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Kathrin Eckert, M.Sc. <hr>

Research

Stimuli-responsive gels are widely known in the field of intelligent materials. Depending on environmental changes, these gels undergo configurational changes. The gels can swell or collapse due to the occurring trigger. This special characteristic as well as the possible utilization of 3-D printing methods for customized shaped gels offer a wide range of potential applications. The overall goal of this project is the application of smart gels in different separation processes to provide self-regulating features and reach autonomous reactor control.

Application of stimuli-responsive gels for autonomous reactor control: Experimental and theoretical analysis

Teaching

Exercise: Thermische Grundoperationen

Articles <hr />

2024

Exploring pNIPAM lyogels : experimental study on swelling equilibria in various organic solvents and mixtures, supported by COSMO-RS analysis
Eckert, Kathrin; Müller, Simon; Luinstra, Gerrit A.; Smirnova, Irina
Fluid Phase Equilibria 586: 114182 (2024)
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Structuring of electrorheological fluids in polymer matrices for miniature actuators
Ihrens, Jana; Eckert, Kathrin; Smirnova, Irina; Kern, Thorsten Alexander
Heliyon 10 (20): e39138 (2024)
Open Access | Publisher DOI

Presentations <hr>

Unveiling the Thermodynamics of Stimuli-Responsive Gels: A COSMO-RS and Molecular Dynamics Study
K. Eckert; S. Müller; I. Smirnova, Madrid, Spain (2024)
Thermodynamic modelling of the swelling behaviour of stimuli-responsive gels in multicomponent systems using PC-SAFT
K. Eckert; J. Bittner; S. Müller; X. Hu; I. Smirnova; W. Chapman, Cologne, Germany (2023)

TU Hamburg

Institute of Thermal Separation Processes

Eißendorfer Straße 38 (O)

21073 Hamburg

E-mail : secretary.tvt@tuhh.de

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