Antoine van der Heijden
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RESEARCH AREA
The part-time chair focuses on innovative and intensified processing techniques that can be applied to modify, functionalize and process (energetic) materials. Specific research topics comprise the development of encapsulated materials and alternative, ‘green’ and environmentally benign compounds replacing currently used toxic ingredients; sustainable synthesis routes avoiding the use of toxic or hazardous precursors; rheological behaviour of high solid load compositions during additive manufacturing; improvement of current processing techniques using innovative methods as well as process intensification concepts e.g. using external (electric, electromagnetic, acoustic) fields. These topics provide the fundamental input to several of the research topics within the Dept. Energetic Materials, like 3D-printing of (energetic) compositions, crystallization of insensitive energetic materials and environmentally benign synthesis routes.
RECENT RESULTS
In order to modify and functionalize energetic materials, process intensification (using alternative energy forms) and encapsulation, crystallization techniques are used. These techniques have been investigated and applied to prepare (submicron) particles with the aim to render these particles less sensitive (PhD research Dr Norbert Radacsi and Dr Marloes Reus).
The rheological behaviour of high solid load compositions during additive manufacturing is studied by means of numerical modelling; experimental studies will be performed to provide realistic data in support of and to verify the numerical modelling (PhD research Wouter Peerbooms). The mechanical properties of 3D-printed materials are studied both theoretically and experimentally to understand the mechanical behaviour of 3D-printed compositions under high dynamic loads (PhD research Ir Bram Lasschuit).
Laser-induced nucleation is studied to elucidate the physical mechanism and to apply it in industrial crystallization processes (PhD research Vikram Korede, Nagaraj Nagalingam).
The nucleation and crystallization behaviour of kidney stones is studied using microfluidic devices studying the nucleation kinetics and ways to inhibit the formation of kidney stones (PhD research Fatma Ibis).
In cooperation with the University of Amsterdam and the Netherlands Forensics Institute a PhD research was started on forensic science (Drs Irene van Damme).
PHD SUPERVISION
- Ir Wouter Peerbooms (DO AIO Fund)
- Ir Bram Lasschuit (DO AIO Fund; joint PhD student together with Dr Jaap Weerheijm (TNO Dept. Explosions, Ballistics and Protection and part-time associate professor at TU Delft/Fac CiTG)
- Fatma Ibis (TU Delft, nucleation and crystal growth of kidney stones)
- Ir Vikram Korede (TTW)
- Ir Nagaraj Nagalingam (TTW)
- Drs Irene van Damme (joint PhD student with University of Amsterdam/NFI/TNO)
TOP PUBLICATIONS
- A.E.D.M. van der Heijden, Developments and challenges in the manufacturing, characterization and scale-up of energetic nanomaterials – a review, Chemical Engineering Journal 350 (2018) 939-948, 10.1016/j.cej.2018.06.051
- D. Irimia, J.J. Shirley, A.S. Garg, D.P.A. Nijland, A.E.D.M. van der Heijden, H.J.M. Kramer and H.B. Eral, Influence of laser parameters and experimental conditions on non-photochemical laser induced nucleation of glycine, Cryst. Growth Des. 21 (2021) 631-641
- M.C.J. van Ramshorst, G.L. Di Benedetto, W. Duvalois, P.A. Hooijmeijer and A.E.D.M. van der Heijden, Investigation of the failure mechanism of HTPB/AP/Al propellant by in-situ uniaxial tensile experimentation in SEM, Propellants, Explosives, Pyrotechnics 41 (2016) 700-708