Projects
Understanding and tuning of light matter interactions in transition metal dichalcogenides monolayers and their heterostructures (QuantumTMDs). University of Antwerp
2.5-dimensional superconducting heterostructures. University of Antwerp
Sustainable Thin Film Solutions for Frontier Energy Applications (SuFiEn) KU Leuven
Characterisation and Optimisation of Heat Transfer Nanofluids – an Optical Approach KU Leuven
Efficient heat transfer is widely needed in various technical and engineering applications. For example, the development of integrated circuit chips is currently limited by a feasible and robust solution for efficient heat dissipation due to its significantly increased current density during the past decades. Intensification of heat transfer can be carried out in either a passive manner or an active manner. Regardless of which approach is ...
Multiscale simulations of atomically-thin superconducting electronics. University of Antwerp
Laser Ablation- Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry KU Leuven
Laser Ablation – Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) is an equipment for elemental analysis of materials. The laser ablates and removes material from a solid surface by irradiating it with a pulsed laser beam, the ablated particles are transported to an ICPMS in which the elemental composition is measured, thereby detecting different chemical elements and different isotopes at the same time. By moving the laser over the ...
Ultra-low energy ion implantation of graphene: substitutional and intercalated atoms KU Leuven
Functionalizing two-dimensional (2D) materials typically involves the modification of their physical and chemical properties. In this context, several approaches are being explored: interaction with various substrates, creation of lattice defects (e.g., vacancies), addition of foreign atoms, clusters or molecules in adsorbed or intercalated forms, substitutional doping, among others. This thesis focuses on the incorporation of substitutional ...
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 ...