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From Lab to Audience: HIM Group Presenting at TU/e Research Day

On 24th of June, 2025, HIM Group participated in TU/e Research Day, as a part of ICMS community, presenting a series of demonstrations showcasing the laboratory’s research activities! Representing the group, Elif coordinated with event organizers and, together with Tom and Iván, introduced and explained the demos to attendees. The session highlighted the group’s ongoing […]

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Dongyu Zhang

Post-Doc Dongyu Zhang obtained her PhD degree from the Eindhoven University ofTechnology, working in the Chemical Engineering and Chemistrydepartment. She is interested in studying stimulus-responsive liquidcrystal materials for liquid secretion. By mimicking the natural liquidsecretion phenomenon, she can employ some smart liquid crystalpolymeric materials for robotic applications such as “artificialperspiration”, “pick and place”, or “chemical

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Youssef Mosaddeghian Golestani

Post-Doc “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken”Oscar Wilde Youssef earned his bachelor’s degree from Sharif University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, where he also won the National College Basketball Championship as a member of Sharif basketball team. He obtained his master’s degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, under the supervision of Prof. Truong Vo-Van,

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Anne Verdurmen

PhD, 17th February 2025 Anne M. J. Verdurmen obtained her masters degree in Chemical Engineering at the Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands. She is interested in liquid crystal actuators which rapidly change shape. Using these actuators she aims to create adaptable connections that can be used for neuromorphic computing. By adding ferroelectric materials the stimuli

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Another day, another doctor: the HIM group congratulates our new doctor, Yuxin You!

On March 13th, Yuxin You successfully defended her PhD thesis, titled “Programmed Dynamic Topographical Deformations in Liquid Crystal Polymers. Yuxin focused on surface topographies, referring to the micro-scale textures of the outermost layer of a coating. They are crucial in determining how the surface looks and feels, as well as influencing the wettability, tribology, and optical

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HIM group’s Dr. Mert Orhan Astam is awarded the NWO Faculty of Impact for HaptonTech!

The HIM group congratulates its member, Dr. Mert Orhan Astam, on receiving the NWO Faculty of Impact grant for his start-up, HaptonTech. We are proud to work together with him to valorize the innovative and exciting technologies that are being developed at the HIM group! Correspondence Mert Astam 

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The HIM group goes on the shopping spree with the winners of the annual funny idea competition!

The winners of this year’s annual funny idea competition were rewarded highly with a shopping spree at one of the group’s favorite shops: Albert Heijn! With a 100 euros of credit, courtesy of the HIM group, and 5 minutes to collect that value of items, the winners were running around the shop collecting their most

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The HIM group congratulates our new doctor, Dongyu Zhang!

On March 13th, Dongyu Zhang successfully defended her PhD thesis titled “Light- and Electricity-Induced Liquid Secretion from Liquid Crystal Polymer Coatings.” The thesis draws inspiration from nature, where liquid secretion plays a vital role in biological systems—forming protective barriers, regulating temperature, enabling substance transport, and facilitating chemical reactions. Mimicking this adaptive behavior, Dongyu’s research explores

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HIM champions intelligent materials at the MRS in the US

We’re excited to share that Duygu represented our lab at the 2024 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, held December 1–6 in Boston, Massachusetts. This event brought together more than 6,000 researchers to exchange cutting-edge developments and ideas across a broad range of topics of material science. On December 4, Duygu gave an oral presentation titled “An Autonomous Snapper with

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HIM goes to ILCEC 2025

We are excited to announce that the HIM research group will be participating in the upcoming International Liquid Crystal Elastomer Conference 2025 with a contributed talk and poster presentations! ILCEC 2025 is bringing together the researchers from diverse backgrounds in materials science to share the recent advancements in reconfigurable network chemistries, materials physics, localization of

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