Katrien Bernaerts (K.V.)
Research profile
Research chemist polymers with a broad experience in both academia and industry. Main research focus is on the design of polymer materials with tunable properties exploiting the functionality of biobased building blocks. This is enabled by the synthesis of new functional (co)polymers with a variety of architectures (homopolymers, block copolymers, graft copolymers, random copolymers, …) via different chemistries (organic chemistry, controlled or free radical polymerization, ring-opening polymerization, cationic polymerization, step-growth polymerization, polymer modification, … or a combination of them) and the study of their structure-property relationships in several fields of application e.g. stimuli-responsive polymers, coatings, fibres, engineering plastics.
Publications
Most recent publications:
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Jafari, H., Alimoradi, H., Delporte, C., Bernaerts, K. V., Heidari, R., Podstawczyk, D., Niknezhad, S. V., & Shavandi, A. (2022). An injectable, self-healing, 3D printable, double network co-enzymatically crosslinked hydrogel using marine poly- and oligo-saccharides for wound healing application. Applied Materials Today, 29, [101581]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2022.101581
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Katalagarianakis, A., van de Voorde, B., Pien, N., Polyzos, E., Duretek, I., Holzer, C., Cardon, L., Bernaerts, K. V., Van Hemelrijck, D., Van Vlierberghe, S., & Pyl, L. (2022). The effect of carbon fiber content on physico-mechanical properties of recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) composites additively manufactured with fused filament fabrication. Additive Manufacturing, 60, [103246]. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addma.2022.103246
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De Grave, L., Tenorio, J. R., Snoeck, D., Vynnytska, S., De Belie, N., Bernaerts, K. V., & Van Vlierberghe, S. (2022). Poly(aspartic acid) superabsorbent polymers as biobased and biodegradable additives for self-sealing of cementitious mortar. Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials. https://doi.org/10.1080/21650373.2022.2137861
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Stuyck, W., Janssens, K., Denayer, M., De Schouwer, F., Coeck, R., Bernaerts, K. V., Vekeman, J., De Proft, F., & De Vos, D. E. (2022). A sustainable way of recycling polyamides: dissolution and ammonolysis of polyamides to diamines and diamides using ammonia and biosourced glycerol. Green Chemistry, 24(18), 6923-6930. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2gc02233h
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Defize, T., Bouyahyi, M., Rozanski, A., Yang, L. T., Patham, B., Sweere, T., Hochstadt, S., Hansen, M. R., Bernaerts, K. V., Jasinska-Walc, L., & Duchateau, R. (2022). Self-Organization of Graft Copolymers and Retortable iPP-Based Nanoporous Films Thereof. ACS Applied Polymer Materials, 4(10), 6897-6907. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsapm.2c00839
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Stouten, J., Sijstermans, N., Babilotte, J., Pich, A., Moroni, L., & Bernaerts, K. (2022). Micellar drug delivery vehicles formed from amphiphilic block copolymers bearing photo-cross-linkable cyclopentenone side groups. Polymer Chemistry, 13(33), 4832-4847. https://doi.org/10.1039/d2py00631f
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Jafari, H., Niknezhad, S., Delporte, C., Bernaerts, K. V., Tam, K. C., & Shavandi, A. (2022). Tough And 3d Printable Marine Based Hydrogel For Wound Healing Application. Tissue Engineering, 28, 99-100.
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Vanpoucke, D. E. P., Delgove, M. A. F., Stouten, J., Noordijk, J., De Vos, N., Matthysen, K., Deroover, G. G. P., Mehrkanoon, S., & Bernaerts, K. V. (2022). A machine learning approach for the design of hyperbranched polymeric dispersing agents based on aliphatic polyesters for radiation-curable inks. Polymer International, 71(8), 966-975. https://doi.org/10.1002/pi.6378
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Calore, A., Hadavi, D., Honing, M., Albillos-Sanchez, A., Mota, C., Bernaerts, K., Harings, J., & Moroni, L. (2022). Cholecalciferol as Bioactive Plasticizer of High Molecular Weight Poly(D,L-Lactic Acid) Scaffolds for Bone Regeneration. Tissue Engineering, 28(7), 335-350. https://doi.org/10.1089/ten.TEC.2022.0041
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Jedrzejczyk, M. A., Madelat, N., Wouters, B., Smeets, H., Wolters, M., Stepanova, S. A., Vangeel, T., Van Aelst, K., Van den Bosch, S., Van Aelst, J., Polizzi, V., Servaes, K., Vanbroekhoven, K., Lagrain, B., Sels, B. F., Terryn, H., & Bernaerts, K. V. (2022). Preparation of Renewable Thiol-Yne "Click" Networks Based on Fractionated Lignin for Anticorrosive Protective Film Applications. Macromolecular Chemistry and Physics, 223(13), [2100461]. https://doi.org/10.1002/macp.202100461
K.V. Bernaerts
Associate Professor
AMIBM, Faculty of Science and Engineering
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