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Hi, I'm Victor.

PhD-candidate Supramolecular Chemistry | Sailor | He/him

I'm a PhD-candidate at the Kudernac Group (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, The Netherlands) studying the mechanical properties of supramolecular systems utilising shear rheology and optical tweezers based microrheology. Besides research, I love to sail, and teach others.

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Motile droplets and their mechanochemistry

Through a combination of droplet tracking and internal particle tracking velocimetry we could quantify the shear stress production inside motile Marangoni swimmers. We succesfully coupled this to the shear-induced gelation of a supramolecular hydrogel.

Python, Wide-field & Epi-fluorescence Microscopy, Shear-Rheology
Collaborators: B. Marincioni, L.C. Pantaleone, N.H. Katsonis, T. Kudernac

Uncovering structural plasticity in a supramolecular hydrogel

Combining insights from shear-rheology, computational modelling and optical tweezers based micro-rheology we have uncovered a novel structural plasticity mechanism in a supramolecular hydrogel that mimics the way biological tissues combat stress.

Optical Tweezers, Shear-Rheology, Python, Cryo-EM
Collaborators: J.W. Smith, F. Lancia, J. Tauber, L.C. Pantaleone, M.C.A. Stuart, S. Dussi, A. Knežević, J. van der Gucht, K.M. Tych, T. Kudernac

Harnessing first-order phase transitions for mechanical work

By harnessing the lower critical solution temperature based phase transition of a supramolecular hydrogelator that forms fibrils, pico-Newton forces could be exerted by pre-organisation of the fibrils using optical tweezers.

Optical Tweezers, Mechanical Analysis, Micro-fabrication, Python, Fluorescence Microscopy
Collaborators: K.M. Tych, T. Kudernac

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