Rienk Eelkema Lab
ORGANIC & SOFT MATTER CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
Our research is concerned with the design, synthesis, characterization and application of new molecular materials. We have a special focus on using in situ chemical reactivity to control the assembly of dynamic materials and the stability of polymers, to make materials that can respond to cues from their environment by releasing drugs, disintegrating, or changing color, shape or rigidity, or materials that exist outside of chemical equilibrium and can thus carry out special functions.
Areas of interest: Dynamic covalent polymers || Out of equilibrium assembly || Catalytic control over self assembly processes || Materials for biomedical applications || Organic & polymer synthesis || Aqueous phase chemistry & assembly || Combined radio-chemotherapy
The Eelkema Lab is part of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at Delft University of Technology, the Department of Chemical Engineering, and the Delft Bioengineering Institute.
NEWS
April 2024: Two new PhDs from the group: Dr. Benjamin Klemm & Dr. Cansel Temiz. Congratulations!
March 2024: Juncheng published a paper on radiation-triggered oxidation reactions, collaboration with Antonia Denkova, in CCS Chemistry
February 2024: Benjamin Spitzbarth defended his PhD Thesis, Cum Laude!
January 2024: Guotai Li published a perspective on out-of-equilibrium assembly based on host-guest interactions in CCS Chemistry
September 2023: The Pre-University Chemistry MOOC (massive online open course) wins the TU Delft Education Team Award 2023. Rienk is a lecturer and developer on this team.
September 2023: Congratulations Irene Piergentili on successfully defending your PhD Thesis "Catalysis to control targeted response in supramolecular systems". Well done!
September 2023: Benjamin Klemm's work on signal amplification in hydrogels is published in JACS! One scratch and the hydrogel dies.
Contact
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rienk Eelkema
Van der Maasweg 9, 2629 HZ Delft, The Netherlands; Office: D2.340; Postal address: P.O. Box 5, 2600 AA Delft; Phone: +31 (0)15 27 81035; E-mail: r.eelkema at tudelft.nl
Management assistant: Ms. Veby Agus
Phone: +31 (0)15 27 82682; Fax: +31 (0)15 2784289; E-mail: v.a.agus at tudelft.nl