Niko Van den Brande

Learning the Influence of the Chemical Environment on Epoxy-Amine Cure Kinetics

Accurate modelling of polymer-network formation requires describing reaction kinetics in a continuously evolving chemical environment. Epoxy-amine networks are a challenging model system: epoxy groups react successively with primary and secondary amines, while hydroxyl groups for...

Photoactive Lignin-Derived Nanolayers for Camouflaged Bioaromatic Interfaces

Abstract Bioaromatic polymers derived from lignin have largely been confined to bulk materials or dispersed (nano)particles, limiting their ability to control interfacial phenomena at the nanoscale. Here, we establish lignin as a platform for programmable photoactive bioaromatic...