Projects
Supramolecular Chemistry and Materials KU Leuven
This scientific community aims at coordinating the research that is done in the domain of supramolecular chemistry and materials at a number of Flemish universities, complemented with a number of international expert groups. As a result, the collaboration and synergy between the partners will be strengthened, further advancing the strength of Flanders in this research area. The specific scientific research topics of the cooperation are ...
Sulfone derivatives - a new chemistry platform for the next generation of dynamic covalent materials Ghent University
Plastics and their by-products are littering our cities and oceans and could be contributing to potential health risks concerning humans and animals. A possible way to circumvent or reduce these issues, is making use of recycled or reshaped materials. Nonetheless, the plastic industry rarely makes use of recycled plastics in the vast majority of their products, unlike the glass and metal industries. In general synthetic plastics can be ...
Smart integration of membrane technology and polymer chemistry as scalable access to novel groundbreaking macromolecular materials KU Leuven
The proposal aims at creating a new generic technology to obtain sequence-defined macromolecules by combining advantages of liquid phase synthesis (i.e. fast kinetics, improved yields and selectivities, improved heat and mass transfer, easier upscaling) with advantages of solid-phase synthesis (i.e. fast purification) to produce high-purity oligomers at multi-gram scale without the need for tedious and yield/scope-reducing chemical ...
Sabbatical Tatjana Parac-Vogt: Expanding the potential of metal-oxo clusters and metal-oxo cluster based materials in bioinorganic chemistry KU Leuven
The key focus of the sabbatical is to expand the existing collaborations with the international partners and establish new collaborations with groups having similar interest and complementary expertise. The new ideas developed during the sabbatical period will also form a firm foundation for the preparation of Advanced ERC grant application.
Magnetic resonance equipment for advanced materials research: molecular characterization of solid, soft, homogeneous and heterogeneous matter in the development of advanced functional materials and chemical catalysis Ghent University
Voor het ontwerpen van nieuwe materialen via chemische synthese is de karakterisering ervan tot op moleculair niveau van cruciaal belang voor hun praktische ontwikkeling en uiteindelijk hun valorisatie in nieuwe toepassingen. De 22 leden van dit consortium zijn allen betrokken in de ontwikkelen van nieuwe materialen hetzij in vaste of zachte toestand, homogeen dan wel heterogeen van aard, in de context van onderzoeksgebieden die zich ...
Taming biodegradation in protease-sensitive hydrogels using dissociative bioorthogonal chemistry Hasselt University
Synthesis and surface chemistry of mechanoluminescent nanocrystals for timely detection of damage Ghent University
Composites are very popular materials for all kind of structures, such as windmills or airplanes, as
a result of its exceptionally strong properties. However, even the strongest material is not eternal
and we would prefer to detect damage before the material actually fails and causes a safety
hazard. To monitor the health of these composite materials, we propose a novel sensor made of
very tiny crystals, or ...
Thermally activated delayed fluorescence. Rational design of fluorophores using a joined synthetic and computational chemistry approach Hasselt University
Elucidating the effects of particle size and surface chemistry on toughening mechanisms in nanoreinforced adhesives Ghent University
Today, adhesively bonded joints are often favored over mechanical joining in high-end applications, due to their better stress distribution, lower weight and the ability to make dissimilar joints. However, neat adhesives suffer from a lower mechanical strength compared to mechanical fasteners. To remedy this, nanoparticles have been successfully added as toughening agents. Multiple, often competing, toughening mechanisms have been proposed ...