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    June 10, 2025

    Two KIC grants awarded with impact in the food industry and beyond

    Two of five NWO KIC grants go to chemistry researchers

  • May 13, 2025

    Challa Prize Winner Announced!

    The Challa Prize 2025 for the best Dutch PhD thesis in the field of polymer chemistry has been awarded, on behalf of the KNCV Section…

  • April 9, 2025

    Thermochromic Liquid Crystal Oligomers for Solar Infrared Control in Windows

    Henk Sentjens successfully defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry on April 9th.

  • March 4, 2025

    Tim Hogervorst and Mert Astam appointed NWO Faculty of Impact fellows

    Two ambitious start-ups in cryopreservation and in haptics for the blind will receive financial support and intensive entrepreneurial…

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    February 12, 2025
    WOMEN IN SCIENCE WEEK

    Marina Pilz da Cunha wins the 2025 Marina van Damme Grant

    [VIDEO] Marina Pilz da Cunha wins the 2025 Marina van Damme grant. The sholarship amounts to € 9,000 and provides access to a large network…

  • January 23, 2025

    Granting Intelligence to Liquid Crystal Actuators through Electricity

    Mert Orhan Astam defended his PhD thesis at the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry on the 23rd of January 2025.

  • January 21, 2025

    NWO funding for SFD spin-off Useeble

    Useeble, sprouted from the Stimuli-responsive functional materials and devices (SFD) group, has been awarded a Take-off phase 2 study from…

  • August 6, 2024

    Winner best lecture ILCC Brazil 2024!

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    June 18, 2024

    Graphene plus liquid crystals equals ‘Hot Fingers’

    Eindhoven researchers have developed a soft robotic ‘hand’ made from liquid crystals and graphene that could be used to design future…

  • March 18, 2024

    Alfred Saupe Medal awarded to Albert Schenning

    On Thursday 14th March, during the German Liquid Crystals Conference 2024 in Essen the Alfred Saupe Medal has been awarded to Albert…

  • March 14, 2024

    Low-order dynamic modeling for electroactive surfaces

    Anahita Amiri defended her PhD thesis at the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry on…

  • September 20, 2023

    Thermoplastic liquid crystal elastomer soft actuators

    Sean Lugger successfully defended his thesis on September 20th at the department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry.