| Titels | Prof. dr. |
| Initials | A. |
| Main position | Directeur Debye institute voor nanomaterialen |
| Disciplines | Nanotechnology |
| Atomic physics and molecular physics | |
| Chair | Experimentele Natuurkunde van de Gecondenseerde Materie |
| Domain | Natural Sciences and Engineering |
| Membership | Member |
| Since | 2013 |
| Member of Natural Sciences and Engineering | |
| Employed by |
Universiteit Utrecht
Ornstein Laboratorium, kamer 062 Princetonplein 1 3584 CC Utrecht tel. 030 253 2204 a.vanblaaderen@uu.nl |
| Personal website | |
| Research/publications |
Alfons van Blaaderen has conducted pioneering research into the self-organising ability of colloid particles. Colloid particles arrange themselves and spontaneously form new structures under the influence of electrical fields or currents in liquids, for example. This is an important step for the development of smart materials with new properties, but it may also lead to new insights in fundamental processes such as crystallisation.