Professor Frederik Claeyssens

Licentiate, PhD

Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Professor of Biomaterials

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f.claeyssens@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 5513

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Professor Frederik Claeyssens
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
North Campus
Broad Lane
Sheffield
S3 7HQ
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Frederik Claeyssens joined the department in 2008 from the University of Bristol, where he was a Research Fellow at the Life Sciences Interface of the Chemistry Department.

He obtained his first degree in Chemistry at Ghent University (Belgium) and his PhD in Chemistry at the University of Bristol, and he was a PDRA at the University of Birmingham and the University of Bristol.

Research interests

Frederik´s research expertise focusses mainly on laser processing of biomaterials and its applications. This research portfolio can be divided into three projects:

Coatings for biology: Biocompatible coatings of semiconductors to be integrated into cell-silicon interfaces for biosensors. These coatings are currently investigated for in vivo/in vitro recording devices of electroactive cells (heart/brain cells).

Bioprinting: Laser-based techniques for printing biomolecules/cells for producing biomolecule arrays and biosensors. I have further developed this technique as a parallel direct-write technique, able to print 1000 pixels in one single laser shot. This technique is able to print viscous fluids containing DNA, proteins and even living cell.

Biomaterials manufacture via micro stereolithography: Using top-down approaches to controllable (via CAD/CAM) produce 3D biocompatible/degradable polymer structures with micrometre resolution. Combination of this technique with bottom-up approaches to achieve hybrid biomaterials as 3D scaffolds for implants, tissue engineering and pharmaceutical testing.

Additionally, Frederik has a keen research interest in computational solid-state and biological chemistry. His previous work in this area includes predicting the stabilisation mechanism for the growth of polar wurtzite surfaces, based on the existence of a low energy graphite-like structure (or h-BN) for ultra-thin wurtzite films. This model has recently been confirmed experimentally and forms the basis for understanding growth of polar surfaces in a large number of key technological materials (e.g. ZnO, GaN, CdSe and SiC).

Frederik has also studied enzyme reactions on an unprecedented high level of theory, providing powerful new tools for modelling enzyme reactions, and enabling for the first time the study of enzyme reactions computationally with chemical accuracy.


Key projects

  • Laser based bioprinting (EPSRC funded)
  • 3D microstructure fabrication of biomaterials for tissue engineering
Publications

Journal articles

Chapters

  • (2016) - Two-Photon Polymerization for Tissue-Engineered Scaffold Fabrication, Optical Techniques in Regenerative Medicine (pp. 110-131). CRC Press RIS download Bibtex download
  • Gill AA & Claeyssens F (2016) Two-Photon Polymerization for Tissue-Engineered Scaffold Fabrication, Optical Techniques in Regenerative Medicine (pp. 93-113). RIS download Bibtex download
  • Gill A & Claeyssens F (2013) Two-Photon Polymerization for Tissue-Engineered Scaffold Fabrication, Optical Techniques in Regenerative Medicine (pp. 93-114). Taylor & Francis RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sun Y, Warren JL, Ashfold MNR & Claeyssens F (2008) Growth of ZnO Nanorods from the Gas Phase In Prescott WV & Schwartz AI (Ed.), Nanorods, nanotubes, and nanomaterials research progress (pp. 239-278). Nova Science Publishers RIS download Bibtex download

Conference proceedings papers

  • Jackson CE, Green N, English W, Bryant HE & Claeyssens F (2023) Production of porous polycaprolactone polyHIPEs as substrates for in vitro 3D breast cancer cell culture. Tissue Engineering Part A, Vol. 29(13-14). Manchester, UK, 28 March 2023 - 28 March 2023. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Reilly G, Syla D, Rodrigues JO, Grillini L, Forte L, Bendoni R & Claeyssens F (2023) THE ROLE OF MULTIFUNCTIONAL NANOMATERIALS IN NEW TISSUE REGENERATION STRATEGIES. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(11-12) (pp 828-828) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rattanawonsakul K, Bullock G, Workman V, Bolt R, Claeyssens F, Atkins S & Hearnden V (2023) THE BIOACTIVITY OF PLATELET-RICH FIBRIN CONDITIONED MEDIUM ON ZOLEDRONATE-INDUCED ORAL KERATINOCYTE TOXICITY IN VITRO. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(11-12) (pp 1276-1277) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Furmidge RL, Workman V, Giblin V, Claeyssens F & Hearnden V (2023) Porous Poly(glycerol sebacate)-methacrylate Scaffolds For Adipose Tissue Engineering. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(13-14) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Johnson LDV, Claeyssens F & Boissonade F (2023) Porous poly(glycerol sebacate) methacrylate nerve guidance conduits for peripheral nerve regeneration. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(13-14) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Rattanawonsakul K, Bullock G, Workman V, Bolt R, Claeyssens F, Atkins S & Hearnden V (2023) Platelet-rich fibrin prevents the toxicity of Pamidronate on oral fibroblasts. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(13-14) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Suvarna MV, Crawford A, Reilly GC, Claeyssens F & Green NH (2023) Development of an in vitro musculoskeletal model using poly (glycerol sebacate methacrylate) (PGSM) polyHIPE-based 3D microporous scaffold encompassing regionally controlled mechanical properties. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(13-14) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Aleemardanii M, Trikic MZ, Greene NH & Claeyssens F (2023) Development and characterisation of new bioelastomers based on poly(glycerol sebacate)-copolyethylene glycol for biomedical applications. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(13-14) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ryan C, Reilly G & Claeyssens F (2023) Bone Clip: Developing an angiogenic biomaterial to increase bone healing. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(13-14) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sasimonthon W, Reilly G, Colley H, Claeyssens F & Harding A (2023) CRANIOFACIAL BONE DEFECT REPAIR USING POLYMER SCAFFOLDS AND CELL DERIVED MATRIX. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(11-12) (pp 1118-1119) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Chauhan R, Aleemardani M, Green NH & Claeyssens F (2023) A digital reconstruction of the dermal-epidermal junction (DEJ) of the skin in three dimensions. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(13-14) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Liu B, Green N, Rodenburg C & Claeyssens F (2023) Developing Biodegradable Polymer Resins for Additive Manufacturing via a Novel Synthesis Method. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(13-14) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hann A, Reilly GC, Green NH, Claeyssens F & Tetteh G (2023) MCSS SUPPORT A LAMELLA-LIKE TWISTING ORIENTATION OF COLLAGEN WHEN CULTURED ON ALIGNED ELECTROSPUN POLYCAPROLACTONE FIBRES. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 29(11-12) (pp 1586-1587) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ramos DH, Macneii S, Claeyssens F & Asencio IO (2022) TOPOGRAPHICALLY CONTROLLED NANOFIBROUS MEMBRANES TO MIMIC THE EPIDERMAL STEM CELL MICROENVIROMENT OF THE RETE RIDGES. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 28 (pp S51-S51) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Hobbi SM, Atkins S, Claeyssens F, Haycock J & Boissonade F (2022) THE INCORPORATION OF A NATIVE-LIKE EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX IN NERVE GUIDE CONDUITS FOR PERIPHERAL NERVE REPAIR. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 28 (pp S376-S376) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sasimonthon W, Harding AL, Pashneh-Tala S, Claeyssens F, Colley H & Reilly GC (2022) CRANIOFACIAL BONE DEFECT REPAIR USING POLYMER SCAFFOLDS AND CELL DERIVED MATRIX. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 28 (pp S551-S552) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sandoval-Castellanos A, Haycock J & Claeyssens F (2022) BIOMATERIAL SURFACE FUNCTIONALIZATION FOR SUSTAINED DELIVERY OF NGF AND BDNF TO STIMULATE NEURITE GROWTH. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 28 (pp S51-S51) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sandoval-Castellanos AM, Haycock J & Claeyssens F (2022) BIOACTIVE 3D SCAFFOLDS FOR THE DELIVERY OF NEUROTROPHINS TO IMPROVE NEURITE OUTGROWTH AND INDUCE SCHWANN CELL MIGRATION. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 28 (pp S602-S602) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Thanarak J, Mohammed H, Pashneh-Tala S, Claeyssens F & Green N (2019) Enhanced Collagen Production from Human Dermal Fibroblasts on Poly(glycerol sebacate)-methacrylate Scaffolds. 2018 11th Biomedical Engineering International Conference (BMEiCON), 21 November 2018 - 24 November 2018. View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dikici BA, Reilly G & Claeyssens F (2018) Assessment of the osteogenic and angiogenetic potential of in vitro generated extracellular matrix decorated multiscale porous polyHIPE scaffolds. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 256 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dikici S, Dikici BA, Reilly G & Claeyssens F (2018) Investigating the barrier membrane properties of biphasic PCL scaffolds for guided tissue regeneration. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 256 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Claeyssens F (2018) Hierarchically structured biocompatible materials for tissue engineering. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 256 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pashneh-Tala S, Sherborne C, MacNeil S & Claeyssens F (2017) Tissue-Engineered Blood Vessels with User-Defined Geometries. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 23 (pp S140-S140) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Romero-Gonzalez M, Skipworth P, Morley N, Turton T, Holdsworth E, Chimonides G, Hassani F & Claeyssens F (2016) Measuring continuous concentration of mass pollutants in the aquatic environment. ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 251 RIS download Bibtex download
  • Butterworth J, Briston K, Claeyssens F & Inkson BJ (2015) Nanodiamond stability with friction and heat. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 644 (pp 012022-012022) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dugan JM & Claeyssens F (2015) Patterning of Neurons on Diamond-like Carbon by Pulsed Laser Ablation. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 21 (pp S259-S260) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Brif A, Holland C & Claeyssens F (2015) Light-based Bioprinting of Native Silk. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 21 (pp S339-S339) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Paterson TE, Dugan JM, Sherborne C, Green NH, Reilly GC & Claeyssens F (2015) Highly Porous Particles for Cell Recruitment and Delivery in Bone Tissue Engineering. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 21 (pp S287-S288) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Valderrama LRL, Nigmatullin R, Taylor C, Haycock JW, Claeyssens F & Roy I (2015) Nerve Tissue Engineering using Blends of Polyhydroxyalkanoates for Peripheral Nerve Regeneration. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 21 (pp S325-S325) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pashneh-Tala S, MacNeil S & Claeyssens F (2015) Developing a Degradable Polymer Scaffold for Vascular Graft Tissue Engineering using a Novel Photocurable Poly(glycerol Sebacate). TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 21 (pp S182-S182) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Clarke J, Harding AJ, Boissonade FM, Haycock JW & Claeyssens F (2015) 3D Printing and Plasma Coating of Nerve Guide Conduits (NGC). TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 21 (pp S359-S360) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Dew L, Ortega I, Kelly A, Claeyssens F & MacNeil S (2015) Development of a Three-Dimensional In Vitro Model to Study Neovascularization. TISSUE ENGINEERING PART A, Vol. 21 (pp S325-S326) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lizarraga-Valderrama LR, Nigmatullin R, Taylor C, Haycock JW, Claeyssens F & Roy I (2015) PERIPHERAL NERVE REGENERATION USING BLENDS OF POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES. JOURNAL OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM, Vol. 20(2) (pp 185-185) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Wan Q, Plenderleith RA, Dapor M, Rimmer S, Claeyssens F & Rodenburg C (2015) Separating topographical and chemical analysis of nanostructure of polymer composite in low voltage SEM. Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 644 (pp 012018-012018) View this article in WRRO RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ortega AI, MacNeil S, Crawford A, Hatton P & Claeyssens F (2014) Microfabrication of artificial stem cell microenvironments for tissue regeneration. JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, Vol. 8 (pp 175-176) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pateman CJ, Harding A, Plenderleith R, Boissonade F, Rimmer S, Haycock JW & Claeyssens F (2014) Nerve guides from photocurable polymers for peripheral nerve repair. JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, Vol. 8 (pp 172-172) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Malayeri A, Hatton PV, Ortega I & Claeyssens F (2014) In vitro biocompatibility of a poly(high internal phase emulsion) biomaterial. JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, Vol. 8 (pp 452-453) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Ramachandran C, Ortega I, Sefat F, Deshpande P, Claeyssens F, Ryan AJ, Balasubramanian D, Sangwan VS & Macneil S (2014) Microfabricated niches for the culture of limbal epithelial cells. INVESTIGATIVE OPHTHALMOLOGY & VISUAL SCIENCE, Vol. 55(13) RIS download Bibtex download
  • (2012) Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine. Journal of Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Vol. 6 (pp 1-429) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Malayeri A, Gabbott C, Reilly G, Ghassemieh E, Hatton PV & Claeyssens F (2012) Feasibility of 3D printing and stereolithography for fabrication of custom-shaped poly (lactic acid): hydroxyapatite composite biomaterial scaffolds. JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE, Vol. 6 (pp 367-367) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Sherborne CR, Pateman CJ & Claeyssens F (2012) Direct Laser Writing of Neural Tissue Engineering Scaffolds for Biohybrid Devices.. Living Machines, Vol. 7375 (pp 392-393) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Melissinaki V, Gill AA, Ortega I, Vamvakaki M, Ranella A, Fotakis C, Farsari M & Claeyssens F (2011) Direct laser writing of polylactide 3D scaffolds for neural tissue engineering applications. 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and 12th European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO EUROPE/EQEC), 22 May 2011 - 26 May 2011. RIS download Bibtex download
  • Claeyssens F, Klini A, Mourka A & Fotakis C (2007) Laser patterning of Zn for ZnO nanostructure growth: Comparison between laser induced forward transfer in air and in vacuum. THIN SOLID FILMS, Vol. 515(24) (pp 8529-8533) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Szefczyk B, Claeyssens F, Mulholland AJ & Sokalski WA (2007) Quantum chemical analysis of reaction paths in chorismate mutase: Conformational effects and electrostatic stabilization. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY, Vol. 107(12) (pp 2274-2285) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Claeyssens F, Freeman CL, Harding JH & Allan NL (2007) A Theoretical Study of Ultra-Thin Films with the Wurtzite and Zinc Blende Structures. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 1035-L09-08(1035E) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Freeman CL, Claeyssens F, Allan NL & Harding JH (2006) Thin films of wurtzite materials - AlN vs. AlP. JOURNAL OF CRYSTAL GROWTH, Vol. 294(1) (pp 111-117) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Pearce SRJ, Henley SJ, Claeyssens F, May PW, Hallam KR, Smith JA & Rosser KN (2004) Production of nanocrystalline diamond by laser ablation at the solid/liquid interface. DIAMOND AND RELATED MATERIALS, Vol. 13(4-8) (pp 661-665) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Claeyssens F, Oliva JM, May PW & Allan NL (2003) Binary phosphorus-carbon compounds: The series P4C3+8n. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF QUANTUM CHEMISTRY, Vol. 95(4-5) (pp 546-553) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lade RJ, Claeyssens F, Rosser KN & Ashfold MNR (1999) 193-nm laser ablation of CVD diamond and graphite in vacuum: plume analysis and film properties. APPLIED PHYSICS A-MATERIALS SCIENCE & PROCESSING, Vol. 69 (pp S935-S939) RIS download Bibtex download
  • Patterson T, Sherborne C, Reilly G & Claeyssens F () Manufacturing of PolyHIPE-based Porous Microparticles for Bone Tissue Engineering. USES Conference Proceedings RIS download Bibtex download
  • Lee Y-C, Claeyssens F, Fisher M, Lefley D, Kanthou C, Tozer G & English WR () Differences in VEGFA isoform expression regulate modes of migration and their sensitivity to anti-VEGFA therapy. International Journal of Experimental Pathology, Vol. 100(4) RIS download Bibtex download

Datasets

Preprints

Research group

Postdoctoral researchers
Dr Adam Glen (Neurimp-FP7)
Dr Jim Dugan (EPSRC)
Dr Richard Plenderleith (TSB)

Former group members
Dr Ilida Ortega (Lecturer in School of Clinical Dentistry, Sheffield)
Dr Ivana Barbaric (Lecturer in Biomedical Sciences, Sheffield)
Dr Andrew Gill (KTP Associate, Sheffield)

Professional activities and memberships

I’ve had a few opportunities to highlight my work to a broader audience, and my work has been publicised on various different media websites, amongst them:

I have also been interviewed on live radio by BBC Sheffield during the evening drive-time program, and I have been interviewed together with my colleague Prof. J.W. Haycock by the BBC World News for their 'Horizon' programme.


  • Member of the Materials Research Society
  • Member of the Royal Society of Chemistry
  • Member of the scientific editorial board for ‘The Open Materials Science Journal’ (Bentham Science)