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Overview

Wim Bras is affiliated with Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Engineering and Materials Science, with significant contributions to Mechanical Engineering, Radiation, Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's work focuses on several main topics including:

  • Advanced X-ray Imaging Techniques
  • Polymer Surface Interaction Studies
  • X-ray Spectroscopy and Fluorescence Analysis
  • Advanced Polymer Synthesis and Characterization
  • Advanced Materials and Mechanics
  • Advanced Sensor and Energy Harvesting Materials
  • Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition

Wim Bras has been published extensively in journals such as:

  • Macromolecules
  • Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • ACS Applied Polymer Materials
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Advanced Materials

Significant recent publications include:

  • "The skin barrier: An extraordinary interface with an exceptional lipid organization" (2023), Progress in Lipid Research
  • "Ionic Conductivity Enhancement of Polymer Electrolytes by Directed Crystallization" (2022), ACS Macro Letters
  • "Hysteresis-Free Nanoparticle-Reinforced Hydrogels" (2021), Advanced Materials
  • "When x-rays alter the course of your experiments*" (2021), Journal of Physics Condensed Matter
  • "Intermolecular channels direct crystal orientation in mineralized collagen" (2020), Nature Communications

Wim Bras has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Daniel Hermida-Merino
  • Giuseppe Portale
  • Jong K. Keum
  • Thomas P. Russell
  • William T. Heller

Best Publications

  • Polyisoprene-Polystyrene Diblock Copolymer Phase Diagram near the Order-Disorder Transition

    Ashish K. Khandpur;Ashish K. Khandpur;Stephan Förster;Frank S Bates;Ian W. Hamley

  • Structural Investigations of Human Stratum Corneum by Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering

    Joke A Bouwstra;Joke A Bouwstra;Gert S Gooris;Gert S Gooris;Joop A van der Spek;Joop A van der Spek;Wim Bras;Wim Bras

  • A SAXS/WAXS/GISAXS Beamline with Multilayer Monochromator

    Alexander Hexemer;Wim Bras;James Glossinger;Eric Schaible

  • In Situ Observation of Active Oxygen Species in Fe-Containing Ni-Based Oxygen Evolution Catalysts: The Effect of pH on Electrochemical Activity

    Bartek J. Trześniewski;Oscar Diaz-Morales;David A. Vermaas;Alessandro Longo

  • Complex Phase Behavior of Polyisoprene-Polystyrene Diblock Copolymers Near the Order-Disorder Transition

    Stephan Förster;Ashish K. Khandpur;Jin Zhao;Frank S. Bates

  • Structure of human stratum corneum as a function of temperature and hydration: A wide-angle X-ray diffraction study

    J.A. Bouwstra;G.S. Gooris;M.A.Salomons-de Vries;J.A. van der Spek

  • Recent experiments on a small-angle/wide-angle X-ray scattering beam line at the ESRF

    W. Bras;I.P. Dolbnya;D. Detollenaere;R. van Tol

  • Structure Development in Semicrystalline Diblock Copolymers Crystallizing from the Ordered Melt

    A. J. Ryan;I. W. Hamley;W. Bras;Frank S Bates

  • Implementation of a combined SAXS/WAXS/QEXAFS set-up for time-resolved in situ experiments

    Sergey Nikitenko;Andrew M. Beale;Ad M. J. van der Eerden;Simon D. M. Jacques

  • Phase behavior of isolated skin lipids

    J A Bouwstra;G S Gooris;K Cheng;A Weerheim

  • Transfection Mediated by Gemini Surfactants: Engineered Escape from the Endosomal Compartment

    Paul C. Bell;Mark Bergsma;Igor P. Dolbnya;Wim Bras

  • Lipid organization in pig stratum corneum.

    J. A.F Bouwstra;G. S. Gooris;W. Bras;D. T. Downing

  • Bio-inspired CO2 Conversion by Iron Sulfide Catalysts Under Sustainable Conditions

    A. Roldan;N. Hollingsworth;A. Roffey;H.-U. Islam;H.-U. Islam

  • Scatter: software for the analysis of nano‐ and mesoscale small‐angle scattering

    S. Förster;L. Apostol;W. Bras

  • A real-time simultaneous small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering study of in-situ deformation of isotropic polyethylene

    Michael F. Butler;Athene M. Donald;Wim Bras;Geoffrey R. Mant

  • Hysteresis-Free Nanoparticle-Reinforced Hydrogels.

    Xiaohui Meng;Yan Qiao;Changwoo Do;Wim Bras

  • Homogeneous versus Heterogeneous Zeolite Nucleation

    WH Wim Dokter;van Hf Garderen;Tpm Theo Beelen;van Ra Rutger Santen

  • Dynamics of Structure Formation in Crystallizable Block Copolymers

    Pratima Rangarajan;Richard A. Register;Douglas H. Adamson;Lewis J. Fetters

  • The susceptibility of pure tubulin to high magnetic fields: a magnetic birefringence and x-ray fiber diffraction study

    Wim Bras;Greg P. Diakun;J. F. Diaz;Georg Maret

  • Lamellar lipid organization and ceramide composition in the stratum corneum of patients with atopic eczema

    Michelle Janssens;Jeroen van Smeden;Gert S Gooris;Wim Bras

  • Crystallization of a Weakly Segregated Polyolefin Diblock Copolymer

    Pratima Rangarajan;Pratima Rangarajan;Richard Alan Register;Lewis J. Fetters;Wim Bras

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony J. Ryan
Anthony J. Ryan University of Sheffield
Giuseppe Portale
Giuseppe Portale University of Groningen
Olli Ikkala
Olli Ikkala Aalto University
Ritva Serimaa
Ritva Serimaa University of Helsinki
Andrew P. Monkman
Andrew P. Monkman Durham University
G. ten Brinke
G. ten Brinke University of Groningen
Spiros H. Anastasiadis
Spiros H. Anastasiadis Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas
Dimitri A. Ivanov
Dimitri A. Ivanov Acteurs, Ressources et Territoires dans le Développement
Janne Ruokolainen
Janne Ruokolainen Aalto University
Andrew M. Beale
Andrew M. Beale University College London

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