Department of Chemistry
University of Basel
Mattenstrasse 24a, BPR-1096
4058 Basel, Switzerland

Phone: +41 (0)61 207 10 34
email: djallal.ikkene@clutterunibas.ch

Synthesis, characterization and self-assembly of protein-based amphiphilic copolymers.

Postdoc in the department of Chemistry, University of Basel (from September 2022)

Temporarily attached to education and research at the University of Lorraine (October 2021 - August 2022) 

PhD in Polymer Chemistry at the University of Lorraine under the co-direction of Prof. Jean-Luc SIX and Dr. Khalid Ferji. Thesis title: “Formulation of glyco-nanostructures via photo-RAFT polymerization induced self-assembly in aqueous dispersion” (October 2018 - September 2021, defended on January 31^st 2022)

MSc in Materials Chemistry: specialized in polymers at Sorbonne University (2016 - 2018)

Multicompartment Vesicles: A Key Intermediate Structure in Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly of Graft Copolymers
D. Ikkene, A. A. Arteni, C. Boulogne, J-L Six & K. Ferji. Macromolecules, 2022

Direct Access to Polysaccharide-Based Vesicles with a Tunable Membrane Thickness in a Large Concentration Window via Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly
D. Ikkene, A. A. Arteni, M. Ouldali, G. Francius, A. Brûlet, J-L Six & K. Ferji. Biomacromolecules, 2021

Self-assembly of amphiphilic copolymers containing polysaccharide: PISA versus nanoprecipitation, and the temperature effect
D. Ikkene, A. A. Arteni, M. Ouldali, J-L Six & K. Ferji. Polymer chemistry,2020

Synthesis of dextran-based chain transfer agent for RAFT-mediated polymerization and glyco-nanoobjects formulation
D.Ikkene, A.A.Arteni, H.Song, H.Larouic, J-L.Six and K.Ferji. Carbohydrate polymers, 2020