MSc: Material Science (Physical) Chemistry, Polymer Chemistry

Are you a MSc. student who is looking for a multidisciplinary graduation assignment? Are you ready for the challenge to improve the performance and sustainability of prints at the same time? We are looking for you!

Your assignment

In the R&D department of water-based inks, we are studying and developing novel binder systems that are designed to be more sustainable (bio-degradable, bio-based, recyclable, less-intensive processing, zero waste of organic solvents).

As a member of the team you will be actively involved in the full R&D-chain:

• synthesis and characterization of polymeric binders
• synthesis/processing of the synthesized binders into stable dispersions
• formulation of inks
• generation of test-prints
• analysis of materials and prints
• comparison of the results to literature

For this assignment you need to be creative and should collaborate with colleagues of other departments. You will be working with state of the art equipment in a well-equipped wet chemical lab. In view of the multidisciplinary nature of the assignment, you will be collaborating with other chemists, interns, physicists and engineers. Your results and final advice need to be put together in a well-structured presentation/report for the other colleagues.

Your profile

Of course, it is important that you are eager to work in the lab. In order to get the best results you need to feel comfortable taking initiative in approaching colleagues to collaborate. Next to this, we wish that:

• You are creative
• You are a clear communicator

What’s in it for you?

• A challenging assignment with skilled coaching
• Travel cost compensation if you don’t have an ‘OV-weekcard’
• The possibility to network with professionals inside and outside your field of expertise, thanks to our diversity of disciplines which you will work with

What do we stand for?

We develop and manufacture high-tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market as part of Canon, a global leader in imaging technologies.

Guided by the philosophy of Kyosei—living and working together for the common good—our culture is built on openness, collegiality, trust and stability. We empower our people to grow, take initiative, and make an impact.

With our company values collaboration, innovation and ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.