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Filip Du Prez

Filip Du Prez

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Chemistry
Belgium
2025

D-Index & Metrics

Materials Science

D-Index
84
Citations
26655
World Ranking
2254
National Ranking
19

Chemistry

D-Index
84
Citations
26675
World Ranking
2803
National Ranking
38

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Chemistry in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Filip Du Prez is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and has a substantial body of research focused on materials science and chemistry. Their work spans 134 publications in Materials Science and 85 in Chemistry, highlighting a broad and interdisciplinary approach to research.

Their research primarily concentrates on polymers and plastics, with notable contributions in related subfields such as organic chemistry, materials chemistry, molecular biology, and biomedical engineering. These fields underpin the diverse investigative angles they apply in their studies.

Key topics covered in their research include polymer composites and self-healing materials, advanced polymer synthesis and characterization, synthetic organic chemistry methods, photochromic and fluorescence chemistry, carbon dioxide utilization in catalysis, chemical synthesis and analysis, and biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties.

Publication venues where Filip Du Prez frequently contributes include:

  • Polymer Chemistry
  • Angewandte Chemie
  • Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • Macromolecules
  • Chemical Science

Frequent collaborators alongside Filip Du Prez are Johan M. Winne, Filip Van Lijsebetten, Nezha Badi, Matthieu Soete, and Hannes A. Houck. These coauthor relationships indicate ongoing partnerships in advancing research within polymer chemistry and related scientific areas.

Representative recent publications highlight their engagement with dynamic covalent chemistry and polymer networks:

  • "Vitrimers: directing chemical reactivity to control material properties," 2020, Chemical Science
  • "Internal catalysis for dynamic covalent chemistry applications and polymer science," 2020, Chemical Society Reviews
  • "Fast Dynamic Siloxane Exchange Mechanism for Reshapable Vitrimer Composites," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "A Highly Dynamic Covalent Polymer Network without Creep: Mission Impossible?", 2022, Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  • "Dynamic Curing Agents for Amine-Hardened Epoxy Vitrimers with Short (Re)processing Times," 2020, Macromolecules

Best Publications

  • Vitrimers: permanent organic networks with glass-like fluidity

    Wim Denissen;Johan M. Winne;Filip E. Du Prez

  • Vinylogous Urethane Vitrimers

    Wim Denissen;Guadalupe Rivero;Renaud Nicolaÿ;Ludwik Leibler

  • "Clicking" Polymers or Just Efficient Linking: What Is the Difference?**

    Christopher Barner-Kowollik;Filip E. Du Prez;Pieter Espeel;Craig J. Hawker

  • Dynamic covalent chemistry in polymer networks: a mechanistic perspective

    Johan M. Winne;Ludwik Leibler;Filip E. Du Prez

  • Porous Polymer Particles - A Comprehensive Guide to Synthesis, Characterization, Functionalization and Applications

    M. Talha Gokmen;Filip E. Du Prez

  • Chemical control of the viscoelastic properties of vinylogous urethane vitrimers.

    Wim Denissen;Martijn Droesbeke;Renaud Nicolaÿ;Ludwik Leibler

  • Vitrimers: directing chemical reactivity to control material properties

    Marc Guerre;Christian Michael Taplan;Johan Winne;Filip Du Prez

  • Triazolinediones enable ultrafast and reversible click chemistry for the design of dynamic polymer systems

    Stijn Billiet;Kevin De Bruycker;Frank Driessen;Hannelore Goossens

  • Phase behaviour of poly(N-vinyl caprolactam) in water

    Frank Meeussen;Eric Nies;Hugo Berghmans;S Verbrugghe

  • Poly(thioether) vitrimers via transalkylation of trialkylsulfonium salts

    Benjamin Hendriks;Jelle Waelkens;Johan M. Winne;Filip E. Du Prez

  • Internal Catalysis in Covalent Adaptable Networks: Phthalate Monoester Transesterification As a Versatile Dynamic Cross-Linking Chemistry.

    Maarten Delahaye;Johan M. Winne;Filip E. Du Prez

  • Chemistry of Crosslinking Processes for Self‐Healing Polymers

    Stijn Billiet;Xander K. D. Hillewaere;Roberto F. A. Teixeira;Filip E. Du Prez

  • One-pot multistep reactions based on thiolactones: extending the realm of thiol-ene chemistry in polymer synthesis.

    Pieter Espeel;Fabienne Goethals;Filip E Du Prez

  • Additive-free clicking for polymer functionalization and coupling by tetrazine-norbornene chemistry

    Claire F. Hansell;Pieter Espeel;Milan M. Stamenović;Ian A. Barker

  • Limitations of radical thiol-ene reactions for polymer-polymer conjugation

    Sandy P. S. Koo;Milan M. Stamenović;R. Arun Prasath;Andrew J. Inglis

  • “Click”-Inspired Chemistry in Macromolecular Science: Matching Recent Progress and User Expectations

    Pieter Espeel;Filip E. Du Prez

  • Fluorinated Vitrimer Elastomers with a Dual Temperature Response

    Marc Guerre;Christian Michael Taplan;Renaud Nicolay;Johan Winne

  • New thermo-responsive polymer materials based on poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) segments

    Darinka Christova;Rumiana Velichkova;Wouter Loos;Eric J. Goethals

  • One-Pot Thermo-Remendable Shape Memory Polyurethanes

    Guadalupe Rivero;Guadalupe Rivero;Le-Thu T. Nguyen;Xander K. D. Hillewaere;Filip E. Du Prez

  • Dual/heterofunctional initiators for the combination of mechanistically distinct polymerization techniques

    Katrien V. Bernaerts;Filip E. Du Prez

  • Fast processing of highly crosslinked, low-viscosity vitrimers

    Christian Michael Taplan;Marc Guerre;Johan Winne;Filip Du Prez

  • Fifteen chemistries for autonomous external self-healing polymers and composites

    Xander K.D. Hillewaere;Filip E. Du Prez

  • Limitations of radical thiol-ene reactions for polymer-polymer conjugations

    Milan M. Stamenović;Sandy Ps Koo;Arun Prasath Ramaswamy;Andrew J Inglis

Frequent Co-Authors

Christopher Barner-Kowollik
Christopher Barner-Kowollik Queensland University of Technology
Bruno G. De Geest
Bruno G. De Geest Ghent University
Richard Hoogenboom
Richard Hoogenboom Ghent University
Philippe Dubois
Philippe Dubois University of Mons
Christine Jérôme
Christine Jérôme University of Liège
Rachel K. O'Reilly
Rachel K. O'Reilly University of Birmingham
José Martins
José Martins Ghent University
Frederic Lynen
Frederic Lynen Ghent University
Tanja Junkers
Tanja Junkers Monash University
Heikki Tenhu
Heikki Tenhu University of Helsinki

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