Maxim P. Aarnts, PhD

Senior Researcher
tel +31 (0)20 5188257
M.Aarnts@acta.nl

Research interest

1. Visco-elastisch behaviour of dental restorative materials
2. Shrinkage and  shrinkage stress of  dental restorative materials
3. Kinetics of curing mechanisms (amongst others studied with FTIR)
4. Finite element analyses for dental applications
5. Visco-elastic behaviour of the temporomandibular joint disc. (A collaboration with the Department of Functional Anatomy)

Presentations

M.P. Aarnts, B.S. Dauvillier, A.J. Feilzer and C.L. Davidson, Measurement of the Visco-elastic Changes During Curing of Resin Composites, CED, 23-09-1999 Montpellier.

M.P. Aarnts, A. Akinmade and A.J. Feilzer, Effect of Filler Load on Contraction Stress and Volumetric Shrinkage,  IADR, 10-03-1999 Vancouver.

M.P. Aarnts, A. Akinmade and A.J. Feilzer, Effects of Photoinitiator Concentration on Conversion, Strength and Stress Development,  IADR, 10-03-1999, Vancouver

Publications

Beek, M., Aarnts MP, Koolstra JH, Feilzer AJ, van Eijden TMGJ. Dissipative properties of the human temporomandibular joint disc, J. Dent. Res, accepted.

Dauvillier BS, Aarnts MP, Feilzer AJ. Developments in shrinkage control of adhesive restoratives - review article, Journal of Esthetic Dentistry (special issue on photo-curing), 2000;12(6).

Dauvillier BS, Hübsch PF, Aarnts, MP, Feilzer AJ. Modeling of Viscoelastic Behavior of Dental Chemically Initiated Resin Composites during Curing, Journal of Biomedical Materials Research ( Applied Biomaterials), 2001; 58: 16-26.

Aarnts M.P., Stufkens D.J., Wilms M.P., Baerends E.J., Vlcek A., Clark I.P., George M.W., Turner J.J. A Combined Spectroscopic, Photophysical and Theoretical (Dft) Study of the Electronically Excited Inorganometallic Complexes [Ru(E)(E')(CO)₂(iPr-Dab)] (E=Cl, Me, SnPh₃, PbPh₃ E'=GePh₃, SnR₃, PbR₃ (R=Me, Ph) iPr-Dab=N,N'-Diisopropyl-1,4-Diaza-1,3-Butadiene) - Evidence of an Exceptionally Long-Lived ³sp* Excited State For [Ru(SnPh₃)₂(CO)₂(iPr-Dab)]. Chemistry-A European Journal 1996, 2, 1556-1565. (more information)

Aarnts M.P., Wilms M.P., Peelen K., Fraanje J., Goubitz K., Hartl F., Stufkens D.J., Baerends E.J., Vlcek A.. Bonding Properties of a Novel Inorganometallic Complex, Ru(SnPh₃)₂(CO)₂(iPr-Dab) (iPr-Dab=N,N'-Diisopropyl-1,4-Diaza-1,3-Butadiene), and Its Stable Radical-Anion, Studied By Uv-Vis, Ir, and Epr Spectroscopy, (Spectro-) Electrochemistry, and Density Functional Calculations. Inorganic Chemistry 1996, 35, 5468-5477. (more information)

Aarnts M.P., Stufkens D.J., Vlcek A.. Photochemical Bond Homolysis in a Novel Series of Metal-Metal Bonded Complexes Ru(E)(E')(CO)₂(iPr-Dab). Inorganica Chimica Acta 1997, 266, 37-46. (more information)

Aarnts M.P., Hartl F., Peelen K., Stufkens D.J., Amatore C., Verpeaux J.N.. Spectroelectrochemical (Uv-Vis, Ir, NMR, and EPR) Study of the Inorganometallic Complexes Ru(E)(E')(CO)₂(iPr-Dab) (E = Cl, E' = SnPh₃, PbPh₃ E = Me, SnPh₃, GePh₃, E' = SnPh₃ E = E' = PbPh₃; iPr-Dab = 1,4-Diisopropyl-1,4-Diaza-1,3-Butadiene). Organometallics 1997, 16, 4686-4695. (more information)

Aarnts M.P., Oskam A., Stufkens D.J., Fraanje J., Goubitz K., Veldman N., Spek A.L.. Syntheses, Structures and Spectroscopic Properties of a Novel Series of Metal-Metal Bonded Complexes Ru(E)(E')(CO)₂(iPr-Dab)(E=Br, E'=Mn(CO)₅  E=SnPh₃, E'=Mn(CO)₅, Re(CO)₅, Co(CO)₄ E=Me, E'=Re(CO)₅ E=E'=Mn(CO)₅, Re(CO)₅ iPr-Dab=N,N'-Diisopropyl-1,4-Diaza-1,3-Butadiene). Journal of Organometallic Chemistry 1997, 531, 191-205. (more information)

Aarnts M.P., Stufkens D.J., Sola M., Baerends E.J.. Coordinative Behavior of the CNCN Ligand - Experimental and Density Functional Study of Spectroscopic Properties and Bonding in the Cr(CO)₅CNCN Complex. Organometallics 1997, 16, 2254-2262. (more information)

Aarnts M.P., Wilms M.P., Stufkens D.J., Baerends E.J., Vlcek A.. sp* Electronic Transition of the Di- and Trinuclear Complexes Ru(E)(E')(CO)₂(iPr-Dab) - Resonance Raman, Electronic Absorption, Emission, and Density Functional Study (E=Me, SnPh₃, M(CO)₅ E'=M(CO)₅ M=Mn, Re iPr-Dab=N,N'-Diisopropyl-1,4-Diaza-1,3-Butadiene). Organometallics 1997, 16, 2055-2062. (more information)

Aarnts M.P., Stufkens D.J., Oskam A., Fraanje J., Goubitz K.. Syntheses, Structures and Spectroscopic Properties of Novel Inorganometallic Complexes Ru(E)(E')(CO)₂(iPr-Dab) (E=Cl, E'=SnPh₃, PbPh₃ E=Me, E'=SnPh3, PbPh₃ E=SnPh₃, E'=SnPh₃, SnMe₃, GePh₃ E=PbPh₃, E'=PbPh₃, PbMe₃, GePh₃ iPr-Dab=N,N'-Diisopropyl-1,4-Diaza-1,3-Butadiene). Inorganica Chimica Acta 1997, 256, 93-105. (more information)

Hartl F., Aarnts M.P., Peelen K.. Infrared Spectroelectrochemical Investigation of Carbon Dioxide Reduction Mediated By the Anion [Ru(SnPh₃)(CO)₂(iPr-Dab)]^- (iPr-Dab=N,N'-Diisopropyl-1,4-Diaza-1,3-Butadiene). Collection of Czechoslovak Chemical Communications 1996, 61, 1342-1352.

Luitjes H., Schakel M., Aarnts M.P., Schmitz R.F., Dekanter F.J.J., Klumpp G.W.. Reactions of the Butyllithiums With Tertiary Oligoethylenepolyamines. Tetrahedron 1997, 53, 9977-9988.

Schakel M., Aarnts M.P., Klumpp G.W.. The Lithiation of N,N',N',N'',N''-pentamethyldiethylenetriamine (PMDTA). Recl. Chim. Pays-Bas 1990, 109, 305.

Stufkens D.J., Aarnts M.P., Rossenaar B.D., Vlcek A.. A New Series of Re- and Ru-Complexes Having a Lowest ³sp* Excited State That Varies From Reactive to Stable and Long Lived. Pure & Applied Chemistry 1997, 69, 831-835.

Stufkens D.J., Aarnts M.P., Nijhoff J., Rossenaar B.D., Vlcek A.. Excited States of Metal-Metal Bonded Diimine Complexes Vary From Extremely Long Lived to Very Reactive With Formation of Radicals or Zwitterions. Coordination Chemistry Reviews 1998, 171, 93-105.

Thesis

The Exciting Properties of Novel Di- and Trinuclear Ru(E)(E')(CO)₂(iPr-DAB) Complexes.
(E,E' = methyl, halide or metal fragment) A Photophysical, Photochemical and (Spectro)Electrochemical Study
1996