Stijn Kragt
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RESEARCH PROFILE
Stijn is an enthusiastic, curiosity-driven researcher and entrepreneur, aiming to help solving problems that we are facing in nowadays society. In 2019, he obtained his PhD diploma at the Eindhoven University of Technology in the group of ‘Stimuli-responsive Functional Materials and Devices’ under supervision of Prof. Dr. Albert P.H.J. Schenning and Prof. Dr. Dirk J. Broer, where he developed materials which change their reflective color upon temperature changes. Stijn saw the potential of these materials for heat and light management in buildings and vehicles and founded the start-up ClimAd Technology in December 2019. Next to this, he became a postdoctoral researcher at the faculty of Architecture and the Build Environment of the Delft University of Technology in 2020, where he gained insights on the impact of his innovative smart glass films on a building’s energy efficiency and daylight comfort.
By implementing smart solar heat rejecting glass films in buildings and vehicles I contribute to an energy-neutral society in which people can work, live and transport in a comfortable way.
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Stijn started his academic career in 2010 at the Radboud University in Nijmegen. In 2015 he completed his Master's degree with specialisation Physical Chemistry with various projects on aligning polymers using liquid crystals. From 2015 to 2019 he conducted PhD research at the research group Stimuli-responsive Functional Materials and Devices at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Right after he initiated the start-up ClimAd Technology to develop smart glass films for heat and light management in building and vehicles. He combines this with PostDoctoral research at faculty Architectural Engineering and Technology of the Delft University of Technology.
Recent Publications
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Henk Sentjens,Johan Lub,Augustinus J.J. Kragt,Albert P.H.J. Schenning
Impact of Endcap Molecules on Temperature-Responsive Cholesteric Liquid Crystal Oligomers in Structural Color Stability and Hypsochromic Shift
Chemistry - A European Journal (2024) -
Weihao Meng,Augustinus J.J. Kragt,Yingtao Gao,Eleonora Brembilla,Xiaowen Hu,Julia S. van der Burgt,Albertus P.H.J. Schenning,Tillmann Klein,Guofu Zhou,Eric R. van den Ham
Scalable Photochromic Film for Solar Heat and Daylight Management
Advanced Materials (2024) -
Henk Sentjens,A.J.J. (Stijn) Kragt,Albert P.H.J. Schenning,Michael G. Debije
Recent Advances in Solar Infrared Light Regulating Smart Windows Based on Organic Materials
Responsive Materials (2023) -
Henk Sentjens,Augustinus J.J. Kragt,Johan Lub,Albert P.H.J. Schenning
Programming Thermochromic Liquid Crystal Hetero-Oligomers for Near-Infrared Reflectors
Macromolecules (2023) -
Weixin Zhang,Albertus P.H.J. Schenning,Augustinus J.J. Kragt,Guofu Zhou,Laurens T. de Haan
Thermochromic Multicolored Photonic Coatings with Light Polarization- and Structural Color-Dependent Changes
ACS Applied Polymer Materials (2022)
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