Projects
Hierarchically Structured Porous Bodies from Capillary Suspensions KU Leuven
The combination of ceramic’s intrinsic properties such as chemical resistance, temperature stability, and mechanical properties, with the low density and high permeability of porous materials has been of interest in many industrial applications such as in biomedical, filtration, energy storage, heat exchange, gas adsorption, insulation, as lightweight construction materials or as catalyst monoliths or catalyst supports. The ceramics need to ...
Dynamics and phase behaviour of (non-)ideal liquid-crystals under shear KU Leuven
We will study the effect of polydispersity, flexibility, chirality and frozen in kinks on bulk flow behaviour in different LC
phases, comparing results between industrial and model systems. Large oscillatory strains and steady shear flow will be
applied to study shear-induced alignment of isotropic states and the distortion and melting of ordered LC phases. We will
use novel experimental, in situ techniques, combining rheology ...
Study of the unbound nucleus 7He via 9Be(6He,8Be) transfer reaction KU Leuven
In nuclear physics a continuous effort is made towards the research of new rare isotopes. However, in the exotic-isotope rush, important spectroscopic information on the already-observed exotic nuclei are still missing. The unbound nuclues 7He was firstly identified in the seventies. Since then, a significant number of investigations were performed to study its states. However, an unambiguous information about 7He excited states is still ...
Towards Scientifically Based Screening Criteria for Polymer Laser Sintering KU Leuven
Laser sintering is an emerging technique in polymer processing, with applications in for example low volume production and fit-to-body arrangements. However, the relation between material properties and processing behavior is poorly understood, resulting in limited material processability. This thesis is about finding new polymers for laser sintering by a thorough investigation of the material requirements for this process.
Infrastructure for soft and delicate matter imaging. University of Antwerp
Colour appearance modelling for self-luminous colours. KU Leuven
Representational adaptivity and problem solving in physics - an explorative study. KU Leuven
Search for a tensor component in the weak interaction Hamiltonian KU Leuven
The topic of this thesis is the precision measurement of the beta-asymmetry parameter A</>. It was measuredin the decay ...
Dynamics of Quantum Correlations KU Leuven
The main aim of this thesis is to study quantum dynamics, with a focus on irreversible, dissipative dynamics, by collecting repeated observations and arranging them to form a process. This leads to quantum states of extended models with some simplifying features. The models explored here are quantum spins on Fermionic lattices and chains of quantum spins. We focus in particular on the randomising properties of the dynamics.
The thesis ...