Projects
Optical confinement phenomena in plasmonic nanomaterials with predesigned electromagnetic properties. KU Leuven
Solar hydrogen production from seawater using stabilized plasmonic photocatalysts. University of Antwerp
Development of drug-injection system using plasmonic endoscopy toward single cell study. KU Leuven
In biology and biomedical research, where the microscopic organization of proteins and other molecules play a key role in the functioning of cells and organisms, it is imperative to zoom into the single cell and look at the underlying processes. Fluorescence-based microscopy techniques have been developed to get superresolution images of the structural organization inside living cells with resolution down to 10-50 nm. But these techniques ...
Optical confinement phenomena in plasmonic nanomaterials with predesigned electromagnetic properties. University of Antwerp
Plasmon-enhanced CO2 electroreduction based on metal oxide inverse opal supports decorated with bimetallic nanoparticles KU Leuven
This project uses an original approach for electrocatalytic CO2 reduction (eCO2RR). The catalysts are made using the physical method of cluster beam deposition onto a metal oxide inverse opal supports. Exploiting the exceptional size and composition control of cluster sources may enable the identification of novel high-performance eCO2RR by means of a combination of structural, spectroscopic, and reactivity experiments. The applicability of ...
Tailoring plasmonics in van der Waals heterostructures. University of Antwerp
Drug release triggered by plasmon-heating in mesoporous nanoparticles toward a new drug delivery system. KU Leuven
Mesoporous materials have been recognized as a promising material for drug delivery systems (DDSs), because of their physical properties. While a control of release rate has been intensively explored, triggering of drug release remains a great challenge. Drug release of mesoporous materials relies on a sustained kinetic mechanism, that is, diffusion of encapsulated drugs throughout the pore channels. For dosage application, however, the ...
Super-resolution optical microscopy by combining Raman spectroscopy and plasmon waveguiding. KU Leuven
In this project, we propose use fo an optically active plasmonic nanowire for single cell endoscopy. Unlike dielectric nanowires, plasmonic nanowires offfer two main advantages: non diffraction limited waveguiding and (2) high-throughput optical communication across the membrane. In this project, the applicants will establish plasmonic waveguide based endoscopy using plasmonic supet resolution remote Raman sensing. The latter has been ...
Shaping nanoclusters for plasmon-enhanced single-molecule spectroscopy. KU Leuven
Dealing with the material properties at atomic, molecular and macromolecular scales, nanotechnology requires precise fabrication and characterization on the relavent length scales. Metallic nanoparticles of various shapes, serving as basic building blocks, can be self-assembled into organized nanoclusters to tune their plasmonic properties for different applications such as single-molecule sensing. However, the link between the nanocluster's ...