Professor; Department of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
christian.muller@chalmers.se +46317722790 Find me http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7859-7909
Master courses
Polymer Chemistry and Physics, KBT026 (7.5 HP)
The course aims to provide a fundamental understanding of the chemistry and physics of polymers and focuses on the following topics: synthesis, characterisation, structure-property relationships and the physics of solutions and the solid state.
Polymer Technology, KPO021 (7.5 HP)
The course aims to provide a comprehensive knowledge about polymer technology and focuses on the interplay of processing and the properties of the resulting polymeric materials.
Bachelor course
Colloids and Polymers, KTK106 (4.5 HP)
The course aims to provide a basic understanding of surface and colloid chemistry as well as materials chemistry, with an emphasis on polymeric materials, for a wide range of industrial applications.
Müller Research Group
Our research is located at the interface of polymer science and organic electronics. We focus on the physcial chemistry of organic semiconductors, polymer blends and composites, and develop new plastic materials for use in the fields of wearable electronics and energy technology.
Postdoctoral researchers
Jian Liu
Mariza Mone
Azadeh Soroudi
PhD students
Emmy Järsvall
Sozan Darabi
Sandra Hultmark
Sepideh Zokaei
Ida Holm
Yingwei Ouyang
Christmas lunch December 2016
Müller group September 2014
Former group members
Dr. Markus Jarvid (now at Nexans Norway AS)
Dr. Camilla Lindqvist (now at Chalmers Industriteknik)
Dr. Zandra George (now at Borealis AB)
Dr. Mattias Andersson (now at RISE)
Dr. Desalegn Alemu Mengistie (now lecturer at California Polytechnic State University, USA)
Dr. Amaia Diaz de Zerio (now at IMEC, Belgium)
Dr. Jason Ryan (now at RISE)
Dr. Massimiliano Mauri (now at Nexans Norway AS)
Dr. Liyang Yu (now Assoc. Prof. at Sichuan University, China)
Dr. David Kiefer (now at NKT)
Dr. Jonna Hynynen (now Postdoc at Chalmers)
Dr. Anna Hofmann (now at Solartes AB)
Dr. Renee Kroon (now Assoc. Prof. at Linköping University)
Dr. Amir Masoud Pourrahimi (now at NKT)
Dr. Dorothea Scheunemann (now at Heidelberg University)
Dr. Manta Roy (now at Jotun, Norway)
Dr. Anja Lund (now at RISE)
Dr. Anna Peterson (now at RISE)
Financial support
We receive financial support from the European Research Council, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the Swedish Research Council, FORMAS, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research, the Carl Tryggers Foundation, Borealis AB as well as the Chalmers Areas of Advance Energy and Production.
New insulation material can enable more efficient electricity distribution
Pourrahimi et al., Adv. Mater. 2021, 2100714
"Repurposing Poly(3-hexylthiophene) as a Conductivity-Reducing Additive for Polyethylene-Based High-Voltage Insulation"
New insulation material can enable more efficient electricity distribution, SSF website, May 31, 2021
New Insulation material can enable more efficient electricity distribution, Advanced Science News, June 1, 2021
Conducting Cellulose Yarns for Electronic Textiles
Darabi et al., ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2020, 50, 56403
"Green Conducting Cellulose Yarns for Machine-Sewn Electronic Textiles"
Huge Potential for Cellulose Thread in Electronic Textiles, Chalmers website, March 10, 2021
Wallenberg Academy Fellow prolongation grant
Christian Müller receives a prestigious Wallenberg Academy Fellow prolongation grant from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
Wallenberg Academy Fellow Prolongation Grants 2020, KAW website, Dec 2020
Ocean Plastics
We contribute to the exhibition Ocean Plastics at the Röhsska Museum for Design and Craft in Göteborg, 15 June 2019 to 5 Jan 2020.
Double Doping of Conjugated Polymers with Monomer Molecular Dopants
D. Kiefer et al., Nature Mater. 2019, 18, 149
"Double doping of conjugated polymers with monomer molecular dopants"
Breakthrough in Organic Electronics, Chalmers website, Jan 15 2019
Organic electronics can benefit from double doping, Materials Today, Jan 21 2019
Master students weave keyboard with conducting silk
A. Lund, S. Darabi, S. Hultmark et al., Adv. Mater. Technol. 2018, 1800251
"Roll‐to‐Roll Dyed Conducting Silk Yarns: A Versatile Material for E‐Textile Devices"
Studenter väver fungerande tangentbord i tyg, Chalmers website, October 2 2018
Energy harvesting textiles for a rainy day
A. Lund et al., NPJ Flex. Electron. 2018, 2, 9
"Energy harvesting textiles for a rainy day: woven piezoelectrics based on melt-spun PVDF microfibres with a conducting core"
Electric Textile lights a lamp when stretched, Chalmers website, March 23 2018
Se hur forskarna utvinner el från tyg, SVT Väst, March 22 2018
Tyg tänder lampa när det töjs, Forskning & Framsteg, March 22 2018
Electric textile lights a lamp when stretched, Phys.org, March 22 2018
Electricity generating textiles, Youtube, March 22 2018
High Energy Fashion
Christian Müller presents at the ERC 10th anniversary celebration in Brussels, Belgium.
Additive-like amounts of HDPE prevent creep of molten LDPE
M. Andersson et al., J. Polym. Sci. B Polym. Phys. 2017, 55, 146
"Additive-like amounts of HDPE prevent creep of molten LDPE: Phase behavior and thermo-mechanical properties of a melt-miscible blend"
SSF Future Research Leader
Christian Müller receives a prestigious Future Research Leader grant from the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research.
Storslam till Chalmers när SSF utser Framtidens forskningsledare, Chalmers website, Dec 16 2016
Call for abstracts for the EMRS Spring Meeting 2017 to be held in Strasbourg, France, 11-15 May 2017
Symposium L: New materials for organic electronics: from synthesis to processing, characterization and device physicsOrganizers: Christian Müller (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), Michael Sommer (University of Freiburg, Germany), Mario Caironi (IIT, Italy), Elizabeth von Hauff (VU Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Framtidens kläder ska göra el av kroppsvärme
Learn more about our vision for thermoelectric textiles.
Printing with Organic Semiconductors, A Materials Scientist's Perspective
Watch talk by Christian Müller in conjunction with the opening of 'The Swedish Research Laboratory for Printed Electronics' in Norrköping.
Call for abstracts for the MRS Fall Meeting 2016 to be held in Boston, Nov 27 - Dec 2, 2016
Symposium EM4: structure-property relationships of organic semiconductors Organizers: Christian Müller (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), Mariano Campoy-Quiles (ICMAB-CSIC, Spain), Alberto Salleo (Stanford University, USA) and Christine Luscombe (University of Washington)
High-Entropy Mixtures of Pristine Fullerenes for Solution-Processed Transistors and Solar Cells
A. Diaz de Zerio Mendaza et al., Adv. Mater. 2015, 27, 7325
Chalmers protects polyethylene from electrical breakdown
We contribute to Chalmers' exhibition at the Volvo Ocean Race Festival in Göteborg, 21-28 June 2015.
Watch the Chalmers Optimist Race on YouTube
Carbon nanoballs can greatly contribute to sustainable energy supply
Carbon nanoballs can greatly contribute to sustainable energy supply, Chalmers website, Jan 28 2015
Powering up renewables with fullerene enhanced electricity grids, Chemistry World, Feb 10 2015
Fullerener ger hållbart energisystem, Kemivärlden Biotech, Jan 27 2015
Mindre förlustar från vindkraftverk med kolbollar, NyTeknik, Jan 27 2015
Nanoballs Inflate Voltage Capacity of Powercables, Save Energy, IEEE Spectrum, Jan 30 2015
Wallenberg Academy Fellow
Christian Müller receives a prestigious Wallenberg Academy Fellowship from the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation.
De blir årets Wallenberg Academy Fellows, KAW website, Dec 4 2014
Fyra chalmersforskare blir Wallenberg Academy Fellows, Chalmers website, Dec 11 2014
Body heat to power the electronic textiles of the future
ERC Starting Grant
Christian Müller receives a € 1.5 Million ERC Starting Grant for his project 'Woven and 3D-Printed Thermoelectric Textiles'.
Press Release - 2014 ERC Starting Grants, ERC website, Dec 15 2014
3D printing wearable thermoelectric textiles
Call for abstracts for the EMRS Spring Meeting 2015 to be held in Lille, France, 11-15 May 2015
Symposium S: The processing-structure-property nexus of organic semiconductorsOrganizers: Mariano Campoy-Quiles (ICMAB-CSIC, Spain), Christian Müller (Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden), Alberto Salleo (Stanford University, USA) and Maria Antonietta Loi (University of Groningen, The Netherlands)
Polymer Solar Cells
C. Lindqvist et al., Adv. Energy Mater. 2014, 4, 1301437
"Fullerene Nucleating Agents: A Route towards Thermally Stable Photovoltaic Blends"
Förbättrade polymera solceller, Chalmers website, April 8, 2014
(cf. PhD thesis by Camilla Lindqvist: Stability of Bulk-heterojunction Blends for Solar Cell Applications)
Power Cable Insulation
M. Jarvid et al., J. Polym. Sci. B Polym. Phys. 2014, 52, 1047
"Tailored Side-Chain Architecture of Benzil Voltage Stabilizers for Enhanced Dielectric Strength of Cross-Linked Polyethylene"
Cover of 2013 brochure, Chalmers Area of Advance Materials Science:
Image of an electrical tree taken by Markus Jarvid, Mattias G. Andersson and Anette Johansson.
Functional Textiles
Textilier som skapar energi och avslöjar kopior, Chalmers website, March 13, 2013
Tråd ska avslöja kläders äkthet, Sveriges Radio, May 6, 2013
Supertråden som ska avslöja klädesplaggen, Aftonbladet, May 6, 2013
Smart tråd vapen mot pirater, Dagens Nyheter, May 6, 2013
Osynlig tråd stoppar falsk vara, NyTeknik, May 2, 2013
Osynligt mönster kan stoppa falska märkeskläder, Chalmers website, May 1, 2013
Encrypted thread may doom fashion fakes, Washington Post, November 26, 2012
Encrypted fabric to thwart fashion fakes, New Scientist, November 11, 2012
Picture reproduced from Appl. Phys. Lett. 2012, 101, 171907
Silkeslen transistor blir tyg i smarta kläder, NyTeknik, January 18, 2011
Transistorer av silke, Sveriges Radio, January 17, 2011
Silk woven into transistors, RSC Chemistry World, January 5, 2011
Picture reproduced from Adv. Mater. 2011, 23, 898
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