Siyu Li
Alumna
Eindhoven University of Technology
Department
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Group of Physical Chemistry
Contact information
Room
Helix-STO 1.49
Email address
s.li.1@tue.nl
Key expertises
Waterborne coatings, supracolloids, self-assembly, film formation, Cryo-TEM/SEM.
About me
Siyu Li studied Macromolecular Chemistry at University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) and obtained her bachelor’s degree there with the honor of Excellent Graduate in 2016. Then she obtained her master’s degree in Chemical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the autumn of 2018. In November of 2018, she started her PhD in TU/e within ARC CBBC. In her free time, she’d like to do some reading, painting, travel, and photography.About my research
Waterborne coating is in high demand today for its environmental and health advantages, but many challenges remain currently. By designing a new hybrid strawberry-shape supracolloids, she is aiming to tune the interaction between the inorganic and organic phases. Furthermore, by crosslinking the supracolloids, the timing of crosslinking and the film drying processes were linked to film nanostructure, which eventually determine the final waterborne film properties such as chemical/physical resistance and mechanical properties. And Siyu is also interested in the dynamic and kinetic effect during film formation caused by different interactions between the inorganic, organic, and water phase.Academic career
PhD candidate
2018- 2022: PhD candidate in the group of Physical Chemistry at the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. Under the supervision of Dr. Catarina Esteves and Prof. dr. Remco Tunier
Master student
2017-2018: Master's degree in the group of Physical Chemistry at the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. Under the supervision of Dr. Catarina Esteves
Bachelor student
2014-2016: Bachelor's degree and student research assistant in the State Key Laboratory of Fire Science at the University of Science and Technology of China. Under the supervision of Prof. dr. Yuan Hu
Awards and scientific honors
2016 - One of the Best Bachelor theses in the Department
ARC CBBC publications
What is the role of PEO chains in the assembly of core-corona supraparticles in aqueous dispersions?
S. Li, J. Opdam, L.G.J. van der Ven, R. Tuinier, and A.C.C. Esteves
Tunable distribution of silica nanoparticles in water-borne coatings via strawberry supracolloidal dispersions
S. Li, L.G.J. van der Ven, A.B. Spoelstra, R. Tuinier, and A.C.C. Esteves
Assembly of partially covered strawberry supracolloids in dilute and concentrate aqueous dispersions
S. Li, L.G.J. van der Ven, R.R.M. Joosten, H. Friedrich, R. Tuinier, and A.C.C. Esteves
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