The engineering of functional and interactive innovative materials for a better life is the focus of our research interest. In this regard, we use a combination of synthetic molecules (mainly polymers) and functional molecules or nanoparticles to build functional, adaptive, and active materials that can sense, respond to, trap, catalyze, separate, or release payloads from molecules of interest to an external appeal. With the help of nanotechnology, such materials can be structurally adjusted in such a way that material properties such as shape, size, mechanical properties and functionality can be improved. This turns the materials into fast and highly efficient solutions for their applications in environmental applications (e.g. water treatment and air filtration), (electro)catalysis (e.g. water splitting, oxygen reduction reaction (ORR), CO2 reduction or reduction of toxic molecules), biomedical applications (e.g. drug delivery), etc.
- Biofabrication: Bioink synthesis and development, bio-printing
- NanoBio-Technology: Nanogels, inorganic nanoparticles
- Hierarchical Systems: Solution electrospinning, materials for specific approaches, interactive biomaterials
- Water Quality: Anthropogenic organic micropollutants (e.g. pharmaceutical or pesticides), heavy metals
- Air Quality: Antiviral membranes, VOC removal, mask development
- DNA Polymer Science: DNA nanoscience, responsive DNA based materials, self-assembly
- Bioinspired Synthesis of Noble Metals Particles: Shape-controlled synthesis, hydrogel evolution, water splitting