Bachelor's students

BACHELOR PROJECTS

Students with a background in chemistry or physics are encouraged to explore the possibilities of doing a Bachelor research project at the Van 't Hoff Laboratory.

Currently, we do not have many projects readily available, but we are always interested to work with you in designing a fitting project. For the fourth period of the academic year, project descriptions will be uploaded around February. Below you can find brief descriptions of Bachelor research projects that were previously available in our group.

If you are interested in a (similar) project or topic, please contact the student coordinator Geert Schulpen for more information.

  • Time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy to investigate molecular dynamics

    Light-utilizing technologies play an important role in our everyday lives. In this project we are interested in using time-resolved vibrational spectroscopy to investigate the molecular dynamics of model systems.

    Koen Vermeulen
    FCC PhD

  • Charge Regulation in Polyelectrolyte Solutions

    Polyelectrolytes are polymers with electrically charged chemical groups that strongly impact the physical properties. A key property of polyelectrolytes is their electric charge, but this is not easily determined. In this project, different experimental techniques (conductivity, titration, osmometry, …) will be used to measure the electric charge of polyelectrolytes, as a function of polyelectrolyte concentration and ionic strength.

    Sam Bastiaan
    FCC PhD

  • Stabilizing Cellulose Nanocrystal-Filled Oil in Water Emulsions

    Structural color is a way of creating color that does not rely on pigments, but instead on nanoscale structures. Using colloidal particles derived from cotton, we can create similar structures as seen in nature. However, the color reflected by these liquid crystalline structures is angle-dependent. Confining the colloidal particles in a droplet might replicate the non-angle-dependent structures in nature. In this project, the focus will be on creating a stable emulsion of toluene in water, in which colloidal particles are present in the toluene droplets.

     

    This project was provided in collaboration with SCMB

    Geert Schulpen
    FCC/SCMB PhD