Fields of Research

• Adhesive technology for polymeric materials
• Plasma-based surface treatment or precursor coatings of polymers for bonding, coating or barrier applications
• Artificial surface structuring of polymers using wrinkling for micro- to nano-scale surface structures for biofouling and high-voltage applications
• Machine learning for prediction of plasma-treated wrinkle surface structures
• Development and Characterization of polymer-based conducting films for Li-S batteries

Applied Techniques 

• Processing, temperature and mechanical properties: Rheology, tensile tests, thermographic analysis (TGA), peakforce quantitative nanomechanics (PF-QNM)
• Surface modification and structuring via wrinkling: Low-vacuum plasma, Open-air plasma, UV-Ozone treatment
• Surface characterization for wetting, topography, roughness and structure: Contact angle, confocal and atomic force microscopy 
• Python-based analysis and machine learning