PhD: PFAS-Free High-Performance Polymers Design

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e); Eindhoven; On-site; EUR 26,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The University invites applications for a PhD position focused on designing fluorine-free thermoplastics with high thermal stability and chemical resistance. You will synthesize and characterize novel polymer architectures and study how surface segregation affects performance. Under supervision of Prof.

Željko Tomović and Dr. Catarina Esteves in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at TU/e, you will join the Polymer Performance Materials group and contribute to the HARFF project

Qualifications

• Design, synthesize and characterize novel fluorine-free thermoplastic materials.
• Explore how molecular architecture and surface segregation affect low surface energy with high stability.
• Establish fundamental structure–property relationships for sustainable polymers.

Responsibilities

• Synthesize novel polymer architectures and comprehensively characterize them using chemical, structural, thermal, rheological and mechanical techniques.
• Investigate surface and interfacial properties to relate to macroscopic performance.
• Develop design principles for sustainable, high‑performance thermoplastics for demanding industrial applications.

Job description

The University invites applications for a PhD position focused on designing fluorine-free thermoplastics with high thermal stability and chemical resistance. You will synthesize and characterize novel polymer architectures and study how surface segregation affects performance. Under supervision of Prof.

Željko Tomović and Dr. Catarina Esteves in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry at TU/e, you will join the Polymer Performance Materials group and contribute to the HARFF project