Expertise
Engineering & Materials Science
# Brushes
# Friction
# Polymers
# Polymethyl Methacrylates
Chemistry
# Force
# Polymer Brush
Physics & Astronomy
# Brushes
# Polymers
Organisations
Research
In my research, I translate fundamental polymer physics models to technological applications. My students and I study the tribo-mechnical behavior of polymer brushes in liquid and air to develop low-friction coatings that can be employed on bio-medical devices. Moreover, we characterize the interaction and inclusion of nanoparticles in polymer brushes to develop polymer-brush-based sensors and / or effective medication.
Publications
Recent
Kap, Ö., Hartmann, S., Hoek, H. J.
, de Beer, S.
, Sîretanu, I., Thiele, U.
, & Mugele, F. (2022).
Spreading of volatile fluids on swelling hydrophobic polymer brush layers. Poster session presented at Bordeaux polymer conference BPC 2022, Boredeaux, France.
Horst, R. J., Katzourakis, A.
, Mei, B. T.
, & de Beer, S. (2022).
Design and validation of a low-cost open-source impedance based quartz crystal microbalance for electrochemical research.
HardwareX,
12, [e00374].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2022.e00374
Glišić, I.
, Ritsema van Eck, G. C.
, Smook, L. A.
, & de Beer, S. (2022).
Enhanced vapor sorption in block and random copolymer brushes.
Soft matter,
18(44), 8398-8405.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d2sm00868h
Eck, G. C. R. V., Kiens, E. M.
, Veldscholte, L. B.
, Pérez, M. B.
, & Beer, S. D. (2022).
Vapor Swelling of Polymer Brushes Compared to Nongrafted Films.
Langmuir,
38(45), 13763-13770.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c01889
Ding, Z., Chen, C.
, Yu, Y.
, & de Beer, S. (2022).
Synthetic strategies to enhance the long-term stability of polymer brush coatings.
Journal of Materials Chemistry B,
10(14), 2430-2443.
https://doi.org/10.1039/d1tb02605d
Ritsema Van Eck, G. C., Chiappisi, L.
, & De Beer, S. (2022).
Fundamentals and Applications of Polymer Brushes in Air.
ACS Applied Polymer Materials,
4(5), 3062-3087.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c01615
Veldscholte, L. B.
, & de Beer, S. (2022).
OpenHumidistat: Humidity-controlled experiments for everyone.
HardwareX,
11, [e00288].
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ohx.2022.e00288
Ho, K., Kim, K. S.
, De Beer, S., & Walker, G. C. (2021).
Chemical Composition and Strain at Interfaces between Different Morphologies in Block Copolymer Thin Films.
Langmuir,
37(43), 12723-12731.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c02169
Kyriakou, N.
, Winnubst, L., Drobek, M.
, De Beer, S.
, Nijmeijer, A.
, & Pizzoccaro-Zilamy, M. A. (2021).
Controlled Nanoconfinement of Polyimide Networks in Mesoporous γ-Alumina Membranes for the Molecular Separation of Organic Dyes.
ACS Applied Nano Materials,
4(12), 14035-14046.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.1c03322
Durmaz, E. N., Sahin, S., Virga, E.
, De Beer, S., De Smet, L. C. P. M.
, & De Vos, W. M. (2021).
Polyelectrolytes as Building Blocks for Next-Generation Membranes with Advanced Functionalities.
ACS Applied Polymer Materials,
3(9), 4347-4374.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.1c00654
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Education
It is my personal goal to help students in their development to become excellent researchers. I attempt to achieve this by lecturing, tutoring and mentoring students in the bachelor or master program of Applied Physics, Chemical Engineering and Advanced Technology. I am involved in several courses, such as Statistical Physics (B-TN), Polymer Physics (M-CHE) and Physical Modeling (B-TN and B-AT).
Affiliated Study Programmes
Bachelor
Master
Courses Academic Year 2022/2023
Courses in the current academic year are added at the moment they are finalised in the Osiris system. Therefore it is possible that the list is not yet complete for the whole academic year.
Courses Academic Year 2021/2022
Contact Details
Visiting Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Science and Technology
Carré
(building no. 15), room C4227
Hallenweg 23
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands
University of Twente
Faculty of Science and Technology
Carré
(building no. 15), room C4227
Hallenweg 23
7522NH Enschede
The Netherlands
Mailing Address
University of Twente
Faculty of Science and Technology
Carré
C4227
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands