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Mario Smet

Mario Smet

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Chemistry

D-Index
42
Citations
5691
World Ranking
17600
National Ranking
206

Overview

Mario Smet is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and focuses research primarily within the fields of Materials Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The subfields of their work include Biomaterials, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Biomedical Engineering, and Polymers and Plastics.

Their research encompasses a variety of main topics, notably:

  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Supramolecular Self-Assembly in Materials
  • Biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties
  • RNA Interference and Gene Delivery
  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques

Among recent publications are:

  • Functional star polymers as reagents for efficient nucleic acids delivery into HT-1080 cells, 2020, International Journal of Polymeric Materials
  • Tailoring stimuli-responsive PVDF-based copolymer membrane with engineered pore structure for efficient antibody purification, 2023, Chemical Engineering Journal
  • Carbon nanotubes as a nitric oxide nano-reservoir improved the controlled release profile in 3D printed biodegradable vascular grafts, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • Co-polymerisation of furfuryl alcohol for furan resins with increased toughness, 2022, Materials Letters
  • A Spontaneous In Situ Thiol-Ene Crosslinking Hydrogel with Thermo-Responsive Mechanical Properties, 2024, Polymers

Smet has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Andreas Aerts
  • Maxim Vovchenko
  • Seyed Ali Elahi
  • Rocío Castro-Viñuelas
  • Tess De Maeseneer

Their work has been published in various scientific journals such as the International Journal of Polymeric Materials, Chemical Engineering Journal, Scientific Reports, Polymers, and Materials Letters.

Best Publications

  • Self-assembled monolayers of dendron thiols for electrodeposition of gold nanostructures: toward fabrication of superhydrophobic/superhydrophilic surfaces and pH-responsive surfaces.

    Yugui Jiang;Zhiqiang Wang;Xi Yu;Feng Shi

  • Catalytic production of levulinic acid from cellulose and other biomass-derived carbohydrates with sulfonated hyperbranched poly(arylene oxindole)s

    Stijn Van de Vyver;Joice Thomas;Jan Geboers;Stefaan Keyzer

  • PLA architectures: the role of branching

    Stijn Corneillie;Mario Smet

  • Supramolecular Nanofibers by Self‐Organization of Bola‐amphiphiles through a Combination of Hydrogen Bonding and π–π Stacking Interactions

    Bo Song;Hao Wei;Zhiqiang Wang;Xi Zhang

  • The Introduction of π–π Stacking Moieties for Fabricating Stable Micellar Structure: Formation and Dynamics of Disklike Micelles

    Bo Song;Zhiqiang Wang;Senlin Chen;Xi Zhang

  • Sustainable bisphenols from renewable softwood lignin feedstock for polycarbonates and cyanate ester resins

    S.-F. Koelewijn;S. Van den Bosch;T. Renders;W. Schutyser

  • Tunable Ratiometric Fluorescence Sensing of Intracellular pH by Aggregation-Induced Emission-Active Hyperbranched Polymer Nanoparticles

    Yinyin Bao;Herlinde De Keersmaecker;Stijn Corneillie;Feng Yu

  • Synthesis, characterization, and modification of hyperbranched poly(arylene oxindoles) with a degree of branching of 100%.

    Mario Smet;Etienne Schacht;Wim Dehaen

  • N‐Confused Calix[4]pyrroles

    Stefaan Depraetere;Mario Smet;Wim Dehaen

  • Hyperbranched polyselenides as glutathione peroxidase mimics

    Huaping Xu;Jian Gao;Yapei Wang;Zhiqiang Wang

  • Self‐Assembled Monolayers of a Malachite Green Derivative: Surfaces with pH‐ and UV‐Responsive Wetting Properties

    Yugui Jiang;Pengbo Wan;Mario Smet;Zhiqiang Wang

  • Reversible self-organization of a UV-responsive PEG-terminated malachite green derivative: vesicle formation and photoinduced disassembly.

    Yugui Jiang;Yapei Wang;Ning Ma;Zhiqiang Wang

  • Enzyme-Catalyzed Synthesis of Hyperbranched Aliphatic Polyesters

    Sunny Skaria;Mario Smet;Holger Frey

  • Synthesis and spectroscopic characterisation of BODIPY based fluorescent off-on indicators with low affinity for calcium.

    Nikola Basarić;Mukulesh Baruah;Wenwu Qin;Bert Metten

  • Solvent Dependence of the Hydrodynamical Volume of Dendrimers with a Rubicene Core

    S. De Backer;Y. Prinzie;W. Verheijen;M. Smet

  • Synthesis of 5-aryl-2-oxopyrrole derivatives as synthons for highly substituted pyrroles

    Bert Metten;Maarten Kostermans;Gitte Van Baelen;Mario Smet

  • Light-controlled single-walled carbon nanotube dispersions in aqueous solution.

    Senlin Chen;Yugui Jiang;Zhiqiang Wang;Xi Zhang

  • Synthesis and photophysical characterization of chalcogen substituted BODIPY dyes

    Eduard Fron;Eduardo Coutiño-Gonzalez;Lesley Pandey;Michel Sliwa

  • Synthesis and thermolysis of a Diels–Alder adduct of pentacene and thiophosgene

    Nathalie Vets;Mario Smet;Wim Dehaen

  • Thiol-promoted catalytic synthesis of diphenolic acid with sulfonated hyperbranched poly(arylene oxindole)s

    Stijn Van de Vyver;Jan J.A. Geboers;Sasja Helsen;Feng Yu

  • Promising bulk production of a potentially benign bisphenol A replacement from a hardwood lignin platform

    S.-F. Koelewijn;C. Cooreman;T. Renders;C. Andecochea Saiz

Frequent Co-Authors

Wim Dehaen
Wim Dehaen KU Leuven
Bart Goderis
Bart Goderis KU Leuven
Wouter Maes
Wouter Maes Hasselt University
Xi Zhang
Xi Zhang Jilin University
Bert F. Sels
Bert F. Sels KU Leuven
Huaping Xu
Huaping Xu Tsinghua University
Zhiqiang Wang
Zhiqiang Wang Tsinghua University

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