Projects
Studies of Multiple Metal Doped Silicon Clusters and Design of Novel Materials Based on Clusters Containing Silicon and Germanium. KU Leuven
Geometric, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Transition Metal Doped Silicon Clusters, and Development of a Magnetic Deflection Setup KU Leuven
The aim of the work presented in this thesis is to provide deeper understanding on the geometric, electronic, and magnetic properties of gas phase clusters as a function of size and composition using a combination of the spectroscopic techniques and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The thesis is divided into four parts. A review of recent research on the structural identification of doped silicon clusters is given in Part I. In ...
Computational Studies of Small Boron Based Clusters KU Leuven
From geometrical features of the global minima, a growth mechanism for each series of the BnX clusters was established. The fundamental featuressuch as chemical bonding, electronic distribution, aromaticity, were probed using the analyses of canonical molecular orbital (CMO) in combination with other indices obtained from the electron localization function(ELF), nuclear independent chemical shift (NICS) etc
Quantitatively, ...
Metal-doped carbon clusters as model systems for the chemical storage of hydrogen KU Leuven
Electrodeposited silicon films on nanoporous metals for Li-ion battery anodes: linking nanoscale structure to macroscale performance Hasselt University
Africa’s Silicon Landscapes: negotiating Information and Communication Technology in Lagos KU Leuven
To improve our understanding of the interactions and negotiations between society and Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in sub-Saharan African ‘silicon places’, LAGOSTECH will investigate the experiences of technology in and the digital creativity emanating from two technological nodes (Yaba and Talent City) in Lagos. Nigeria is home to the largest number of tech hubs in Africa, but paradoxically is also where silicon places ...
Quantum Rules for Nanoclusters. KU Leuven
Nanochemistry recently emerged as a new branch of chemistry, simultaneously expanding into many new areas, and playing a significant role in fields that were domains of engineering or life sciences. Nanochemistry brings together multiple disciplines using chemical theories and experiments to investigate materials at the nano scale. Emerging nanomaterials include the nanoclusters. The elemental clusters are of great interest due to their ...
Highly sensitive infrared spectrometer KU Leuven
The Impact of Nanofluids on Single-phase Convective Heat Transfer in Microchannels KU Leuven
The aim of this thesis is to understand the effect of the presence of nanoparticles in the base fluid on single-phase convective heat transfer in microchannels under laminar conditions. Therefore, single-phase flow has been experimentally investigated through silicon rectangular microchannels using both water and several water-based nanofluids and suspensions, i.e., Al2O3-water, TiO2-water, and polystyrene-water in the fluidic loop. The heat ...