Harm-Anton Klok
EPFL STI IMX LP
MXD 112 (Bâtiment MXD)
Station 12
1015 Lausanne
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+41 21 693 43 31
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MXD 112 (Bâtiment MXD)
Station 12
1015 Lausanne
+41 21 693 48 66
+41 21 693 43 31
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MXD 112
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EPFL SB ISIC-GE
MXD 112 (Bâtiment MXD)
Station 12
1015 Lausanne
Web site: Web site: https://isic.epfl.ch/
Fields of expertise
Mission
Research at the Laboratory of Polymer (LP) focuses on the development of novel advanced polymeric materials with potential applications in optics, electronics or medicine. The philosophy is that precise control over nanoscale structure is an important prerequisite to tailor polymer properties. To this end, a bottom-up approach is followed, which starts with designing a new material at the molecular level, in order to be able to predict and control its nanoscale organization. For synthesis, a broad range of methods, including both controlled / living polymerization methodologies as well as automated parallel synthesis are used. Finally, the nanoscale structure of the new materials is investigated, using, for example, scattering techniques or microscopy methods and correlated to macroscopic materials properties. This ""structure - property relationships"" approach should ultimately allow a priori design of new materials with predictable nanoscale structure and macroscopic properties.The main topics of research are biologically-inspired polymers, biofunctional surfaces and precision polymerization.Publications
Selected publications
| H.-A. Klok, J. Rodr�guez-Hern�ndez Macromolecules 2002, 35, 8718 - 8723. , 2002 |
Dendritic-graft polypeptides |
| H.-A. Klok, J.J. Hwang, S.N. Macromolecules 2002, 35, 746 - 759., 2002 |
Iyer, S.I. Stupp, Cholesteryl-(L-lactic acid)n building blocks for self-assembling biomaterials |
| P. Papadopoulos, G. Floudas, H.-A. Klok, I. Schnell, T. Pakula, Biomacromolecules 2003, accepted for publication., 2003 |
Self-assembly and dynamics of poly(g-benzyl-l-glutamate) (PBLG) peptides |
Teaching & PhD
Teaching
Materials Science and Engineering
Chemistry and Chemical Engineering