Prof. Dr. Andrij Pich
The research group of Andrij Pich has acquired many years of expertise in synthesizing functional polymers and colloidal particles with controlled chemical structure and morphology. He draws inspiration from biological systems and focuses in particular on the chemical design of macromolecules that react to external stimuli, assemble independently and degrade programmably. His reserach group has great expertise in the synthesis of nano- and microgels and their use for the production of soft, interactive materials with active properties. Such properties are, for example, changes in shape, the recognition of certain structures or the possibility of regeneration for use in catalysis, plant breeding, biomaterials and coatings.
Curriculum Vitae
In 2009 Andrij Pich was appointed to Lichtenberg Professor for Functional and Interactive Polymers at RWTH Aachen University. Since 2019 he is also a Professor for Biobased Polymers at Maastricht University (part time professorship). After studying chemical technology in Lviv/Ukraine he received his PhD from the Technical University Dresden in 2001. In 2006/2007 he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Toronto/Canada. In 2007 he received the Georg Manecke Award of the GDCh (German Chemical Society) and completed his habilitation in 2008 at Technical University Dresden. His research focusses on the synthesis of functional polymers and polymer colloids with variable chemical structures and morphologies and their use for the design of functional and interactive materials.
Selected professional functions, honors and awards
- 2018 Innovation Prize of the German BioRegions
- 2009 Lichtenberg Professorship (Volkswagen Foundation)
- 2007 Georg Manecke Prize, German Chemical Society (GDCh)
- 2002 Young Scientist Award, Dresdener Gesprächskreis für Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft
Projects
Publications
Titel/Autoren | DOI-LINK | Magazine | Jahre | |
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Tunable clustering of magnetic nanoparticles in microgels: enhanced magnetic relaxivity by modulation of network architecture
K. Herman, M. E. Lang and A. Pich
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https://www.doi.org/10.1039/c7nr07539a | Nanoscale | 2018 | |
Synthesis, Structures, and Catalytic Activity of Homo- and Heteroleptic Ketoiminate Zinc Complexes in Lactide Polymerization
P. Steiniger, P. M. Schafer, C. Wolper, J. Henkel, A. N. Ksiazkiewicz, A. Pich, S. Herres-Pawlis and S. Schulz
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/ejic.201800504 | European Journal of Inorganic Chemistry | 2018 | |
Swelling of a Responsive Network within Different Constraints in Multi-Thermosensitive Microgels
M. Brugnoni, A. Scotti, A. A. Rudov, A. P. H. Gelissen, T. Caumanns, A. Radulescu, T. Eckert, A. Pich, I. I. Potemkin and W. Richtering
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https://www.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.7b02722 | Macromolecules | 2018 | |
Surfactant-free synthesis of extremely small stimuli-responsive colloidal gels using a confined impinging jet reactor
M. Kather, F. Ritter and A. Pich
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.03.082 | Chemical Engineering Journal | 2018 | |
Supramolecular Stimuli-Responsive Microgels Crosslinked by Tannic Acid
C. M. Lopez and A. Pich
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/marc.201700808 | Macromolecular Rapid Communications | 2018 | |
Stimuli-Responsive Zwitterionic Microgels with Covalent and Ionic Cross-Links
R. Schroeder, W. Richtering, I. I. Potemkin and A. Pich
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https://www.doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00689 | Macromolecules | 2018 | |
Stimuli responsive microgels decorated with oligoglycidol macromonomers: Synthesis, characterization and properties in aqueous solution
C. Willems, S. Pargen, A. Balaceanu, H. Keul, M. Moller and A. Pich
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https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymer.2018.02.047 | Polymer | 2018 | |
Reversible Switching and Recycling of Adaptable Organic Microgel Catalysts (Microgelzymes) for Asymmetric Organocatalytic Desymmetrization
R. Borrmann, V. Palchyk, A. Pich and M. Rueping
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https://www.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b01408 | Acs Catalysis | 2018 | |
Monitoring Microgel Synthesis by Copolymerization of N-isopropylacrylamide and N-vinylcaprolactam via In-Line Raman Spectroscopy and Indirect Hard Modeling
J. Meyer-Kirschner, M. Kather, A. Ksiazkiewicz, A. Pich, A. Mitsos and J. Viell
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/mren.201700067 | Macromolecular Reaction Engineering | 2018 | |
In Situ Growth and Size Regulation of Single Gold Nanoparticles in Composite Microgels
S. Thies, P. Simon, I. Zelenina, L. Mertens and A. Pich
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/smll.201803589 | Small | 2018 | |
Functional Microgels for the Decoration of Biointerfaces
P. Kodlekere and A. Pich
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https://www.doi.org/10.1002/cnma.201800041 | Chemnanomat | 2018 | |
From Batch to Continuous Precipitation Polymerization of Thermoresponsive Microgels
H. J. M. Wolff, M. Kather, H. Breisig, W. Richtering, A. Pich and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b06920 | Acs Applied Materials & Interfaces | 2018 |