Responsive Soft Matter
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Wouter Ellenbroek
Responsive Soft Matter
The Responsive Soft Matter group of Wouter Ellenbroek is devoted to theoretical research (including computer simulations) of responsive soft materials. Together with four other principal investigators (Kees Storm, Paul van der Schoot, Alexey Lyulin and Liesbeth Janssen), we form the Soft Matter and Biological Physics (SMB) group, which has strong ties with TU/e’s Institute for Complex Molecular Systems.
Research Profile
In the Responsive Soft Matter group, we study the formation and properties of soft materials, using various numerical and analytical tools. In many cases formation and properties cannot be seen independently from each other, as many soft materials have a dynamic structure that keeps evolving even long after the material was made.
Research Areas
[Research impact
Reversibly Linked Materials
Our current focus is on polymeric materials with reversible crosslinks.](https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/soft-matter-and-biological-physics/responsive-soft-matter/reversibly-linked-materials)[Research impact
Built-in stresses in Network Matter
From guitar strings and spider webs to edible gels, many materials owe a large part of their mechanical rigidity to the forces and stresses…](https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/soft-matter-and-biological-physics/responsive-soft-matter/built-in-stresses-in-network-matter)[Research impact
New analysis techniques for Soft Matter experiments
One of my hobbies is to work with experimentalists on new techniques to analyze the wealth of experimental data that modern equipment…](https://www.tue.nl/en/research/research-groups/soft-matter-and-biological-physics/responsive-soft-matter/new-analysis-techniques-for-soft-matter-experiments)
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Student Opportunities
There are always plenty of topics students can work on in our group, be it for a Final Bachelor Project (BEP), a M.Sc. graduation project, or an internship abroad.
Topics can range all across soft matter, and from abstract and mathematical to very concrete and directly related to ongoing experiments. Most projects will involve some amount of computer simulation work, but prior experience with this is not essential, and we can also define a more analytically oriented project.
For more information visit our Education webpage.
Meet some of our Researchers
[Assistant Professor
Wouter Ellenbroek](https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/wouter-ellenbroek)
Recent Publications
Our most recent peer reviewed publications
- [### Theoretical models for tension-dependent DNA looping time
Physical Review Research
(2025)
Wout Laeremans,Wouter G. Ellenbroek](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/61d2d306-faea-4add-abea-16a30e6d69e4) - [### Polymer dynamics under tension: Mean first passage time for looping
Physical Review E
(2025)
Wout Laeremans,Anne Floor den Ouden,Jef Hooyberghs,Wouter G. Ellenbroek](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/aa84d06d-f3b3-46b7-8e95-93ad9bc50b69) - [### Toughening Immiscible Polymer Blends
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
(2024)
Hamid Ahmadi,Paul M.H. van Heugten,Alexander Veber,Ljiljana Puskar,Patrick D. Anderson,Ruth Cardinaels](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/86ab220d-ead2-4854-8cc7-44384bea231f) - [### A monolithic numerical model to predict the EMI shielding performance of lossy dielectric polymer nanocomposite shields in a rectangular waveguide
Applied Mathematical Modelling
(2024)
F. Van Loock,P.D. Anderson,R. Cardinaels](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/56d8afaf-0ca9-4675-9f0c-24eb181ccd7f) - [### From hydrodynamics to dipolar colloids: Modeling complex interactions and self-organization with generalized particles
Physical Review E
(2024)
Timo J.J.M. van Overveld,Wouter G. Ellenbroek,J.M. Meijer,Herman J.H. Clercx,Matias Duran Matute](https://research.tue.nl/nl/publications/30cabfc4-c6a0-4213-926a-4977d71ea41c)
Contact
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Postal address
Department of Applied Physics
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
Netherlands - ### Postal address
Department of Applied Physics
P.O. Box 513
5600 MB Eindhoven
Netherlands - ### Visiting address
Flux
Groene Loper 19
5612 AP Eindhoven
Netherlands
+31 (0)40 247 4351 - ### Visiting address
Flux
Groene Loper 19
5612 AP Eindhoven
Netherlands
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