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Our journal publications and awards & prizes.

Journal Publications

2026

A Novel Approach to Combating Antibiotic Resistance: A Chitosan-Based Nanocomposite with Green AgNPs and Gentamicin

M.; Singh Madhusudanan, V.; Pandit P.; Ghai, R.; Mijakovic S.; Kádár, I.

Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2026

Multiscale flow alignment in cellulose nanocrystals controlled by surface topology

Ases Akas Mishra, Amit Kumar Sonker, Kesavan Sekar, Marko Bek, Ann E. Terry, Kim Nygård, Stuart Ansell, Gunnar Westman, Roland Kádár

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Revisiting surface tearing extrusion flow instabilities through machine learning

V. Matovic S. Pashazadeh, A. Brolin T. Moberg, R. Kádár

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

Shape memory performance of bio-based polyester blends 4D printed by Fused Granulate Fabrication (FGF)

Alisa Ponkratenkova, Olesja Starkova, Sergejs Beluns, Oskars Platnieks, Anete Tropa, Toms Valdemars Eiduks, Roland Kádár, Sergejs Gaidukovs

Materials Today Communications

3D printing assisted uniformly coated textile for achieving fully flexible supercapacitors with enhanced performance

V. Ghai S. Sohoo, T. Roy R. Kádár

Journal of Energy Storage

2025

Observations from capillary and closed cavity rheometry on the apparent flow behavior of a soy protein isolate dough used in meat analogues

R. Kádár F. Ellwanger, A. M. Emin

Applied Rheology

A few rheological aspects regarding magnetic field induced nanostructure alignment in soft materials

V. Ghai, R. Kádár

AIP Conf. Proc. 3400

Towards in-line rheology measurement of protein melts during high moisture extrusion by pulsed ultrasound velocimetry

E. Kaunisto, T. Bahiru, R. Kotzé, J. Wiklund, R. Kádár, M. Stading

Journal of Food Engineering

Tunable Elasto-Viscoplastic Properties of Polymer Blends for 3D Printing Applications

A.A. Mishra, M. Chandregowda, J. Faiß, M. Bek, A.E. Terry, K. Nygård, D. Arlov, R. Kádár

Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Differentiation of motor neurons from iPSC- derived neural progenitors in 3D printed bioscaffolds

Y. Han, M. King, H. Brincker Fjerdingstad, M.. Gullo, L. Zeger, [...], P. Ivert, J.C. Glover, L. Ferraiuolo, M. Azzouz, E. Kozlova

International Journal of Bioprinting

The complex shear time response of saliva in healthy individuals

A. A. Mishra, U. Almhöjd, Ç-A. Hülya, A. Fisic, R. Olofsson, A. Ahlmstål, R. Kádár

Physics of Fluids

Tert-Butanol as a Structuring Agent for Cellulose Nanocrystal Fluids and Foams

S. Llácer Navarro, E. Orzan, R. Janewithayapun, P. Penttilä, J. Andersson, A. Ström, R. Kádár, T. Nypelö

Biomacromolecules

Rheological properties of pea protein melts used for producing meat analogues

B. Tsegaye, S. Barman, L. Bovagne, F. Ellwanger, E. Kaunisto, N. Lorén, R. Kádár, M. Stading

Applied Rheology

2024

Forging out-of-equilibrium supramolecular gels

S. Bianco, F. Hallam Stewart, S. Panja, A. Zyar, E. Bowley, [...], H. Poptani, M. Marcello, R.R. Sonani, E.H. Egelman, D.J. Adams

Nature Synthesis

Slip of styrene–butadiene rubbers: The effects of pressure and viscous heating

C.K. Georgantopoulos, Z. Zhang, M.A. Pollard, A. Causa, R. Kádár, M. Wilhelm, E. van Ruymbeke, S.G. Hatzikiriakos

Physics of Fluids

Achieving Long-Range Arbitrary Uniform Alignment of Nanostructures in Magnetic Fields

V. Ghai, S. Pandit, M. Svensso, R. Larsson, A. Matic, [...], S.P. Dash, A. Terry, K. Nygård, I. Mijakovic, R Kádár

Advanced Functional Materials

Halbach Array Induced Magnetic Field Alignment in Boron Nitride Nanocomposites

V. Ghai, E. Huang, R. Ngaloy, S. P. Dash, A. Matic, R. Kádár

Advanced Science

Orientation of graphene nanosheets in magnetic fields

V. Ghai, S. Pashazadeh, H. Ruan, R. Kádár

Progress in Materials Science

Painting Taylor vortices with cellulose nanocrystals: Suspension flow supercritical spectral dynamics

R. Ghanbari, S. Pashazadeh, K. Sekar, K. Nygård, A. Terry, M. Liebi, A. Matic, R. Kádár

Physics of Fluids

Propagation of Orientation Across Lengthscales in Sheared Self-Assembling Hierarchical Suspensions via Rheo-PLI-SAXS

R. Ghanbari, A. Terry, S. Wojno, M. Bek, K. Sekar, [...], M. Liebi, A. Matic, G. Westman, T. Nypelö, R. Kádár

Advanced Science

Scaling laws for near-wall flows of thixo-elasto-viscoplastic fluids in a millifluidic channel

Akas Mishra A. Amini K., Arlov D. Kumar Sivakumar A., Kádár R. Innings F., Lundell F. Tammisola O.

Physics of Fluids

Effect of Al-Cu-Fe Quasicrystal Particles on the Reinforcement of a Polymer–Matrix Composite: From Surface to Mechanical Properties

M.; Samardžija Kušter, M.; Huskić Z.; Komelj, M.; Pierson M.; Bek, R.; Dubois G.; Kouitat-Njiwa, S. J.-M.; Šturm

Crystals

One test to predict them all: Rheological characterization of complex fluids via artificial neural network

A. A. Mishra, V. Ghai, V. Matovic, D. Arlov, R. Kádár

Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence

ForMAX – a beamline for multiscale and multimodal structural characterization of hierarchical materials

K. Nygård, S. A. McDonald, J. B. Gonzalez, V. Haghighat, C. Appel, [...], A. E. Terry, H. Tarawneh, P. Ilinski, J. Malmqvist, Y. Cerenius

Journal Synchrotron Radiation

Predicting orientation in extruded wood polymer composites

S. Pashazadeh, A.S. Suresh, V. Ghai, T. Moberg, A. Brolin, R. Kádár

Physics of Fluids

Cellulose modified to host functionalities via facile cation exchange approach

P. Spiliopoulos, S.L. Navarro, E. Orzan, R. Ghanbari, R. Pietschnig, C. Stilianu, S. Spirk, A. Schaefer, R. Kádár, T. Nypelö

Carbohydrate Polymers

Cellulose nanocrystal dispersions conjugated with symmetric and asymmetric dialkylamine groups

S. Wojno, A.K. Sonker, M. Garg, S. Cooper, M. Rigdahl, M. Linares, I. Zozoulenko, R. Kádár, G. Westman

Cellulose

2023

Tribological behaviour of green wood-based unrecycled and recycled polypropylene composites

P. Jan, S. Matkovič, M. Bek, L.S. Perše, M. Kalin

Wear

Role of molecular architecture and temperature on extrusion melt flow instabilities [...]

C. K. Georgantopoulos, M. K. Esfahani, I. F. C. Naue, M. Wilhelm, R. Kádár

Journal of Applied Polymer Science 140( 2)

Polyethylene Based Ionomers as High Voltage Insulation Materials

S. D’Auria, A.M. Pourrahimi, A. Favero, P. Neuteboom, X. Xu, [...], R. Kádár, E. Dalcanale, R. Pinalli, C. Müller, J. Vachon

Advanced Functional Materials 2301878

Challenges in nano-structured fluid flows for assembly into hierarchical biomaterials

R. Kádár, A. Terry, K. Nygård, T. Nypelö, G. Westman, S. Wojno, R. Ghanbari, M. Fazilati, M. Bek, A.K. Sonker

AIP Conference Proceedings 8 June 2023; 2997 (1): 020007

An Intriguing Array of Extrudate Patterns in Long-Chain Branched Polymers During Extrusion

S. Pashazadeh, A. Aulova, C. K. Georgantopoulos, M. Bek, I. Vittorias, I. F. Naue, M. Wilhelm, R. Kádár

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Mapping surface defects in highly-filled wood fiber polymer composite extrusion from inline spectral analysis

S. Pashazadeh, R. Ghanbari, M. Bek, A. Aulova, T. Moberg, A. Brolin, R. Kádár

Composites Science and Technology

Surface instability detection in highly-filled biocomposites from inline imaging during extrusion

S. Pashazadeh, T. Moberg, A. Brolin, R. Kádár

AIP Conference Proceedings 8 June 2023; 2997 (1): 020008

Additive-manufactured anisotropic magnets for harsh environments

B. Podmiljšak, S. Kobe, T. Tomše, M. Bek, T. Kotnik, L.S. Perše, E. Žagar, B. Saje, K. Žužek, S. Šturm

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Automated Prediction of Bacterial Exclusion Areas on SEM Images of Graphene–Polymer Composites

S.; Lovmar Rahimi, A.; Pandit T.; Aulova, M.; Forsberg S.; Lovmar, M.; Kádár S.; Svensson, I. R.; Mijakovic

Nanomaterials 13

Polysaccharide-based antibacterial coating technologies

H. Ruan, A. Aulova, V. Ghai, S. Pandit, M. Lovmar, I. Mijakovic, R. Kádár

Acta Biomaterialia 168

The role of paraffin wax on the properties and printability of ethylene vinyl acetate-based feedstocks for alumina fused filament fabrication

M. Vukšić, M. Bek, L.S. Perše, M.M. Kržmanc, A. Kocjan, A. Iveković

Open Ceramics

Biomimetic Antibacterial Gelatin Hydrogels with Multifunctional Properties for Biomedical Applications

H. Ruan, M. Bek, S. Pandit, A. Aulova, J. Zhang, P. Bjellheim, M. Lovmar, I. Mijakovic, R. Kádár

ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2023

Isotropic Gels of Cellulose Nanocrystals Grafted with Dialkyl Groups: Influence of Surface Group Topology from Nonlinear Oscillatory Shear

S. Wojno, A.K. Sonker, J. Feldhusen, G. Westman, R. Kádár

Langmuir 39 (18)

Percolation and phase behavior in cellulose nanocrystal suspensions from nonlinear rheological analysis

S. Wojno, A. Ahlinder, A. Altskär, M. Stading, T. Abitbol, R. Kádár

Carbohydrate Polymers 308

2022

Long-Term Creep Compliance of Wood Polymer Composites: Using Untreated Wood Fibers as a Filler in Recycled and Neat Polypropylene Matrix

M. Bek, A. Aulova, K.P. Črešnar, S. Matkovič, M. Kalin, L.S. Perše

Polymers

Crystallization kinetics of melt-mixed 3D hierarchical graphene/polypropylene nanocomposites at processing-relevant cooling rates

di Sacco Carmeli E., Portale F., Cavallo G., Kádár D., Gitsas R., Gkourmpis A., Tranchida T., D.

Composites Part B: Engineering

Influence of steam jet-cooking on the rheological properties of dry and wet cationized starches

M. Gabriel, F. Gomernik, E. Ferstl, A. Chemelli, R. Kádár, S. Spirk

Carbohydrate Polymers 285

Derivation of a qualitative model for the spatial characteristic wavelength of extrusion flow instabilities: Investigation of a polybutadiene rubber through capillary, slit and complex geometry extrusion dies

C. K. Georgantopoulos, M. K. Esfahani, M. A. Pollard, I. F. C. Naue, A. Causa, R. Kádár, M. Wilhelm

Macromolecular Materials Engineering 2200313

Simulation of viscoelastic squeeze flows for adhesive joining applications

S. Ingelsten, A. Mark, R. Kádár, F. Edelvik

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Green topochemical esterification and its effect on supramolecular structuring/individualization of chitin nanocrystals,

C. Magnani, M. Fazilati, R. Kádár, A. Idström, L. Evenäs, J-M. Raquez, G. Lo Re

ACS Applied Nano Materials 5

In-situ monitoring of cellulose etherification in solution: probing the impact of solvent composition on the synthesis of 3-allyloxy-2-hydroxypropyl-cellulose in aqueous hydroxide systems

S. Naserifar, P. Kuijpers, S. Wojno, R. Kádár, D. Bernin, M Hasani

Polymer Chemistry

Dynamic and Static Assembly of Sulfated Cellulose Nanocrystals with Alkali Metal Counter Cations

P. Petschacher, R. Ghanbari, C. Sampl, H. Wiltsche, R. Kádár, S. Spirk, T. Nypelö

Nanomaterials

Phase transitions of cellulose nanocrystal suspensions from nonlinear oscillatory shear

S. Wojno, M. Fazilati, T. Nypelö, G. Westman, R. Kádár

Cellulose 29

2021

Thixotropy of cellulose nanocrystal suspensions

M. Fazilati, S. Ingelsten, S. Wojno, T. Nypelö, Kádár R.

Journal of Rheology

Mechano‐Optical Characterization of Extrusion Flow Instabilities in Styrene‐Butadiene Rubbers: Investigating the Influence of Molecular Properties and Die Geometry

C. K. Georgantopoulos, M. K. Esfahani, C. Botha, I. F. C. Naue, N. Dingenouts, A. Causa, R. Kádár, M. Wilhelm

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

A Backwards-Tracking Lagrangian-Eulerian Method for Viscoelastic Two-Fluid Flows

S. Ingelsten, A. Mark, R. Kádár, F. Edelvik

Applied Sciences

Modeling the spatial characteristics of extrusion flow instabilities for styrene-butadiene rubbers: Investigating the influence of molecular weight distribution, molecular architecture, and temperature

Esfahani M. K. Georgantopoulos C. K., Pollard M. A. Botha C., Causa A. Naue I. F. C., Wilhelm Kádár R., M.

Physics of Fluids

Impregnation behaviour of regenerated cellulose fabric Elium® composite: Experiment, simulation and analytical solution

P. Khalili, R. Kádár, M. Skrifvars, B. Blinzler

Journal of Materials Research and Technology

Nonlinear oscillatory shear tests of pressure-sensitive adhesives (PSAs) designed for transdermal therapeutic systems (TTS)

M. Meurer, R. Kádár, E. R. van Dorp, B. Möginger, B. Hausnerova

Rheologica Acta

In Situ Visualization of the Structural Evolution and Alignment of Lyotropic Liquid Crystals in Confined Flow

A. Rodriguez Palomo, V. Lutz-Bueno, X. Cao, R. Kádár, M. Andersson, M. Liebi

Small

Nanostructure and anisotropy of 3D printed lyotropic liquid crystals studied by scattering and birefringence imaging

A. Rodriguez Palomo, V. Lutz-Bueno, M. Guizar-Sicairos, R. Kádár, M. Andersson, M. Liebi

Additive Manufacturing

Nanocomposites and polyethylene blends: two potentially synergistic strategies for HVDC insulation materials with ultra-low electrical conductivity

F. Nilsson, M. Karlsson, U. Gedde, R. Kádár, K. Gaska, C. Müller, P. O. Hagstrand, R. Olsson, M. S. Hedenqvist, T. Gkourmpis

Composites Part B: Engineering

Graphene-Based Antimicrobial Biomedical Surfaces

S. Pandit, K. Gaska, R. Kádár, I. Mijakovic

ChemPhysChem

A combined theoretical and experimental study of the polymer matrix mediated stress transfer in a cellulose nanocomposite

A. Peterson, A. Y. Mehandzhiyski, L. Svenningsson, A. Ziolkowska, R. Kádár, [...], L. Sandblad, L. Evenäs, G. Lo Re, I. Zozoulenko, C. Müller

Macromolecules

Cellulose Nanocrystal Liquid Crystal Phases: Progress and Challenges in Characterization Using Rheology Coupled to Optics, Scattering, and Spectroscopy

Spirk S. Kádár R., Nypelö T.

ACS Nano

Do the particle size, molecular weight, and processing of UHMWPE affect its thermomechanical and tribological performance?

H. S. Vadivel, M. Bek, U. Sebenik, L. Slemenik Perse, R. Kádár, N. Emami, M. Kalin

Journal of Materials Research and Technology

2020

Mechanical Behavior of Melt‐Mixed 3D Hierarchical Graphene/Polypropylene Nanocomposites

K. Gaska, G. Manika, T. Gkourmpis, D. Trachida, A. Gitsas, R. Kádár

Polymers 12

Computationally efficient viscoelastic flow simulation using a Lagrangian-Eulerian method and GPU-acceleration

S. Ingelsten, A. Mark, K. Jareteg, R. Kádár, F. Edelvik

Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics

Ramie fabric Elium® composites with flame retardant coating: Flammability, smoke, viscoelastic and mechanical properties.

P. Khalili, B. Blinzler, R. Kádár, P. Blomqvist, A. M. Sandinge, R. Bisschop, X Liu

Composites Part A: Applied Science and Manufacturing

Unexpected microphase transitions in flow towards nematic order of cellulose nanocrystals

R. Kádár, M. Fazilati, T. Nypelö

Cellulose

Precontrolled Alignment of Graphite Nanoplatelets in Polymeric Composites Prevents Bacterial Attachment

S. Pandit, K. Gaska, V. R. S. S. Mokkapati, E. Celauro, A. Derouiche, S. Forsberg, M. Svensson, R. Kádár, I. Mijakovic

Small

Nonlinear “oddities” at the percolation of 3D hierarchical graphene polymer nanocomposites

R. Kádár, K. Gaska, T. Gkourmpis

Rheologica Acta

The Exo-Polysaccharide Component of Extracellular Matrix is Essential for the Viscoelastic Properties of Bacillus subtilis Biofilms

S. Pandit, M. Fazilati, K. Gaska, A. Derouiche, T. Nypelö, I. Mijakovic, R. Kádár

nternational Journal of Molecular Sciences

2019

A Mechanics Based Surface Image Interpretation Method for Multifunctional Nanocomposites

B. Blinzler, R. Larsson, K. Gaska, R. Kádár

Nanomaterials

Evidence of percolated network at the linear - nonlinear transition in oscillatory shear

K. Gaska, R. Kádár

AIP Conference Proceedings

Highly structured graphene polyethylene nanocomposites

K. Gaska, R. Kádár, X. Xu, S. Gubanski, C. Müller, [...], V. R. S. S. Mokkapati, I. Mijakovic, A. Rybak, A. Siwek, M. Svensson

AIP Conference Proceedings

Melt-Mixed 3D Hierarchical Graphene/Polypropylene Nanocomposites with Low Electrical Percolation Threshold

T. Gkourmpis, K. Gaska, D. Tranchida, A. Gitsas, C. Müller, A. Matic, R. Kádár

Nanomaterials

Composites with surface-grafted cellulose nanocrystals (CNC)

L. Forsgren, K. Sjövold, A. Venkatesh, J. Thunberg, R. Kádár, A. Boldizar, G. Westman, M. Rigdahl

Journal of Materials Science

Antibacterial effect of boron nitride flakes with controlled orientation in polymer composites

S. Pandit, K. Gaska, V. R. S. S. Mokkapati, S. Forsberg, M. Svensson, R. Kádár, I. Mijakovic

RSC Advances

In-line rheological and microstructural characterization of high moisture content protein vegetable mixtures in single screw extrusion

Y. Thadavathi Lakshmi Narasimman, S. Wassén, R. Kádár

Journal of Food Engineering

Flammability, Smoke, Mechanical Behaviours and Morphology of Flame Retarded Natural Fibre/Elium Composite

P. Khalili, B. Blinzler, R. Kádár, R. Bisschop, M. Försth, P. Blomqvist

Materials

2018

High sensitivity measurements of normal force under large amplitude oscillatory shear

I. F. C. Naue, R. Kádár, M. Wilhelm

Rheologica Acta

Computational Screening of Diffusive Transport in Nanoplatelet-Filled Composites: Use of Graphene to Enhance Polymer Barrier Properties

M. Röding, K. Gaska, R. Kádár, N. Lorén

ACS Applied Nano Materials

2017

Electrical, mechanical, and thermal properties of LDPE graphene nanoplatelets composites produced by means of melt extrusion process

K. Gaska, X. Xu, S. Gubanski, R. Kádár

Polymers

Gas Barrier, Thermal, Mechanical and Rheological Properties of Highly Aligned Graphene-LDPE Nanocomposites

K. Gaska, R. Kádár, A. Rybak, A. Siwek, S. Gubanski

Polymers

Linear and Nonlinear Rheology Combined with Dielectric Spectroscopy of Hybrid Polymer Nanocomposites for Semiconductive Applications

R. Kádár, M. Abbasi, R. Figuli, M. Rigdahl, M. Wilhelm

Nanomaterials

2016

Processing window for extrusion foaming of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose

K. Karlsson, R. Kádár, M. Stading, M. Rigdahl

Cellulose

First normal stress difference and in-situ spectral dynamics in a high sensitivity extrusion die for capillary rheometry via the 'hole effect'

R. Kádár, I. F. C. Naue, M. Wilhelm

Polymer

Polystyrene comb architectures as model systems for the optimized solution electrospinning of branched polymers

K. Riazi, J. Kübel, M. Abbasi, K. Bachtin, S. Indris, H. Ehrenberg, R. Kádár, M. Wilhelm

Polymer

2015

A new high sensitivity system to detect instabilities during the extrusion of polymer melts

I. F. C. Naue, R. Kádár, M. Wilhelm

Macromolecular Materials and Engineering

Awards & Prizes

2026

Tetra Pak Future Talent Programme

Industry talent programme

Erland
2025

Cover in Macromolecular Rapid Communications

Journal cover

Ases
2025

Materials for Tomorrow photo competition — winner

1st place · MoT photo competition

Ases
2025

Best-presentation prize — WWSC Winter Workshop 2025

Best presentation

Marko
2024

Best Poster (2nd & 3rd) — FibRe International Conference

Best Poster · 2nd & 3rd

Valentina & Viney
2024

1st place poster — WWSC Summer Workshop 2024

Best Poster · 1st place

Kesavan
2023

Photo prize — Materials for Tomorrow 2023

Photo prize

Viney
2023

Poster prize — FibRe Annual Days 2023

Poster prize

Marko
2023

Poster prize — Graphene Week 2023

Poster prize

Viney