Group

PhD-Student

Braun

Pedro Henrique da Rosa Braun

Am Biologischen Garten 2
IW3, Room 2220
28359 Bremen
Tel. 0421 218 64963

pedrohe1@uni-bremen.de

Research Interests

  • Polymer-derived ceramics with graded structures for phase separation and catalysis

Education

2019 - present Ph.D. Student, Advanced Ceramics Group, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2014 - 2019 Dipl.-Ing in Materials Science and Engineering,Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

Positions and Work Experience

2019 Qualification student of DFG research training group MIMENIMA (GRK 1860): Solution-based freeze casting of aligned pore structures for capillary transport applications, at Advanced Ceramics Group, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2018 Internship and Diplom thesis: Solution-based freeze casting of polysiloxane for capillary transport applications, Advanced Ceramics Group, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany
2017-2018 Undergraduate Researcher: Mechanical testing and characterization of glass-fiber reinforced PBT composite development project, Laboratory of Materials, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
2015 Undergraduate researcher: Rheological and mechanical testing of mortar with additions of Titania (TiO2), Ceramic & Composite Materials Research Laboratories, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
2015 Internship: Mechanical and microstructural characterization of metakaolinite and paper industry waste- based geopolymer, Ceramic & Composite Materials Research Laboratories, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil

Publications

  1. SiOC Screens with Aligned and Adjustable Pore Structure for Screen Channel Liquid Acquisition Device
    da Rosa Braun, P. H., Shukla, P., Rezwan, K., Dreyer, M., Wilhelm, M.,
    Materials, 2023
    Volume:  16 , Nr. ( 3), p. 1063
    https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16031063

  2. Impact of a tert-butyl alcohol-cyclohexane system used in unidirectional freeze-casting of SiOC on compressive strength and mass transport
    da Rosa Braun, P. H., Rezwan, K., Wilhelm, M.,
    Materials and Design , 2021
    Volume:  212, Nr. ( 2 ), p. 110186
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2021.110186

  3. Impact of surface properties of porous SiOC-based materials on the performance of Geobacter biofilm anodes
    da Rosa Braun, P. H., Canuto de Almeida e Silva, T., Rodrigo Quejigo, J., Kuchenbuch, A., Rezwan, K., Harnisch, F., Wilhelm, M.,
    ChemElectroChem , 2021
    Volume: 8, Nr. ( 5 ), p.850-857
    https://doi.org/10.1002/celc.202001568

  4. Unidirectional solution-based freeze cast polymer-derived ceramics: influence of freezing conditions and templating solvent on capillary transport in isothermal wicking
    Schumacher, D., Braun, P., Wilhelm, M., Rezwan, K.,
    Journal of Materials Science, 2020
    Volume: 55, Nr. (10), p.4157-4169
    https://10.1007/s10853-019-04310-0