characterized by similar thermal stability to mammalian gelatins that depends on raw materials source and processing conditions. The extraction temperature is a key factor in gelatin processing, as the increase in temperature from 60 to 75°C leads to a reduction in rheological properties.

Moreover, gelatin interacts strongly with molecules that are highly soluble in aqueous media and in particular, with ionic counterparts. A strategy to enhance the fish gelatin hydrogels mechanical properties is the formation of double-network gels with co-hydrogelators by the establishment of either physical or chemical crosslinks. In this study the shark/tuna gelatin has been used as a drug nanocarrier with a series of pharma derivatives, Doxorrubicin and Crocine.

One strategy to improve their mechanical properties is the formation of double network gels using a cohydrogelator. In this sense, ionic liquids (ILs) are considered green solvents due to their biodegradability and low toxicity. ILs are potentially ideal candidates as solvents or cosolvents for gelatin, together with water, due to their ionic nature, generating the so-called Ion-Gelatin. Strong interactions between these species are expected due to the ionic character of both gelatin and ILs. Thus, gelatin polypeptide strands will tend to reorganized into the most thermodynamically favorable structure during the protein re-naturalization. Xray diffraction experiments evidence important differences between water-based gelatin and Ion-based gelatin, indicating a pronounced modification in the conformation of the gelatin lefthand helix. Recently, a perfluorinated IL, [C₂C₁py] [C₄F₉SO₃], has been studied, featuring a thermophysical profile promising to be a co-hydrogelator for fish gelatin due to the lack of cytotoxicity and polar nanosegregated structure. Therefore, the overall aim of this part of the project is to characterize the nanostructure formation of Ionic hydrogels obtained from the gelation process upon cooling (around 273 K) of an aqueous Shark/Tuna gelatin solution with perfluorinated IL by using X-ray techniques to understand the structure-property relationship in comparison with previously characterized fish gelatin hydrogels.

Moreover, the ionic hydrogels were successfully passive loaded with two drugs: Doxorubicin, a potential chemotherapeutic agents widely used in several cancers treatments; and Crocin, a carotenoid antioxidant used as neural protective agent and with antiproliferative action against cancer cells. The structure-property relationship between drugs and internal ion hydrogel matrix of the nanocarriers will be evaluated to understand the structural parameters to design specific drug delivery systems for targeted and local administration.

Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) and thermal analysis (DSC) of the Ion Gelatin have been performed to assess the supramolecular interactions between the perfluorinated IL and the gelatin.

A characteristic band of the collagen triple helix structure appears in the FTIR bands. The amide bands I, II, III, are related to the secondary structure of proteins (β-sheet and α-helix). A slight systemic red shift was found when fluorinated IL was introduced, suggesting an interaction between FIL and fish gelatin. The absorption band of amide I and II of the hydrogels formed by the mixture of shark gelatin and fluorinated IL has a lower intensity associated with the dilution effect. However, the absence of gelatin displacement and the constant rate between amide I and II suggest that the collagen helix structure is retained in the mixed gelatin-ion hydrogel. In addition, recent preliminary SAXS have shown swelling of the fibrillar nanostructure of the gelatin hydrogel after the addition of the FIlS. Ion-Gelatin hydrogels have been characterized also by thermal analysis, (see Figure 8.1), observing that with the addition of IL to the solution, the Tg of the hydrogel disappeared, indicating that the addition of IL is more likely to hinder protein-protein interactions, thus increasing the mobility of the gelatin chains. Moreover, the
FIL within the gelating hydrogel has modified the crystallization mechanism as well as enhancing the strength of the final network (see Figure 1), confirming the interaction with the gelatin fibers.

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Figure 8.1. a) DSC thermograms of shark gelatin/Ionic Liquid hydrogel at 5°C·min⁻¹, b) SAXS and c) WAXS of shark gelatin/Ionic Liquid hydrogel at 5°C·min⁻¹ at 25°C; d) Frecuency Sweep (—) 25% Shark gelatin, (—) (25:25)% Shark Gelatin/IL, (—) Ionic Liquid

Furthermore, the structure-loading properties of fish hydrogels have been investigated as nanocarrier devices for pharmaceutical applications by the uptake and release of Doxorubicin, and Crocin. Release profiles showed a typical triphasic aspect whose extension clearly depends on the internal interaction between gelatin fibres and drug species (see Figure 8.2).

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Figure 8.2. HG1 = Tuna Gelatin, HG2 = Blue Shark Head Chondroitin Sulfate, HG3 = Blue Shark Gelatin.

Currently, we are working on a manuscript that reports the formation of fish gelatin hydrogels and the influence on the ionic liquids in its nanostructure. Simultaneous SAXS/WAXS have allowed to elucidate the nanostructure of a series of Ionic-gelatin hydrogels, as well as the effect of the gelatin on the Ionic phase transitions upon temperature. A detailed SAXS analysis will characterize the size of the nanosegregated ionic domains within hydrogels network. The addition of the fluorinated IL as cohydrogelator modifies the complex structure of the tuna/shark corresponding hydrogel that determine the tunability of the thermophysical and carrier properties profile related to the different domains molecular structure, in order to meet the optimal conditions required to load specifically drugs with different complementary therapeutic targets.
Moreover, a detailed assessment of the fish gelatin hydrogels as drug delivery systems will be described. Moreover, fish gelatin from other fish species have been identified to continue with the research study.
9- Main applicant as well as co-applicant of a series of synchrotron proposals as well as other polymer research projects.

I am the main applicant of around 70 synchrotron proposals around Europe with an average of 9 shifts per proposal. Each shift is evaluated as 5500 €.

Moreover, I am also a co-applicant of the successful project "Procesos catalíticos para la conversion de CO2 en productos de interés industrial" of the science ministry of Spain. I am in the project as 'colaborador de equipo'. In this project, the researchers from Universidad de Castilla la Mancha synthesize novel polymeric derivatives that I am responsible for the characterization within my scientific network.

I have participated in order to advance the polymer science research at the beamline particularly at relevant industrial conditions as a co-proposer of the successful DPI project "Online Polyolefin structuring during Cast Film Extrusion" granted on June the 1st of 2018 by Dr. Portale. I also supervised the thesis student, Federico Di Sacco during his synchrotron experiments and I assist him in the development of novel SAXS-WAXS experiments combined with other relevant techniques.

10- Part of the scientific panel of bl11 NCD in Alba sincrotrón.

I have been invited to be a member of the scientific panel of the proposals for the beamline bl 11 NCD at ALBA sincrotrón.

I have been participating for 5 panels so far:

* ALBA Review Panel for Evaluation of Scientific Proposals for the 2021-I Call, 20/10/2020.

* ALBA Review Panel for Evaluation of Scientific Proposals for the 2020-II Call, 20/04/2020.

* ALBA Review Panel for Evaluation of Scientific Proposals for the 2020-I Call, 11/10/2019

* ALBA Review Panel for Evaluation of Scientific Proposals for the 2019-II Call, 11/04/2019.

* ALBA Review Panel for Evaluation of Scientific Proposals for the 2019-I Call, 11/10/2018.
## 11-Beamline scientist responsible of bm26/ DUBBLE at ESRF from July 2015.

I am responsible for managing general operations in the beamline as well as the chemical laboratory. As senior beamline scientist in a world-renowned scientific facility in soft condensed matter research, I have been able to expand my extensive organizational skills and develop an in-depth understanding on how to effectively perform a range of responsibilities including project management, scheduling and the preparation of scientific reports while providing scientific and technical support to visiting scientists in a competitive environment. During this period, bm26b has been ranking as the SAXS beamline at ESRF with the highest scientific cut-off to obtain beamtime. In addition, I have acquired an outstanding knowledge at the forefront of X-ray instrumentation. I have benefited from close interaction with the most prominent research groups in materials science, and specifically soft condensed matter, in the Netherlands and Europe. This has encouraged me to develop novel sample environments and performed cutting edge X-ray experiments in combination with other techniques.

Currently, I am responsible for the design of the new beamline during the ESRF upgrade. I have worked in collaboration with other ESRF scientists to formulate the Ray tracing of the new source and the selection and the optical components for the beamline.

My candidature to obtain the HDR has been prompted as an opportunity to work with excellent French and international research groups with whom I would like to continue and expand my collaborations as well as the excellent scientific environment for performing X-ray experiments that offers both Soleil synchrotron within the French research community. I could provide long experience on the management of a highly productive beamline on continue development in order to satisfy and attract new users with new challenging research activities. Moreover, I have worked with unique X-ray facilities from both technical and work environments that it would be of great benefit to further advance in my scientific career.

The main focus of my research has been the study of the structure-property relationships in the soft matter area in different medium such as bulk, solution as well as thin films. Particularly, I have devoted my scientific in-house research activity to perform scattering experiments both in transmission and grazing angle mode, in combination with several spectroscopies and mechanical techniques in the polymeric field such as polymer crystallization, self-assembled supramolecular polymers, advanced functional polymeric systems and metal-organic hybrid systems.

As beamline scientist of bm26-b, I have benefited from the long standing and extensive investigation of polymer crystallization studies in quiescent and industrial processing conditions conducted at the beamline. A wide range of polyofines, polyamides, etc ... have been investigated at extreme conditions in order to understand the mechanism of crystallization and the kinetics of expected mesophases and oriented structures formations.

I have also extensively worked in the implementation of grazing angle scattering techniques at DUBBLE. In particular, the combination GiXS techniques with other millisecond relevant techniques in order to investigate the main parameters that defined the polymeric film formation by performing in-situ GISAXS/GIWAXS experiments that allows to describe the crystallinity and microphase separation of block copolymers as well as polymer blends. The assessment of the role of as several phenomena such as macrophase separation, nanostructure
development and film percolation, occur concomitantly is crucial to control the film formation. We have recently published some of our work on the field and we have several manuscripts submitted.

1. Jacobus J. van Franeker, Daniel Hermida-Merino, Cedric Gommes, Kirill Arapov, Jasper J. Michels, René A. J. Janssen, Giuseppe Portale (2017) *Sub-Micrometer Structure Formation during Spin Coating Revealed by Time-Resolved In Situ Laser and X-Ray Scattering*. Adv. Funct. Mater. 2017, 1702516.

2. Guillaume Fleury, Daniel Hermida-Merino, Dong Jingjin, Karim Aissou, Aleksei Bytchkov, Giuseppe Portale: *Micellar-Mediated Block Copolymer Ordering Dynamics Revealed by In Situ Grazing Incidence Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering during Spin Coating*. Advanced Functional Materials 01/2019; DOI:10.1002/adfm.201806741.

3. Jingjin Dong; Shuyan Shao; Simon Kahmann; Alexander J Rommens; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Gert H ten Brink; Maria A Loi; Giuseppe Portale. *Mechanism of Crystal Formation in Ruddlesden--Popper Sn-Based Perovskites*. Advanced Functional Materials. pp. 2001294 - 2001294. 2020.

As with conventional, covalently bonded polymers, the macroscopic properties of supramolecular polymers (such as viscosity and tensile strength) are intimately related to its nanostructure. The versatility of the supramolecular architectures offers the possibility of constructing chemical architectures displaying notable structural complexity, from linear H polymeric chains to networks and hyperbranched systems. These supramolecular entities can, in turn, enable the production of new thermoplastic elastomers, superglues, hot adhesives, and tuneable polymer materials. A systematic study of the effect of the end group and linkers on the nanostructure of self-assembled polymers has been the aim of the research on the supramolecular field.

1. Kelly Melia, Barnaby W. Greenland, Daniel Hermida-Merino, Lewis R. Hart, Ian W. Hamley, Howard M. Colquhoun, Andrew T. Slark, Wayne Hayes (2018) *Self-assembling unsymmetrical bis-ureas*. Reactive and Functional Polymers 124 (2018) 156–161.

2. Daniel Hermida-Merino, Ben O'Driscoll, Lewis R. Hart, Peter J. Harris, Howard M. Colquhoun, Andrew T. Slark, Cristina Prisacariu, Ian W. Hamley and Wayne Hayes (2018) *Enhancement of microphase ordering and mechanical properties of supramolecular hydrogen-bonded polyurethane networks*. Polym. Chem., DOI: 10.1039/c8py00604k.

3. Daniel Hermida Merino, Antonio Feula, Kelly Melia, Andrew T. Slark, Ioannis Giannakopoulos, Clive R. Siviour, C. Paul Buckley, Barnaby W. Greenland, Dan Liu, Yu Gan, Peter J. Harris, Ann M. Chippindale, Ian W. Hamley, Wayne Hayes; "A systematic study of the effect of the hard end-group composition on the microphase separation, thermal and mechanical properties of supramolecular polyurethanes"; Polymer, 107 (2016), 368-378. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2016.07.029

4. Hermida-Merino, D., Trebbin, M., Foerster, S., Rodriguez-Llansola, F. and Portale, G.; "Microfluidic Assisted Self-Assembly of pH-Sensitive Low-Molecular Weight
*Hydrogelators Close to the Minimum Gelation Concentration*”; Macromol. Symp., (2015), 358: 59–66. doi: 10.1002/masy.

5. Daniel Hermida Merino, Gemma E Newby, Ian W Hamley, Wayne Hayes, Andrew Slark; "Microphase separation induced in the melt of Pluronic copolymers by blending with a hydrogen bonding urea–urethane end-capped supramolecular polymer"; Soft Matter, (2015) **11**, 5799-5803; DOI: 10.1039/C5SM01461A

6. D Hermida-Merino, M Belal, B.W. Greenland, P Woodward, A.T. Slark, F.J. Davis, G.R. Mitchell, I.W. Hamley, W Hayes: *Electrospun supramolecular polymer fibres*. European Polymer Journal 04/2012; 48(7):1249-1255., DOI:10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2012.04.015.

7. Daniel Hermida Merino, Andrew T. Slark, Howard M. Colquhoun, Wayne Hayes, Ian W. Hamley: *Thermo-responsive microphase separated supramolecular polyurethanes*. 09/2010; 1(8):1263-1271., DOI:10.1039/COPY00122H.
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# Enhancement of microphase ordering and mechanical properties of supramolecular hydrogen-bonded polyurethane networks†

Daniel Hermida-Merino,‡ª Ben O'Driscoll,ª Lewis R. Hart,ª Peter J. Harris,ᵇ
Howard M. Colquhoun,ª Andrew T. Slark,ᶜ Cristina Prisacariu,§ª Ian W. Hamley IDª
and Wayne Hayes ID*ª

The improvement of the mechanical properties of supramolecular polymer networks is currently receiving significant interest both within academic and industrial circles in order to enable the application of these desirable stimuli-responsive materials in real world situations. In this study, structural units within phase separated supramolecular polyurethane (SPU) networks have been changed to assess the role of the hard segment composition on the mechanical characteristics of the resultant materials. Notably, increasing the degrees of conformational freedom within the hard segment component of a SPU was found to improve the phase separation and as a consequence also increase the storage modulus of the polymer network. Specifically, replacing 4,4'-methylene diphenyl diisocyanate with 4,4'-dibenzyl diisocyanate within a SPU improved the packing efficiency of the isocyanate derived hard segments and improved the physical properties of the supramolecular polymer network. This study utilised a combination of SAXS, WAXS and AFM analysis to assess the degree of crystallinity within the hard segment component of the polymer network whilst rheological analysis was used to establish the mechanical characteristics of the polymers.

Received 19th April 2018,
Accepted 1st June 2018

DOI: 10.1039/c8py00604k

rsc.li/polymers

## Introduction

First disclosed over 80 years ago,¹ polyurethanes (PUs) are now a widely utilised class of materials which have traditionally been accessed via reaction of polyols with polyisocyanates²⁻⁵ to yield a versatile and diverse range of materials. As a result of their facile synthesis and attractive physical properties, PUs have found use as thermoplastic, thermosetting and elastomeric materials⁶ in applications including adhesives, protective coatings, foams, fibers, elastomers and medicine.⁷⁻¹⁰ Numerous polyols have been harnessed as building blocks,

however, from the range of commercially available isocyanates, methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) has found the most extensive use on account of its attractive chemistries and relatively low toxicity.¹¹,¹²

A recent development in PU chemistries has been the investigation of supramolecular polyurethane (SPU) networks¹³⁻¹⁸ which are able to self-assemble through weak non-covalent interactions.¹⁹⁻²⁷ These materials are attractive on account of their thermo-reversible characteristics.²⁸⁻³² Gooch and co-workers have reported³³ SPU-based elastomers which assemble through triple hydrogen bonding interactions and provide access to different degrees of crystallinity. By altering the feed ratio of the hetero-complementary polymers the mechanical properties were also enhanced. Gao et al. have described³⁴ the synthesis and properties of PU 'cationomers' with an imidazolium-diol based chain extender which demonstrated a modulus of approximately 180 MPa as a result of enhanced immiscibility between the hard and soft segments. Burattini and co-workers have studied³⁵ the intramolecular interactions between chain-folding polyimide and telechelic polyurethane featuring electronically complementary pyrenyl end groups. The supramolecular blend formed by a combination of hydrogen bonding and π-π stacking interactions produced a healable material with a tensile modulus of 0.3 MPa and a modulus of toughness of 510 MPa. More recently, Feula et al.³⁶

<footnote>ªDepartment of Chemistry, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading, RG6 6AD,
UK. E-mail: w.c.hayes@reading.ac.uk</footnote>

<footnote>ᵇElectron Microscopy Laboratory, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading,
RG6 6AD, UK</footnote>

<footnote>ᶜHenkel Adhesive Technologies, Wood Lane End, Hemel Hempstead, HP2 4RQ, UK</footnote>

<footnote>ᵈPetru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry of the Romanian Academy,
Aleea Grigore Chica Voda, Nr. 41 A, Iasi 700487, Romania</footnote>

<footnote>†Electronic supplementary information (ESI) available. See DOI: 10.1039/c8py00604k</footnote>

<footnote>‡Present address: DUBBLE CRG, BM26, ESRF-The European Synchrotron,
Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, 38043,
Grenoble, France.</footnote>

<footnote>§This paper is dedicated to our dear friend and colleague, Dr Cristina
Prisacariu, who sadly passed away during preparation of this manuscript.</footnote>
have developed a well-defined hydrogen bonded SPU with a low dissociation temperature which permits healing at physiological temperatures. The biocompatible synthetic skin was able to fully recover its mechanical performance after healing for 1 hour at 37 °C.

It has been reported¹⁵ that the mechanical properties of chain extended PUs are influenced by the chemistries of the polymer which control the phase separation between rigid *hard* and flexible *soft* segments of the polymer architecture. Furthermore, the improvement in mechanical properties³⁷ and resulting surface hydrophobicity³⁸ have been attributed to phase separation in the polymer matrix. For example, Yilgör and co-workers have investigated the local packing of the urea moieties in segmented PUs in order to obtain high degrees of microphase separation.¹³,¹⁴,³⁹⁻⁴¹ Furthermore, phase separation can be promoted by using an apolar soft segment with low surface energies such as polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS).⁴²⁻⁴⁴ Incorporation of a range of hard segments as chain extenders has also led to the generation of tuneable thermo-reversible materials.²⁸,²⁹,⁴⁵ Prisacariu and co-workers have reported⁴⁶ recently the use of 4,4'-dibenzyl diisocyanate (DBDI) in PU synthesis as alternative to MDI. DBDI features an ethylene linkage between the aromatic isocyanate moieties which permits free rotation about the linker, resulting in optimal alignment of the urethane or urea containing motifs between polymer chains. In principle this more flexible linkage enhances the ordering of the hard segments in linear PUs.⁴⁷ Indeed, the use of the more flexible diisocyanate (DBDI) in covalent and chain-extended PUs (Mn = 60 000–120 000 g mol⁻¹) has enhanced the ordering of the hard segments with appreciable improvement in the mechanical properties relative to MDI-derived analogues.⁴⁶,⁴⁸⁻⁵⁵

Herein we report the synthesis and properties of a novel series of self-assembled low molecular weight (>12 000 g mol⁻¹) and phase separated supramolecular polyurethanes which feature DBDI derived hard segments with a view to improving both the thermal and mechanical characteristics of supramolecular polymers. The effect of incorporating a flexible ethylene linkage into the urethane/urea component of these self-assembling materials is reported and evaluated.

## Results and discussion

In order to understand the role of the diisocyanate-derived hard segment within the self-assembled polymer network, SPUs 1–4 (Scheme 1 and Table 1) with 4,4'-DBDI residues were synthesised by first end-capping the apolar polybutadiene 5 (Krasol LBH 2000, Mw = 2020 g mol⁻¹) mid-block, with DBDI 6 to afford the pre-polymer 7.²⁹,⁵⁶

To allow sole focus on the physical properties arising as a consequence of the hard segment, end-groups were selected with predictable contributions to the self-assembly process,

<table><caption>**Table 1** End group and yields from the synthesis of SPUs 1–4</caption><thead><tr><th>Compound</th><th>R</th><th>Yield (%)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td><img src="image_0_0.png" alt="Chemical structure of compound 1"></td><td>80</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td><img src="image_0_1.png" alt="Chemical structure of compound 2"></td><td>89</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td><img src="image_0_2.png" alt="Chemical structure of compound 3"></td><td>87</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td><img src="image_0_3.png" alt="Chemical structure of compound 4"></td><td>80</td></tr></tbody></table>

<figure><img src="image_73.png" /><figcaption>**Scheme 1** Synthesis of polyurethanes 1–4 with DBDI 6 derived hard segments.</figcaption></figure>
thus allowing comparison to analogues derived from
MDI.<sup>26,29,46,57-60</sup> Termination of the pre-polymer 7 was success-
fully achieved by addition of either derivatives containing mor-
pholine or dibutylamine motifs (<b>8-11</b>) with amino or hydroxyl
functionalities, respectively (Table 1). The chosen end-groups
have previously been reported in structurally similar SPUs con-
taining 4,4'-MDI derived hard segments. The SPUs reported by
Woodward *et al*.<sup>29</sup> were shown to be weakly hydrogen bond, or
indeed not at all in the case of the dibutylamine motif. Details
of the materials and methods, as well as full spectroscopic
characterisation for the SPUs <b>1-4</b> can be found in the ESI.†

To investigate the packing of hard segments between SPU
chains containing both DBDI and MDI derived hard segments
and the efficiency of intermolecular hydrogen bonding, energy
minimised molecular models (Fig. 1) were generated. A single
repeat unit of the polyol soft segment capped by two DBDI or
MDI moieties with terminal methyl units (hard segments) was
modelled using Cerius² software and the Dreiding II⁶¹ force
field. Examination of the models reveals the packing within
DBDI derived hard segments is more efficient (Fig. 1a and b).
Close contacts forming linear hydrogen bonds of lengths
2.3–2.6 Å between the hydrogen bond donors (NH of urethane/
urea) and the hydrogen bond acceptors (carbonyl oxygen) were
observed. These distances are in good agreement with hydro-
gen bond lengths measured in crystals.⁶²,⁶³ The polymers are
also observed to be well-ordered in the DBDI derived SPU array
as demonstrated by examination of the polymer chains, end
on. Visually, the phenyl rings of the DBDI motifs were rotated
into the same plane as a result of the increased flexibility of
the ethylene linkage. When the MDI derived SPU model was
subjected to the same constraints, less efficient packing was
observed in both the hard and soft segments as well as
increased hydrogen bonding (NH···O) distances (2.3–2.8 Å)
between the polymer chains (Fig. 1c and d). It was also noted

that the polymer chains are contracted in length in the model
of the MDI derived polymers when compared to the DBDI
derived analogue, possibly related to the packing efficiency of
the isocyanate moiety.

Variable temperature FT-IR spectroscopic analysis was con-
ducted on the SPUs 1–4 (Fig. 2) and revealed a thermo-respon-
sive behaviour similar to structurally related MDI ana-
logues.<sup>26,29</sup> A strong absorbance for both the free (1730 cm<sup>-1</sup>)
and hydrogen-bonded (1710 cm<sup>-1</sup>) urethane groups<sup>64</sup> was
observed in all SPUs at room temperature, arising from the
urethane bonds in the pre-polymer in addition to the end-
groups in polymers 1 and 2. The ordered hydrogen bonded
urea band at ca. 1640 cm<sup>-1</sup> was observed to be the predomi-
nant absorbance within the urea vibration modes for polymers
3 and 4 in addition to the hydrogen bonded urethane absor-
bance. The intensity of both the urethane and urea absorbance
bands were seen to diminish with increased temperature for
all SPUs 1–4, as a result of dissociation of the hydrogen
bonded network. However, after heating to 120 °C, hydrogen
bonding was still present above 50% in all cases. This effect
may be attributed to the more efficient packing in the hard
segments, resulting in increased hydrogen bond strength and
crystallinity. After approximately 30 minutes at room tempera-
ture, full recovery of the relative percentage of hydrogen
bonding was observed within the SPUs 1–4 as determined
spectroscopically. The recovery of the relative percentage of
hydrogen bonding over time demonstrates the thermoreversi-
ble nature of the SPUs and is in good agreement with our pre-
vious studies for analogues SPUs previously reported by
Woodward *et al*.<sup>29</sup> Therefore, it is proposed that the presence
of a DBDI derived moiety in the SPUs (1–4) improves the
efficiency of packing within the polymer network, whilst
retaining the hydrogen bonding characteristics of the
urethane/urea functional groups.

<figure><img src="image_74.png" /><figcaption>**Fig. 1** To scale, energy minimised molecular models of (a) DBDI derived oligomer and (b) chain-end on view of the same molecular assembly showing more efficient stacking when compared to analogous MDI derivatives (c & d).</figcaption></figure>
<figure><img src="image_75.png" /><figcaption>Fig. 2 (a) VT-FTIR spectra (25–120 °C) of DBDI-derived SPUs 1–4 and (b) hydrogen bonded urethane and urea content for the DBDI SPUs (1–4).</figcaption></figure>

## Morphological analysis

To assess the crystallinity within the hard segments of the polymers obtained with DBDI (18.0 wt% of structural components in the polymer which includes the DBDI unit) and compare their morphology to that of MDI analogues<sup>26,29</sup> (17.4–18.3 wt% hard segment), the SPUs **1–4** were probed *via* SAXS, WAXS and AFM analyses.

Temperature dependent SAXS experiments (Fig. 3) revealed that the DBDI derived linker indeed promotes organisation of the hard segments as a result of the ethylene bridging residue's increased rotational freedom. Microphase separation is observed for all SPUs **1–4** as indicated by the reflection at 0.047 Å<sup>-1</sup> for the morpholine derivatives (**2 & 4**) and 0.067 Å<sup>-1</sup> for the corresponding dibutylamine analogues (**1 & 3**). The domain spacing within the DBDI derivatives was thus determined to be *ca.* 13.2 nm for morpholine derivatives (urethane **2** and urea **4** analogues) and *ca.* 9.0 nm for both dibutylamine

derivatives (urethane **1** and urea **3** analogues). These domain spacings are approximately twice those observed for the MDI derived analogues (MDI-dibutylamine = 4.31 nm and 5.12 nm and MDI-morpholine = 5.20 nm and 5.70 nm),<sup>26,28,29</sup> suggesting that the SPU chains are able to adopt a more extended configuration permitted by enhanced stacking of the DBDI units. Interestingly, the SAXS profile of SPU **3** possesses two reflections centred at 0.067 Å<sup>-1</sup> (9 nm) and 0.11 Å<sup>-1</sup> (5.7 nm) which is a novel pattern for supramolecular polyurethane-urea systems of this type.<sup>26,28,29</sup> The second order SAXS peak (*q*√3) corresponds to hexagonal packing of cylinders within the micro-domains as a result of association of the urethane-urea motifs which are allowed to form without disruption from the dibutylamine end-groups. These results suggest a higher degree of microphase separation compared to analogues materials with MDI hard segments. The thermo-responsive behaviour of the SPUs **1–4** were investigated by heat/cool cycle between -60 °C and 70 °C conducted at
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<figure><img src="image_79.png" /><figcaption>**Fig. 3** Variable temperature SAXS analysis of 1–4. The samples were heated at 5 °C min⁻¹ between –60 °C (nearest) and 70 °C before cooling to –60 °C (furthest).</figcaption></figure>

5 °C min⁻¹. The temperature response of the microphase separation exhibited an analogous trend to systems reported previously.²⁶,²⁹ Upon heating from –60 °C, the thermal history of the material was initially removed and an equilibrium reached as demonstrated by an increase in the intensity of the SAXS peak at 0.067 Å⁻¹. The intensity of the SAXS peak then decreases at ca. 70 °C, indicating the phase mixing of the hard and soft segments *via* disruption of the hydrogen bonding interactions. Upon cooling, the intensity of the SAXS peak at 0.067 Å⁻¹ increases once again as a result of the hydrogen bonding network being restored. This trend further supports the thermo-responsive properties of the SPUs 1–4 reported by IR spectroscopy.

WAXS studies were performed to investigate the nanostructure of DBDI segments in the SPUs. In principle, the conformation adopted by the DBDI linker should enable ‘crystalline’ like micro-domains to form in the bulk as a result of the ordered hydrogen bonding and aromatic π-π stacking interactions as indicated in the SAXS profiles of the SPUs (Fig. 3). Notably, the WAXS profiles (Fig. 4) of the DBDI derivative SPUs 1–4 feature several reflections on the broad amorphous scattering signal, especially in the case of SPU 2. Notably, the crystalline pattern corresponds to a urethane derivative which confirms the ordering potential of the DBDI linker. The reflections observed in the WAXS profiles correspond to association of the urethane/urea chain ends (4.5–4.7 Å) in the polymer matrix, in excellent agreement with structurally related SPUs (4.6–4.7 Å).²⁹,⁶⁵ Furthermore, the WAXS profiles of SPUs 1–4 all exhibit a broad shoulder at ca. 2θ = 20° within the crystalline region. These signals correspond to domain spacings of 3.5 Å, which strongly suggests π-π stacking interactions between the aromatic motifs within the hydrogen bonding hard segments.²⁶ This result along with the absence of these features

<figure><img src="image_80.png" /><figcaption>**Fig. 4** Comparison of WAXS profiles for DBDI-based SPUs (1–4).</figcaption></figure>

in structurally related materials²⁹ incorporating MDI further supports the hypothesis that the ethylene bridge provides greater rotational freedom allowing more efficient packing of the hard segments.

The thermo-responsive dynamics of the ‘crystalline’ microdomains was probed by VT-WAXS analysis to understand the thermally induced disruption of the hydrogen bonding interactions (Fig. 5) within the hard segments. In agreement with the VT-SAXS experiments, the VT-WAXS profiles follow a similar temperature trend and demonstrate the thermoreversibility of the ordering within these materials.

To further analyse the self-assembly of the SPUs 1–4, AFM studies (Fig. 6 and Fig. S9†) were carried out to visualize the
<figure><img src="image_81.png" /><figcaption>Fig. 5 Variable temperature WAXS analysis of SPUs 1–4. The samples were heated at 5 °C min⁻¹ between –60 °C and 70 °C over three cycles.</figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="image_82.png" /><figcaption>Fig. 6 AFM phase micrographs of DBDI based SPUs 1–4.</figcaption></figure>

changes in the morphology attained by the DBDI derived SPUs when compared to the MDI-based analogues.²⁶,²⁹ The ordered stacking of the DBDI linkers has been observed⁴⁶ to promote the packing of both urethane and urea moieties. As a result, the microphase separation of the DBDI supramolecular derivatives should favour alignment of the urea/urethane moieties within fibrillar aggregates. Remarkably, the all-urethane SPUs 1 and 2 are present as fibres with high aspect ratios (i.e. ca. 100 nm in length and ca. 10 nm in width). Increased phase mixing is observed in SPU 1 as a result of the relatively weak hydrogen bonds between urethane motifs (5.1 wt% end groups

in 1, comprising terminal DBDI unit and the covalently bound end-group). In contracts, SPU 2 forms more defined fibre like structures on account of association of the morpholine end-group (3.4 wt% end group content) with the urethanes of the PU residues. Interestingly, spheres or cylinder like morphologies are observed in SPUs 3 and 4. SPU 3 gives rise to defined structures as a result of the relatively strong bifurcated hydrogen bonding interactions between urea moieties within the hard segments which are not disrupted by the dibutyl terminal-groups (4.2 wt% end group content). In comparison, disruption to the hard segment assembly is observed in the
<figure><img src="image_83.png" /><figcaption>Fig. 7 (a) Thermal dependence of dynamic shear moduli for DBDI derived polymers 1–4. (b) Plot of tan δ versus temperature for DBDI based SPUs 1–4.</figcaption></figure>

morphology of SPU 4 as a consequence of the morpholine
terminal group (3.8 wt% end group content) hydrogen
bonding to the urethane/urea groups. The resulting disruption
in the hydrogen bonding network and decreased crystallinity
results, however, in the formation of 3D structures as the mor-
pholine residues allow interactions between self-assembled
arrays. These observations from AFM imaging are in good
agreement with the SAXS profiles obtained for the SPUs 1–4,
where features ca. 9–13 nm were observed. Perhaps this is
most clearly demonstrated in the case of SPU 3 which revealed
a reflection at 9 nm which corresponds to the diameter of
spheres or cylinders (Fig. 6 [3]).

Rheological analysis

To probe the effect of hard segment composition (18.0 wt%) on the mechanical properties of the SPUs, rheological analysis was undertaken. The storage modulus (G') for all DBDI derived materials was observed at ca. 10^7 Pa which is approximately an order of magnitude greater than those observed for structurally related polymers containing MDI moieties^26,29 with comparable molecular weights and polymeric composition. This observation provides strong evidence that the efficiency of packing within the hard segment is closely related to the mechanical properties of the SPUs. Interestingly, the storage moduli of SPUs 1–4 were approximately an order of magnitude greater when compared to supramolecular polymers which self-assemble through recognition motifs^66,67 which possess association constants which are 10^4 M⁻¹ larger than those reported herein. In addition, the storage moduli of SPUs 1–4 are also comparable to DBDI derived linear, high molecular weight PUs previously reported by Prisacariu et al.^50,52,53,55 This result can be attributed to the decrease of phase mixing of the hard and soft segments within the polymer architecture which is known^68 to improve the mechanical properties of the polymer. The plateau of the viscoelastic region is recorded at a higher modulus when compared to analogous SPUs.^29 Furthermore, the sharper transition of both the storage and loss moduli at high temperature confirms the ‘crystalline’ nature of the micro-domains afforded. This melting transition also occurs over a narrow temperature range (ca. 15 °C) for the urethane derivatives 1 & 2 and ca. 35 °C for the urea derivatives

3 & 4. Both temperature windows are significantly more defined than those observed for structurally related MDI analogues (ca. 75 °C).<sup>26,29</sup> For all SPUs 1–4, the melting transition onset is also observed at a higher temperature (70 °C) when compared to MDI analogues (20 °C),<sup>26,29</sup> demonstrating a stiffer material at elevated temperatures as a result of enhanced packing between the polymer chains. These thermal characteristics could be considered an attractive feature for industrial applications with respect to materials processing and properties. The temperature difference at which the viscoelastic transition occurs as well as the magnitude of the plateau of the storage modulus, are consistent with the differences in ordering of the nano-domains produced by the DBDI derived linkers and the potential for the enhancement of the mechanical properties. The profile of tan δ (Fig. 7b) also corroborates the presence of a glass transition at higher temperatures (in excess of 80 °C) which can be assigned to the hard segment phase within the polymer matrix.

Conclusion

The investigation of the use of diisocyanate DBDI within supramolecular polyurethanes 1–4 has revealed that packing of the hard segments leads to the improvement of the mechanical properties and thermal processing window of these supramolecular polymers when compared to analogues with less ordered MDI segments. Moreover, these materials offer comparable stiffness to chain-extended and high molecular weight PUs containing DBDI and other supramolecular polymers that are assembled through recognition motifs with higher association constants. Notably, the ordering effect of the DBDI derivatives led to well-defined structures such as fibres, spheres or cylinders, observed by AFM. Interestingly, the SAXS profile of 3 revealed two reflections is a novel SAXS pattern for a urethane-based supramolecular polymer which is consistent with the presence of well-defined microphase separated domains in the AMF images. The domain spacing of the DBDI derivatives (9–13 nm) revealed by SAXS, indicates that the DBDI derivatives polymers possess an extended configuration. Remarkably, the WAXS profiles showed a ‘crystalline’ like morphology that confirms the close packing of the hard segments.
Variable temperature SAXS and WAXS analysis also demonstrated the thermo-reversibility of the ordering within the SPUs. The attractive rheological and thermal properties of the DBDI derived SPUs also provide scope for their use in industrial applications as a result of transitions observed in the narrow temperature range and higher temperatures. These results, when compared with the MDI derivatives,<sup>26,28,29</sup> show the potential of the employment of DBDI for generating materials with improved mechanical properties.

## Conflicts of interest

There are no conflicts to declare.

## Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Henkel Adhesive Technologies (post-graduate studentship for DHM), EPSRC (EP/N024818/1, post-doctoral research fellowship in support of LRH) and the University of Reading for financial support of this research. The authors would also like to acknowledge the University of Reading for access to analytical instrumentation within the Chemical Analysis Facility. Mr Oliver Balmford is also thanked for his insight in reproducing scattering data.

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Conclusions

During my scientific career, I have the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research with some of the most prominent scientific groups across Europe and I have been stimulated to advance in the understanding of soft matter nanostructure in different media by scattering techniques using synchrotron light sources. Especially, I have probed the nanostructure formation upon extreme conditions that occur in industrial environments.

I have engaged my own research in the structure-property relationship area of polymers through a multi-technique approach to correlate several lengthscales by coupling complex techniques in situ to simultaneous SAXS-WAXS experiments. Accordingly, I have actively applied to different fellowships as well as public and public founding agencies worldwide to finance my research activities in collaboration with other scientific groups. Particularly, I have recently optimised the coupling of Raman spectroscopy to simultaneous time-resolved SAXS/WAXS experiments in combination with a Linkam DSC to investigate the crystallization from the melt of PVDF. Moreover, multivariate analysis has been conducted in simultaneously acquired data from in situ experiments to correlate among them at different lengthscales and simplify the data analysis.

Currently, I have focused my research on the design of different areas of bio-nanomaterials. Particularly, novel bio-sourced polymers have been generated by tailoring the chain architecture for tailored applications on the biomedical field.

Moreover, I have largely investigated the role of low molecular hydrogelators as bioinspired nanomaterials for the development of responsive drug nanocarriers with remarkable passive upload rates and controlled release profiles.

In addition, the valorization of biowaste such as fish gelatins obtained as by-products of the fisheries was aimed for the design of novel drug delivery systems by the design of hydrogels in combination with other co-hydrogelators as ionic liquids.

In the next future, I will continue to study in greater depth the structure-properties relationship of biomaterials by simultaneous SAXS/WAXS experiments in combination with other spectroscopies techniques. Moreover, the development of hybrid biomaterials with metallic-nanoparticles will expand the application in the nanomedicine field coupling the sensing and therapeutic applications as well as harnessing from the mechanical features that permit the local drug administration in corporal areas with impeded accessibility.
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Début-Fin: 28/11/2019 - 29/11/2019
Montant total: 33.000 €

9. Intitulé du projet: 2019023571 - in situ Structural investigation of the uptake and release of guest molecules during the fibrillization of a low molecular weight hydrogelator
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: Alba Type d'établissement: Organisme public de synchrotron
Ville: Cerdanyola del Valles, Catalogne, Espagne
Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Iván Bravo Pérez
Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2
Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 20/11/2019 - 21/11/2019

Montant total: 33.000 €

10. Intitulé du projet: Etude multi-échelles de polymères fonctionnels par mesures couplées in situ Modalité du projet:

Secteur du projet: Union européenne développement y compris translationnel

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: Université de Lorraine/DUBBLE

Ville: Grenoble/Metz, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Patrice Bourson; David Chapron; Daniel Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Nom du programme: Thèses

Début-Fin: 01/11/2016 - 01/11/2019 Durée du projet: 3 ans

Montant total: 135.000 € Montant du sous-projet: 45.000 €

Pourcentage de subvention: 33%

Engagement: Temps complet

11. Intitulé du projet: I-20190643 EC-In-situ time-resolved characterization of extensional flow induced crystallization

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: Organisme public de PETRA III synchrotron

Ville: Hamburg, Hamburg, Allemagne

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Gerrit Peters; Jessica Pepe; Ruth Cardinaels; Daniel Hermida

Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Début-Fin: 30/09/2019 - 04/10/2019

Montant total: 49.500 €

12. Intitulé du projet: 2019023408 - In-situ time-resolved characterization of extensional flow induced crystallization

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: Alba Type d'établissement: Organisme public de synchrotron

Ville: Cerdanyola del Valles, Catalogne, Espagne

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Gerrit Peters; Daniel Hermida Merino; Ruth Cardinaels; Jessica

Pepe Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 19/07/2019 - 21/07/2019

Montant total: 49.500 €

13. Intitulé du projet: 2018093066 - Investigation of the nucleation and growth mechanism of gold nanoparticules by in situ UV-vis spectroscopy and SAXS

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: Alba Type d'établissement: Organisme public de synchrotron

Ville: Cerdanyola del Valles, Catalogne, Espagne
Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; José Fernando Queiruga Rey

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 14/07/2019 - 16/07/2019

Montant total: 49.500 €

14. Intitulé du projet: 2018093178 - Study of the nanostructure double network formation of a modified polypeptide derivatives

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: Alba Type d'établissement: Organisme public de synchrotron

Ville: Cerdanyola del Valles, Catalogne, Espagne

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 1

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 29/03/2019 - 31/03/2019

Montant total: 49.500 €

15. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-873-The morphology of expandable thermoplastic polyurethane during high temperature treatments under supercritical CO2

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Steven Howdle; Kristien Van der flaas; Bart Goderis; Daniel Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 26/11/2018 - 30/11/2018

Montant total: 49.500 €

16. Intitulé du projet: SC-4908- In-Situ SAXS-WAXS Analyses of 'Microgel' Gel Structure in UV-cured Polyacrylate Systems

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Kay Saalwächter; Daniel Hermida Merino; Bing Wu

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 12/11/2018 - 16/11/2018

Montant total: 49.500 €

17. Intitulé du projet: 2018022840 - Study of the structure of a microgel formation mechanism during the UV-curing of PEG-based polyacrylate

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: Alba Type d'établissement: Organisme public de synchrotron

Ville: Cerdanyola del Valles, Catalogne, Espagne

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 1

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 11/10/2018 - 13/10/2018

Montant total: 49.500 €

18. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-900-Structural investigation of the double network formation of a modified polypeptide derivatives

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Bing Wu

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 01/10/2018 - 02/10/2018

Montant total: 33.000 €

19. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-890-Shear enhanced relaxation in thermotropic polyesters:

Identifying the role of pressure, stress and shear rates on molecular orientation and relaxation

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Carolus Wilsens; Daniel Hermida Merino; Sanjay Rastogi; Gerrit Peters

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 26/09/2018 - 01/10/2018

Montant total: 66.000 €

20. Intitulé du projet: MA-4398-In-situ SAXS-WAXS Analyses of 3D-Graphene-Nanocomposite

Supercapacitor in the charging-discharging cycle

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Bing Wu

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 10/09/2018 - 14/09/2018

Montant total: 49.500 €
21. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-899-Investigation of the nanostructure development of a PEG-polyacrylate during UV curing
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France
Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Bing Wu
Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2
Type de participation: Investigador principal
Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón
Début-Fin: 03/09/2018 - 06/09/2018
Montant total: 49.500 €

22. Intitulé du projet: 26-01-1170-Investigation of the effect of gallium ion on the overall medical glass structures
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France
Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Bing Wu
Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2
Type de participation: Investigador principal
Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón
Début-Fin: 27/08/2018 - 31/08/2018
Montant total: 49.500 €

23. Intitulé du projet: LS-2882-X-ray fiber diffraction of microtubules: Analysis of the secondary structure dynamics of tubulin molecules within native microtubules
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France
Chercheur/s responsable/s: Juan Estevez Gallego; José Fernando Diaz Pereira; Daniel Hermida Merino; Shinji Kamimura
Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4
Type de participation: Miembro de equipo
Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón
Début-Fin: 21/08/2018 - 23/08/2018
Montant total: 33.000 €

24. Intitulé du projet: Étude de la nucléation et de la croissance des nanoparticules assistée simultanément par des techniques de diffusion des rayons X à angle faible et moyen (SAXS/WAXS) et la spectroscopie d'absorption des rayons X (XAS) en combinaison avec la spectroscopie UV-Vis
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: DUBBLE @ ESRF
Ville: Grenoble, France
Chercheur/s responsable/s: José Fernando Queiruga Rey; Daniel Hermida Merino
Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2
Organisme/s de financement: Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Type d'organisme: Organisme public de recherche Paulo (FAPESP)
Ville: Sao Paulo, Brésil

Début-Fin: 21/08/2017 - 20/08/2018

Montant total: 30.000 €

25. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-874-Oxalamide based organic compounds in polymer melts: How are self-assembly, shear enhanced crystallization and viscosity suppression related?

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Carolus Wilsens; Daniel Hermida Merino; Gerrit Peters; Sanjay

Rastogi

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 18/07/2018 - 24/07/2018

Montant total: 82.500 €

26. Intitulé du projet: 2017092500 - Crystallization investigation of PVDF/fluoroelastomer blends

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: Alba

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de synchrotron

Ville: Cerdanyola del Valles, Catalogne, Espagne

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 1

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 22/05/2018 - 24/05/2018

Montant total: 49.500 €

27. Intitulé du projet: SC-4791- Structural development during hot stretching of disentangled

UHMWPE as determined by simultaneous SAXS/WAXS: Origin of thermal conductivity

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Sara Ronca; Stavros Drakopoulos; Ignacio

Martin Fabiani

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 05/03/2018 - 09/03/2018

Montant total: 49.500 €

28. Intitulé du projet: 26-01-1159-study of in situ thermal activated nucleation and growth process of CsHSO4 nanoparticles by simultaneous XAFS/ SAXS measurements

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France
Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; José Fernando Queiruga Rey

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 02/03/2018 - 05/03/2018

Montant total: 49.500 €

29. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-843-Morphological aspects of making the world's strongest fiber

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Dario Cavallo; Luigi Balzano; Daniel Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Type de participation: Coordinateur

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 02/03/2018 - 05/03/2018

Montant total: 49.500 €

30. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-856-Renwable thermotropic polyesters: optimizing molecular orientation for enhanced nucleating efficiency and reinforcement in polyester blends

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Enrico Troisi; Carolus Wilsens; Sanjay Rastogi; Daniel Hermida

Merino; Gerrit Peters

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 5

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 03/02/2018 - 06/02/2018

Montant total: 49.500 €

31. Intitulé du projet: LS-2732-X-ray fiber diffraction of microtubule: Structural dynamics of native microtubules with anti-cancer tubulin-binding compounds

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Shinji Kamimura; José Fernando Diaz Pereira; Daniel Hermida

Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 06/10/2017 - 10/10/2017

Montant total: 66.000 €

32. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-853-Crystallization investigation of PVDF/fluoroelastomer blends

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Sarah Saidi

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 25/09/2017 - 29/09/2017

Montant total: 49.500 €

33. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-855-Structure development during blending of polyamides and
cellulose nano fibers in the superheated water

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Carolus Wilsens; Ele De boer; Jules

Harings; Sanjay Rastogi

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 5

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 22/09/2017 - 25/09/2017 Montant total: 49.500 €

34. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-842-Evolution of water density as function pore size in hydrophobic
confinement: reverse phase silica materials

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Eric Breynaert; Johan Martens; Maarten Houlleberghs; Daniel

Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Coordinateur

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 18/09/2017 - 22/09/2017

Montant total: 49.500 €

35. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-841-Structure and Kinetics of nanocrystal-based Supercrystals

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Emanuele Marino; Daniel Hermida Merino; Gerard Wegdam;

Thomas Kodger; Peter Schall

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 5

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 15/09/2017 - 18/09/2017

Montant total: 49.500 €

36. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-825-Nucleation and Growth Phenomena of Oriented HKUST-1 Thin

Films Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Mrinal Bera; Daniel Hermida Merino; Matthias Filez; Bert

Weckhuysen; Florian Meirer

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 5

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 17/07/2017 - 25/07/2017

Montant total: 82.500 €

37. Intitulé du projet: SC-4521-Fine crystalline structure of fullerene nanowires prepared by Laser Induced Periodic Surface Structures (LIPSS) as revealed by GIWAXS

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: Type d'établissement: Organisme public de
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Edgar Gutierrez Fernandez; Daniel Hermida Merino; Alvaro

Rodriguez; Tiberio Ezquerra; Aurora Nogales; Mari Cruz Garcia Gutierrez; Esther Rebollar

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 7

Type de participation: Coordinateur

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 03/07/2017 - 07/07/2017

Montant total: 49.500 €

38. Intitulé du projet: 2017032183 - Crystallization behaviour of novel PLA derivatives for drug release applications

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: Alba Type d'établissement: Organisme public de synchrotron

Ville: Cerdanyola del Valles, Catalogne, Espagne

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Iván Bravo Pérez; Carlos Alonso Moreno

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 04/07/2017 - 06/07/2017

Montant total: 49.500 €

39. Intitulé du projet: SC-4515-In-situ nanostructuring of P(VDF-TrFE) during melt crystallization

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Patrice Bourson; Marie Veitmann; Daniel Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 09/05/2017 - 12/05/2017

Montant total: 49.500 €
40. Intitulé du projet: 2016091938 - Investigation by SAXS of the uptake of drug/dye by a
self-assembled low molecular weight Hydrogelator by pH change
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: Alba
Type d'établissement: Organisme public de synchrotron
Ville: Cerdanyola del Valles, Catalogne, Espagne
Nombre de chercheurs participants: 1
Type de participation: Investigador principal
Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón
Début-Fin: 23/03/2017 - 25/03/2017
Montant total: 49.500 €

41. Intitulé du projet: SC-4419-SAXS/WAXS study of the pH-dependent mechanism of formation of twisted ribbons using bioderived sophorolipid bolaform glycolipids agents
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France
Chercheur/s responsable/s: Niki Baccile; Daniel Hermida Merino
Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2
Type de participation: Miembro de equipo
Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón
Début-Fin: 30/01/2017 - 03/02/2017
Montant total: 49.500 €

42. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-814-In situ investigation by microbeam SAXS-WAXS of self-assembled low molecular weight micro-organogelators by pH turning in a microfluidic device
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:
Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France
Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Giuseppe Portale
Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2
Type de participation: Investigador principal
Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón
Début-Fin: 23/01/2017 - 27/01/2017
Montant total: 49.500 €

43. Intitulé du projet: 26-01-1097-In situ investigation of structure development by simultaneous of novel nanostructured silver-block copolymer composites by combined SAXS-XAS
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:
Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France
Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Wim Bras; Mohammad Alauhdin; Steve Howdle
Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4
Type de participation: Investigador principal
Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 23/11/2016 - 27/11/2016

Montant total: 66.000 €

44. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-800-Enhancing the nucleation efficiency of biopolymers with oxalamide-based nucleating agents

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Carolus Wilsens; Jules Harings; Dietmar

Auhl

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 17/11/2016 - 21/11/2016

Montant total: 66.000 €

45. Intitulé du projet: 26-01-1079-The role of silver during the synthesis of gold nanorods suted by simultaneous SAXS-EXAFS agents

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Marek Grzelczak; Alessandro Longo; Luis Liz Marzan; Daniel

Hermida Merino Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Coordinateur

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrónDébut-Fin: 08/07/2016 - 11/07/2016 Montant

total: 49.500 €

46. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-781-SAXS analysis of polymerization-induced self-assembly in supercritical-CO2
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Antoine Debuigne

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 12/04/2016 - 15/04/2016

Montant total: 49.500 €

47. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-793-In-situ SAXS-WAXS investigation of the internal structure development of block copolymers in sc-CO2

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Giuseppe Portale; Mohammad Alauhdin;
Steve Howdle

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 08/04/2016 - 12/04/2016

Montant total: 49.500 €

48. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-736-Microwave annealing of block copolymer samples in grazing incidence geometry

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Giuseppe Portale; Paul Topham; Wim Bras; Derek Irvine; Daniel

Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 5

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 26/02/2016 - 29/02/2016

Montant total: 49.500 €

49. Intitulé du projet: SC-4212-Micellization and Phase Change Dynamics of a Model Block Copolymer using Time Resolved X-ray Scattering

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Gemma Newby; Daniel Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 11/02/2016 - 16/02/2016

Montant total: 82.500 €

50. Intitulé du projet: MA-2600-The influence of graphene oxide in blending of low and ultra-high molar mass polymers and its implications on orientation and crystallization during flow

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Enrico Troisi; Gerrit Peters; Sanjay Rastogi; Ele de Boer; Daniel

Hermida Merino; Efren Andablo Reyes

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 6

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 22/07/2015 - 27/07/2015

Montant total: 77.000 €
51. Intitulé du projet: SC-3978-In-situ investigation of structure development by simultaneous SAXS-WAXS of novel nanostructured silver-block copolymer composites
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France
Chercheur/s responsable/s: Steven Howdle; Daniel Hermida Merino
Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2
Type de participation: Miembro de equipo
Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón
Début-Fin: 10/07/2015 - 13/07/2015
Montant total: 49.500 €

52. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-769-Effect of hydration properties of platinum complex anions on cluster growth dynamics and their distribution for the control of electrodeposition within nanoporous electrodes
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:
Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France
Chercheur/s responsable/s: Alessandro Longo; Daniel Hermida Merino
Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2
Type de participation: Investigador principal
Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón
Début-Fin: 27/10/2015 - 30/05/2015
Montant total: 49.500 €

53. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-722-In situ study of a gelation mechanism by simultaneous Rheo-SAXS of a low molecular weight hydrogelator
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France
Chercheur/s responsable/s: Giuseppe Portale; Daniel Hermida Merino
Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2
Type de participation: Investigador principal
Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón
Début-Fin: 30/01/2015 - 02/02/2015
Montant total: 49.500 €

54. Intitulé du projet: SC-3751-Structure Development during Polymerization in Bio-based Liquid Crystalline Polymers
SAXS study continuation (part 2)
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique
Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:
Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France
Chercheur/s responsable/s: Sanjay Rastogi; Carolus Wilsens; Bart Noordover; Daniel Hermida Merino
Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4
Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 02/09/2013 - 06/09/2013

Montant total: 49.500 €

55. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-650-Gelation investigation of a supramolecular hydrogel by in situ
rheo SAXS-WAXS studies

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Francisco Rodriguez Llansola; Giuseppe Portale; Daniel Hermida

Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 15/07/2013 - 19/07/2013

Montant total: 49.500 €

56. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-648-Controlling the lamellar orientation in confined semi-crystalline polymers
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Altug Altay; Giuseppe Portale; Johannes Goossens; Daniel

Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 13/05/2013 - 17/05/2013

Montant total: 49.500 €

57. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-623-Temperature- vs. strain-induced crystallization in poly(lactic acid)
(PLA Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale)

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Johannes Goossens; Denka Hristova-bogaerds; Daniel Hermida

Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 25/02/2013 - 01/03/2013

Montant total: 49.500 €

58. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-625-The influence of nanofillers on the maximum drawability of isotactic poly(propylene)

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

59. Chercheur/s responsable/s: Ton Peijs; Johannes Goossens; Daniel Hermida Merino; Benny Luijsterburg

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 22/02/2013 - 25/02/2013

Montant total: 49.500 €

60. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-631-Photo-switchable dynamic surface topologies in chiral nematic media
Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Giuseppe Portale; Dirk Broer; Daniel Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 18/02/2013 - 22/02/2013

Montant total: 49.500 €

61. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-632-CaCO3 Precipitation in Bicontinuous Polymer Capsules: An Organic-Inorganic Hybrid System

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Beulah Mckenzie; Nico Sommerdijk; Fiona Meldrum Llansola;

Daniel Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 03/12/2012 - 07/12/2012

Montant total: 49.500 €

62. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-629-Study of the dynamic morphology of an in-situ RAFT polymerization in supercritical CO2 of novel block copolymers

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Steven Howdle; James Jennings; Wim Bras; Daniel Hermida

Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Investigador principal
Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 12/11/2012 - 16/11/2012

Montant total: 49.500 €

63. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-630-Investigations of the mechanism of self-assembly of a pH-sensitive low molecular weight hydrogelator

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Francisco Rodriguez Llansola; Giuseppe Portale; Daniel Hermida

Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 09/10/2012 - 12/10/2012

Montant total: 49.500 €

64. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-619-Structure Development during Polymerization in Bio-based Liquid Crystalline Polymers

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Sanjay Rastogi; Carolus Wilsens; Bart Noordover; Daniel Hermida

Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 28/09/2012 - 30/09/2012

Montant total: 33.000 €

65. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-616-Solid-state modification as a tool to control the chemical microstructure and the morphology of novel bio-based copolyesters

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Johannes Goossens; Bart Noordover; Daniel Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 10/09/2012 - 14/09/2012

Montant total: 49.500 €

66. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-596-A Time-Resolved SAXS/WAXS Study on Self-Healing Polymers: Correlation Between Structure and Mechanical Properties

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)
Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Giuseppe Portale; Wayne Hayes; Ian Hamley; Daniel Hermida

Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 15/06/2012 - 18/06/2012

Montant total: 49.500 €

67. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-586-Calcium Carbonate Precipitation in a Collagen Framework

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Nico Sommerdijk; Fiona Meldrum Llansola; Daniel Hermida

Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 21/11/2011 - 25/11/2011

Montant total: 49.500 €

68. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-568-Drawing behaviour of polyamide(4,10) films

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Giuseppe Portale; Johannes Goossens;

Sainath Vaidya

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 4

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 01/07/2011 - 04/07/2011

Montant total: 49.500 €

69. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-571-Study of the effect of diisocyanate structure, linker and end-group on the morphology of the hard segments

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Wim Bras; Daniel Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 28/04/2011 - 01/05/2011

Montant total: 49.500 €

70. Intitulé du projet: SC-2736-A SAXS/WAXS/DSC Study of Novel Hydrogen-Bonded

Supramolecular Polymer Structures

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale
Type de participation: Chercheur

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: lam Hamley; Wayne Hayes; Daniel Hermida Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Début-Fin: 24/04/2009 - 27/04/2009

Montant total: 49.500 €

71. Intitulé du projet: LS-2805-X-ray fibre diffraction of microtubule: Analysis of structural dynamics of native microtubules on a second time scale

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Shinji Kamimura; José Fernando Diaz Pereira; Daniel Hermida

Merino

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 3

Type de participation: Miembro de equipo

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Date de début: 27/03/2018

Montant total: 66.000 €

72. Intitulé du projet: 26-02-852-Structural dynamics of tubulin dimers based on wide-angle X-ray fiber diffraction analysis of aligned native microtubules

Modalité du projet: De recherche fondamentale

Type de participation: Coordinateur scientifique

Établissement où l'expérience a été réalisée: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Chercheur/s responsable/s: Daniel Hermida Merino; Shinji Kamimura

Nombre de chercheurs participants: 2

Type de participation: Investigador principal

Nom du programme: Propuesta sincrotrón

Montant total: 49.500 €

## Participation à des contrats, conventions ou projets de R&D&I ne résultant pas de procédures concurrentielles, avec des entreprises (ou dans le cadre d'entreprises) et/ou des administrations

Intitulé du projet: Formulator/R&D Chemist-Scientist Henkel UK. Slough. Berkshire, UK

Type de participation: Chercheur

Nombre de chercheurs: 2

Date de début: 01/09/2009

Durée du projet: 6 mois

Montant total: 6.000 €
Publications, documents scientifiques et techniques ou technologiques ou autre publication

1 Ghazi Ben Messaoud; Patrick Le Griel; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Niki Baccile. Effects of pH, temperature and shear on the structure--property relationship of lamellar hydrogels from microbial glucolipids probed by in situ rheo-SAXS. Soft Matter. 16 - 10, pp. 2540 - 2551. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020.
Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

2 Marie Gestranius; Issei Otsuka; Sami Halila; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Eduardo Solano; Redouane Borsali; Tekla Tammelin. High-Resolution Patterned Biobased Thin Films via Self-Assembled Carbohydrate Block Copolymers and Nanocellulose. Advanced Materials Interfaces. 7 - 7, pp. 1901737 - 1901737. 2020.
Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

3 Eduardo Solano; Jolien Dendooven; Ji-Yu Feng; Philipp Br{"u}ner; Matthias M Minjauw; Ranjith K Ramachandran; Michiel Van Daele; Kevin Van de Kerckhove; Thomas Dobbelaere; Alessandro Coati; others. In situ study of the thermal stability of supported Pt nanoparticles and their stabilization via atomic layer deposition overcoating. Nanoscale. 12 - 21, pp. 11684 - 11693. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020.
Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

4 Jingjin Dong; Shuyan Shao; Simon Kahmann; Alexander J Rommens; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Gert H ten Brink; Maria A Loi; Giuseppe Portale. Mechanism of Crystal Formation in Ruddlesden--Popper Sn-Based Perovskites. Advanced Functional Materials. pp. 2001294 - 2001294. 2020.
Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

5 Karin A Jansen; Artem Zhmurov; Bart E Vos; Giuseppe Portale; D Hermida Merino; Rustem I Litvinov; Valerie Tutwiler; Nicholas A Kurniawan; Wim Bras; John W Weisel; others. Molecular packing structure of fibrin fibers resolved by X-ray scattering and molecular modeling. bioRxiv. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2020.
Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

6 Ghazi Ben Messaoud; Patrick Le Griel; Sylvain Prevost; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Wim Soetaert; Sophie LKW Roelants; Christian V Stevens; Niki Baccile. Single-molecule lamellar hydrogels from bolaform microbial glucolipids. Soft Matter. 16 - 10, pp. 2528 - 2539. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020.
Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

7 Pedro J Pacheco-Li{~n}{\'a}n; Cristina Mart{\'i}n; Carlos Alonso-Moreno; Alberto Juan; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Andr{\'e}s Garz{\'o}n-Ru{\'i}z; Jos{\'e} Albaladejo; Mark Van der Auweraer; Boiko Cohen; Iv{\'a}n Bravo. The role of water and influence of hydrogen bonding on the self-assembly aggregation induced emission of an anthracene-guanidine-derivative. Chemical Communications. 56 - 29, pp. 4102 - 4105. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2020.
Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

8 Cuili Xiang; Yin Liu; Ying Yin; Pengru Huang; Yongjin Zou; Marcus Fehse; Zhe She; Fen Xu; Dipanjan Banerjee; Daniel Hermida-Merino; others. A Facile Green Route to Ni/Co Oxide Nanoparticle Embedded 3D Graphitic Carbon Nanosheets for High Performance Hybrid Supercapacitor Device. ACS Applied Energy Materials. American Chemical Society, 2019.
Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

9 Kousik Gayen; Kingshuk Basu; Nibedita Nandi; Krishna Sundar Das; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Ian W Hamley; Arindam Banerjee. A self-assembled peptide-appended naphthalene diimide: a fluorescent switch for sensing acid and base vapors. ChemPlusChem. 84 - 11, pp. 1673 - 1680. 2019.
Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue
10 Yasine Sakhawoth; Laurent Michot; Pierre Levitz; Anne-Laure Rollet; Juliette Sirieix-Plenet; Daniel Hermida; Merino; Natalie Malikova. Aggregation of Plate-like Colloids Induced by Charged Polymer Chains: Organization at the Nanometer Scale Tuned by Polymer Charge Density. Langmuir. 35 - 33, pp. 10937 - 10946. American Chemical Society, 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

11 Robin Harkins; Tatum Tauscher; Jason Nguyen; Sunny Lewis; Fabrizio C Adamo; Michela Pisani; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Edward T Samulski; Francesco Vita; Oriano Francescangeli; others. Biaxial ordering in the supercooled nematic phase of bent-core mesogens: effects of molecular symmetry and outer wing lateral groups. Liquid Crystals. pp. 1 - 13. Taylor & Francis, 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

12 Andrea Lassenberger; Andrea Scheberl; Krishna Chaithanya Batchu; Viviana Cristiglio; Isabelle Grillo; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Erik Reimhult; Niki Baccile. Biocompatible Glyconanoparticles by Grafting of Sophorolipid Monolayers on Monodisperse Iron Oxide Nanoparticles. ACS Applied Bio Materials. American Chemical Society, 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

13 Carolus HRM Wilsens; Laurence GD Hawke; Gijs W de Kort; Sarah Saidi; Manta Roy; Nils Leon{\'e}; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Gerrit WM Peters; Sanjay Rastogi. Effect of Thermal History and Shear on the Viscoelastic Response of i PP Containing an Oxalamide-Based Organic Compound. Macromolecules. 52 - 7, pp. 2789 - 2802. American Chemical Society, 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

14 Brian R Pauw; Andrew J Smith; Tim Snow; Olga Shebanova; John P Sutter; Jan Ilavsky; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Glen J Smales; Nicholas J Terrill; Andreas F Th{"u}nemann; others. Extending SAXS instrument ranges through addition of a portable, inexpensive USAXS module. arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.00080. 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

15 Nils Leoné; Manta Roy; Sarah Saidi; Gijs de Kort; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Carolus HRM Wilsens. Improving Processing, Crystallization, and Performance of Poly-l-lactide with an Amide-Based Organic Compound as Both Plasticizer and Nucleating Agent. ACS Omega. 4 - 6, pp. 10376 - 10387. American Chemical Society, 2019. Type de production: Article Scientifique Type de support: Revue

16 Apostolos Vagias; Qi Chen; Gert H ten Brink; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Jurgen Scheerder; Giuseppe Portale. Investigation of the Nanoscale Morphology in Industrially Relevant Clearcoats of Waterborne Polymer Colloids by Means of Variable-Angle Grazing Incidence Small-Angle X-ray Scattering. ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 1 - 9, pp. 2482 - 2494. American Chemical Society, 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

17 Guillaume Fleury; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Dong Jingjin; Karim Aissou; Aleksei Bychkov; Giuseppe Portale. Micellar-Mediated Block Copolymer Ordering Dynamics Revealed by In Situ Grazing Incidence Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering during Spin Coating. Advanced Functional Materials. 29 - 10, pp. 1806741 - 1806741. 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

18 Mohammad Alauhdin; Thomas M Bennett; Guping He; Simon P Bassett; Giuseppe Portale; Wim Bras; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Steven M Howdle. Monitoring morphology evolution within block copolymer microparticles during dispersion polymerisation in supercritical carbon dioxide: a high pressure SAXS study. Polymer Chemistry. 10 - 7, pp. 860 - 871. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

19 Enrique Niza; Cristina Nieto-Jim{\'e}nez; Mar{\'i}a del Mar Noblejas-L{\'o}pez; Iv{\'a}n Bravo; Jos{\'e} Antonio Castro-Osma; Felipe de la Cruz-Mart{\'i}nez; Marc Mart{\'i}nez de Sarasa Buchaca; Inmaculada Posadas;Jesus Canales-V{\'a}zquez; Agust{\'i}n Lara-Sanchez; others. Poly (Cyclohexene Phthalate) Nanoparticles for Controlled Dasatinib Delivery in Breast Cancer
Therapy. Nanomaterials. 9 - 9, pp. 1208 - 1208. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

20 S Salimi; LR Hart; A Feula; D Hermida-Merino; ABR Tour{\'e}; EA Kabova; L Ruiz-Cantu; DJ Irvine; R Wildman; K Shankland; others. Property enhancement of healable supramolecular polyurethanes. European Polymer Journal. 118, pp. 88 - 96. Pergamon, 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

21 Dipayan Bairagi; Parijat Biswas; Kingshuk Basu; Soumyajit Hazra; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Deepak Kumar Sinha; Ian W Hamley; Arindam Banerjee. Self-Assembling Peptide-Based Hydrogel: Regulation of Mechanical Stiffness and Thermal Stability and 3D Cell Culture of Fibroblasts. ACS Applied Bio Materials. American Chemical Society, 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

22 Charlotte JC Edwards-Gayle; Valeria Castelletto; Ian W Hamley; Glyn Barrett; Francesca Greco; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Robert P Rambo; Jani Seitsonen; Janne Ruokolainen. Self-Assembly, Antimicrobial Activity, and Membrane Interactions of Arginine-Capped Peptide Bola-Amphiphiles. ACS applied bio materials. American Chemical Society, 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

23 Ghazi Ben Messaoud; Patrick Le Griel; Sylvain Prevost; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Wim Soetaert; Sophie LKW Roelants; Christian V Stevens; Niki Baccile. Single-Lipid Lamellar Hydrogels: from Gel Engineering to Soft Materials Design. arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.02223. 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

24 Ghazi Messaoud; Patrick Le Griel; Sylvain Prevost; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Wim Soetaert; Sophie Roelants; Christian Stevens; Niki Baccile. Single-Molecule Lamellar Hydrogels from Bolaform Microbial Glucolipids. Soft Matter. 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

25 Alberto Alvarez-Fernandez; Fernando Valdes-Vango; Jos{\'e} Ignacio Mart{\'i}n; Mar{\'i}a V{\'e}lez; Carlos Quir{\'o}s; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Giuseppe Portale; Jos{\'e} Mar{\'i}a Alameda; Francisco Javier Garc{\'i}a Alonso. Tailoring block copolymer nanoporous thin films with acetic acid as a small guest molecule. Polymer International. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2019.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

26 Ghazi Ben Messaoud; Patrick Le Griel; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Sophie LKW Roelants; Wim Soetaert; Christian Victor Stevens; Niki Baccile. pH-Controlled Self-Assembled Fibrillar Network Hydrogels: Evidence of Kinetic Control of the Mechanical Properties. Chemistry of Materials. American Chemical Society, 2019.

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27 Chen Sun; Marta Magdalena Mr{\'o}z; Jos{\'e} Ra{\'u}l Castro Smirnov; Larry L{"u}er; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Chunhui Zhao; Masayuki Takeuchi; Kazunori Sugiyasu; Juan Cabanillas-Gonz{\'a}lez. Amplified spontaneous emission in insulated polythiophenes. Journal of Materials Chemistry C. 6 - 24, pp. 6591 - 6596. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018.

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28 Carolus HRM Wilsens; Laurence GD Hawke; Enrico M Troisi; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Gijs De Kort; Nils Leoné; Ketie Saralidze; Gerrit WM Peters; Sanjay Rastogi. Effect of self-assembly of oxalamide based organic compounds on melt behavior, nucleation, and crystallization of isotactic polypropylene. Macromolecules. 51 - 13, pp. 4882 - 4895. American Chemical Society, 2018.

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29 Daniel Hermida-Merino; Ben O'Driscoll; Lewis R Hart; Peter J Harris; Howard M Colquhoun; Andrew T Slark; Cristina Prisacariu; Ian W Hamley; Wayne Hayes. Enhancement of microphase ordering and mechanical properties of supramolecular hydrogen-bonded polyurethane networks. Polymer Chemistry. 9 - 24, pp. 3406 - 3414. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018.

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30 Niels L Meereboer; Ivan Terzić; Sarah Saidi; Daniel Hermida Merino; Katja Loos. Nanoconfinement-induced $\beta$-phase formation Inside poly (vinylidene fluoride)-based block copolymers. ACS macro letters. 7 - 7, pp. 863 - 867. American Chemical Society, 2018.
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    <td>T Nikolaeva; R Den Adel; E Velichko; WG Bouwman; D Hermida-Merino; H Van As; A Voda; J Van Duynhoven. Networks of micronized fat crystals grown under static conditions. Food &amp; function. 9 - 4, pp. 2102 - 2111. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2018.</td>
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    <td>Kelly Melia; Barnaby W Greenland; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Lewis R Hart; Ian W Hamley; Howard M Colquhoun; Andrew T Slark; Wayne Hayes. Self-assembling unsymmetrical bis-ureas. Reactive and functional polymers. 124, pp. 156 - 161. Elsevier, 2018.</td>
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    <td>Xuegang Tang; Antonio Feula; Benjamin C Baker; Kelly Melia; Daniel Hermida Merino; Ian W Hamley; C Paul Buckley; Wayne Hayes; Clive R Siviour. A dynamic supramolecular polyurethane network whose mechanical properties are kinetically controlled. Polymer. 133, pp. 143 - 150. Elsevier, 2017.</td>
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    <td>O Korculanin; D Hermida-Merino; Helmut Hirsemann; B Struth; SA Rogers; MP Lettinga. Anomalous structural response of nematic colloidal platelets subjected to large amplitude stress oscillations. Physics of Fluids. 29 - 2, pp. 023102 - 023102. AIP Publishing, 2017.</td>
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    <td>Eduardo Solano; Jolien Dendooven; Matthias M Minjauw; Ranjith K Ramachandran; Kevin Van de Kerckhove; Thomas Dobbelaere; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Christophe Detavernier. Correction: Key role of surface oxidation and reduction processes in the coarsening of Pt nanoparticles. Nanoscale. 9 - 45, pp. 18109 - 18109. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017.</td>
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    <td>Andres Garzon; Maria Fernandez-Liencres; M{'o}nica Moral; Tomas Pe{'~n}a-Ruiz; Amparo Navarro; Juan Tolosa; Jesus Canales-V{'a}zquez; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Ivan Bravo; Jose Albaladejo; others. Effect of the Aggregation on the Photophysical Properties of a Blue-Emitting Star-Shaped. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121 - 8, pp. 4720 - 4720. 2017.</td>
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    <td>Ilya V Roslyakov; Dmitry S Koshkodaev; Andrei A Eliseev; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Vladimir K Ivanov; Andrei V Petukhov; Kirill S Napolskii. Growth of porous anodic alumina on low-index surfaces of al single crystals. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121 - 49, pp. 27511 - 27520. American Chemical Society, 2017.</td>
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    <td>Valeria Castelletto; Amanpreet Kaur; IW Hamley; RH Barnes; K-A Karatzas; D Hermida-Merino; S Swioklo; CJ Connon; Joanna Stasiak; M Reza; others. Hybrid membrane biomaterials from self-assembly in polysaccharide and peptide amphiphile mixtures: controllable structural and mechanical properties and antimicrobial activity. Rsc Advances. 7 - 14, pp. 8366 - 8375. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017.</td>
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    <td>Eduardo Solano; Jolien Dendooven; Ranjith K Ramachandran; Kevin Van de Kerckhove; Thomas Dobbelaere; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Christophe Detavernier. Key role of surface oxidation and reduction processes in the coarsening of Pt nanoparticles. Nanoscale. 9 - 35, pp. 13159 - 13170. The Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017.</td>
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    <td>Alessandro Longo; Dirk-Jan Mulder; Huub PC van Kuringen; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Dipanjan Banerjee; Debarshi Dasgupta; Irina K Shishmanova; Anne B Spoelstra; Dirk J Broer; Albert PHJ Schenning; others. On the Dimensional Control of 2 D Hybrid Nanomaterials. Chemistry--A European Journal. 23 - 51, pp. 12534 - 12541. 2017.</td>
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    <td>Daniel TW Toolan; Kevin Adlington; Anna Isakova; Alexis Kalamiotis; Parvaneh Mokarian-Tabari; Georgios Dimitrakis; Christopher Dodds; Thomas Arnold; Nick J Terrill; Wim Bras; others. Selective molecular annealing: in situ small angle X-ray scattering study of microwave-assisted</td>
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annealing of block copolymers. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 19 - 31, pp. 20412 - 20419.
Royal Society of Chemistry, 2017.

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42 Valeria Castelletto; Pavel Ryumin; Rainer Cramer; IW Hamley; M Taylor; David Allsop; M Reza; J Ruokolainen; T Arnold; D Hermida-Merino; others. Self-assembly and anti-amyloid cytotoxicity activity of amyloid beta peptide derivatives. Scientific reports. 7, pp. 43637 - 43637. Nature Publishing Group, 2017.

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43 Jacobus J van Franeker; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Cedric Gommes; Kirill Arapov; Jasper J Michels; Ren{\'e} AJ Janssen; Giuseppe Portale. Sub-Micrometer Structure Formation during Spin Coating Revealed by Time-Resolved In Situ Laser and X-Ray Scattering. Advanced Functional Materials. 27 - 46, pp. 1702516 - 1702516. 2017.

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44 Elif Arslan; Meryem Hatip Koc; Ozge Uysal; Begum Dikecoglu; Ahmet E Topal; Ruslan Garifullin; Alper D Ozkan; Aykutlu Dana; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Valeria Castelletto; others. Supramolecular peptide nanofiber morphology affects mechanotransduction of stem cells. Biomacromolecules. 18 - 10, pp. 3114 - 3130. American Chemical Society, 2017.

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45 Luis M De Leon-Rodriguez; Meder Kamalov; Yacine Hemar; Alok K Mitra; Valeria Castelletto; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Ian W Hamley; Margaret A Brimble. A peptide hydrogel derived from a fragment of human cardiac troponin C. Chemical Communications. 52 - 21, pp. 4056 - 4059. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.

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46 Abhishek Baral; Subhasish Roy; Srabanti Ghosh; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Ian W Hamley; Arindam Banerjee. A peptide-based mechano-sensitive, proteolytically stable hydrogel with remarkable antibacterial properties. Langmuir. 32 - 7, pp. 1836 - 1845. American Chemical Society, 2016.

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47 Daniel Hermida Merino; Antonio Feula; Kelly Melia; Andrew T Slark; Ioannis Giannakopoulos; Clive R Siviour; C Paul Buckley; Barnaby W Greenland; Dan Liu; Yu Gan; others. A systematic study of the effect of the hard end-group composition on the microphase separation, thermal and mechanical properties of supramolecular polyurethanes. Polymer. 107, pp. 368 - 378. Elsevier, 2016.

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48 {\'A}lvaro Mu{\~n}oz-Noval; Kazuhiro Fukami; Akira Koyama; Dario Gallach; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Giuseppe Portale; Atsushi Kitada; Kuniaki Murase; Takeshi Abe; Shinjiro Hayakawa; others. Accelerated growth from amorphous clusters to metallic nanoparticles observed in electrochemical deposition of platinum within nanopores of porous silicon. Electrochemistry Communications. 71, pp. 9 - 12. Elsevier, 2016.

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49 Ranjith K Ramachandran; Jolien Dendooven; Matthias Filez; Vladimir V Galvita; Hilde Poelman; Eduardo Solano; Matthias M Minjauw; Kilian Devloo-Casier; Emiliano Fonda; Daniel Hermida-Merino; others. Atomic layer deposition route to tailor nanoalloys of noble and non-noble metals. ACS nano. 10 - 9, pp. 8770 - 8777. American Chemical Society, 2016.

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50 Ilya V Roslyakov; Dmitry S Koshkodaev; Andrei A Eliseev; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Andrei V Petukhov; Kirill S Napolskii. Crystallography-induced correlations in pore ordering of anodic alumina films. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 120 - 35, pp. 19698 - 19704. American Chemical Society, 2016.

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51 J Jennings; SP Bassett; D Hermida-Merino; G Portale; W Bras; L Knight; Jeremy J Titman; T Higuchi; H Jinnai; SM Howdle. How does dense phase CO 2 influence the phase behaviour of block copolymers synthesised by dispersion polymerisation?. Polymer Chemistry. 7 - 4, pp. 905 - 916. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.
52 Kangsheng Liu; Efren Andablo-Reyes; Nilesh Patil; Daniel Hermida Merino; Sara Ronca; Sanjay Rastogi. Influence of reduced graphene oxide on the rheological response and chain orientation on shear deformation of high density polyethylene. Polymer. 87, pp. 8 - 16. Elsevier, 2016.
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53 Erik Meers; Stefanie Scheidl; Franz Kirchmeyr; Susanna Pfluger; Jan Stambasky. Mechanisms of the contribution of anaerobic digestion (AD) to GHG-emission abatement: more than only the substitution of fossil energy. EUROPEAN ENERGY INNOVATION. Autumn 2016, pp. 28 - 29. The Magazine Printing Company, 2016.
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54 IV Roslyakov; NS Kuratova; DS Koshkodaev; D Hermida Merino; AV Lukashin; KS Napolskii. Morphology of anodic alumina films obtained by hard anodization: Influence of the rate of anodization voltage increase. Journal of Surface Investigation. X-ray, Synchrotron and Neutron Techniques. 10 - 1, pp. 191 - 197. Pleiades Publishing, 2016.
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55 SD Tillmann; D Hermida-Merino; M Winter; I Cekic-Laskovic; K Loos. Nanoporous polymer foams derived from high molecular PS-b-P4VP (PDP) x for template-directed synthesis approaches. RSC Advances. 6 - 58, pp. 52998 - 53003. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2016.
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56 Giuseppe Portale; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Wim Bras. Polymer research and synchrotron radiation perspectives. European Polymer Journal. 81, pp. 415 - 432. Pergamon, 2016.
Type de production: Article Scientifique
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57 Steven Kirkham; Valeria Castelletto; Ian William Hamley; Mehedi Reza; Janne Ruokolainen; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Panayiotis Bilalis; Hermis Iatrou. Self-Assembly of Telechelic Tyrosine End-Capped PEO and Poly (alanine) Polymers in Aqueous Solution. Biomacromolecules. 17 - 3, pp. 1186 - 1197. American Chemical Society, 2016.
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58 Ian W Hamley; Samuel Burholt; Jessica Hutchinson; Valeria Castelletto; Emerson Rodrigo Da Silva; Wendel Alves; Philipp Gutfreund; Lionel Porcar; Rajeev Dattani; Daniel Hermida-Merino; others. Shear alignment of bola-amphiphilic arginine-coated peptide nanotubes. Biomacromolecules. 18 - 1, pp. 141 - 149. American Chemical Society, 2016.
Type de production: Article Scientifique
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59 Anthony J Ryan; Wim Bras; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Dario Cavallo. The interaction between fundamental and industrial research and experimental developments in the field of polymer crystallization. Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 451, pp. 168 - 178. North-Holland, 2016.
Type de production: Article Scientifique
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60 Claudio De Rosa; Finizia Auriemma; Anna Malafronte; Rocco Di Girolamo; Massimo Lazzari; Marina Nieto-Suárez; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Ian William Hamley; Giuseppe Portale. Tuning Ordered Pattern of Pd Species through Controlled Block Copolymer Self-Assembly. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 120 - 27, pp. 6829 - 6841. American Chemical Society, 2016.
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61 Lian R Hutchings; Serena Agostini; Ian W Hamley; Daniel Hermida-Merino. Chain architecture as an orthogonal parameter to influence block copolymer morphology. Synthesis and characterization of hyperbranched block copolymers: HyperBlocks. Macromolecules. 48 - 24, pp. 8806 - 8822. American Chemical Society, 2015. Type de production: Article Scientifique
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62 Gemma E Newby; Erik B Watkins; Daniel Hermida Merino; Paul A Staniec; Oier Bikondoa. In situ Rheo-GISANS of triblock copolymers: gelation and shear effects on quasi-crystalline structures at interfaces. RSC Advances. 5 126, pp. 104164 - 104171. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015.
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63 Alessandro Longo; Dipanjan Banerjee; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Giuseppe Portale; Pietro Calandra; Vincenzo Turco Liveri. Induced Chirality in Confined Space on Halogen Gold
Complexes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 119 - 32, pp. 18798 - 18807. American Chemical Society, 2015.

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64 Daniel Hermida-Merino; Gemma E Newby; Ian W Hamley; Wayne Hayes; Andrew Slark. Microphase separation induced in the melt of Pluronic copolymers by blending with a hydrogen bonding urea--urethane end-capped supramolecular polymer. Soft matter. 11 - 29, pp. 5799 - 5803. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015.

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65 Peter C Roozemond; Martin van Drongelen; Zhe Ma; Anne B Spoelstra; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Gerrit WM Peters. Self-Regulation in Flow-Induced Structure Formation of Polypropylene. Macromolecular rapid communications. 36 - 4, pp. 385 - 390. 2015.

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66 David Alaimo; Daniel Hermida Merino; Bruno Grignard; Wim Bras; Christine Jérôme; Antoine Debuigne; Cedric J Gommes. Small-angle X-ray scattering insights into the architecture-dependent emulsifying properties of amphiphilic copolymers in supercritical carbon dioxide. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B. 119 - 4, pp. 1706 1716. American Chemical Society, 2015.

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67 JP MacDonald; MP Parker; BW Greenland; D Hermida-Merino; IW Hamley; MP Shaver. Tuning thermal properties and microphase separation in aliphatic polyester ABA copolymers. Polymer Chemistry. 6 - 9, pp. 1445 - 1453. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2015.

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68 EM Troisi; G Portale; Z Ma; Martin van Drongelen; D Hermida-Merino; GWM Peters. Unusual melting behavior in flow induced crystallization of LLDPE: effect of pressure. Macromolecules. 48 - 8, pp. 2551 - 2560. American Chemical Society, 2015.

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69 Daniel Hermida-Merino; Giuseppe Portale; Peter Fields; Richard Wilson; Simon P Bassett; James Jennings; Martin Dellar; Cedric Gommes; Steven M Howdle; Benno CM Vrolijk; others. A high pressure cell for supercritical CO2 on-line chemical reactions studied with x-ray techniques. Review of Scientific Instruments. 85 - 9, pp. 093905 093905. AIP, 2014.

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70 Inbal Davidi; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Keren Keinan-Adamsky; Giuseppe Portale; Gil Goobes; Roy Shenhar. Dynamic Behavior of Supramolecular Comb Polymers Consisting of Poly (2-Vinyl Pyridine) and Palladium-Pincer Surfactants in the Solid State. Chemistry--A European Journal. 20 - 23, pp. 6951 - 6959. WILEY-VCH Verlag Weinheim, 2014.

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71 Inbal Davidi; Debabrata Patra; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Giuseppe Portale; Vincent M Rotello; Uri Raviv; Roy Shenhar. Hierarchical Structures of Polystyrene-block-poly (2-vinylpyridine)/Palladium--Pincer Surfactants: Effect of Weak Surfactant--Polymer Interactions on the Morphological Behavior. Macromolecules. 47 - 16, pp. 5774 5783. American Chemical Society, 2014.

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72 Yi-An Lin; Andrew G Cheetham; Pengcheng Zhang; Yu-Chuan Ou; Yuguo Li; Guanshu Liu; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Ian W Hamley; Honggang Cui. Multiwalled nanotubes formed by catanionic mixtures of drug amphiphiles. ACS nano. 8 - 12, pp. 12690 - 12700. American Chemical Society, 2014. Type de production: Article Scientifique Type de support: Revue

73 Erik Gubbels; Lidia Jasinska-Walc; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Michael Ryan Hansen; Bart Noordover; Anne Spoelstra; Han Goossens; Cor Koning. Phase separation in poly (butylene terephthalate)-based materials prepared by solid-state modification. Polymer. 55 - 16, pp. 3801 - 3810. Elsevier, 2014.

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74 Benny Luijsterburg; Peter Jobse; Daniel Hermida Merino; Ton Peijs; Han Goossens. Solid-state drawing of $\beta$-nucleated polypropylene: Effect of additives on drawability and mechanical properties. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics. 52 - 16, pp. 1071 - 1082. 2014.
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    <td>Halina B Stanley; Dipanjan Banerjee; Lambert Van Breemen; Jim Ciston; Christian H Liebscher; Vladimir Martis; Daniel Hermida Merino; Alessandro Longo; Philip Pattison; Gerrit WM Peters; others. X-ray irradiation induced reduction and nanoclustering of lead in borosilicate glass. CrystEngComm. 16 - 39, pp. 9331 - 9339. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2014.</td>
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    <td>76</td>
    <td>Vincent SD Voet; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Gerrit ten Brinke; Katja Loos. Block copolymer route towards poly (vinylidene fluoride)/poly (methacrylic acid)/nickel nanocomposites. Rsc Advances. 3 - 21, pp. 7938 - 7946. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013.</td>
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    <td>Giuseppe Portale; Dario Cavallo; Giovanni Carlo Alfonso; Daniel Hermida-Merino; M van Drongelen; Luigi Balzano; GWM Peters; JGP Goossens; Wim Bras. Polymer crystallization studies under processing-relevant conditions at the SAXS/WAXS DUBBLE beamline at the ESRF. Journal of applied crystallography. 46 - 6, pp. 1681 - 1689. International Union of Crystallography, 2013.</td>
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    <td>Ivana Vukovic; Heiner Friedrich; Daniel Hermida Merino; Giuseppe Portale; Gerrit ten Brinke; Katja Loos. Shear-Induced Orientation of Gyroid PS-b-P4VP (PDP) Supramolecules. Macromolecular rapid communications. 34 - 15, pp. 1208 - 1212. Wiley Online Library, 2013.</td>
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    <td>Erik Gubbels; Lidia Jasinska-Walc; Daniel Hermida Merino; Han Goossens; Cor Koning. Solid-state modification of poly (butylene terephthalate) with a bio-based fatty acid dimer diol furnishing copolyesters with unique morphologies. Macromolecules. 46 - 10, pp. 3975 - 3984. ACS Publications, 2013.</td>
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    <td>Ivana Vukovic; Thomas P Voortman; Daniel Hermida Merino; Giuseppe Portale; Panu Hiekkataipale; Janne Ruokolainen; Gerrit ten Brinke; Katja Loos. Double gyroid network morphology in supramolecular diblock copolymer complexes. Macromolecules. 45 - 8, pp. 3503 - 3512. ACS Publications, 2012.</td>
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    <td>N{\'a}gila MPS Ricardo; Nadja MPS Ricardo; Fl{\'a}via de MLL Costa; Francisco WA Bezerra; Chiraphon Chaibundit; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Barnaby W Greenland; Stefano Burattini; Ian W Hamley; S Keith Nixon; others. Effect of water-soluble polymers, polyethylene glycol and poly (vinylpyrrolidone), on the gelation of aqueous micellar solutions of Pluronic copolymer F127. Journal of colloid and interface science. 368 - 1, pp. 336 - 341. Academic Press, 2012.</td>
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    <td>82</td>
    <td>D Hermida-Merino; Mohammad Belal; Barnaby W Greenland; P Woodward; AT Slark; Fred J Davis; Geoffrey R Mitchell; IW Hamley; Wayne Hayes. Electrospun supramolecular polymer fibres. European Polymer Journal. 48 7, pp. 1249 - 1255. Pergamon, 2012.</td>
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    <td>83</td>
    <td>Francisco Rodr{\'i}guez-Llansola; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Bel{\'e}n Nieto-Ortega; Francisco J Ram{\'i}rez; Juan T L{\'o}pez Navarrete; Juan Casado; Ian W Hamley; Beatriu Escuder; Wayne Hayes; Juan F Miravet. Self-assembly studies of a chiral bisurea-based superhydrogelator. Chemistry--A European Journal. 18 - 46, pp. 14725 - 14731. WILEY-VCH Verlag Weinheim, 2012.</td>
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    <td>Rose Mary Michell; Alejandro J M{\"u}ller; Mariya Spasova; Philippe Dubois; Stefano Burattini; Barnaby W Greenland; Ian W Hamley; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Nicolas Cheval; Amir Fahmi. Crystallization and stereocomplexation behavior of poly (D-and L-lactide)-b-poly (N, N-dimethylamino-2-ethyl methacrylate) block copolymers. Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics. 49 - 19, pp. 1397 - 1409. Wiley Online Library, 2011.</td>
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    <td>85</td>
    <td>N{\'a}gila MPS Ricardo; Nadja MPS Ricardo; Fl{\'a}via de MLL Costa; Chiraphon Chaibundit; Giuseppe Portale; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Stefano Burattini; Ian W Hamley; Christopher A Muryn; S Keith Nixon; others. The effect of n-, s-and t-butanol on the micellization and gelation</td>
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of Pluronic P123 in aqueous solution. Journal of colloid and interface science. 353 - 2, pp. 482 - 489. Academic Press, 2011.

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86 Stefano Burattini; Barnaby W Greenland; Daniel Hermida Merino; Wengui Weng; Jonathan Seppala; Howard M Colquhoun; Wayne Hayes; Michael E Mackay; Ian W Hamley; Stuart J Rowan. A healable supramolecular polymer blend based on aromatic pi- pi stacking and hydrogen-bonding interactions. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 132 - 34, pp. 12051 - 12058. American Chemical Society, 2010.

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87 Philip J Woodward; Daniel Hermida Merino; Barnaby W Greenland; Ian W Hamley; Zoe Light; Andrew T Slark; Wayne Hayes. Hydrogen bonded supramolecular elastomers: correlating hydrogen bonding strength with morphology and rheology. Macromolecules. 43 - 5, pp. 2512 - 2517. American Chemical Society, 2010. Type de production: Article Scientifique
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88 Francisco Rodríguez-Llansola; Beatriu Escuder; Juan F Miravet; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Ian W Hamley; Christine J Cardin; Wayne Hayes. Selective and highly efficient dye scavenging by a pH-responsive molecular hydrogelator. Chemical communications. 46 - 42, pp. 7960 - 7962. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2010.

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89 V Castelletto; GE Newby; D Hermida Merino; IW Hamley; D Liu; L Noirez. Self-assembly of an amyloid peptide fragment--PEG conjugate: lyotropic phase formation and influence of PEG crystallization. Polymer Chemistry. 14, pp. 453 - 459. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2010.

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90 Daniel Hermida Merino; Andrew T Slark; Howard M Colquhoun; Wayne Hayes; Ian W Hamley. Thermo-responsive microphase separated supramolecular polyurethanes. Polymer Chemistry. 1 - 8, pp. 1263 - 1271. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2010.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

91 Philip Woodward; Alex Clarke; Barnaby W Greenland; Daniel Hermida Merino; Laura Yates; Andrew T Slark; Juan F Miravet; Wayne Hayes. Facile bisurethane supramolecular polymers containing flexible alicyclic receptor units. Soft Matter. 5 - 10, pp. 2000 - 2010. Royal Society of Chemistry, 2009.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

92 Philip Woodward; Daniel Hermida Merino; Ian W Hamley; Andrew T Slark; Wayne Hayes. Thermally responsive elastomeric supramolecular polymers featuring flexible aliphatic hydrogen-bonding end-groups. Australian journal of chemistry. 62 - 8, pp. 790 - 793. CSIRO, 2009.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

93 Chiraphon Chaibundit; N{\'a}gila MPS Ricardo; N{\'a}dja MPS Ricardo; Flávia de MLL Costa; Marcus GP Wong; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Jose Rodriguez-Perez; Ian W Hamley; Stephen G Yeates; Colin Booth. Effect of Ethanol on the Micellization and Gelation of Pluronic P123. Langmuir. 24 - 21, pp. 12260 - 12266. American Chemical Society, 2008.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

94 Phil Woodward; Alex Clarke; Daniel Hermida Merino; Andrew T Slark. SELF-ASSEMBLED URETHANE AND UREA'PSEUDO'-POLYMERS. Polymer Preprints. 48 - 2, 2007.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

95 KA Jansen; A Zhmurov; G Portale; DH Merino; RI Litvinov; BE Vos; V Tutwiler; IK Piechocka; NA Kurniawan; W Bras; others. 4. Fibrinogen Unfolding During Fibrin Gel Stretching.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue

96 Arindam Banerjee; Kousik Gayen; Kingshuk Basu; Nibedita Nandi; Krishna Sundar Das; Daniel Hermida-Merino; Ian W Hamley. A Self-Assembled Peptide-Appended Naphthalene Diimide: A Fluorescent Switch for Sensing Volatile Acid and Basic Vapors. ChemPlusChem. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Type de production: Article Scientifique
Type de support: Revue
## Travaux présentés lors de congrès nationaux ou internationaux

1. Titre: Monitoring of the drug uptake/release by a self-assembled low molecular weight hydrogelator carrier Nom du congrès: Advanced Materials World Congress

Autor de correspondencia: Oui

Ville d'une réalisation: Sydney, Australie

Date de tenue de l'événement: 02/02/2020

Date de fin: 05/02/2020

Établissement organisateur: International Type d'établissement: Associations et groupements Association of Advanced Materials

Ville: Ulrika, Suède

Daniel Hermida Merino; Ivan Bravo Perez; Inmaculada Posadas Mayo; Giuseppe Portale.

2. Titre: INVESTIGATION OF THE UPTAKE/RELEASE PROCESS DURING THE FIBRILLIZATION OF SELF-ASSEMBLED LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HYDROGELATORS BY SAXS/GISAXS

nom du congrès: XVII International Small Angle Scattering Conference - SAS2018XVII

International Small Angle Scattering Conference - SAS2018

Autor de correspondencia: Oui

Ville d'une réalisation: Traverse city (Michigan), États-Unis

Date de tenue de l'événement: 12/10/2018

Date de fin: 12/10/2018

Établissement organisateur: Advanced Photon Source

Ville: Lemont (Illinois), États-Unis

Daniel Hermida Merino; Ivan Bravo Perez; Giuseppe Portale.

3. Titre: Understanding the fibrillation of self-assembled low molecular weight hydrogelators
Nom du congrès: 2015 International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies

Autor de correspondencia: Oui

Ville d'une réalisation: HONOLULU, HAWAII, États-Unis

Date de tenue de l'événement: 15/12/2015

Date de fin: 20/12/2015

Établissement organisateur: American chemistry Society, Chemical Society of Japan, Canadian Society for Chemistry, New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, Royal Australian Institute of Chemistry, Korean Chemical and Chinese Chemical

Ville: Washington, États-Unis

Daniel Hermida Merino; Giuseppe Portale.

4. Titre: The influence of graphene oxide in blending of low and ultra-high molecular mass polymers and its implications on orientation and crystallization during flow

Nom du congrès: Fourth International Conference Frontiers in Polymer Science

Autor de correspondencia: Oui

Ville d'une réalisation: Riva del Garda, Italie

Date de tenue de l'événement: 20/05/2015

Date de fin: 22/05/2015

Établissement organisateur: Elsevier Type d'établissement: Editorial

Ville: Amsterdam, Pays-Bas

Daniel Hermida Merino; Giuseppe Portale; Wim Bras; Enrico Troisi; Gerrit Peters; Efren

Andablo Reyes; Ele de Boer; Sanjay Rastogi.

5. Titre: Correlating molecular structure to mechanism of gelation of low molecular weight hydrogelators
Nom du congrès: Polymer Networks & Gels 2014 Conference

Autor de correspondencia: Oui

Ville d'une réalisation: Tokyo, Japon

Date de tenue de l'événement: 10/11/2014

Date de fin: 14/11/2014

Établissement organisateur: University of Tokyo Type d'établissement: Université

Ville: Tokyo, Japon

Daniel Hermida Merino; Francisco Rodriguez Llansola; Alessandro Longo; Giuseppe Portale.
"Microfluidic Assisted Self-Assembly of pH-Sensitive Low-Molecular Weight Hydrogelators
Close to the Minimum Gelation Concentration".

6. Titre: Study of the dynamic morphology of an in-situ RAFT polymerization in supercritical CO2 of novel block copolymers

Nom du congrès: Third International Conference Frontiers in Polymer Science

Autor de correspondencia: Oui

Ville d'une réalisation: Sitges, Espagne

Date de tenue de l'événement: 21/05/2013

Date de fin: 23/05/2013

Établissement organisateur: Elsevier Type d'établissement: Editorial

Ville: Amsterdam, Pays-Bas

Daniel Hermida Merino; Giuseppe Portale; Wim Bras; James Jennings; Simon Bassett; Steven Howdle.

7. Titre: Drawing behaviour of polyamide(4,10) films

Nom du congrès: Second International Conference Frontiers in Polymer Science

Autor de correspondencia: Oui

Ville d'une réalisation: Lyon, France

Date de tenue de l'événement: 29/05/2011

Date de fin: 31/05/2011

Établissement organisateur: Elsevier Type d'établissement: Editorial

Ville: Amsterdam, Pays-Bas

Daniel Hermida Merino; Han Goossens; S Vaidya.

## Comités consultatifs scientifiques, sociétés scientifiques

1. Intitulé du comité: ALBA Review Panel for Evaluation of Scientific Proposals for the 2020-I Call

Organisme responsable: Alba Type d'organisme: Organisme public de recherche

Ville: Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalogne, Espagne

Début-Fin: 20/10/2020 - 20/10/2020

2. Intitulé du comité: ALBA Review Panel for Evaluation of Scientific Proposals for the 2020-I Call

Organisme responsable: Alba Type d'organisme: Organisme public de recherche

Ville: Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalogne, Espagne

Début-Fin: 20/04/2020 - 20/04/2020

3. Intitulé du comité: ALBA Review Panel for Evaluation of Scientific Proposals for the 2020-I Call

Organisme responsable: Alba Type d'organisme: Organisme public de recherche

Ville: Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalogne, Espagne

Début-Fin: 11/10/2019 - 11/10/2019
4. Intitulé du comité: ALBA Review Panel for Evaluation of Scientific Proposals for the 2019-II Call
Organisme responsable: Alba Type d'organisme: Organisme public de recherche
Ville: Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalogne, Espagne
Début-Fin: 11/04/2019 - 11/04/2019

5. Intitulé du comité: ALBA Review Panel for Evaluation of Scientific Proposals for the 2019-I Call
Organisme responsable: Alba Type d'organisme: Organisme public de recherche
Ville: Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalogne, Espagne
Début-Fin: 11/10/2018 - 11/10/2018

# Expérience de gestion de R&D&I

## Intitulé/dénomination de l'activité : Responsable de Ligne de synchrotron bm26 @ ESRF

### Type de gestion : Gestion d'organisme

Responsabilité exercée : Caractéristiques générales: Les lignes lumineuses de Dubble ont une présence de haut niveau internationalement reconnue dans la recherche en temps réel concernant la matière condensée molle et toutes les corrélations croisées concernant la biologie et la physique. Le travail du scientifique supérieur et chef de la ligne lumière et de son laboratoire de chimie est réalisé dans un environnement de recherche international dans un environnement très interdisciplinaire. Tâche principale: Exploitation et développement de lignes lumineuses synchrotron et assistance aux utilisateurs en participant à des expériences, en éduquant les utilisateurs externes, en conseillant les utilisateurs sur leur plan de travail scientifique et leurs stratégies d'analyse de données, et en menant leurs propres recherches.
Principales composantes du poste: - Traduire les questions scientifiques en un programme expérimental efficace et créer l'environnement physique dans lequel ces expériences peuvent être menées; - est bien mis à jour avec la littérature existante, capable de comprendre les corrélations croisées pratiques et scientifiques requises dans ce domaine interdisciplinaire, mène ses propres expériences, analyse et interprète les données et rend compte au chef de projet. Prend en charge les expériences des utilisateurs externes, prend en charge l'analyse des données et participe à l'interprétation des données et est co-auteur de vos manuscrits; - Contacter et conseiller les utilisateurs de la ligne lumineuse avant les sessions expérimentales dans des environnements échantillons, des protocoles expérimentaux et concevoir les stratégies optimales pour obtenir les résultats que les utilisateurs attendent d'obtenir; - Présente des propositions de recherche pour ses propres recherches; - Supervise les doctorants et apprentis; - Supervise le personnel technique concernant l'exploitation et la maintenance de la ligne électrique SAXS et, en l'absence de chefs de projet, assure cette supervision pour l'ensemble du projet DUBBLE; - Il est responsable du programme scientifique de la ligne lumineuse SAXS. Cela implique de créer un planning utilisateur efficace, d'adapter le statut technique aux demandes des utilisateurs, d'agir préventivement par rapport aux demandes des utilisateurs en fonction de leurs connaissances scientifiques et de lancer de nouveaux développements. Pour cela, l'organisation du personnel technique et des spécialistes externes doit être coordonnée; - Dans le cadre d'exigences scientifiques interdisciplinaires et transdisciplinaires, développer davantage les capacités techniques de la ligne de lumière, notamment en ce qui concerne les environnements d'échantillonnage, l'acquisition de données, l'analyse de données; - Coordonner les exigences de la ligne lumineuse SAXS dans le contexte plus large du projet DUBBLE. Ceci en programmant des ressources expérimentales en coordination avec le chef de projet et d'autres scientifiques chevronnés et en définissant clairement la main-d'œuvre et les demandes financières pour le programme existant et les
nouveaux développements; Assure le bon fonctionnement de la ligne lumineuse SAXS, encourage les utilisateurs à terminer leur travail à temps, tant en analyse expérimentale qu'en analyse de données et en rédaction de publications; - Publier les résultats de ses propres résultats dans des revues scientifiques à comité de lecture de renommée internationale. Co-auteurs avec des messages d'utilisateurs. Il présente les travaux lors de réunions internationales et scientifiques et organise également de telles réunions; - Conseille au sens le plus large dans le domaine sur les futures possibilités de recherche. Ceci à la plus grande communauté d'utilisateurs également à la demande d'organisations externes; - Attirer de nouveaux groupes d'utilisateurs au sein de la communauté d'utilisateurs néerlando-flamande et créer / conserver avec ces groupes d'utilisateurs une communauté d'utilisateurs de haut niveau in...

Établissement où la formation a été réalisée : Type d'établissement: Organisme public de
DUBBLE @ ESRFrecherche

Date de début: 01/07/2015

Durée: 4 ans - 6 mois

Séjour dans des centres de R&D&I ou bien des entreprises nationales
ou internationales

1. Établissement où la formation a été réalisée: Type d'établissement: Organisme public de European Synchrotron Radiation Facility recherche

Faculté, institut, centre: DUBBLE / bm26b /Contratado por el Dutch Polymer Institute

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Début-Fin: 01/01/2013 - 31/07/2015

Durée: 2 ans

Objectif du séjour: Post-doctoral

Tâches vérifiables: Projet DPI(598) Application of time resolved X-ray diffraction techniques for study on structural and morphological changes during polymerization and processing. • Contact scientifique entre les groupes de polymères néerlandais et DUBBLE pour l'application des rayons X en combinaison avec d'autres techniques pour étude des changements structuraux et morphologiques lors de la polymérisation et du traitement des polymères. Le rôle consistait à: - Attirer de nouveaux groupes DPI sur la ligne lumineuse et demander le temps d'éclairage pour de nouvelles expériences. - Contact local lors d'expériences DUBBLE. - Développement d'un environnement d'échantillonnage pour les besoins spécifiques de combinaison de différentes techniques en combinaison avec des techniques de rayons X. - Modélisation de la morphologie polymérique.

2. Etablissement où la formation a été réalisée: Type d'établissement: Organisme public de
European Synchrotron Radiation Facility recherche

Faculté, institut, centre: DUBBLE / bm26b /Contratado por el Dutch Polymer Institute

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Début-Fin: 01/01/2011 - 31/12/2013 Durée: 2 ans

Objectif du séjour: Post-doctoral

Tâches vérifiables: Projet DPI(598) Application des techniques de diffraction des rayons X à résolution temporelle pour l'étude des changements structurels et morphologiques pendant la polymérisation et le traitement - Contact scientifique entre les groupes néerlandais de polymères et DUBBLE pour l'application des rayons X en combinaison avec d'autres techniques pour l'étude des changements structurels et morphologiques pendant la
polymérisation et le traitement. Le rôle impliqué : -Attracter de nouveaux groupes DPI à la ligne de lumière et demander le temps de lumière pour de nouvelles expériences - Contact local pendant les expériences de DUBBLE. Développement de l'environnement de l'échantillon pour les besoins spécifiques de la combinaison de différentes techniques en combinaison avec les techniques à rayons X. - Modélisation de la morphologie des polymères.

3. Établissement où la formation a été réalisée :

Type d'établissement: Université Eindhoven university of technology

Faculté, institut, centre: Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

Ville: Eindhoven, Pays-Bas

Début-Fin: 01/03/2012 - 01/05/2012

Durée: 3 mois
Objectif du séjour: Invité

Établissement où la formation a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: Université

Wageningen University

Faculté, institut, centre: Physical Chemistry & Soft Matter

Ville: Wageningen, Pays-Bas

Début-Fin: 01/02/2012 - 01/03/2012

Durée: 1 mois

Objectif du séjour: Invité

Tâches vérifiables: • Préparation d'expériences en dehors de la ligne synchrotron avec une nouvelle cellule conçue pour mesurer de SAXS en sc-CO2

4. Établissement où la formation a été réalisée: Type d'établissement: Université Eindhoven
university of technology

Faculté, institut, centre: Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Début-Fin: 15/04/2010 - 31/12/2010

Durée: 8 mois - 15 jours

Objectif du séjour: Post-doctoral

Tâches vérifiables: • L'aide à l'application des propositions pour mener des expériences dans le cadre de l'ESRF.- Aide à la réduction des données et à la poursuite de l'analyse. Préparation d'expériences sur l'étude structurelle in situ de l'étirage des films polymères.

Établissement où la formation a été réalisée:

Type d'établissement: University of Reading

Faculté, institut, centre: School of Chemistry

Ville: Reading, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, Royaume-Uni

Début-Fin: 01/09/2006 - 14/04/2010

Durée: 3 ans - 6 mois

5. Objectif du séjour: Tâches vérifiables: Achèvement du doctorat intitulé "Polyuréthanes supramoléculaires thermosensibles auto-assemblés". Le doctorat a étudié;- la conception et la caractérisation de nouveaux polymères supramoléculaires pour comprendre la relation structure-propriété des matériaux polymères fonctionnels intelligents

Établissement où la formation a été réalisée:: Université de Lorraine

Laboratoire Matériaux Optiques, Photonique et Systèmes (LMOPS - EA 4423) Ville: Metz,
Lorraine, France

Date de début: 09/12/2019

Durée: 1 mois

Objectif du séjour: Invité en tant que chercheur

6. Établissement où la formation a été réalisée: Université de Lorraine

Laboratoire Matériaux Optiques, Photonique et Systèmes (LMOPS - EA 4423) Ville: Metz,
Lorraine, France

Date de début: 07/06/2018

Durée: 1 mois
Objectif du séjour: Invité en tant que chercheur

Établissement où la formation a été réalisée: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Faculté, institut, centre: Farmacia/ Departamento Quimica Fisica

Ville: Albacete, Castille-La Manche, Espagne

Date de début: 29/05/2017 Durée: 1 mois

Objectif du séjour: Invitation en tant que chercheur senior

7. Établissement où la formation a été réalisée: Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha

Faculté, institut, centre: Farmacia Ville: Albacete, Castille-La Manche, Espagne

Date de début: 18/05/2016 Durée: 1 mois

Objectif du séjour: Invité en tant que jeune chercheur obtenu par concours en concours et doté d'une contribution financière de c.a. 2600

## Aides et bourses obtenues

1. Dénomination de la bourse ou de l'aide: L'objectif principal du séjour est un transfert de connaissances sur les GWAXS de BM26b (ESRF) à NCD-SWEET beamline (ALBA), motivé par la grande expérience du personnel de ligne de Daniel Hermida Merino et de son équipe dédiée à cette technique.

Objectif: El objetivo principal de la estancia es una transferencia de conocimiento sobre GWAXS desde BM26b (ESRF) a NCD-SWEET beamline (ALBA), motivado por la alta experiencia del personal de la línea de Daniel Hermida Merino y su equipo dedicado a esta técnica.

Organisme subventionnaire: Calipso PlusType d'établissement: Associations et groupements

Date de délivrance: 01/11/2018 Durée de l'aide économique: 5 jours

Date de fin: 28/12/2011

Nom de l'entité: European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF)

2. Dénomination de la bourse ou de l'aide: Inhouse-Beamtime

Objectif: Pendant la période où j'ai travaillé chez DUBBLE, j'ai effectué des dizaines de faisceaux en interne pour améliorer ou concevoir de nouvelles cellules, concevoir et installer de nouveaux éléments optiques sur la ligne et préparer de nouvelles expériences.

Organisme subventionnaire: DUBBLE

Type d'établissement: Organisme public de recherche

Date de délivrance: 25/08/2010

Date de fin: 05/12/2018

3. Dénomination de la bourse ou de l'aide: CALIPSOplus (Grant 730872) funding/ synchroton
Crystallization behaviour of novel PLA derivatives for drug release applications

Objectif: Grâce au projet CALIPSOplus, son expérience a été récompensée avec deux utilisateurs financés d'institutions européennes non espagnoles. Ma proposition a été retenue comme première par le comité scientifique et c'est pourquoi ils m'ont octroyé une subvention financière de 1800 euros pour aider à la réalisation des expériences.

Organisme subventionnaire: Calipso PlusType d'établissement: Associations et groupements

Date de délivrance: 22/06/2017 Durée de l'aide économique: 3 jours

Date de fin: 07/07/2017

Nom de l'entité: Alba sincrotrón Faculté, institut, centre: bl11-ncd-sweet

## Résumé des autres titres

1. Description: Reproduction de l'article: Enrique Niza, Cristina Nieto-Jiménez, María del Mar Noblejas-López, Iván Bravo, José Antonio Castro-Osma, Felipe de la Cruz-Martínez, Marc
Martínez de Sarasa Buchaca, Daniel Hermida-Merino, Eduardo Solano, Alberto Ocaña, Carlos Alonso-Moreno.

Poly(Cyclohexene Phthalate) Nanoparticles for Controlled Dasatinib Delivery in Breast Cancer Therapy. Nanomaterials 2019, 9, 1208. DOI: 10.3390/nano9091208, dans la presse pour avoir été choisi pour son importance dans la recherche fondamentale et dans l'application des rayons X par le synchrotron ALBA.

https://www.sincrotronalba.es/es/actualidad/noticias/nuevas-nanoparticulas-biocompatibles-contra-el-cancer-demama

2. Organisme qui vous a décerné le titre: Alba synchrotron
Ville: Cerdanyola del Valles, Catalogne, Espagne

Date de délivrance: 20/11/2019

3. Description: Évaluation internationale jugée excellente, sur la production scientifique de Bm 26 b au sein de l'ESRF au cours de la période 2013-2018.

Organisme qui vous a décerné le titre : ESRF

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Date de délivrance: 07/11/2018

4. Description: Évaluation binationale jugée excellente, sur la production scientifique de Bm 26 b au cours de la période 2013-2018.

Organisme qui vous a décerné le titre ou la récomp: NWO/FWO

Ville: Grenoble, Rhône-Alpes, France

Date de délivrance: 26/10/2018