The demand for polymeric materials that can store their physical and physicochemistry state at a given time and provide access to this information at a later time has increased enormously. The main aim of this thesis will be to develop new intelligent polymeric materials with memory functions. In particular, materials combining dynamic supramolecular interactions and stimuliresponsive polymers will be created and exploited as sensors capable of memorizing treatments to which they were subjected.
This joint PhD position is available in the ISP team (Lille University) and the Supramolecular Chemistry Group (Ghent University). Both groups interact closely in the research mentioned above, and the PhD student will be allowed to work in both laboratories.
