Anja Palmans

TU Eindhoven

Professor

Anja Palmans obtained a degree in chemical engineering (1992) at the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e, The Netherlands), and continued with a PhD on the topic of supramolecular chemistry (1997). After a Postdoc at the ETH Zürich (Switzerland) and working at DSM Research (The Netherlands), she became assistant professor at the TU/e in 2005, associate professor in 2010 and full professor in 2019. She now holds a chair in Supramolecular Chemistry and Catalysis at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry of the TU/e.

Single Chain Polymeric Nanoparticles: the What, the How and the Why

Inspired by nature, polymer chemists have started mimicking the 3D conformations of enzymes by tailor-made synthetic polymer systems. Hereto, heterograft polymers have been synthesised and have been either chemically crosslinked to control their global conformations or collapsed/folded in non-solvents to induce a 3D structure. In water, amphiphilic heterograft polymers form compartmentalised particles with a hydrophobic interior.

This lecture will focus on the analysis and characterisation of the formed nanometer-sized particles, and their applications in a variety of catalytic conversions.

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