Mechanics for Functional Material team creates new materials from scratch. Here, droplets or particles are used as "building blocks" that add functionality to 3D-printed pieces in programmable shapes.

Our research focuses on creating the right building blocks and stacking them into the right shape, for example by understanding and controlling the impact of micro-scale droplets [1,2]. Together with collaborators, this strategy has advanced multi-scale tissue engineering [3], rapid fabrication of complex particles for chemical reactions [3,4], and 3D printed micro-sensors in gold and platinum [5,6].

Upcoming projects will focus on aero-acoustic materials, thin-film flows, and foams. These projects are pursued in close collaboration with experts who have deep knowledge of the application field, either at the University of Twente, in companies or with (inter)national collaborators.

References:

[1] Visser, C.W., Frommhold, P., Mettin, R., Wildeman, S., Sun, C., & Lohse, D. (2015) “Dynamics of high-speed micro-drop impact: numerical simulations and experiments at frame-to-frame times below 100 ns.” Soft Matter, 11: 1708-1722

[2] Wildeman, S., Visser, C.W., Sun, C. & Lohse, D. (2016) “On the spreading of impacting drops”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics 805: 636-655.

[3] Visser, C.W., Kamperman, T., Karbaat, L.P., Lohse, D., Karperien, M. (2018), “In-air microﬂuidics enables rapid fabrication of emulsions, suspensions, and 3D modular (bio)materials”, Science Advances 4(1):eaao1175

[4] Kamperman, T., Trikalitis, V.D., Karperien, M., Visser, C.W., Leijten, J. (2018), “Ultrahigh-Throughput Production of Monodisperse and Multifunctional Janus Microparticles Using in-Air Microﬂuidics”, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

[5] Visser, C.W., Pohl, R., Romer, G.R.B.E., Sun, C., Huis in ‘t Veld, A.J., & Lohse, D. (2015) “Towards 3D printing of pure metals by picosecond laser-induced forward transfer.” Advanced Materials 27(27):4103-4108

[6] Luo, J., Pohl, R. Ma, Q., R¨omer, G.R.B.E., Sun, C., Lohse, D., Visser, C.W., (2017), “Printing functional 3D micro-devices by laser-induced forward transfer”, Small 1602553

Rastogi, P. (2023). 3D printing of foams for acoustic applications. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. Ipskamp Printing.

Smink, J. S. , Venner, C. H. , Visser, C. W. , & Hagmeijer, R. (2023). Engineering of branched fluidic networks that minimise energy dissipation. Journal of fluid mechanics, 967, Article A6. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2023.433

Jiang, J., Poortinga, A. T., Liao, Y. , Kamperman, T. , Venner, C. H. , & Visser, C. W. (2023). High-Throughput Fabrication of Size-Controlled Pickering Emulsions, Colloidosomes, and Air-Coated Particles via Clog-Free Jetting of Suspensions. Advanced materials, 35(13), Article 2208894. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202208894

Jieke, J., Gary, T. J. S. , & Claas, W. V. (2022). A method and system for producing polymer micro-bodies. (Patent No. NL2027000B).

Berardi, M., Gnanachandran, K. , Jiang, J., Bielawski, K. , Visser, C. W., Lekka, M. , & Akca, B. I. (2022). Dynamic mechanical analysis of suspended soft bodies via hydraulic force spectroscopy. Soft matter, 19(4), 615-624. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sm01173e

Rastogi, P. , Venner, C. H. , & Visser, C. W. (2022). Deposition Offset of Printed Foam Strands in Direct Bubble Writing. Polymers, 14(14), Article 2895. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym14142895

Zhao, Y. (2022). Solid viscoelasticity in contact mechanics and elastohydrodynamic lubrication. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036554268

Jiang, J., Shea, G., Rastogi, P. , Kamperman, T. , Venner, C. H. , & Visser, C. W. (2021). Continuous High-Throughput Fabrication of Architected Micromaterials via In-Air Photopolymerization. Advanced materials, 33(3), Article 2006336. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202006336

Amato, D. N., Amato, D. V., Sandoz, M., Weigand, J., Patton, D. L. , & Visser, C. W. (2020). Programmable Porous Polymers via Direct Bubble Writing with Surfactant-Free Inks. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 12(37), 42048-42055. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.0c07945

Skylar-Scott, M. A., Mueller, J. , Visser, C. W., & Lewis, J. A. (2019). Voxelated soft matter via multimaterial multinozzle 3D printing. Nature, 575(7782), 330-335. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-019-1736-8

Koldeweij, R. B. J., Van Capelleveen, B. F. , Lohse, D. , & Visser, C. W. (2019). Marangoni-driven spreading of miscible liquids in the binary pendant drop geometry. Soft matter, 15(42), 8525-8531. https://doi.org/10.1039/c8sm02074d

Visser, C. W., Amato, D. N., Mueller, J., & Lewis, J. A. (2019). Architected Polymer Foams via Direct Bubble Writing. Advanced materials, 31(46), Article 1904668. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201904668

Jalaal, M. , Klein Schaarsberg, M. , Visser, C. W. , & Lohse, D. (2019). Laser-induced forward transfer of viscoplastic fluids. Journal of fluid mechanics, 880, 497-513. https://doi.org/10.1017/jfm.2019.731

Ribeiro, A., Blokzijl, M. M., Levato, R. , Visser, C. W., Castilho, M., Hennink, W. E., Vermonden, T., & Malda, J. (2018). Assessing bioink shape fidelity to aid material development in 3D bioprinting. Biofabrication, 10, Article 014102. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1088/1758-5090/aa90e2

Kamperman, T. , Trikalitis, V. D. , Karperien, M. , Visser, C. W. , & Leijten, J. (2018). Ultrahigh-Throughput Production of Monodisperse and Multifunctional Janus Microparticles Using in-Air Microfluidics. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 10(28), 23433-23438. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b05227

Pohl, R. , Visser, C. W. , & Römer, G. R. B. E. (2018). LIFT of 3D Metal Structures. In A. Piqué, & P. Serra (Eds.), Laser Printing of Functional Materials: 3D Microfabrication, Electronics and Biomedicine (pp. 405-426). Wiley-VCH Verlag. https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Laser+Printing+of+Functional+Materials%3A+3D+Microfabrication%2C+Electronics+and+Biomedicine-p-9783527805112

Visser, C. W. , Kamperman, T. , Karbaat, L. P. , Lohse, D. , & Karperien, M. (2018). In-air microfluidics enables rapid fabrication of emulsions, suspensions, and 3D modular (bio)materials. Science advances, 4(1), Article eaao1175. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aao1175

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