Aji Mathew
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Name and title: Aji Mathew
ORCID0000-0001-8909-3554 Länk till annan webbplats.
Workplace: Department of Chemistry Länk till annan webbplats.
Visiting address Room C432Svante Arrhenius väg 16 C
Postal address Kemikum106 91 Stockholm
Research group
About me
I hold a PhD in Polymer chemistry (2001) from Mahatma Gandhi University, India on the topic of Interpenetrating Polymer Networks based on Natural Rubber and Polystyrene. After PhD, I carried out postdoctoral research at CERMAV, Universitet Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway working on the processing and characterisation of nanocellulose and its nanocomposites.
I started my academic career as Assistant Professor, in 2007 at Luleå University of Science and Technology, Luleå, Sweden and was appointed Associate Professor in 2011 with focus on biobased nanocomposites. I took up the position as Associate Professor at the Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University in 2015 and was promoted to full professor in February 2017 with focus on Biobased functional materials. My current research have a strong focus on designing materials in nanoscale for a sustainable society. Since 2021, I am active in sustainability research, training and outreach at SU as the Director of Stockholm Univeristy Centre for Circular and Sustainable systems (SUCCeSS). Supported by Wallenberg Intiative-Materials Science for Sustanability (WISE), I am currently developing a infrastrucure platform, Circulab, for processing and synthesis automation,
online and in line monitoring and characterization, and artificial intelligence (AI)-supported analysis and design.
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I accept interns and project students at bachelor and master levels. Please contact me by e-mail with an application if you are interested in contributing to our reasearch.
Materials for environment
- Fully biobased membranes/ filters for water purification
- Surface chemistry and interactions, mechanical properties, viscoelastic properties, in situ SAXS
- Atomic force microscopy (understanding properties at nano scale, colloidal probe)
Materials for health
- Biobased materials for medical applications
- Tissue engineering, wound dressing, antifouling and antibacterial materials
Synthesis and processing methods for sustainable materials
- Nanocellulose and nanochitin isolation and characterization
- Designing of recycling and circularity of materials
- Data driven design of materials
- High through put processing and synthesis
Earlier fundings
Ongoing projects
(BIOMASS VALORIZATION FOR SUSTAINABLE AND HIGH-QUALITY FIBRES) www.biolush.eu
is a EU Horizon Consortium of 12 partners led by Stockholm University with
focus on circular use of plant biomass leading to decarbonization and reduced eutrophication. The project aims to retain the value of the EU’s fibrous biomass and promote the growth of the European fibrous bio-economy.
CBE JU contribution: €4,5Euros, Duration: May 2023 – April 2027
Feedstock: hemp, forest residues and other green underexplored biomass feedstocks (nettle and seagrasses)
Main products: edible packaging, antibacterial textiles, and impact-resistant car interior products
Circular and Sustainable Materials Synthesis, Processing, Applications and Hazard Assessment Laboratory (CircuLab@WISE)
2024- 2033, 40 MSEK, PIs: Aji Mathew and Belen Martin-Matute
CircuLab@WISE is a platform to experimentally develop and validate safe synthesis, processing and applications of circular and sustainable soft matter materials in a fast and efficient manner. Process
and synthesis
automation towards specific applications, online and in line monitoring and characterization
,
and artificial intelligence (AI)-supported analysis are the key pillars of CircuLab
@WISE
Mistra Safechem 2020-2028
Nanocellulose based approach for textile recycling, toxicity screening and lufecycle analysis. https://www.mistrasafechem.se
Flag ERANET , 2D paper 2024-2027
Flexible nanocellulose based sunstrated with 2D materials (hBN, MoS2, GO..) for directional thermal condutivity
Swedish Research Council 2022-2025
In situ microscopy, X-ray scattering, and computational modeling for unraveling the synthesis and performance of nanocellulose based membranes in an aqueous medium
Mistra, Smart Materials, TERRACLEAN, 2017-2025
Biobased membarnes and hybrids for water treatment and antifouling surfaces
https://mistra.org/program/mistra-terraclean/
3D printing of biobased filters functionalised with nanocellulose for water purification
Wallenberg Wood Science Centre Funding, Functional Materials Research at Stockholm University, 2019-2022 (www.wwsc.se)
The overall project aims to develop new routes to process and produce filters by melt-based 3D printing. The active part in the filters will be based on nanocomposites having nanocellulose as a component, to elucidate how the porosity and surface chemistry can be tailored to provide high water flux, high separation efficiency, and long-term stability in wet environment.
Understanding nanocellulose hybrid membranes by means of advanced atomic force microscopy (AFM), Raman/NMR spectroscopy, X-ray scattering and computational chemistry methodologies
Swedish Research Council (2018-2021)
The project develops experimental procedures to probe biobased hybrids in liquid medium/ wet conditions using atomic force microscopy and spectroscopy and in situ X-ray scattering, combined with computational chemistry is envisioned in the project to evaluate and predict the self-assembling between nanocellulose and other nanoparticles and understand how the self-assembled morphologies drive the pore structure formation and adsorption in biobased membarnes and filters used for water purification.
Project Co-ordinator: FP7-NMP-2011-SMALL-5, Proposal reference number: 280519-2 2011, Budget: 4M €uros, Co-ordinator, 2012-2016
Principal Investigator:
- Wallenberg Wood Science Centre Funding, Functional Materials Research at Stockholm University, 2015-2019
- Stockholm University Faculty support, 2015- 2019
- VR 2013, 2014-2017.; Swedish research links
- International collaborative research grants, South Africa, 2009-2011
- Swedish research links, International collaborative research grants, India; 2009-2011
- Nanomembran för rening av gaser och vätskor, Innovationsbron, (2009)
- Biobased scaffolds, membranes and hydrogels for imporved wound healing and bone regeneration (Bioheal)
- Swedish Research Links, International collaboration: 2017-2020
Partner: CEREAL (ERANET-SUSFOOD, 2014- 2017; n-POSSCOG, no: 2011-02071 MNT-ERA.NET
Transnational Call 2011; H2020, NanoTextsurf, 2017-2020. www.nanotextsurf.eu