On this website you can find information about my research in the field of material design and soft matter – solid interactions at the nanoscale. I work on the fundamental understanding of self-assembly techniques for surface nanopatterning and create surfaces with tailored chemical and topographical properties with highly ordered features. These surfaces then act as templates for the guided surface interaction with colloids and biomaterials. This interdisciplinary research acts at the interface between physics, chemistry, mechanical engineering and biotechnology.
Find information about my research projects on surface patterning by nanosphere lithography, block copolymer lithography and soft lithography. You can also find info on collaborations in which we used nanopatterned surfaces in bionanotechnology, e.g. for the creation of protein coatings or DNA origami arrangements, and in opto-electronics as structured electrodes for switchable liquid crystal gratings.