Projects
Recyclable Metal-free Photocatalysts for Synthetic Chemistry based on Covalent Organic Frameworks Ghent University
The discovery of smart and highly efficient catalysts for solar energy conversion and green fuel production is a global scientific challenge due to increasing energy demand and related environmental consequences. Synthetic photocatalysis is highly promising, but employs to date expensive and/or toxic metals, such as Pt, Au, Ru, Cd, Ag, and Ir. This hampers the development of large-scale and introduces environmental issues. The aim of this ...
Circular Cultivation and Chemistry Hasselt University
The Atmospheric Chemistry of Earth-like Exoplanets: a 3D perspective KU Leuven
Exoplanets or planets around other stars than the Sun are ubiquitous in the galaxy, with great diversity in stellar and planetary environments. The hundreds of known terrestrial exoplanets with mass and radius similar to Earth are preferentially found around M-dwarf stars. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is providing the first glimpses into the atmospheres of these terrestrial exoplanets which is most easily achieved for planets on ...
Sustainable chemistry for the synthesis of fine chemicals Ghent University
The chemical industry in Flanders is of major importance at several levels. It provides 10% of all employment in Flanders, is home of the largest petrochemical cluster in Europe and is the main location of 10 out of the world’s top 20 chemical companies. The chemical industry stands for more or less 50% of all R&D expenditures in Flanders and for 30% of all industrial investments in Belgium. Flanders is located at the heart of the ...
Surface chemistry unlocks the nanocrystal library for catalysis Ghent University
A catalyst is a material that facilitates a chemical reaction. It allows for a more environmentally friendly production of chemicals. Since catalysis usually happens at the surface of materials, the maximization of surface area is paramount. In this respect, extremely small nanocrystals are very promising since they feature a strikingly high surface/volume ratio and therefore many different catalyst materials were synthesized as nanocrystals ...
Analysis of soil chemistry in the regular vegetation monitoring network of the province of Drenthe. University of Antwerp
Analysis of soil chemistry in the vegetation monitoring network of the province of Drenthe. University of Antwerp
CCMOBIUS:Designing viable Möbius Aromatic Systems using Computational Chemistry. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Special Research Fund Professorship in chemistry Ghent University
A professorship granted by the Special Research Fund is a primarily research-oriented position and is made available for excellent researchers with a high-quality research programme.