Prestigious Vidi-grant for four TU/e researchers

Image: Janne-Mieke Meijer The origins of self-assembly, data visualization, increasing access to affordable medicines, and ultrasound imaging are the topics to receive the NWO funding. Four researchers from TU/e have been awarded a Vidi grant from the Dutch Research Council to further develop their innovative research. Janne-Mieke Meijer, Wouter Meulemans, Tugce Martagan, and Ruud van Sloun will each receive a grant worth 800,000 euros with which they can set up or continue their innovative research over the coming five years. Janne-Mieke Meijer: Unravelling the origin of disorder during self-assembly . Nowadays, the spontaneous self-assembly of nanoand micro-particles is used for the development of many new and innovative materials. Unfortunately, for building blocks with specific shapes and interactions, we lack critical understanding about the disorder that emerges during assembly. Added to that, control is inadequate, and this limits the fabrication and exploitation of these new materials.