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Overview

Cees W. M. Bastiaansen is affiliated with Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with a focus on several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Mechanical Engineering, Polymers and Plastics, and Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

Their work covers a variety of topics within these areas. Key subjects include:

  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Dielectric materials and actuators
  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Polymer composites and self-healing
  • Thermal properties of materials
  • Silicone and Siloxane Chemistry

Recent papers from Bastiaansen reflect contributions to polymer science and materials engineering. Notable publications include:

  • "Transparent semi-crystalline polymeric materials and their nanocomposites: A review", 2020, published in Polymer Engineering and Science
  • "Direct Laser Writing of Four-Dimensional Structural Color Microactuators Using a Photonic Photoresist", 2020, ACS Nano
  • "Enhanced Thermal Conductivity in Oriented Polyvinyl Alcohol/Graphene Oxide Composites", 2021, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • "Light-Driven Actuation in Synthetic Polymers: A Review from Fundamental Concepts to Applications", 2022, Advanced Optical Materials
  • "Ultra-High Actuation Stress Polymer Actuators as Light-Driven Artificial Muscles", 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bastiaansen frequently publishes in these venues:

  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Polymer
  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • Polymer Engineering and Science
  • ACS Nano

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Ton Peijs
  • Emiliano Bilotti
  • Albertus P. H. J. Schenning
  • Muhammad Rehan Asghar Bhatti
  • Han Zhang

Best Publications

  • Molecular machines: nanomotor rotates microscale objects.

    Rienk Eelkema;Michael M. Pollard;Javier Vicario;Nathalie Katsonis

  • Printed artificial cilia from liquid-crystal network actuators modularly driven by light.

    Casper L. van Oosten;Cees W. M. Bastiaansen;Cees W. M. Bastiaansen;Dirk J. Broer;Dirk J. Broer

  • Incorporation of Photoluminescent Polarizers into Liquid Crystal Displays

    Christoph Weder;Christian Sarwa;Andrea Montali;Cees Bastiaansen

  • Large amplitude light-induced motion in high elastic modulus polymer actuators

    Kenneth D. Harris;Ruud Cuypers;Patrick Scheibe;Casper L. van Oosten

  • Engineering of Complex Order and the Macroscopic Deformation of Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks

    Laurens T. de Haan;Carlos Sánchez-Somolinos;Cees M. W. Bastiaansen;Cees M. W. Bastiaansen;Albertus P. H. J. Schenning

  • Humidity-responsive liquid crystalline polymer actuators with an asymmetry in the molecular trigger that bend, fold, and curl

    Laurens T. de Haan;Julien M. N. Verjans;Dirk J. Broer;Cees W. M. Bastiaansen

  • High Strength and High Modulus Electrospun Nanofibers

    Jian Yao;Cees W. M. Bastiaansen;Ton Peijs

  • Polarizing energy transfer in photoluminescent materials for display applications

    Andrea Montali;Cees Bastiaansen;Paul Smith;Christoph Weder

  • Glassy photomechanical liquid-crystal network actuators for microscale devices

    C. L. van Oosten;K. D. Harris;C. W. M. Bastiaansen;D. J. Broer

  • Thermo‐Mechanical Responses of Liquid‐Crystal Networks with a Splayed Molecular Organization

    Grietje N. Mol;Kenneth D. Harris;Cees W.M. Bastiaansen;Dirk J. Broer;Dirk J. Broer

  • Large Area Liquid Crystal Monodomain Field-Effect Transistors

    Albert J. J. M. van Breemen;Peter T. Herwig;Ceciel H. T. Chlon;Jörgen Sweelssen

  • Printable optical sensors based on H-bonded supramolecular cholesteric liquid crystal networks

    Nicole Herzer;Hilal Guneysu;Dylan J. D. Davies;Derya Yildirim

  • Bending Dynamics and Directionality Reversal in Liquid Crystal Network Photoactuators

    Casper L. van Oosten;Daniel Corbett;Dylan Davies;Mark Warner

  • Transparent semi-crystalline polymeric materials and their nanocomposites: a review

    Yunyin Lin;Emiliano Bilotti;Cees W.M. Bastiaansen;Cees W.M. Bastiaansen;Ton Peijs

  • ABA Type Copolymers of Lactide with Poly(ethylene glycol). Kinetic, Mechanistic, and Model Studies

    Ying Jun Du;Piet J. Lemstra;Atze J. Nijenhuis;Huub A. M. Van Aert

  • Photo‐Switchable Surface Topologies in Chiral Nematic Coatings

    Danqing Liu;Cees W. M. Bastiaansen;Jaap M. J. den Toonder;Dirk J. Broer

  • Melt-processible poly(tetrafluoroethylene)

    Paul Smith;Jeroen F. Visjager;Cees W.M. Bastiaansen;Theodorus Tervoort

  • Anisotropic drop morphologies on corrugated surfaces.

    H. Kusumaatmaja;R. J. Vrancken;C. W. M. Bastiaansen;J. M. Yeomans

  • Chain-Extended Polyethylene

    P J Lemstra;N A J M van Aerle;C W M Bastiaansen

  • Stimuli-Responsive Materials Based on Interpenetrating Polymer Liquid Crystal Hydrogels

    Jelle E. Stumpel;Elda Renedo Gil;Anne B. Spoelstra;Cees W. M. Bastiaansen;Cees W. M. Bastiaansen

  • Optical monitoring of gases with cholesteric liquid crystals.

    Yang Han;Katherine Pacheco;Cees W. M. Bastiaansen;Dirk J. Broer

Frequent Co-Authors

Dirk J. Broer
Dirk J. Broer Eindhoven University of Technology
Albertus P. H. J. Schenning
Albertus P. H. J. Schenning Eindhoven University of Technology
Paul S. Smith
Paul S. Smith University of Arizona
Ton Peijs
Ton Peijs University of Warwick
Michael G. Debije
Michael G. Debije Eindhoven University of Technology
Paul Smith
Paul Smith ETH Zurich
Christoph Weder
Christoph Weder University of Fribourg
Ulrich S. Schubert
Ulrich S. Schubert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Gregory P. Crawford
Gregory P. Crawford Miami University
Michael J. Escuti
Michael J. Escuti North Carolina State University

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