Projects
Lock mechanism for a potassium channel (KirBac3,1). Analysis under high resolution making use of cryo-electron crystallography and native massa spectromics . University of Antwerp
Photonic colloidal crystals: How do salt types, combined with electric field, change colloidal structure formation? KU Leuven
Electrochemistry of liquid metal salts. KU Leuven
Towards new approaches in bioelectrochemistry – Targeted immobilization of globins on porous materials. University of Antwerp
Feasibility study for the use of (modified) gelatin as a matrix for biomolecules with the aim of developing electrochemical biosensors. University of Antwerp
Low-temperature oxidation of fine UO2 powders KU Leuven
Globally the most used nuclear fuel material is uranium(IV) oxide (UO2) and it is produced by powder metallurgical processing. Powders are first compacted into cylindrical pellets, which are subsequently sintered at high temperature to increase their density. The UO2 nuclear fuel cycle is also inseparable from wet-chemical routes: uranium is leached from ore bodies and is further purified via, for example, ion exchange or solvent extraction ...
Cogeneration of electricity and valuable chemicals in PEM fuel cells. KU Leuven
A lot of economically valuable chemicals are obtained in industry through oxidation and reduction reactions. While many of these processes are highly exothermic, liberating energy as heat, they generally do not reach high energy efficiencies because most of this liberated energy cannot be recovered efficiently. Fuel cells offer the possibility to produce these chemicals through electrochemical reactions while converting the released energy ...