Van den Brande Niko

Name Van den Brande Niko
Work Groups Work Group 2 - Characterisation
Laboratory Physical Chemistry and Polymer Science (FYSC) / General Chemistry (ALGC)
Organisation Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
Areas of Research Polymer chemistry, materials science, computational chemistry
Research Keywords Nanocomposites, organic photovoltaics, carbon nanotubes, thermal analysis

Areas of Future Interest Polymer chemistry, materials science, computational chemistry

  • Partially miscible polystyrene / polymethylphenylsiloxane blends for nanocomposites
  • Isothermal crystallization of P3HT:PCBM blends studied by RHC
  • Brief CV
    Master of science in chemistry. Currently a PhD student sponsored by the Research Foundation – Flanders (FWO).

    Currently performing research in the domains of nanocomposites (such as blend systems based on siloxanes and carbon naotubes as filler) and organic OPV's