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Overview

Dirk J. Broer is affiliated with Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans multiple domains within engineering and materials science, focusing on the interplay between advanced materials and mechanical systems.

The main fields of study covered by their work include:

  • Engineering
  • Materials Science

Within these fields, Dirk J. Broer has contributed extensively to several subfields, notably:

  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Materials Chemistry
  • Condensed Matter Physics

Their research topics reflect a multidisciplinary approach, engaging with themes across materials and mechanics, photochemistry, and robotics. The key topics associated with their publications are:

  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Liquid Crystal Research Advancements
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Micro and Nano Robotics
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry
  • Modular Robots and Swarm Intelligence

Dirk J. Broer's publication record includes articles in high-impact venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Advanced Materials
  • ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Advanced Optical Materials

Some recent publications exemplify the breadth of their work, including:

  • Coupled liquid crystalline oscillators in Huygens' synchrony, 2021, published in Nature Materials
  • Four-Dimensional Printed Liquid Crystalline Elastomer Actuators with Fast Photoinduced Mechanical Response toward Light-Driven Robotic Functions, 2020, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
  • Photo-responsive Helical Motion by Light-Driven Molecular Motors in a Liquid-Crystal Network, 2021, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Direct Ink Writing of a Light-Responsive Underwater Liquid Crystal Actuator with Atypical Temperature-Dependent Shape Changes, 2020, Advanced Functional Materials
  • Phototriggered Complex Motion by Programmable Construction of Light-Driven Molecular Motors in Liquid Crystal Networks, 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society

Collaboration is a significant aspect of their work, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Danqing Liu
  • Carlos Sánchez-Somolinos
  • Lorena Ceamanos
  • Zehra Kahveci
  • María López-Valdeolivas

Dirk J. Broer's contributions engage with advanced materials and their mechanical properties, especially in the context of liquid crystal systems and their applications to actuators, robotics, and sensing technologies. Their interdisciplinary research integrates concepts from chemistry, physics, and engineering to address challenges at micro and nano scales.

Best Publications

  • Programmable and adaptive mechanics with liquid crystal polymer networks and elastomers

    Timothy J. White;Dirk J. Broer

  • 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

  • Making waves in a photoactive polymer film

    Anne Helene Gelebart;Dirk Jan Mulder;Michael Varga;Andrew Konya

  • Wide-band reflective polarizers from cholesteric polymer networks with a pitch gradient

    D. J. Broer;J. Lub;G. N. Mol

  • INSITU PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION OF ORIENTED LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE ACRYLATES .3. ORIENTED POLYMER NETWORKS FROM A MESOGENIC DIACRYLATE

    Dirk J. Broer;Jan Boven;Grietje N. Mol;Ger Challa

  • A chaotic self-oscillating sunlight-driven polymer actuator

    Kamlesh Kumar;Christopher Knie;David Bléger;Mark A. Peletier

  • Cholesteric polarizer and the manufacture thereof

    Dirk Jan C;O Int. Octrooibureau B.V. Broer;Johan C;O Int. Octrooibureau B.V. Lub

  • 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

  • Functional Organic Materials Based on Polymerized Liquid‐Crystal Monomers: Supramolecular Hydrogen‐Bonded Systems

    Dirk J. Broer;Cees M. W. Bastiaansen;Cees M. W. Bastiaansen;Michael G. Debije;Albertus P. H. J. Schenning

  • Chiral nematic order in liquid crystals imposed by an engineered inorganic nanostructure

    K. Robbie;K. Robbie;D. J. Broer;M. J. Brett

  • 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

  • INSITU PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION OF ORIENTED LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE ACRYLATES .4. INFLUENCE OF A LATERAL METHYL SUBSTITUENT ON MONOMER AND ORIENTED POLYMER NETWORK PROPERTIES OF A MESOGENIC DIACRYLATE

    Dirk J. Broer;Rifat A. M. Hikmet;Ger Challa

  • Large Area Liquid Crystal Monodomain Field-Effect Transistors

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

  • Liquid Crystal Polymer Networks: Preparation, Properties, and Applications of Films with Patterned Molecular Alignment

    Danqing Liu;Dirk J Broer

  • Accordion-like Actuators of Multiple 3D Patterned Liquid Crystal Polymer Films

    Laurens T. de Haan;Vianney Gimenez-Pinto;Andrew Konya;Thanh-Son Nguyen

  • Mastering the Photothermal Effect in Liquid Crystal Networks: A General Approach for Self-Sustained Mechanical Oscillators.

    Anne Helene Gelebart;Ghislaine Vantomme;E. W. Meijer;Dirk J. Broer

  • LIQUID CRYSTAL MATERIAL AND DISPLAY CELL USING SAME

    Hikmet Rifat Ata Mustafa;Broer Dirk Jan

  • Photo-Induced Diffusion in Polymerizing Chiral-Nematic Media

    Dirk J. Broer;Grietje N. Mol;Johannes A. M. M. van Haaren;Johan Lub

Frequent Co-Authors

Cees W. M. Bastiaansen
Cees W. M. Bastiaansen Eindhoven University of Technology
Albertus P. H. J. Schenning
Albertus P. H. J. Schenning Eindhoven University of Technology
Michael G. Debije
Michael G. Debije Eindhoven University of Technology
Ingrid Heynderickx
Ingrid Heynderickx Eindhoven University of Technology
Gregory P. Crawford
Gregory P. Crawford Miami University
Guofu Zhou
Guofu Zhou South China Normal University
Michael J. Brett
Michael J. Brett University of Alberta
Ulrich S. Schubert
Ulrich S. Schubert Friedrich Schiller University Jena
Michael J. Escuti
Michael J. Escuti North Carolina State University
Gerwin H. Gelinck
Gerwin H. Gelinck Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research

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