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dr.ir. W.K. den Otter (Wouter)

Associate Professor

About Me

I am interested in how macroscopic behaviour of soft matter systems relates to their microscopic composition. If we know the properties of the microscopic particles, can we predict the behaviour of a macroscopic system containing many millions of these particles? Current and past applications range from ionic liquids in supercapacitors, liquid in porous media, self-assembly of protein cages to lipid membranes, liquid crystals and polymer melts. Based on concepts from statistical mechanics, it is possible to determine the static and dynamic properties of these systems by particle-based simulation techniques like molecular dynamics and Brownian dynamics.

Expertise

Chemistry
Colloid
Molecular Dynamics
Simulation
Physics & Astronomy
Colloids
Liquids
Molecular Dynamics
Shear Thinning
Simulation

Publications

Recent
Onofri, S., Hulikal Chakrapani, T. , Luding, S., Scholten, E. , Jarray, A. , & den Otter, W. K. (2023). Numerical simulations of liquid bridges between colloids. Poster session presented at NWO Physics 2023, Veldhoven, Netherlands.
Onofri, S., Hulikal Chakrapani, T. , Luding, S., Scholten, E. , Jarray, A. , & den Otter, W. K. (2023). Numerical simulations of liquid bridges between colloids. Poster session presented at Burgers Symposium 2023, Lunteren, Netherlands.
Bulthuis, E. P., Dieteren, C. E. J., Bergmans, J., Berkhout, J., Wagenaars, J. A., van de Westerlo, E. M. A., Podhumljak, E., Hink, M. A., Hesp, L. F. B., Rosa, H. S., Malik, A. N., Lindert, M. K. T., Willems, P. H. G. M. , Gardeniers, H. J. G. E. , den Otter, W. K., Adjobo-Hermans, M. J. W., & Koopman, W. J. H. (2023). Stress-dependent macromolecular crowding in the mitochondrial matrix. EMBO journal, 42(7), Article e108533. https://doi.org/10.15252/embj.2021108533
Sitlapersad, R. S. (2023). Molecular simulations of Supercapacitors. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036558129
Hulikal Chakrapani, T. , Bazyar, H. , Lammertink, R. G. H. , Luding, S. , & den Otter, W. K. (2022). Permeability of micropillar flow devices using Brinkman’s theory. Poster session presented at 5th InterPore BeNeLux meeting 2022, Hasselt, Belgium.
Hulikal Chakrapani, T. (2022). Mesoscale Modelling of Multiphase Flow and Wetting. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036554756

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University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex (building no. 20), room N230
De Horst 2
7522LW  Enschede
The Netherlands

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University of Twente
Faculty of Engineering Technology
Horst Complex  N230
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands