Projects
Mechanisms and Selectivity during Atomic Layer Deposition of Germanium Chalcogenides for Storage Class Memory Applications KU Leuven
Memory and data storage technologies can be classified in a hierarchical way, with the CPU-internal DRAM memory on top, offering extremely fast access to a very limited number of data but at a high cost/byte. At the bottom there are Hard Disk Drives, more and more replaced by Solid State Drives using NAND flash technology, for cheap and reliable storage of tons of data but quite a bit slower. Between these two extremes, a new class is ...
How electron correlations determine the magnetism and electronic excited states of transition metal oxide clusters KU Leuven
Shape coexistence in the nickel (Z=28) and mercury (Z=80) regions probed through decay studies KU Leuven
In the last 60 years, the understanding of shape coexistence, a phenomenon when low-lying nuclear structures are exhibiting different deformations, evolved from being a rarity which occurs only in selected nuclei, to an almost universal property throughout the whole chart of nuclides. There are many fingerprints pointing toward shape coexistence in the nucleus, with the spectroscopic quadrupole moment being the most important. This phenomenon ...
Screening Critical Raw materials from exploration to (post)beneficiation using New LIBS techniques - LIBS-SCReeN KU Leuven
We propose a 4 year project devoted to the optimization and application of LIBS techniques for multiscale detection and characterisation of Critical Raw Material (CRM), with emphasis on the Belgian lead-zinc deposits and associated CRM. This type of mineralization is known worldwide to potentially host germanium, gallium, indium, cadmium, etc. Conversely, these metals can turn into contaminants for the environment. As a side benefit, the ...
Soybean cultivation in Flanders KU Leuven
Flanders is for his protein supply in animal feed strongly dependent ofthe import of soybeans from South-America. This import rises social andecological questions, and because of the high market price of soybeans,the economic consequences are significant for the Flemish farmer. Sincealternative protein crops are not full replacers for soybeans in animalfeed, the introduction of soybean cultivation in Flanders could be an interesting option ...
Spin measurements on GeV colour centre in diamond Hasselt University
Negotiating Group Identities in a Multicultural Society. Case: The Role of Mainstream Media, Discourse Relations and Political Alliances in Germany KU Leuven
This research on media portrayals of (ethnic/religious) minorities encompasses the fields of media sociology, media effects, political communication, multiculturalism, populism in the media and politicized uses of collective identities. It compares the political discourse (Bundestag plenary protocols) with the mainstream discourse (mainstream press) in Germany over the sample period of 2009-2015, and scrutinizes a ...
Development of X-ray absorption and fluorescence microspectroscopic imaging using novel detection systems Ghent University
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) spectroscopy provides qualitative and quantitative information on the elemental composition of a sample by illuminating it with X-rays and monitoring the emitted characteristic radiation.1, 2 X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) provides information on the local chemical structure of an element of interest in a sample by tuning the primary X-ray beam energy over an absorption edge of the element of interest, and ...