Activities at FHNW
- Programme Head Materials Engineering
- Expert for surface functionalization at FHNW Institute of Polymer Nanotechnology
Teaching
- Lecturer in the bachelor programme Mechanical Engineering (micro- and nanotechnologies, sustainable polymer technology)
- Lecturer in the master of advanced studies MAS programme polymer technology (polymer surfaces, self-assembly and biomimetics)
Research
- Tailored wettability of polymer surfaces
- Grafting of functional polymers using electron beam
- UV curable functional coatings
- Pretreatment of polymer surfaces using plasma, electron beam or Corona
- Plasma polymerization of functional coatings
- New materials with surface modified fillers
Profile
Biography
Since 2024
Professor for surface functionalization at the Institute of Polymer Nanotechnology, FHNW School of Engineering and Environment, Windisch
2016-2026
Head of the surface functionalization group at the Institute of Polymer Nanotechnology, FHNW School of Engineering and Environment, Windisch
2013-2016
Scientific co-worker / project leader at the Institute of Polymer Nanotechnology, School of Engineering, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Windisch
2011-2013
Project leader, Development of coatings, Glas Trösch AG, Bützberg
2008-2011
Dissertation “Functionalization of Polymer Surfaces with Polyelectrolyte Brushes”
Paul Scherrer Institut, Villigen and ETH Zurich
2006-2008
MSc in Materials Science at the ETH Zurich, with distinction
Focus on «Materials Creation»
2005-2006
Third year of BSc studies at the EPF in Lausanne
2003-2006
BSc in Materials Science at the ETH Zurich
Publications
Synthesis of Diacetylene-containing Peptide Building Blocks and Amphiphiles, their Self-Assembly and Topochemical Polymerization in Organic Solvents
E. Jahnke, J. Weiss, S. Neuhaus, T.N. Hoheisel, H. Frauenrath
Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 388 - 404
Functionalization of fluoropolymer surfaces with nanopatterned polyelectrolyte brushes
S. Neuhaus, C. Padeste, H.H. Solak, N.D. Spencer
Polymer 2010, 51, 4037-4043
Functionalization of Fluoropolymers and Polyolefins via Grafting of Polyelectrolyte Brushes From Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Activated Surfaces
S. Neuhaus, C. Padeste, N.D. Spencer
Plasma Processes and Polymers 2011, 8(6), 512
Versatile Wettability Gradients Prepared by Chemical Modification of Polymer Brushes on Polymer Foils
S. Neuhaus, C. Padeste, N.D. Spencer
Langmuir 2011, 27(11), 6855
Anisotropic Wetting of Microstructured Surfaces as a Function of Surface Chemistry
Neuhaus, N.D. Spencer and C. Padeste
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2012, 4(1), 123
Reactive layer functionalization of UV curable coatings
Marianne Wink, Volker Petry, Andreas Moeck, Sonja Neuhaus
RadTech Proceedings October 2019
Book
Polymer Micro- and Nanografting
C. Padeste und S. Neuhaus
Elsevier 2015, ISBN: 978-0-323-35322-9
Award
Willi Studer Prize Department of Materials Science for the best Master's degree 2009