Martin Wåhlander
+46 8 790 8075
+46 70 234 4278
Project title
Functional Polymer Nanocomposites for High-Voltage Insulation
Supervisors
Associate Professor Henrik Hillborg
Assistant Professor Anna Carlmark Malkoch
Financing
EIT: ABB AB, KTH, Energimyndigheten
Publications
Solvent segregation and capillary evaporation at a superhydrophobic surface investigated by confocal Raman microscopy and force measurements
Birgit D. Brandner, Petra M. Hansson, Agne Swerin, Per M. Claesson, Martin Wåhlander, Joachim Schoelkopf and Patrick A.C. Gane
SOFT MATTER (2011) Volume: 7 Issue: 3 Pages: 1045-1052
Academic background
M.Sc. in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden in 2008.
Master of Science Thesis performed at YKI Institute for Surface Chemistry in Stockholm. Subject:
Development and Characterization of Superhydrophobic Surfaces – AFM colloidal probe measurements between hydrophilic, hydrophobic and superhydrophobic surfaces in liquid cell
Research project performed at the University of Tokyo. Subject:
Transparent and Biodegradable Polymer Nanocomposites reinforced by Nanofibrillated Cellulose Modified by TEMPO-mediated oxidation
Industrial background
Laboratory Engineer at Alfa Laval and the Material and Chemistry Centre (MACC) in Tumba, Sweden, working with material testing for separators and decanters (October 2008 - March 2009).
Research engineer in Material Sciences at ABB, Corporate Research in Västerås, Sweden, with focus on material development and coatings for medium to high voltage products (April 2009 - March 2011).
