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"Let's make stimuli-responsive materials smart"
Research profile
Albert Schenning leads the research group Stimuli-responsive Functional Materials and Devices (SFD). His research interests center on stimuli responsive functional materials and devices. This entails the development of polymer materials with new responsive functionalities and integrating them into devices to meet industrial and societal challenges in the fields of sustainable energy, water-management, healthcare & personal comfort. The research follows the complete chain of knowledge from molecule to device, i.e. from organic synthesis to prototype. Both top-down and bottom-up methods are employed for the preparation of hierarchically structured materials with programmed responsive and functional properties.
Academic background
Albert Schenning studied chemistry at Radboud University Nijmegen, where he obtained his master's degree in 1992 and his doctorate in 1996. His PhD thesis on supramolecular architectures based on porphyrin and receptor molecules was supervised by Dr. Martin Feiters and Prof. Roeland Nolte. Between June and December 1996, Schenning was a post-doctoral fellow in the group of Prof. Bert Meijer at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), working on dendrimers. In 1997, he investigated pi-conjugated oligomers and polymers based on triacetylenes with Prof. François Diederich at the ETH in Zurich. From 1998 until 2003, Schenning was a fellow of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) at the TU/e Laboratory of Macromolecular and Organic Chemistry, active in the field of supramolecular organization of pi-conjugated polymers. In 2003 he was appointed assistant professor, in 2005 associate professor and in 2014 full professor of Stimuli-responsive Functional Materials and Devices at TU/e.
Affiliated with
- Institute for Complex Molecular Systems ICMS
- Eindhoven Polymer Laboratories EPL
- Advanced Research Center Chemical Building Blocks Consortium ARC CBBC
Partners in (semi-)industry
- DSM
- Sabic
- Merck
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Innovative Smart Materials and Sensors for Packaging of Raw and Processed Food Products
Schenning, A. P. H. J., Bus, A. B. P., Foelen, Y. & van der Heijden, D. A. C.
1/01/18 → 22/07/22
Project: Research direct
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Smart Materials for Greenhouses TKI HTSM SFD
Schenning, A. P. H. J. & Schenning, A. P. H. J.
3/01/17 → 21/12/21
Project: Research direct
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Research output
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Amphiphilic dendrimers as building blocks in supramolecular assemblies
Schenning, A. P. H. J., Roman Vas, C., Weener, J. W., Baars, M. W. P. L., Gaast, van der, S. J. & Meijer, E. W., 1998, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 120, 32, p. 8199-8218 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Probing the solvent-assisted nucleation pathway in chemical self-assembly
Jonkheijm, P., Schoot, van der, P. P. A. M., Schenning, A. P. H. J. & Meijer, E. W., 2006, In: Science. 313, 5783, p. 80-83 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight driven polymer actuator
Kumar, K., Knie, C., Bleger, D., Peletier, M. A., Friedrich, H. B., Hecht, S., Broer, D. J., Debije, M. G. & Schenning, A. P. H. J., 4 Jul 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 8 p., 11975.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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4D Printing of Liquid Crystals: What’s Right for Me?
del Pozo Puig, M., Sol, J. A. H. P., Schenning, A. P. H. J. & Debije, M. G., 20 Jan 2022, In: Advanced Materials. 34, 3, 34 p., 2104390.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A pH-Responsive Liquid Crystal Hydrogel Actuator with Calcium-Induced Reprogrammable Shape Fixing
Houben, S. J. A., Lugger, S. J. D., van Raak, R. J. H. & Schenning, A. P. H. J., 11 Feb 2022, In: ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 4, 2, p. 1298-1304 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Citations (Scopus)3 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Golden Medal Royal Dutch Chemical Society 2005
Schenning, Albert P.H.J. (Recipient), 2005
Prize: Other › Career, activity or publication related prizes (lifetime, best paper, poster etc.) › Scientific
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Bi-Hy
Schenning, Albert P.H.J. (Recipient) & Sommerdijk, N. A. J. M. (Recipient), 2016
Prize: NWO › Other › Scientific
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Researchers publish comprehensive guide on 4D printing with liquid crystals
Michael G. Debije, Jeroen A.H.P. Sol, Marc del Pozo Puig & Albert P.H.J. Schenning
2/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
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Researchers publish comprehensive guide on 4D printing with liquid crystals
Jeroen A.H.P. Sol, Marc del Pozo Puig, Albert P.H.J. Schenning & Michael G. Debije
2/11/21
1 item of Media coverage
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Molecular Wires
Albert P.H.J. Schenning & E.W. (Bert) Meijer
27/11/17
1 item of Media coverage
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Method to transform sunlight into movement
M.A. Peletier, M.G. Debije, H. Friedrich & Albert P.H.J. Schenning
4/07/16
1 item of Media coverage
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