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I graduated from Eindhoven University of Technology (The Netherlands) with a degree in Chemistry & Chemical Engineering. For my PhD, I moved to research institute IMO/IMOMEC in Belgium where I was part of the BIOSensors group of Prof Wagner. After finishing my PhD, I continued as a postdoctoral researcher within the same group to develop a novel thermal detection method for measurements of both small molecules and proteins in complex matrices (for instance, human blood plasma or saliva). Since 2014 I am in the UK when I started as a postdoctoral researcher within the organic chemistry group at Queen Mary University of London, where my project focused on the electrochemical detection of enzyme catalysis. My independent research career commenced at Manchester Metropolitan in 2015, and I was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2018. In 2019, I was appointed as Senior Lecturer at Newcastle University where I will continue to work in the area of biosensors and bioelectronics.  My research group focuses on development of novel sensor platforms, including synthesis of high affinity nanoparticles/polymers and use of thermal sensing strategies.

My group is interested in developing new biosensing platforms for the detection of a wide variety of biomolecules, ranging from small molecules, to proteins, and even to large cells.

We focus on two specific areas:

1. design of synthetic receptors for biomolecules of interest
2. thermal detection methods to measure these biomolecules in biological samples

In terms of designing synthetic receptors, I have worked on polymeric receptors (Molecularly Imprinted Polymers) and DNA sensors (aptamers). With MIPs, the main focus has been on neurotransmitters, such as histamine, L-nicotine, serotonin, dopamine, and recent work on noradrenaline. In an ongoing project, this will be extended to cells and bacteria. DNA sensors were employed to detect peanut proteins, which is used for allergen screening in food samples.

My group has done extensive work on the use of the heat-transfer method (HTM) to detect neurotransmitters and proteins. Recently, collaborating with Maastricht Science Programme, a novel thermal detection method was reported.  This method, which we call thermal wave transport analysis (TWTA), focuses on the transport of thermal waves rather than keeping the temperature at a fixed value. Advantages include faster measurement time (<3 min), more straightforward analysis and increased signal-to-noise ratio. By significantly reducing the noise, it becomes possible to measure in complex samples. 

Funding:

EPSRC:  New Investigator Award: EP/R029296/1: £205,000, Development of a polymer-based sensing platform for the detection of antimicrobial resistance. Funded 2 year PDRA (Dr Hudson) and PhD student Mr Oliver Jamieson.

Impact Accelerator Account - Ideas 2 Innovation (£25,500 in total), cardiac biomarker sensing (with Dr Novakovic as co-I) and SARS-COV-2 immunity sensor (with Dr Payne as co-I)

EPSRC CDT funded studentship - PhD student Mr Jack Reeder (co-I Dr Elizabeth Heidrich & Dr Matthew Unthank from Northumbria University), with contribution from Cambridge Medical Technologies for company related activities

European Commission: Marie Curie International Fellow Dr Pankaj Singla (project TEMPER)

Rosetrees Trust Seedcorn Fund: Together with Dr Katarina Novakovic and Prof Ioakim Spyridopoulos, exploring our sensor platform for cardiac biomarker sensing

Cambridge Medical Technologies:

contract research (9 months, PDRA Francesco Mecozzi), which provided proof-of-concept for cardiovascular biomarker detection leading to a 3-year KTP through Innovate UK of which I am appointed as a consultant.

NC3Rs : PI of CRACK IT grant (£49,910) for project together with MIP Diagnostics.

9 month project (Dr Crapnell) dedicated to the development of sensors for the thermal detection of cardiovascular biomarkers. More information can be found on: https://www.nc3rs.org.uk/new-sensor-platform-combining-plastic-antibodies-simple-thermal-detection-0

RSC: various bursaries, mobility grants, and research fund starting academics

Bursary from Materials Division for organization Bioinspired Materials Symposium, RSC bursaries  to attend IUPAC General Assembly and Conference in Brazil and for summer students (Analytical Trust 2017, 2018 and 2019).

RSC Research Fund ( RF18-2811, £3,500) for starting academics. RSC research mobility (£4,500) for Dr Peeters to visit to Prof Gruber  in Brazil.

RSC research mobility hosting Dr Patrick Seumo (£5,000 - grant number M19-7489)

British Council/Newton Fund: Newton Bhabha placement

£10k for hosting visiting Indian scholar Pankaj Singla (2018)

Wellcome Trust: COVID-19 portal, co-I Dr Brendan Payne

Public engagement activities:

Royal Society of Chemistry outreach fund August 2020: £2,000 for "Microbes, the good, the bad, and the ugly" with Dr Crapnell at Manchester Metropolitan University

NC3Rs public engagement award (£1,000) for joint activity with Maastricht University

Royal Society: participation in Royal Society pairing scheme 2017, a funded week in Westminster, Dr Peeters was paired with civil servant Ben Rayner, senior policy advisor at the DEFRA.

Ingenious Award, Royal Academy of Engineering: £19,000 project together with Centre for Life and Manchester Metropolitan University to showcase how we can use waste materials as resins for 3D printing

Patents on new sensor platforms:

UK Patent application No.1906710.7, M. Peeters

K. Eersels, M. Peeters, A. Ethirajan, B. van Grinsven, W. De Ceuninck, P. Wagner,
European patent EP.13157264.6, 2014, Heat-transfer resistance based analysis of
bioparticles.

K. Eersels, M. Peeters, A. Ethirajan, B. van Grinsven, W. De Ceuninck, P. Wagner, US
patent 2014242605 A1, 2014, Heat-transfer resistance based analysis of
bioparticles.

M. Peeters, B. van Grinsven, W. De Ceuninck, P. Wagner, European patent
EP.14199245.3, 2014, Heat-transfer detection of proteins.

• Jamieson O, Mecozzi F, Crapnell R, Battell W, Hudson A, Novakovic K, Sachdeva A, Canfarotta F, Herdes C, Banks C, Snyder H, Peeters M. Approaches to the Rational Design of Molecularly Imprinted Polymers Developed for the Selective Extraction or Detection of Antibiotics in Environmental and Food Samples. Physica Status Solidi A 2021, 218(13), 2100021.
• Jamieson O, Betlem K, Mansouri N, Crapnell R, Vieira F, Hudson A, Banks C, Liauw C, Gruber J, Zubko M, Whitehead K, Peeters M. Electropolymerised molecularly imprinted polymers for the heat-transfer based detection of microorganisms: A proof-of-concept study using yeast. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2021, 24, 100956.
• Jamieson O, Betlem K, Mansouri N, Crapnell R, Vieira F, Hudson A, Banks C, Liauw C, Gruber J, Zubko M, Whitehead K, Peeters M. Electropolymerised molecularly imprinted polymers for the heat-transfer based detection of microorganisms: A proof-of-concept study using yeast. Thermal Science and Engineering Progress 2021, 24, 100956.
• Wackers G, Cornelis P, Putzeys T, Peeters M, Tack J, Troost F, Doll T, Verhaert N, Wagner P. Electro-polymerized receptor coatings for the quantitative detection of histamine with a catheter-based, diagnostic sensor. ACS Sensors 2021, 6(1), 100-110.
• Wackers G, Cornelis P, Putzeys T, Peeters M, Tack J, Troost F, Doll T, Verhaert N, Wagner P. Electropolymerized Receptor Coatings for the Quantitative Detection of Histamine with a Catheter-Based, Diagnostic Sensor. ACS Sensors 2021, 6(1), 100-110.
• Hurst G, Peeters M, Tedesco S. Integration of Biocatalytic Biofuel Production and Anaerobic Digestion for Biogas Production. In: 2nd International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Futures (ICESF 2020). 2021, Springer.
• Crapnell R, Jesadabundit W, García-Miranda Ferrari A, Dempsey-Hibbert N, Peeters M, Tridente A, Chailapakul O, Banks C. Toward the Rapid Diagnosis of Sepsis: Detecting Interleukin-6 in Blood Plasma Using Functionalized Screen-Printed Electrodes with a Thermal Detection Methodology. Analytical Chemistry 2021, 93(14), 5931-5938.
• Hudson A, Crapnell R, Betlem K, Jamieson O, Mecozzi F, Whitehead K, Eersels K, van Grinsven B, Cleij T, Peeters M. A Novel Thermal Analysis Method for the Detection of a Range of Biomedical Targets. In: ECS meeting. 2020, Montreal, Canada: Institute of Physics.
• Eersels K, Lowdon J, Rogosic R, Heidt B, Campos R, Peeters M, Diliën H, van Grinsven B, Cleij T. Chemical Sensors Based on Thermal Resistance Analysis at Solid-Liquid Interfaces – Applications and Challenges. In: ECS meeting. 2020, Montreal, Canada: Institute of Physics.
• Hudson A, Jamieson O, Mecozzi F, Rurack K, Peeters M. Designing Fluorescent Polymer Sensors for the Detection of Antibiotics in Wastewater. In: 18th IMCS Meetings. 2020, Montreal, Canada: Institute of Physics.
• Lowdon J, Dilien H, Singla P, Peeters M, Cleij T, van Grinsven B, Eersels K. MIPs for commercial application in low-cost sensors and assays – An overview of the current status quo. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2020, 325, 128973.
• Crapnell R, Dempsey-Hibbert N, Peeters M, Tridente A, Banks C. Molecularly imprinted polymer based electrochemical biosensors: Overcoming the challenges of detecting vital biomarkers and speeding up diagnosis. Talanta Open 2020, 2, 100018.
• Ahmed A, Hurst G, Peeters M, Tedesco S. Performance of Brewery Digestate as a Potential Water Substitute in Concrete Applications. Research & Development in Material Science 2020, 14(1), 1505-1511.
• Lowdon J, Ishikura H, Radchenko A, Arreguin-Campos R, Rogosic R, Heidt B, Jimenez-Monroy K, Peeters M, Dilien H, Eersels K, Cleij T, van Grinsven B. Rapid Colorimetric Screening of Elevated Phosphate in Urine: A Charge-Transfer Interaction. ACS Omega 2020, 5(33), 21054–21066.
• Hurst G, Brangeli I, Peeters M, Tedesco S. Solid residue and by-product yields from acid-catalysed conversion of poplar wood to levulinic acid. Chemical Papers 2020, 74, 1647–1661.
• Singla P, Garg S, Bhatti R, Peeters M, Singh O, Mahajan RK. Solubilization of hydrophobic drugs clozapine and oxcarbazepine in the lower and higher molecular weight pluronic mixed micelles-a physicochemical, In vitro release and In vitro anti-oxidant study. Journal of Molecular Liquids 2020, 317, 113816.
• Betlem K, Canfarotta F, Raumbault R, Banks C, Eersels K, van Grinsven B, Cleij T, Crapnell R, Hudson A, Peeters M. Thermistors coated with molecularly imprinted nanoparticles for the electrical detection of peptides and proteins. Analyst 2020, 145(16), 5419-5424.
• Wackers G, Putzeys T, Peeters M, Van de Cauter L, Cornelis P, Wubbenhorst M, Tack J, Troost F, Verhaert N, Doll T, Wagner P. Towards a catheter-based impedimetric sensor for the assessment of intestinal histamine levels in IBS patients. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 2020, 158, 112152.
• Peeters M, Linton P, Hidalgo-Bastida A. Bioinspired Materials 2018: Conference Report. Biomimetics 2019, 4(1), 4.
• Betlem K, Mahmood I, Seixas RD, Sadiki I, Raimbault RLD, Foster CW, Crapnell RD, Tedesco S, Banks CE, Gruber J, Peeters M. Evaluating the temperature dependence of heat-transfer based detection: A case study with caffeine and Molecularly Imprinted Polymers as synthetic receptors. Chemical Engineering Journal 2019, 359, 505-517.
• Betlem K, Kaur A, Hudson A, Crapnell R, Hurst G, Singla P, Zubko M, Tedesco S, Banks C, Whitehead K, Peeters M. Heat-Transfer Method: A Thermal Analysis Technique for the Real-Time Monitoring of Staphylococcus aureus Growth in Buffered Solutions and Digestate Samples. ACS Applied Biomaterials 2019, 2(9), 3790-3798.
• Crapnell RD, Hudson A, Foster CW, Eersels K, Grinsven BV, Cleij TJ, Banks CE, Peeters M. Recent Advances in Electrosynthesized Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Sensing Platforms for Bioanalyte Detection. Sensors 2019, 19(5), 1204.
• Jamieson O, Soares T, de Faria B, Hudson A, Mecozzi F, Rowley-Neale S, Banks C, Gruber J, Novakovic K, Peeters M, Crapnell R. Screen Printed Electrode Based Detection Systems for the Antibiotic Amoxicillin in Aqueous Samples Utilising Molecularly Imprinted Polymers as Synthetic Receptors. Chemosensors 2019, 8(1), 5.
• Lowdon JW, Eersels K, Rogosic R, Heidt B, Dilien H, Redeker ES, Peeters M, van Grinsven B, Cleij TJ. Substrate displacement colorimetry for the detection of diarylethylamines. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2019, 282, 137-144.
• Hudson AD, Sola R, Ueta JT, Battell W, Jamieson O, Dunbar T, Macia B, Peeters M. Synthesis of Optimized Molecularly Imprinted Polymers for the Isolation and Detection of Antidepressants via HPLC. Biomimetics 2019, 4(1), 18.
• Pankaj S, Singh O, Sharma S, Betlem K, Aswal V, Peeters M, Mahajan R. Temperature-Dependent Solubilization of the Hydrophobic Antiepileptic Drug Lamotrigine in Different Pluronic Micelles—A Spectroscopic, Heat Transfer Method, Small-Angle Neutron Scattering, Dynamic Light Scattering, and in Vitro Release Study. ACS Omega 2019, 4(6), 11251-11262.
• Crapnell R, Canfarotta F, Czulak J, Johnson R, Betlem K, Mecozzi F, Down M, Eersels K, van Grinsven B, Cleij T, Law R, Banks C, Peeters M. Thermal Detection of Cardiac Biomarkers Heart-Fatty Acid Binding Protein and ST2 Using a Molecularly Imprinted Nanoparticle-Based Multiplex Sensor Platform. ACS Sensors 2019, 4(10), 2838-2845.
• Eersels K, Dilien H, Lowdon JW, Redeker ES, Rogosic R, Heidt B, Peeters M, Cornelis P, Lux P, Reutelingsperger CP, Schurgers LJ, Cleij TJ, van Grinsven B. A novel biomimetic tool for assessing vitamin K status based on molecularly imprinted polymers. Nutrients 2018, 10(6), 751.
• Canfarotta F, Czulak J, Betlem K, Sachdeva A, Eersels K, van Grinsven B, Cleij TJ, Peeters M. A novel thermal detection method based on molecularly imprinted nanoparticles as recognition elements. Nanoscale 2018, 10(4), 2081-2089.
• Betlem K, Down MP, Foster CW, Akthar S, Eersels K, Van Grinsven B, Cleij TJ, Banks CE, Peeters M. Development of a Flexible MIP-Based Biosensor Platform for the Thermal Detection of Neurotransmitters. MRS Advances 2018, 3(28), 1569-1574.
• Lowdon JW, Alkirkit SMO, Mewis RE, Fulton D, Banks CE, Sutcliffe OB, Peeters M. Engineering molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) for the selective extraction and quantification of the novel psychoactive substance (NPS) methoxphenidine and its regioisomers. Analyst 2018, 143(9), 2002-2007.
• Betlem K, Hoksbergen S, Mansouri N, Down M, Losada-Perez P, Eersels K, van Grinsven B, Cleij TJ, Kelly P, Sawtell D, Zubko M, Banks C, Peeters M. Real-time analysis of microbial growth by means of the Heat-Transfer Method (HTM) using Saccharomyces cerevisiae as model organism. Physics in Medicine 2018, 6, 1-8.
• Steen Redeker E, Eersels K, Akkermans O, Royakkers J, Dyson S, Nurekeyeva K, Ferrando B, Cornelis P, Peeters M, Wagner P, Dilien H, Van Grinsven B, Cleij TJ. Biomimetic Bacterial Identification Platform Based on Thermal Wave Transport Analysis (TWTA) through Surface-Imprinted Polymers. ACS Infectious Diseases 2017, 3(5), 388-397.
• Casadio S, Lowdon JW, Betlem K, Ueta JT, Foster CW, Cleij TJ, van Grinsven B, Sutcliffe OB, Banks CE, Peeters M. Development of a novel flexible polymer-based biosensor platform for the thermal detection of noradrenaline in aqueous solutions. Chemical Engineering Journal 2017, 315, 459-468.
• van Grinsven B, Betlem K, Cleij TJ, Banks CE, Peeters M. Evaluating the potential of thermal read-out techniques combined with molecularly imprinted polymers for the sensing of low-weight organic molecules. Journal of Molecular Recognition 2017, 30(1), e2563.
• Dilien H, Peeters M, Royakkers J, Harings J, Cornelis P, Wagner P, Steen Redeker E, Banks CE, Eersels K, Van Grinsven B, Cleij TJ. Label-Free Detection of Small Organic Molecules by Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Functionalized Thermocouples: Toward in Vivo Applications. ACS Sensors 2017, 2(4), 583-589.
• Vandenryt T, Van Grinsven B, Eersels K, Cornelis P, Kholwadia S, Cleij TJ, Thoelen R, De Ceuninck W, Peeters M, Wagner P. Single-shot detection of neurotransmitters in whole-blood samples by means of the heat-transfer method in combination with synthetic receptors. Sensors 2017, 17(12), 2701.
• Peeters MM, Van Grinsven B, Foster CW, Cleij TJ, Banks CE. Introducing thermal wave transport analysis (TWTA): A thermal technique for dopamine detection by screen-printed electrodes functionalized with Molecularly Imprinted Polymer (MIP) particles. Molecules 2016, 21(5), 552.
• Van Grinsven B, Eersels K, Akkermans O, Ellermann S, Kordek A, Peeters M, Deschaume O, Bartic C, Dilien H, Steen Redeker E, Wagner P, Cleij TJ. Label-Free Detection of Escherichia coli Based on Thermal Transport through Surface Imprinted Polymers. ACS Sensors 2016, 1(9), 1140-1147.
• Eersels K, Van Grinsven B, Vandenryt T, Jimenez-Monroy KL, Peeters M, Somers V, Puttmann C, Stein C, Barth S, Bos GMJ, Germeraad WTV, Dilien H, Cleij TJ, Thoelen R, Ceuninck WD, Wagner P. Improving the sensitivity of the heat-transfer method (HTM) for cancer cell detection with optimized sensor chips. Wiley - VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA 2015, 212(6), 1320-1326.
• Peeters M, Van Grinsven B, Cleij TJ, Jimenez-Monroy KL, Cornelis P, Perez-Ruiz E, Wackers G, Thoelen R, De Ceuninck W, Lammertyn J, Wagner P. Label-free protein detection based on the heat-transfer method - a case study with the peanut allergen Ara h 1 and aptamer-based synthetic receptors. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2015, 7(19), 10316-10323.
• Peeters M, Eersels K, Junkers T, Wagner P. Molecularly Imprinted Polymers: Synthetic Receptors for Diagnostic Medical Devices. Synthetic Receptors for Diagnostic Medical Devices. In: Molecularly Imprinted Catalysts: Principles, Syntheses, and Applications. Amsterdam: Elsevier Inc, 2015, pp.253-271.
• Losada-Perez P, Mertens N, de Medio-Vasconcelos B, Slenders E, Leys J, Peeters M, Van Grinsven B, Gruber J, Glorieux C, Pfeiffer H, Wagner P, Thoen J. Phase transitions of binary lipid mixtures: A combined study by adiabatic scanning calorimetry and quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring. Advances in Condensed Matter Physics 2015, 2015, 479318.
• Wackers G, Vandenryt T, Cornelis P, Kellens E, Thoelen R, De Ceuninck W, Losada-Perez P, Van Grinsven B, Peeters M, Wagner P. Array formatting of the heat-transfer method (HTM) for the detection of small organic molecules by molecularly imprinted polymers. Sensors 2014, 14(6), 11016-11030.
• Vandenbergh J, Peeters M, Kretschmer T, Wagner P, Junkers T. Cross-linked degradable poly(β-thioester) networks via amine-catalyzed thiol-ene click polymerization. Polymer 2014, 55(16), 3525-3532.
• Cornelis P, Vandenryt T, Wackers G, Kellens E, Losada-Perez P, Thoelen R, De Ceuninck W, Eersels K, Drijkoningen S, Haenen K, Peeters M, Van Grinsven B, Wagner P. Heat transfer resistance as a tool to quantify hybridization efficiency of DNA on a nanocrystalline diamond surface. Diamond and Related Materials 2014, 48, 32-36.
• Losada-Perez P, Khorshid M, Hermans C, Robijns T, Peeters M, Jimenez-Monroy KL, Truong LTN, Wagner P. Melittin disruption of raft and non-raft-forming biomimetic membranes: A study by quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces 2014, 123, 938-944.
• Losada-Perez P, Jimenez-Monroy KL, Van Grinsven B, Leys J, Janssens SD, Peeters M, Glorieux C, Thoen J, Haenen K, De Ceuninck W, Wagner P. Phase transitions in lipid vesicles detected by a complementary set of methods: Heat-transfer measurements, adiabatic scanning calorimetry, and dissipation-mode quartz crystal microbalance. Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science 2014, 211(6), 1377-1388.
• Van Grinsven B, Eersels K, Peeters M, Losada-Perez P, Vandenryt T, Cleij TJ, Wagner P. The heat-transfer method: A versatile low-cost, label-free, fast, and user-friendly readout platform for biosensor applications. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces 2014, 6(16), 13309-13318.
• Peeters M, Kobben S, Jimenez-Monroy KL, Modesto L, Kraus M, Vandenryt T, Gaulke A, Van Grinsven B, Ingebrandt S, Junkers T, Wagner P. Thermal detection of histamine with a graphene oxide based molecularly imprinted polymer platform prepared by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2014, 203, 527-535.
• Peeters M, Csipai P, Geerets B, Weustenraed A, Van Grinsven B, Thoelen R, Gruber J, De Ceuninck W, Cleij TJ, Troost FJ, Wagner P. Heat-transfer-based detection of l-nicotine, histamine, and serotonin using molecularly imprinted polymers as biomimetic receptors. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 2013, 405(20), 6453-6460.
• Peeters M, Troost FJ, Mingels RHG, Welsch T, Van Grinsven B, Vranken T, Ingebrandt S, Thoelen R, Cleij TJ, Wagner P. Impedimetric detection of histamine in bowel fluids using synthetic receptors with pH-optimized binding characteristics. Analytical Chemistry 2013, 85(3), 1475-1483.
• Broeders J, Croux D, Peeters M, Beyens T, Duchateau S, Cleij TJ, Wagner P, Thoelen R, De Ceuninck W. Mobile application for impedance-based biomimetic sensor readout. IEEE Sensors Journal 2013, 13(7), 2659-2665.
• Croux D, Vangerven T, Broeders J, Boutsen J, Peeters M, Duchateau S, Cleij T, Deferme W, Wagner P, Thoelen R, De Ceuninck W. Molecular imprinted polymer films on RFID tags: A first step towards disposable packaging sensors. Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science 2013, 210(5), 938-944.
• Alenus J, Ethirajan A, Horemans F, Weustenraed A, Csipai P, Gruber J, Peeters M, Cleij TJ, Wagner P. Molecularly imprinted polymers as synthetic receptors for the QCM-D-based detection of l-nicotine in diluted saliva and urine samples. Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 2013, 405(20), 6479-6487.
• Geerets B, Peeters M, van Grinsven B, Bers K, de Ceuninck W, Wagner P. Optimizing the thermal read-out technique for MIP-based biomimetic sensors: towards nanomolar detection limits. Sensors 2013, 13(7), 9148-9159.
• Peeters M, Troost FJ, Van Grinsven B, Horemans F, Alenus J, Murib MS, Keszthelyi D, Ethirajan A, Thoelen R, Cleij TJ, Wagner P. MIP-based biomimetic sensor for the electronic detection of serotonin in human blood plasma. Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical 2012, 171-172, 602-610.
• Deng Z, Habraken GJM, Peeters M, Heise A, De With G, Sommerdijk NAJM. Fluorescein functionalized random amino acid copolymers in the biomimetic synthesis of CaCO₃. Soft Matter 2011, 7(20), 9685-9694.
• Broeders J, Duchateau S, Van Grinsven B, Vanaken W, Peeters M, Cleij T, Thoelen R, Wagner P, De Ceuninck W. Miniaturised eight-channel impedance spectroscopy unit as sensor platform for biosensor applications. Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science 2011, 208(6), 1357-1363.
• Habraken GJM, Peeters M, Thornton PD, Koning CE, Heise A. Selective enzymatic degradation of self-assembled particles from amphiphilic block copolymers obtained by the combination of N-carboxyanhydride and nitroxide-mediated polymerization. Biomacromolecules 2011, 12(10), 3761-3769.
• Habraken GJM, Peeters M, Dietz CHJT, Koning CE, Heise A. How controlled and versatile is N-carboxy anhydride (NCA) polymerization at 0 °C? Effect of temperature on homo-, block- and graft (co)polymerization. Polymer Chemistry 2010, 1(4), 514-524.