Prof. Dr.-Ing. Matthias Wessling
The aim of Matthias Wessling’s research is to integrate selective mass transfer and conversion into micro-, meso- and macroscopic systems. In particular, he focusses on systems with functionalities controlled by tailored interfaces. Macroscopic systems are being analyzed, modeled and developed at his chair for Chemical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University (Aachener Verfahrenstechnik). At DWI, Matthias Wessling focuses on micro- and mesoscopic systems which integrate basic principles of boundary layers: (a) selective mass transport, (b) molecular-specific conversion and (c) charge transfer. The overall aim is to synthesize interactive materials systems inspired by nature. Using existing and novel materials, complex interactive structures are engineered and their structure-function relationship is analyzed in stable or transient pressure, concentration and electrical charge gradients. Applications are energy storage, water treatment and medical engineering.
Curriculum Vitae
Matthias Wessling heads the Chair of Chemical Process Engineering at RWTH Aachen University. He is Vice-Rector for Research and Structure at the RWTH Aachen University and a member of the DWI Scientific Board. He was Vice Scientific Director of the DWI from 2015 to 2018. He is Editor of the Journal of Membrane Science. After studying chemical engineering in Dortmund and Cincinatti, he did his PhD in Twente/NL. He was Senior Research Scientist at Membrane Technology and Research Inc., Menlo Park, CA and head of the Department of Separation Processes at Akzo Nobel. From 2000 to 2010, he was Chair of Membrane Science and Technology at the University of Twente.
Selected professional functions, honors and awards
- 2022 Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- 2019 Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize
- 2016 ERC Advanced Grant ConFluReM (Controlling Fluid Resistance at Membranes)
- 2010 Alexander von Humboldt Professorship
- Since 2003 Honorary Scientific Member, Russian Academy of Science Institute TIPS (Topchiev Institute of Petrolchemical Sciences), Moscow
- 1994 Best Ph.D. Thesis Award, European Membrane Society
Projects
Publications
Titel/Autoren | DOI-LINK | Magazine | Jahre | |
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Metal Recovery from Multi-elementary Electroplating Wastewater Using Passion Fruit Powder
B. d. P. Ramos, I. D. Perez, M. Wessling and R. F. Boina
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https://doi.org/10.1007/s40831-021-00398-4 | Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy | 2021 | |
Flow-Electrode Capacitive Deionization (Fcdi) with Microfiltration Membranes for Water Reclamation from Highly Saline and Dye-Polluted Wastewater
M. Mohseni, C. J. Linnartz, S. Echtermeyer, L. Stüwe and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jwpe.2024.104954 | Journal of Water Process Engineering | 2024 | |
3D nanofabrication inside rapid prototyped microfluidic channels showcased by wet-spinning of single micrometre fibres
J. Lölsberg, J. Linkhorst, A. Cinar, A. Jans, A. J. C. Kühne and M. Wessling
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https://www.doi.org/10.1039/c7lc01366c | Lab on a Chip | 2018 | |
Soft temperature-responsive microgels of complex shape in stop-flow lithography
H. J. M. Wolff, J. Linkhorst, T. Göttlich, J. Savinsky, A. J. D. Krüger, L. de Laporte and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1039/C9LC00749K | Lab on a Chip | 2019 | |
About a Membrane with Microfluidic Porous-Wall Channels of Cylindrical Shape for Droplet Formation
C. J. Linnartz, H. J. M. Wolff, H. F. Breisig, M. Alders and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01647 | Langmuir | 2020 | |
Effect of the 3D Swelling of Microgels on Their 2D Phase Behavior at the Liquid–Liquid Interface
S. Bochenek, A. Scotti, W. Ogieglo, M. Á. Fernández-Rodríguez, M. F. Schulte, R. A. Gumerov, N. V. Bushuev, I. I. Potemkin, M. Wessling, L. Isa and W. Richtering
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02498 | Langmuir | 2019 | |
Porous Anisometric Pnipam Microgels: Tailored Porous Structure and Thermal Response
L. Steinbeck, H. J. M. Wolff, M. Middeldorf, J. Linkhorst and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/marc.202300680 | Macromolecular Rapid Communications | 2024 | |
CO2/CH4 Pure- and Mixed-Gas Dilation and Sorption in Thin (∼500 nm) and Ultrathin (∼50 nm) Polymers of Intrinsic Microporosity
W. Ogieglo, G. Genduso, J. Rubner, J. Hofmann-Préveraud de Vaumas, M. Wessling and I. Pinnau
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.0c01163 | Macromolecules | 2020 | |
In Situ Visualization of Polymerization-Induced Phase Separation for 3d-Printing of Porous Architectures
S. Brosch, S. Belardo, A.-K. Mertens, J. Linkhorst and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.3c01915 | Macromolecules | 2024 | |
Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Membrane Filtration Processes
D. Wypysek and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.1002/9783527827244.ch9 | Magnetic Resonance Microscopy | 2022 | |
Incorporation of an Intermediate Polyelectrolyte Layer for Improved Interfacial Polymerization on PAI Hollow Fiber Membranes
M. A. Restrepo, M. Mohammadifakhr, J. Kamp, K. Trzaskus, A. J. B. Kemperman, J. de Grooth, H. D. W. Roesink, H. Roth and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes13080741 | Membranes (Basel) | 2023 | |
On the Mixed Gas Behavior of Organosilica Membranes Fabricated by Plasma-Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD)
J. Rubner, S. Skribbe, H. Roth, L. Kleines, R. Dahlmann and M. Wessling
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https://doi.org/10.3390/membranes12100994 | Membranes (Basel) | 2022 |