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Clement Appiah

Department of Mechanical EngineeringPhysical SciencesLife Sciences

Clement Appiah

15 Publications10 Research Themes9 Open Access

Research Overview & Focus

The researcher has made significant strides in advancing the development of novel soft, active, and light-responsive materials, with a focus on self-assembling polymers, photoresponsive and light-responsive hydrogels, ionic liquid chemistry, block copolymers, and systems involving calcium carbonate crystallization. Their work contributes to the broader field of soft and active matter technologies, addressing challenges in material science through innovative synthesis and characterization approaches across multiple domains.

Key Research Themes (10)

Physical Sciences

Block Copolymer Self-Assembly

Physical Sciences

Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and Inhibition

Life Sciences

Cellular Mechanics and Interactions

Physical Sciences

Crystallization and Solubility Studies

Physical Sciences

Dendrimers and Hyperbranched Polymers

Life Sciences

Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applications

Physical Sciences

Ionic liquids properties and applications

Physical Sciences

Micro and Nano Robotics

Physical Sciences

Photochromic and Fluorescence Chemistry

Physical Sciences

Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compounds

Publications (15)

Expectations vs. reality in nacre-like composites: dominating role of particle packing and polymer confinement in mechanical performance

2024Calcium Carbonate Crystallization and InhibitionDOI: 10.1007/s42114-024-01107-x

Controlling the LCST-Phase Transition in Azobenzene-Functionalized Poly (N-Isopropylacrlyamide) Hydrogels by Light

2023Hydrogels: synthesis, properties, applicationsDOI: 10.3390/gels9020075

A Co-Polymerizable Linker for the Covalent Attachment of Fibronectin Makes pHEMA Hydrogels Cell-Adhesive

2022Cellular Mechanics and InteractionsDOI: 10.3390/gels8050258

CCDC 2019993: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

2020Crystallization and Solubility StudiesDOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc25sz21

CCDC 2019994: Experimental Crystal Structure Determination

2020Crystallization and Solubility StudiesDOI: 10.5517/ccdc.csd.cc25sz32

Mechanochromic Microfibers Stabilized by Polymer Blending

2020Photochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryDOI: 10.1021/acsapm.0c00213

Synthesis and Thermal Investigations of Eleven-Membered Ring Systems Containing One of the Heavier Group 14 Element Atoms Si, Ge, and Sn

2020Synthesis and characterization of novel inorganic/organometallic compoundsDOI: 10.3390/molecules25020283

Living Materials Herald a New Era in Soft Robotics

2019Micro and Nano RoboticsDOI: 10.1002/adma.201807747

Crystallization behavior of precision polymers containing azobenzene defects

2017Photochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryDOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2017.10.023

Synthesis of photoresponsive main-chain oligomers with azobenzene moieties via ADMET oligomerization and their micellization properties

2017Photochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryDOI: 10.1039/c7py00426e

Hierarchically Mesostructured Polyisobutylene‐Based Ionic Liquids

2016Ionic liquids properties and applicationsDOI: 10.1002/marc.201600020

Synthesis and characterization of new photoswitchable azobenzene-containing poly(ε-caprolactones)

2016Photochromic and Fluorescence ChemistryDOI: 10.1039/c5ra25216d

Crystallization in segregated supramolecular pseudoblock copolymers

2015Block Copolymer Self-AssemblyDOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2014.12.041

One-pot synthesis and self-assembly of supramolecular dendritic polymers

2015Dendrimers and Hyperbranched PolymersDOI: 10.1039/c5py01329a

Designing melt flow of poly(isobutylene)-based ionic liquids

2013Ionic liquids properties and applicationsDOI: 10.1039/c3ta12646c

Academic Metrics

DepartmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineering

Total Publications15

Research Themes10

Open Access Papers9

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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